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

Griffith, B.

National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)

关键词: 99 Federal And Miscellaneous//Mathematics, Computing, And Information Science;    Buildings;    Cogeneration;    Micro-Cogeneration;    32 Energy Conservation, Consumption, And Utilization;   

DOI  :  10.2172/928606
RP-ID  :  NREL/CP-550-43164
RP-ID  :  AC36-99-GO10337
RP-ID  :  928606

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 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.