Handbook Of Energy Engineering, 6th Edition
The Fairmont Press, June 2008, Pages: 475
Authors:
Albert Thumann, P.E., C.E.M., and D. Paul Mehta, Ph.D.
Covering the latest codes and standards and the Energy Independence and Security Act, this edition includes information on software packages from the Best Practices Program of the U.S. Department of Energy; and emerging technologies such as oxy-fuel combustion, high efficiency burners, enhanced heat exchangers, and ceramic membranes for heat recovery. This reference will guide you step by step in applying the principles of energy engineering and management to the design of electrical, HVAC, utility, process and building systems for both new design and retrofit projects. Topics covered include how to do an energy analysis of any system; electrical system optimization; state-of-the-art lighting and lighting controls; thermal storage; cogeneration; HVAC and building system optimization; compressed air systems; third party financing and much more. The text is thoroughly illustrated with tables, graphs, diagrams and sample problems.
- Codes, Standards and Legislation
- Energy Economic Analysis
- Energy Auditing and Accounting
- Electrical System Optimization
- Waste Heat Recovery
- Utility System Optimization
- Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Building System Optimization
- HVAC Equipment
- Cogeneration: Theory and Practice
- Control Systems
- Computer Applications
- Thermal Storage
- Passive Solar Energy Systems
- Energy Management
- Compressed Air System Optimization
- Financing Energy Projects
- Appendix
- References
- Index
CLIMATE CHANGE
Kyoto Protocol
The goal of the Kyoto Protocol is to stabilize green house gases in the atmosphere that would prevent human impact on global climate
change. The nations that signed the treaty come together to make decisions at meetings called Conferences of the Parties. The 38 parties are
grouped into two groups, developed industrialized nations and developing countries. The Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement reached in Kyoto in 1997 by the third Conference of the Parties (COP-3), aims to lower emissions from two groups of three green house gases: carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide and the second group of hyrdofluorocarbon (HFC): sulfur hexafluoride and perfluorocarbons.
INDOOR AIR QUALITY STANDARDS
Indoor air quality (IAQ) is an emerging issue of concern to building managers, operators, and designers. Recent research has shown
that indoor air is often less clean than outdoor air and federal legislation has been proposed to establish programs to deal with this issue on
a national level. This, like the asbestos issue, will have an impact on building design and operations. Americans today spend long hours inside buildings,and building operators, managers, and designers must be aware of potential IAQ problems and how they can be avoided. IAQ problems, sometimes termed “sick building syndrome,” have become an acknowledged health and comfort problem. Buildings are characterized as sick when occupants complain of acute symptoms such as headache, eye, nose, and throat irritations, dizziness, nausea, sensitivity odors, and difficulty in concentrating. The complaints may become more clinically defined so that an occupant may develop an actual building-related illness that is believed to be related to IAQ problems. The most effective means to deal with an IAQ problem is to remove or minimize the pollutant source, when feasible. If not, dilution and filtration may be effective. The purpose of ASHRAE Standard 62 is to specify minimum ventilation rates and indoor air quality that will be acceptable to human occupants and are intended to minimize the potential for health effects.
12 Handbook of Energy Engineering ASHRAE defines acceptable indoor air quality as the air in which there are no known contaminants at harmful concentrations as determined by cognizant authorities and with which a substantial majority, 80% or more, of those exposed do not express dissatisfaction. ASHRAE Standard 55 for thermal environmental conditions for human occupancy covers several environmental parameters including: temperature, radiation, humidity, and air movement. The standard specifies conditions in which 80% of the occupants will find the environment thermally acceptable. This applies to healthy people in normal indoor environments for winter and summer conditions. Adjustment factors are described for various activity levels and clothing levels. The International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol (IPMVP) is used for commercial and industrial facility operators. The IPMVP offers standards for measurement and verification of energy and water efficiency projects. The IPMVP volumes is used to
first, develop a measurement and verification strategy and plan for quantifying energy and water savings in retrofits and new construction. Second, monitor indoor environmental quality and third, quantify missions reduction. (www.evo-world.org)
REGULATORY AND LEGISLATIVE ISSUES IMPACTING COGENERATION ND INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCTION
Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA)
This legislation was part of the 1978 National Energy Act and as had perhaps the most significant effect on the development of ogeneration and other forms of alternative energy production in the ast decade. Certain provisions of PURPA also apply to the exchange f electric power between utilities and cogenerators. PURPA provides a umber of benefits to those cogenerators who can become Qualifying acilities (QFs) under this act. Specifically, PURPA
- Requires utilities to purchase the power made available by cogenerations at reasonable buy-back rates. These rates are typically based on the utilities’ cost
- Guarantees the cogeneration or small power producer interconnection with the electric grid and the availability of backup service from the utility
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