Control Strategies to Reduce the Energy Consumption of Central Domestic Hot Water Systems

Dentz, Jordan; Ansanelli, Eric; Henderson, Hugh; Varshney, Kapil

doi:10.25984/2204257

Title: Control Strategies to Reduce the Energy Consumption of Central Domestic Hot Water Systems

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Domestic hot water (DHW) is the second-largest energy end use in U.S. buildings; it is exceeded only by space conditioning. In this study, the U.S. Department of Energy's Building America research team Advanced Research Integrated Energy Solutions installed and tested two types of recirculation controls in a pair of buildings to evaluate their energy savings potential. Demand control, temperature modulation (TM) controls, and their simultaneous operation were compared to the baseline case of constant recirculation.

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Dentz, Jordan; Ansanelli, Eric; Henderson, Hugh; Varshney, Kapil

The Levy Partnership, Inc - Systems Building Research Alliance

Publication Date:: Wed Apr 27 00:00:00 EDT 2016

Other Number(s):: 4762

Research Org.:: DOE Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI); The Levy Partnership, Inc - Systems Building Research Alliance

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Multiple Programs (EE)

Collaborations:: The Levy Partnership, Inc - Systems Building Research Alliance

Subject:: Array; BuildingAmerica; building america; cold; cost effectiveness; demand control; domestic hot water systems; existing home; mixed humid; multifamily; recirculation control system; residential; small multifamily; temperature modulation

OSTI Identifier:: 2204257

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.25984/2204257

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                    Dentz, Jordan, Ansanelli, Eric, Henderson, Hugh, and Varshney, Kapil. Control Strategies to Reduce the Energy Consumption of Central Domestic Hot Water Systems.  United States: N. p., 2016. 
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                    Dentz, Jordan, Ansanelli, Eric, Henderson, Hugh, & Varshney, Kapil. Control Strategies to Reduce the Energy Consumption of Central Domestic Hot Water Systems.  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.25984/2204257

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                    Dentz, Jordan, Ansanelli, Eric, Henderson, Hugh, and Varshney, Kapil. 2016.  
"Control Strategies to Reduce the Energy Consumption of Central Domestic Hot Water Systems".  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.25984/2204257.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/2204257. Pub date:Wed Apr 27 00:00:00 EDT 2016

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  title        = {Control Strategies to Reduce the Energy Consumption of Central Domestic Hot Water Systems},

  author       = {Dentz, Jordan and Ansanelli, Eric and Henderson, Hugh and Varshney, Kapil},

  abstractNote = {Domestic hot water (DHW) is the second-largest energy end use in U.S. buildings; it is exceeded only by space conditioning. In this study, the U.S. Department of Energy's Building America research team Advanced Research Integrated Energy Solutions installed and tested two types of recirculation controls in a pair of buildings to evaluate their energy savings potential. Demand control, temperature modulation (TM) controls, and their simultaneous operation were compared to the baseline case of constant recirculation.},

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