MODELING OF A COMBINED HEAT AND POWER UNIT AND EVALUATION OF SYSTEM PERFORMANCE IN BUILDING APPLICATIONS

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dc.contributor.advisorRadermacher, Reinharden_US
dc.contributor.authorBush, Johnen_US
dc.contributor.departmentMechanical Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-03T05:39:49Z
dc.date.available2010-07-03T05:39:49Z
dc.date.issued2010en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis presents a validated model of a 4 kilowatt combined heat and power (CHP) system derived from laboratory experiments. The model is tuned to match steady state experimental tests, and validated with transient experimental results. Further simulations are performed using a modeled thermal storage system, and implementing the CHP system into a building model to evaluate the feasibility of CHP in the mid-Atlantic region, as well as the Great Lakes region. The transient simulation outputs are within 4.8% of experimental results for identical load profiles for a simulated summer week, and within 2.2% for a spring or autumn week. When integrated with a building model, the results show 23.5% cost savings on energy in the mid-Atlantic region, and 29.7% savings in the Great Lakes region.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/10483
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEngineering, Mechanicalen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledBuilding Modelingen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledCHPen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledEnergyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledHVACen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSimulationen_US
dc.titleMODELING OF A COMBINED HEAT AND POWER UNIT AND EVALUATION OF SYSTEM PERFORMANCE IN BUILDING APPLICATIONSen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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