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2017 , Vol. 6 >Issue 1: 42 - 52

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foar.2016.11.004

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Comparative research on different air conditioning systems for residential buildings

  • Xin Zhou , 1 ,
  • Da Yan 2 ,
  • Xing Shi 1
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  • 1. School of Architecture, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
  • 2. School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

Received date: 21 Jul 2016

Revised date: 12 Nov 2016

Accepted date: 16 Nov 2016

Published date: 06 Apr 2017

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2016 2016 The Authors. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CCBY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Abstract

Two types of airconditioning (AC) systems generally exist, namely, centralized and decen-tralized AC systems. This study focuses on three actual engineering projects of residential communities where centralized AC systems are adopted.The applicability of centralized AC systems in residential buildings is discussed and analyzed. In addition, the key elements that lead to different building energy consumptions and system efficiencies between centralized and decentralized AC systems in residential buildings are investigated. This study shows that in residential buildings, at the point where the centralized feature of the system meets the decentralized featureofusers’ load, the problems of high energy consumption and low energy efficiency could easily occur.

Key words： Residential buildings; Centralized AC system; Decentralized AC system; Comparative research

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Xin Zhou , Da Yan , Xing Shi . Comparative research on different air conditioning systems for residential buildings[J]. Frontiers of Architectural Research, 2017 , 6(1) : 42 -52 . DOI: 10.1016/j.foar.2016.11.004

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