Assessment of the Technical Potential for Micro-Cogeneration in Small Commerical Buildings across the United States: Preprint

Griffith, B.

关键词: /MATHEMATICS;    COMPUTING;    AND INFORMATION SCIENCE;    COGENERATION;    COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS;    COMPUTER CODES;    ENERGY EFFICIENCY MICRO-COGENERATION;    COGENERATION;    ENERGYPLUS;    COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS;    Buildings;   

DOI  :  10.2172/928606
RP-ID  :  NREL/CP-550-43164
PID  :  OSTI ID: 928606
Others  :  TRN: US200812%%521

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

This paper presents an assessment of the technical potential for micro-cogeneration in small commercial buildings throughout the United States. The cogeneration devices are simulated with the computer program EnergyPlus using models developed by Annex 42, a working group of the International Energy Agency's Energy Efficiency in Buildings and Community Systems (IEA/ECBCS). Although the Annex 42 models were developed for residential applications, this study applies them to small commercial buildings, assumed to have a total floor area of 500 m2 or less. The potential for micro-cogeneration is examined for the entire existing stock of small U.S. commercial buildings using a bottom-up method based on 1,236 EnergyPlus models.