Report
Alternatives to compressor cooling in California climates
| العنوان: | Alternatives to compressor cooling in California climates |
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| المؤلفون: | Feustel, H. (Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (United States)), de Almeida, A. (Coimbra Univ. (Portugal). Dept. of Electrical Engineering), Blumstein, C. (California Univ., Berkeley, CA (United States). Universitywide Energy Research Group) |
| المساهمون: | United States. Department of Energy. |
| بيانات النشر: | Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory |
| سنة النشر: | 1991 |
| المجموعة: | University of North Texas: UNT Digital Library |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Evaporators, Evaporative Cooling, Residential Buildings, Buildings, Passive Solar Cooling Systems, Solar Cooling Systems, Thermal Energy Storage Equipment, Efficiency, Spray Cooling, California, Energy Consumption, Usa 320106* -- Energy Conservation, Consumption, & Utilization-- Building Equipment-- (1987-), Desiccants, Mathematical Logic, Thermal Barriers, Algorithms, Federal Region Ix, Solar Equipment, Ventilation Systems, Electricity, 32 Energy Conservation, And Utilization, Equipment, North America, Energy Efficiency, Developed Countries, Cooling |
| الوصف: | This review and discussion has been prepared for the California Institute for Energy Efficiency (CIEE) to examine research on alternatives to compressor cooling. The report focuses on strategies for eliminating compressors in California's transition climates -- moderately warm areas located between the cool coastal regions and the hot central regions. Many of these strategies could also help reduce compressor use in hotter climates. Compressor-driven cooling of residences in California's transition climate regions is an undesirable load for California's electric utilities because load factor is poor and usage is typically high during periods of system peak demand. We review a number of alternatives to compressors, including low-energy strategies: evaporative cooling, natural and induced ventilation, reflective coatings, shading with vegetation and improved glazing, thermal storage, and radiative cooling. Also included are two energy-intensive strategies: absorption cooling and desiccant cooling. Our literature survey leads us to conclude that many of these strategies, used either singly or in combination, are technically and economically feasible alternatives to compressor-driven cooling. 78 refs., 8 figs. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | report |
| وصف الملف: | 38 p.; Text |
| اللغة: | English |
| Relation: | other: DE92000707; rep-no: LBL-30041; grantno: AC03-76SF00098; osti: 5242358; https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1065095/; ark: ark:/67531/metadc1065095 |
| DOI: | 10.2172/5242358 |
| الاتاحة: | https://doi.org/10.2172/5242358 https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1065095/ |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.201D0FE9 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.2172/5242358 |
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