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Proceedings of SimBuild Conference 2004: 1st conference of IBPSA-USA

     

Modeling of Ventilation Air Heat Recovery and Its Impact in High-Performance Green Buildings

Sam Nuernberger, Andrew Lau
College of Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

Abstract: A custom-developed spreadsheet tool was used to analyze the performance of a constant volume HVAC system, with options of ventilation air heat recovery (VAHR), air-side economizer (ASE) system, or a combination of VAHR and ASE, for a typical office space and classroom space, in five different climates in the U.S. For all but one of the cases studied, the results show that VAHR used the most energy on an annual basis.
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simbuild2004_SB04T2C1