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Energy and Economic Analysis of Heat Recovery Cogeneration Loop Integrated with Heat Pump System by Detailed Building Energy Simulation  

Seo, Dong-Hyun (Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University Colorado at Boulder)
Koh, Jae-Yoon (Research Laboratory, LG Electronics)
Park, Yool (Department of Building System Engineering, Dongeui University)
Publication Information
Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering / v.21, no.2, 2009 , pp. 71-78 More about this Journal
Abstract
Up until recently, the energy and the economic analysis of a cogeneration system have been implemented by a manual calculation that is based on monthly thermal loads of buildings. In this study, a cogeneration system modeling validation with a detail building energy simulation, eQUEST, for a building energy and cost prediction has been implemented. By analyzing the hourly building electricity and thermal loads, it enables users to decide proper cogeneration system capacity and to estimate more accurate building energy consumption. eQUEST also verified the energy analysis when the heat pump system is integrated with the cogeneration system. The mechanical system configuration benefits from the high efficiency heat pump system while avoiding the building electricity demand increase. Economic analysis such as LCC (Life Cycle Cost) method is carried out to verify economical benefits of the system by applying actual utility rates of KEPCO(Korea Electricity Power COmpany) and KOGAS(KOrea GAS company).
Keywords
eQUEST; Cogeneration system; Life-cycle cost analysis; Payback period;
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