Comparison of Environmental Performance of Cooling Sources of Air-Conditioning[J]. Journal of refrigeration, 2004, (3).
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Comparison of Environmental Performance of Cooling Sources of Air-Conditioning[J]. Journal of refrigeration, 2004, (3). DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-4339.2004.03.011.
Comparison of Environmental Performance of Cooling Sources of Air-Conditioning
According to life cycle assessment theory and standards of ISO
the model of life cycle inventory of energy of cooling sources was developed and a method of life cycle assessment was introduced. Common cooling sources (screw chiller
centrifugal chiller
heat-pump chiller
natural gas directed-fired absorption chiller
diesel directed-fired absorption chiller
steam absorption chiller) were calculated in life cycle inventory. Life cycle environmental performance of common cooling sources was evaluated
and the possible aggregating impact results were analyzed by weighting triangle. The results indicate that the relationship of the environmental performance of centrifugal chiller and generation mix is intimate and is distant for natural gas directed-fired absorption chiller. So the comparison of environmental performance of natural gas directed-fired absorption chiller and centrifugal chiller should take into account the electric generation mix. In China generation mix of 1999
the environmental performance of the former was better than that of the latter. In 2010
the environmental performance of the two chillers might be nearly same. In American generation mix of 1999
the environmental performance of the former was worse than that of the latter.