Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10397/77459
Title: | Probabilistic and electricity saving analyses of Mist Coolers for Chiller System in a Hotel | Authors: | Yu, FW Ho, WT Chan, KT Sit, RKY |
Issue Date: | 2017 | Source: | Energy procedia, 2017, v. 143, no. , p. 154-160 | Abstract: | This study investigates the optimization and electricity savings of an air-cooled chiller system with mist coolers. An air-cooled screw chiller having a nominal capacity of 282 kW was retrofitted with a mist cooler and dual condenser fan controls: fixed head pressure with constant speed and floating condensing temperature with variable speed. Comprehensive operating data logged at 5-min intervals were used to develop chiller models by random forest. The models served as a fitness function for genetic algorithm to predict the maximum coefficient of performance (COP) with optimal controlled variables under various operating conditions. Scatter plots of the optimal variables against the actual variables showed that to achieve the maximum COP, the set point of condensing temperature should be adjusted based on its measured value and the variation of heat rejection airflow rate. The probability of applying mist cooling was identified to be 70.91 - 78.33% for the simulated cooling load distribution of a hotel in a subtropical climate. Mist coolers with the optimal control brought electricity savings of 2.28 - 8.16%, depending on system configurations and condenser fan control modes. Fewer chillers in a system would result in more electricity savings from the optimal control while mist coolers complement the frequent full load operation of chillers to enhance electricity savings. | Keywords: | Air-cooled chiller Coefficient of performance Genetic algorithm Mist cooler Random forest |
Publisher: | Elsevier | Journal: | Energy procedia | EISSN: | 1876-6102 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.egypro.2017.12.664 | Description: | 1st Joint Conference on World Engineers Summit - Applied Energy Symposium and Forum: Low Carbon Cities and Urban Energy, WES-CUE 2017, Singapore, 19-21 2017 | Rights: | © 2017 The Authors. The following publication Yu, F. W., Ho, W. T., Chan, K. T., & Sit, R. K. Y. (2017). Probabilistic and electricity saving analyses of Mist Coolers for Chiller System in a Hotel. Energy Procedia, 143, 154-160 is available athttps://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.12.664 |
Appears in Collections: | Conference Paper |
Files in This Item:
File | Description | Size | Format | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Yu_Probabilistic_Electricity_Saving.pdf | 821.68 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
Page views
124
Last Week
1
1
Last month
Citations as of May 5, 2024
Downloads
59
Citations as of May 5, 2024
SCOPUSTM
Citations
3
Citations as of Apr 26, 2024
WEB OF SCIENCETM
Citations
2
Last Week
0
0
Last month
Citations as of May 2, 2024
Google ScholarTM
Check
Altmetric
Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.