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Title: Performance evaluation and optimal design of supermarket refrigeration systems with supermarket model "SuperSim", Part I: Model description and validation
Authors: Ge, YT
Tassou, SA
Keywords: Supermarket;Refrigeration system;Energy consumption;Modelling;Validation
Issue Date: 2011
Publisher: Elsevier
Citation: International Journal of Refrigeration, 34(2), 527 - 539, 2011
Abstract: Conventional supermarket refrigeration systems are responsible for considerable CO2 emissions due to high energy consumption and large quantities of refrigerant leakage. In the effort to conserve energy and reduce environmental impacts, an efficient design tool for the analysis, evaluation and comparison of the performance of alternative system designs and controls is required. This paper provides a description of the modelling procedure employed in the supermarket simulation model ‘SuperSim’ for the simulation of the performance of centralised vapour compression refrigeration systems and their interaction with the building envelope and HVAC systems. The model which has been validated against data from a supermarket has been used for the comparison of R404A and CO2 refrigeration systems and the optimisation of the performance of transcritical CO2 systems. These results are presented in Part II of the paper.
Description: This is the post-print version of the final paper published in International Journal of Refrigeration. The published article is available from the link below. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. Copyright @ 2010 Elsevier B.V.
URI: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140700710002719
http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/9123
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2010.11.010
ISSN: 0140-7007
Appears in Collections:Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Dept of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Research Papers

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