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Performance analysis of interactive cascade ventilation combined with solar energy for the epidemic prevention and control

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  • Li, Han
  • Sang, Tong
  • Kong, Xiangfei
  • Zheng, Wandong
  • Wang, Zhaoying
  • Li, Jinchao
  • Wang, Leilei

Abstract

Increasing low-grade and renewable energy sources in the HVAC systems has become necessary to reduce heating energy consumption. Hence, seeking a new air conditioning system that can be combined with renewable energy is significant to maintain a healthy and comfortable indoor environment with a low cost. This paper proposes a novel air source heat pumps assisted solar hot water with interactive cascade ventilation system (shortened as SWAP-ICV). Taking the traditional air source heat pumps with mixing ventilation system (AP-MV) as a reference, the virus control performance and energy efficiency of SWAP-ICV is investigated through CFD and TRNSYS simulations. The results demonstrate that interactive cascade ventilation under full-fresh air operation mode and normal-epidemic linkage mode can make the annual infection risk reduce by 41.16% and 9.33% compared with mixing ventilation under full-fresh air operation mode. Meanwhile, the proposed system can reduce energy consumption by 59.92% and 69.8% during the normal period and epidemic period by introducing solar energy. The average system COP during the heating season indicates that SWAP-ICV can improve the system efficiency by 1.9–2.58 times than AP-MV system. The conclusions obtained from this research can provide new ideas for the design and operation of air conditioning systems in the post-epidemic era.

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  • Li, Han & Sang, Tong & Kong, Xiangfei & Zheng, Wandong & Wang, Zhaoying & Li, Jinchao & Wang, Leilei, 2023. "Performance analysis of interactive cascade ventilation combined with solar energy for the epidemic prevention and control," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 349(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:appene:v:349:y:2023:i:c:s0306261923009443
    DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.121580
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