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Título
A boiler room in a 600-bed hospital complex: study, analysis, and implementation of energy efficiency improvements
Año del Documento
2014
Editorial
MDPI
Descripción
Producción Científica
Documento Fuente
Energies, 2014, vol. 7, n. 5, p. 3282-3303
Resumen
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.
Materias Unesco
33 Ciencias Tecnológicas
Palabras Clave
Energy efficiency
Hospital
Boiler room control
ISSN
1996-1073
Revisión por pares
SI
Version del Editor
Propietario de los Derechos
© 2014 The Author(s)
Idioma
eng
Tipo de versión
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Derechos
openAccess
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