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Simulation of energy use in UK supermarkets using EnergyPlus

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posted on 2016-05-11, 12:45 authored by Henry Witt, Simon Taylor, Kevin LomasKevin Lomas, Rob Liddiard
This paper investigates the interaction between supermarket heating, ventilation and air conditioning and refrigeration systems through simulation in EnergyPlus. This interaction has been studied by modelling a generic UK supermarket. The impact on the sum of HVAC and refrigeration energy consumption due to changes in a range of operating conditions was studied. These include the effect of altering HVAC temperature set-points, supply air temperatures and refrigeration case operating temperatures on their overall energy use. Optimum values of the supply air temperature, to minimise CO2 emissions, delivered by the HVAC system were found to vary with UK location, with typical values around 14oC to 16oC.

Funding

This research was made possible by Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) support for the London-Loughborough Centre for Doctoral Training in Energy Demand (Grant EP/H009612/1). The support of Tesco plc is gratefully acknowledged.

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  • Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering

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14th Conference of International Building Performance Simulation Association (BS2015) http://www.ibpsa.org/?page_id=619

Pages

1095 - 1102 (8)

Citation

WITT, H. ... et al, 2015. Simulation of energy use in UK supermarkets using EnergyPlus. IN: Mathur, J. and Garg, V. (eds). Proceedings of the 14th International Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association (BS2015), 7th-9th December 2015, Hyderabad, India, pp.1095-1102.

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© International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA)

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  • VoR (Version of Record)

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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Acceptance date

2015-09-03

Publication date

2015

Notes

This is a conference paper.

ISBN

9789352301188

Language

  • en

Location

Hyderabad, India

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