Experimental evaluation of a cooling radiant wall coupled to a ground heat exchanger

dc.contributor.authorRomaní Picas, Joaquim
dc.contributor.authorPérez Luque, Gabriel
dc.contributor.authorGracia Cuesta, Alvaro de
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-18T12:22:53Z
dc.date.available2018-10-01T22:19:15Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractA building prototype was built in the experimental set-up located in Puigverd de Lleida (Spain) to study the energy performance of a radiant wall with ventilated facade cooled with a ground coupled heat-exchanger. The installed geothermal heat pump operates only as a ground coupled heat exchanger on cooling mode, thus providing free-cooling. In this case, only the circulation pumps consume power. The summer experimental campaign showed the energy savings potential and the peak load shifting ability of the system. On continuous operation and taking as reference a cubicle equipped with a conventional air-to-air heat pump, the radiant wall cooled with the ground coupled heat-exchanger achieved savings up to 54.17% and 82.08% at set-point temperatures of 24 °C and 26 °C, respectively. The thermal storage capacity of the system was studied in night charging test, when the cubicles were pre-cooled during night-time. During the day, the temperature raise caused by heat loads was small and the system kept the temperature inside comfort range despite it only operated overnight. However, the performance was very sensitive to set-point temperature. Free-cooling was limited by the temperatures in the boreholes, showing that with lower set-points the gradient between supply temperature and room temperature was small, and thus it required a higher water flow to achieve the necessary cooling power. Intermittent operation of the system according to different schedules also affected the radiant walls performance as they interacted with the thermal inertia of the system, which could even have a negative impact on energy use.ca_ES
dc.description.sponsorshipThe work partially funded by the Spanish government (ULLE10-4E-1305, ENE2015-64117-C5-1-R(MINECO/FEDER), ENE2015-64117-C5-3-R (MINECO/FEDER)). The authors would like to thank the Catalan Government for the quality accreditation given to their research group (2014 SGR 123) and the city hall of Puigverd de Lleida. This projects has received funding from the European Commission Seventh Framework Programme (FP/2007-2013) under Grant agreement No. PIRSES-GA-2013-610692 (INNOSTORAGE) and from European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 657466 (INPATH-TES) and from EEA-Grants under grant IDI-20140914. Alvaro de Gracia would like to thank Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad de España for Grant Juan de la Cierva, FJCI-2014-19940.ca_ES
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2016.08.028
dc.identifier.idgrec024701
dc.identifier.issn0378-7788
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/57967
dc.language.isoengca_ES
dc.publisherElsevierca_ES
dc.relationeu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO//ENE2015-64117-C5-1-R/ES/IDENTIFICACION DE BARRERAS Y OPORTUNIDADES SOSTENIBLES EN LOS MATERIALES Y APLICACIONES DEL ALMACENAMIENTO DE ENERGIA TERMICA/ca_ES
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO//ENE2015-64117-C5-3-R/ES/IDENTIFICACION DE BARRERAS Y OPORTUNIDADES SOSTENIBLES EN LOS MATERIALES Y APLICACIONES DEL ALMACENAMIENTO DE ENERGIA TERMICA/ca_ES
dc.relation.isformatofVersió postprint del document publicat a https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2016.08.028ca_ES
dc.relation.ispartofEnergy and Buildings, 2016, vol. 129, p. 484-490ca_ES
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/610692ca_ES
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/657466/EU/INPATH-TES
dc.rightscc-by-nc-nd, (c) Elsevier, 2016ca_ES
dc.rights.accessRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessca_ES
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectTABSca_ES
dc.subjectRadiant wallsca_ES
dc.subjectRadiant coolingca_ES
dc.subjectGround heat exchangerca_ES
dc.titleExperimental evaluation of a cooling radiant wall coupled to a ground heat exchangerca_ES
dc.typearticleca_ES
dc.type.versionacceptedVersionca_ES
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