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Dr Salvador Acha

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering

Senior Research Fellow
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 3379salvador.acha Website CV

 
 
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Location

 

453AACE ExtensionSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Escriva:2019:10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2019.08.005,
author = {Escriva, EJS and Acha, S and LeBrun, N and Francés, VS and Ojer, JMP and Markides, CN and Shah, N},
doi = {10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2019.08.005},
journal = {International Journal of Refrigeration},
pages = {288--300},
title = {Modelling of a real CO2 booster installation and evaluation of control strategies for heat recovery applications in supermarkets},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2019.08.005},
volume = {107},
year = {2019}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - This paper compares and quantifies the energy, environmental and economic benefits of various control strategies recovering heat from a CO2 booster system in a supermarket for space heating with the purpose of understanding its potential for displacing natural gas fuelled boilers. A theoretical steady-state model that simulates the behaviour of the CO2 system is developed and validated against field measurements obtained from an existing refrigeration system in a food-retail building located in the United Kingdom. Five heat recovery strategies are analysed by modifying the mass flows and pressure levels in the condenser. The model shows that a reduction of 48% in natural-gas consumption is feasible by the installation of a de-superheater and without any advanced operating strategy. However, the CO2 system can fully supply the entire space-heating requirement by adopting alternative control strategies, albeit by penalising the coefficient of performance (COP) of the compressor. Results show that the best energy strategy can reduce total consumption by 32%, while the best economic strategy can reduce costs by 6%. Findings from this work suggest that heat recovery systems can bring substantial benefits to improve the overall efficiency of energy-intensive buildings; although trade-offs need to be carefully considered and further analysed before embarking on such initiatives.
AU  - Escriva,EJS
AU  - Acha,S
AU  - LeBrun,N
AU  - Francés,VS
AU  - Ojer,JMP
AU  - Markides,CN
AU  - Shah,N
DO  - 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2019.08.005
EP  - 300
PY  - 2019///
SN  - 0140-7007
SP  - 288
TI  - Modelling of a real CO2 booster installation and evaluation of control strategies for heat recovery applications in supermarkets
T2  - International Journal of Refrigeration
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2019.08.005
UR  - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S014070071930341X?via%3Dihub
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/72759
VL  - 107
ER  -
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