Impact of duct flow resistance on residential heating and cooling energy use in systems with PSC and ECM blowers Academic Article

abstract

• 2016 Elsevier B.V. The objective of this study is to investigate the impact of duct flow resistance on residential heating and cooling energy use in systems with PSC and ECM blowers. Experimentally determined cooling performance of a unitary air conditioner was integrated with building energy simulations to predict the annual space heating and cooling energy use in two extreme climate conditions as a result of ductworks with four different levels of flow resistance of 75, 125, 175, and 225Pa. An analysis of building energy simulation results reveals that the use of ECM blowers can generally yield electricity savings in residential central heating and cooling systems compared with the result of using PSC blowers, but the electricity savings is strongly dependent on the reduction of duct flow resistance.

authors

• Pate, Michael

published proceedings

• ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

author list (cited authors)

• Yin, P., & Pate, M. B.

citation count

• 5

complete list of authors

• Yin, Peng||Pate, Michael B

publication date

• January 2016

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Energy and Buildings  Journal

keywords

• Duct Flow Resistance
• Ecm Blowers
• Energy Simulation
• Energyplus
• Hvac
• Psc Blowers
• Residential Building

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.enbuild.2016.08.012

start page

• 625

end page

• 636

volume

• 130

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1016%2Fj.enbuild.2016.08.012

user-defined tag

• 7 Affordable and Clean Energy