Cold thermal energy storage is an active method for reducing the peak electrical demand and electricity consumption of air con-ditioners.This paper investigates two different cases:partial operating mode-load levellin...Cold thermal energy storage is an active method for reducing the peak electrical demand and electricity consumption of air con-ditioners.This paper investigates two different cases:partial operating mode-load levelling(POM-LL)and demand-limiting mode(DLM).4E(energy,exergy,economic,environment)analyses along with a multi-objective optimization process based on a genetic algorithm is applied to determine optimal design values.Exergy efficiency,total annual cost and payback-period time are considered as objective functions in this study.The results have shown that POM and DLM decreased the electricity consumption by 10.36%and 11.29%,respectively,resulting in raising the annual costs by 11.08%and 11.42%.Also,their annual payback periods were 4.36 and 4.18 years each.In addition,using off-peak hours instead of on-peak hours for electricity consumption and reducing electricity consump-tion are the two main ways of decreasing CO_(2) emissions during electricity generation.Therefore,the CO_(2) emissions through POM and DLM are 13.31%and 13.72%less than those of conventional systems,respectively.展开更多
文摘Cold thermal energy storage is an active method for reducing the peak electrical demand and electricity consumption of air con-ditioners.This paper investigates two different cases:partial operating mode-load levelling(POM-LL)and demand-limiting mode(DLM).4E(energy,exergy,economic,environment)analyses along with a multi-objective optimization process based on a genetic algorithm is applied to determine optimal design values.Exergy efficiency,total annual cost and payback-period time are considered as objective functions in this study.The results have shown that POM and DLM decreased the electricity consumption by 10.36%and 11.29%,respectively,resulting in raising the annual costs by 11.08%and 11.42%.Also,their annual payback periods were 4.36 and 4.18 years each.In addition,using off-peak hours instead of on-peak hours for electricity consumption and reducing electricity consump-tion are the two main ways of decreasing CO_(2) emissions during electricity generation.Therefore,the CO_(2) emissions through POM and DLM are 13.31%and 13.72%less than those of conventional systems,respectively.
