Part-load performance of energy wheels: Part II - Bypass control and correlations

Carey Simonson, W. Shang, Robert Besant

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Abstract

This paper investigates the potential of bypassing some of the supply air flow around energy wheels to control their performance. The required bypass flow depends on the building design conditions, the fraction of recirculated air, the energy wheel effectiveness, and the outdoor conditions. Numerical and experimental results are presented that demonstrate the performance of energy wheels during bypass control or unbalanced supply and exhaust flow rates. To make bypass control easier to implement into energy simulation programs and building control systems, effectiveness correlations are presented that allow the designer to calculate the sensible, latent, and total effectiveness of energy wheels without detailed simulations. These correlations for effectiveness during unbalanced supply and exhaust mass flow rates agree with simulation data within ±3%.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2000 ASHRAE Winter Meeting
PublisherASHRAE
Pages301-310
Volume1
Publication statusPublished - 2000
MoE publication typeA4 Article in a conference publication
Event2000 ASHRAE Winter Meeting - Dallas, United States
Duration: 5 Feb 20009 Feb 2000

Publication series

SeriesASHRAE Transactions
Volume106
ISSN0001-2505

Conference

Conference2000 ASHRAE Winter Meeting
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityDallas
Period5/02/009/02/00

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