Effect of the Heat Recovery System to the Performance of Air Handling Unit of a Shopping Centre

Author(s):  
Furkan Kelasovali ◽  
Ali Celen ◽  
Nurullah Kayaci ◽  
Ahmet Selim Dalkilic ◽  
Somchai Wongwises

In today’s world, the efficient use of energy is very important due to short of energy sources. In order to use energy efficiently, some methods/devices have been developed recently. One of them is heat recovery systems which are used for energy saving in the Heating Ventilating and Air Conditioning applications. Air handling units (AHUs) equipped with heat recovery system can be used applications for energy saving. Not only this paper presents information about rotary heat exchangers which is one of the air to air heat recovery systems but also it investigates their effects to system when they are used in an application. In the study, a shopping centre, which is located in the capital city of Turkey, is taken consideration. The shopping centre has an air handling unit having 54567 m3/h fresh air flow rate, 640 kW heating and 41 kW cooling capacity. Calculations are performed for AHU of the shopping centre both equipped with rotary heat exchanger and without rotary heat exchanger. In order to compare performance of AHUs, annual energy saving, initial investment cost, annual operating expenses, payback time and profit parameters are calculated for each month. According to the results, heating battery power in the heating season and cooling battery power in the cooling season is significantly decreased by using heat recovery system and total annual energy saving is calculated as $83,444. Consequently, it is found that the use of rotary heat exchanger improves performance of system in terms of the reduction in required powers and costs.

Author(s):  
Onur Ali Şenlen ◽  
Ali Celen ◽  
Alican Çebi ◽  
Ahmet Selim Dalkilic ◽  
Somchai Wongwises

This study investigated heat recovery systems and its effects on energy saving. Heat recovery systems are used for energy saving in heating, ventilating and air conditioning applications. In the study, a workplace equipped with and without heat recovery system was taken into consideration. The workplace has an air handling unit (AHU) which has 25,000 m3/h fresh air flow rate, 414 kW heating and 356 kW cooling capacities. AHU uses mixture air including %50 rooms air and mixes in mixing filter section. As a heat recovery system, rotary type heat exchanger was selected and its performance was investigated. Annual energy saving, initial investment cost, annual operating expenses, payback time and profit parameters were calculated to compare two air handling units for each month. According to the results, cooling battery power in the cooling season and heating battery power is reduced with the usage of rotary type heat exchanger. It is obvious that presence of the heat recovery systems enhances performance of the air handling units.


2014 ◽  
Vol 577 ◽  
pp. 564-567 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fang Tian Sun ◽  
Cui Jie Li ◽  
Rui Xiang Wang ◽  
De Ying Li

Two waste heat recovery systems of barbershops were presented to increase its heat utilization efficiency. One was the waste heat recovery system with water-to-water heat exchanger (WHR-HE). The other is the waste heat recovery system with both water-to-water heat exchanger and heat pump (WHR-HE-HP). The two waste heat recovery systems were analyzed by both economics and thermodynamics principles. Compared to conventional heat utilization systems of barbershops, the WHR-HE decreases annual energy consumption by 54.2%, and the WHR-HE-HP decreases annual energy consumption by 87.5%. The gain investment recovery periods of WHR-HE and WHR-HE-HP are below half one year. Compared to the WHR-HE, the WHR-HE-HP is with larger energy-saving potential, lower running cost, larger first cost and larger gain investment recovery period. The critical value of energy-saving financial subsidy is 0.778 ¥/W for the WHR-HE-HP. The WHR-HE-HP is very suited to the large and medium-sized barbershops, especially in the cold climate zone.


2012 ◽  
Vol 204-208 ◽  
pp. 4229-4233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fang Tian Sun ◽  
Na Wang ◽  
Yun Ze Fan ◽  
De Ying Li

Drain water at 35°C was directly discharged into sewer in most of barbershop with Electric water heater. Heat utilization efficiency is lower, and energy grade match between input and output is not appropriate in most of barbershops. Two waste heat recovery systems were presented according to the heat utilization characteristics of barbershops and principle of cascade utilization of energy. One was the waste heat recovery system by water-to-water heat exchanger (WHR-HE), and the other is the waste heat recovery system by water-to-water heat exchanger and high-temperature heat pump (WHR-CHEHP). The two heat recovery systems were analyzed by the first and second Laws of thermodynamic. The analyzed results show that the energy consumption can be reduced about 75% for HR-HE, and about 98% for WHR-CHEHP. Both WHR-HE and WHR-CHEHP are with better energy-saving effect and economic benefits.


2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.12) ◽  
pp. 136
Author(s):  
Chan JungKim ◽  
Sank Wook-Han ◽  
Ki Hyun Kim ◽  
Moo Yeon Lee ◽  
Gee Soo Lee

Background/Objectives: To meet the regulations for the fuel economy, an EHRS (Exhaust gas Heat Recovery System, which was installed within the vehicle exhaust system and recovered the heat from the exhaust gas, were needed. The EHRS enabled the engine to achieve the fast warm-up performance for reducing friction loss during the cold start.The objective of this paper was to investigate the effects of the design parameters of the EHRS with a plate heat exchanger on the warm-up performance of a gasoline engine.Methods/Statistical analysis: The EHRS with the plate heat exchanger was manufactured and installed behind the catalyst in the exhaust system of the gasoline direct injection engine. The experimental study and multi-disciplinary analysis were carried out to investigate the effects of the EHRS on the warm-up performance of the engine, such as the coolant temperature, the exhaust gas temperature and the recovery heat at idle condition and the step-load condition.Findings: Because the recovery of heat was about 1. 7 kW at idle condition, the effect of the EHRS on the warm-up performance was negligible. However, due to 17.2 kW of the recovery of heat at the stepload condition of T=140 Nm at N=2,400 rpm, the EHRS enabled to shorten the warm-up time by 548 s comparison that of the base engine.Improvements/Applications: The fuel economy will be expected to be improved through an EHRS, which provides the improved combustion in the warm-up phase and a decrease in friction loss.  


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