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T1 A boiler room in a 600-bed hospital complex: study, analysis, and implementation of energy efficiency improvements
A1 Fraile Marinero, Juan Carlos
A1 San José Alonso, Julio Francisco
A1 González Alonso, Ana
K1 Energy efficiency
K1 Hospital
K1 Boiler room control
K1 33 Ciencias Tecnológicas
AB The aim of energy efficiency is to use less energy to provide the same service. In hospitals, energy efficiency offers a powerful and cost-effective tool to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, fuel consumption, and also running costs. Over a six-month period, the six gas-fired boilers that provide both a hospital’s heat and hot water were monitored. Analysis of the data obtained led to several actions being implemented in the hospital boiler room control system to improve the efficiency of the heat production system. Comparative studies were conducted, during similar weather periods, of the performance of the hospital’s hot water production system before and after the controls were implemented. Results indicate that the control actions applied proved to be effective. Finally; the paper offers a financial; primary energy saving and CO2 reduction analysis that points to a 3,434.00 €/week savings in natural gas consumption; and a cut in CO2 emissions of 20.3 tons/week; as compared to the reference facility.
PB MDPI
SN 1996-1073
YR 2014
FD 2014
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/56930
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/56930
LA eng
NO Energies, 2014, vol. 7, n. 5, p. 3282-3303
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 18-nov-2024