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Title: Test procedures and protocols: Their relevance to the figure of merit for thermal distribution systems. Volume 1: Informal report

Abstract

A conceptual framework is developed that categorizes measurement protocols for forced-air thermal distribution systems in small buildings. This framework is based on the distinction between two generic approaches. The {open_quote}system-comparison{close_quote} approach seeks to determine, via a pair of whole-house energy-use measurements, the difference in energy use between the house with the as-found duct system and the same house with no energy losses attributable to the thermal distribution system. The {open_quote}component loss-factor{close_quote} approach identifies and measures the individual causes of duct losses, and then builds up a value for the net overall duct efficiency, usually with the help of computer simulation. Examples of each approach are analyzed and related to a proposed Figure of Merit for thermal distribution systems. This Figure of Merit would serve as the basis for a Standard Method of Test analogous to those already in place for furnaces, boilers, air conditioners, and heat pumps.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
10160188
Report Number(s):
BNL-60317-Vol.1
ON: DE94013724; TRN: 94:006508
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-76CH00016
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Sep 1993
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS; SPACE HEATING; THERMAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS; STANDARDIZATION; 320106; 320105; BUILDING EQUIPMENT; BUILDING SERVICES

Citation Formats

Andrews, J W. Test procedures and protocols: Their relevance to the figure of merit for thermal distribution systems. Volume 1: Informal report. United States: N. p., 1993. Web. doi:10.2172/10160188.
Andrews, J W. Test procedures and protocols: Their relevance to the figure of merit for thermal distribution systems. Volume 1: Informal report. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/10160188
Andrews, J W. 1993. "Test procedures and protocols: Their relevance to the figure of merit for thermal distribution systems. Volume 1: Informal report". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/10160188. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/10160188.
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abstractNote = {A conceptual framework is developed that categorizes measurement protocols for forced-air thermal distribution systems in small buildings. This framework is based on the distinction between two generic approaches. The {open_quote}system-comparison{close_quote} approach seeks to determine, via a pair of whole-house energy-use measurements, the difference in energy use between the house with the as-found duct system and the same house with no energy losses attributable to the thermal distribution system. The {open_quote}component loss-factor{close_quote} approach identifies and measures the individual causes of duct losses, and then builds up a value for the net overall duct efficiency, usually with the help of computer simulation. Examples of each approach are analyzed and related to a proposed Figure of Merit for thermal distribution systems. This Figure of Merit would serve as the basis for a Standard Method of Test analogous to those already in place for furnaces, boilers, air conditioners, and heat pumps.},
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