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Effect of the Hydraulic Piping Topology on Energy Demand and Comfort in Buildings With Tabs

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Overview A research project on the control and design of Thermally Activated Building Systems (TABS) has been started in May 2004. This paper presents one selected result after three years of work: Decision guidance and recommendations for HVAC design engineers regarding how to select an energy-efficient hydraulic piping topology for TABS. The hydraulic piping system in TABS basically can be separated in a heating and cooling generation part, a distribution part and the consumer part which consists of several individually supplied zones. The heating and cooling demand of the zones is different from zone to zone and time-dependent. In this paper, two hydraulic piping topologies commonly used for TABS are analyzed in terms of energy consumption, resulting thermal comfort and understandability.

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Publisher	Siemens	File Format	PDF
Date Published	June 2007	Downloads	1
Format	White Papers
Topics	Methodology

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