The Laboratory Air Handling Unit (LAHU) system conditions both the office section and the laboratory section. It improves indoor air quality by maximizing outside air intake to the office section and minimizes thermal energy consumption by re-circulating the office section air to the laboratory section. This paper presents a theoretical linear optimization method and results of optimal outside air control in LAHUs. The optimal outside airflows are expressed as functions of the weather conditions (outside air temperature and enthalpy), office and laboratory airflow rates, office and laboratory supply air temperatures, and four dimensionless parameters that describe the building system and energy characteristics. The optimization method used in this paper can be used to identify the optimal control schedules in other HVAC systems.
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Optimal Airflow Control of Laboratory Air Handling Unit (LAHU) Systems
Yujie Cui,
Yujie Cui
Energy Systems Laboratory, Architectural Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 110 South 67th St., Omaha, NE 68182
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Mingsheng Liu,
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Mingsheng Liu
Energy Systems Laboratory, Architectural Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 110 South 67th St., Omaha, NE 68182
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Kirk Conger
Kirk Conger
Building Systems Maintenance, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1901 Y St., Omaha, NE 68588
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Yujie Cui
Energy Systems Laboratory, Architectural Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 110 South 67th St., Omaha, NE 68182
Mingsheng Liu
Energy Systems Laboratory, Architectural Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 110 South 67th St., Omaha, NE 68182
e-mail: mliv2@unl.edu
Kirk Conger
Building Systems Maintenance, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1901 Y St., Omaha, NE 68588
Contributed by the Solar Energy Division of THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS for publication in the ASME JOURNAL OF SOLAR ENERGY ENGINEERING. Manuscript received by the ASME Solar Energy Division, April 2002; final revision, August 2003. Associate Editor: M. Krarti.
J. Sol. Energy Eng. May 2004, 126(2): 750-758 (9 pages)
Published Online: May 4, 2004
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Received:
April 1, 2002
Revised:
August 1, 2003
Online:
May 4, 2004
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Cui , Y., Liu, M., and Conger, K. (May 4, 2004). "Optimal Airflow Control of Laboratory Air Handling Unit (LAHU) Systems ." ASME. J. Sol. Energy Eng. May 2004; 126(2): 750–758. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.1667984
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