Abstract
The objective of this paper is to investigate the energy saving potentials of increasing the EER of air conditioners. A representative residential building was modelled for building energy simulation with different EERs. The results show that EER increase has a energy saving potential range of 4%-44% depending on the EER ratings, and the heating energy savings is higher than the total and cooling ones. A commonly availabe air conditioner with a 3.16 EER may achieve a total energy savings of about 25%.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Li, Z.Y., Zhang, C.: Prediction and Analysis of the Energy Saving Tendency in China’s Building. Economist. 3, 20–22 (2010)
Zhou, Y., Ding, Y., Yao, J.: Preferable Rebuilding Energy Efficiency Measures of Existing Residential Building in Ningbo. Journal of Ningbo University (Natural science & engineering edition) 22, 285–287 (2009)
Niachou, A., Papakonstantinou, K., Santamouris, M., Tsangrassoulis, A., Mihalakakou, G.: Analysis of the green roof thermal properties and investigation of its energy performance. Energy and Buildings 33, 719–729 (2001)
Lee, E.S., Tavil, A.: Energy and visual comfort performance of electrochromic windows with overhangs. Build. Environ. 42, 2439–2449 (2007)
Yao, J., Xu, J.: Effects of different shading devices on building energy saving in hot summer and cold winter zone. In: 2010 International Conference on Mechanic Automation and Control Engineering, MACE 2010, Wuhan, China, pp. 5017–5020 (2010)
Yao, Yuan, Z.: Study on Residential Buildings with Energy Saving by 65% in Ningbo. Journal of Ningbo University (Natural science & engineering edition) 23, 84–87 (2010)
ANSI/AHRI 210/240-2008: 2008 Standard for Performance Rating of Unitary Air-Conditioning & Air-Source Heat Pump Equipment. Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute (2008)
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2011 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
About this paper
Cite this paper
Yao, J., Yan, C. (2011). Simulation Based Energy Potential Evaluation of Air Conditioners. In: Shen, G., Huang, X. (eds) Advanced Research on Computer Science and Information Engineering. CSIE 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 152. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21402-8_32
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21402-8_32
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-642-21401-1
Online ISBN: 978-3-642-21402-8
eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)