This paper aims to estimate intermittent transient cooling load characteristics in an academic building with large glazing area using TRNSYS. Simulation and experimental studies have been done in the past to estimate ...
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This paper aims to estimate intermittent transient cooling load characteristics in an academic building with large glazing area using TRNSYS. Simulation and experimental studies have been done in the past to estimate cooling load characteristic and to find strategies to reduce the energy used by the centralized HVAC system in various ways. However, these studies were mostly conducted for a building with simultaneous occupancy pattern. Since occupancy pattern in a university is intermittent, the cooling load characteristic would be different with that with simultaneous occupancy pattern. The building thermal and simulation model was first built and validated by comparing the results with experimental results. The validated model was then used to estimate the cooling load characteristic on a year basis. In addition, the effect of the occupancy pattern were also analyzed and discussed. The results showed that the ratio of cooling loads at minimum and maximum were 0.52, 0.54, and 0.68 for the workshop, classroom and office due to the occupancy pattern. The results also implied that the HVAC system should be equipped with additional equipment to track the occupancy and make it work based on the occupancy pattern. This would reduce the energy wasted during unoccupied period.
Fischer-Tropsch (FT) reaction involves conversion of syngas (a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen) into higher hydrocarbons in the presence of an active catalyst. The syngas can be derived from non-petroleum feed...
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Fischer-Tropsch (FT) reaction involves conversion of syngas (a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen) into higher hydrocarbons in the presence of an active catalyst. The syngas can be derived from non-petroleum feedstocks such as coal, biomass and natural gas, thus the FT reaction provides an alternative route for production of clean fuels. The FT process has received growing interest in recent years due to uncertainty in the Middle East, fast depletion of fossil fuel and environmental concern. This paper reports the synthesis, physicochemical properties and catalytic performance of cobalt-based catalyst in the FT reaction. The catalysts comprised metal nanoparticles supported on carbon nanotubes (CNTs) which were synthesized via a wet impregnation method. The catalysts were characterized using transmission electron microscopy (TEM), temperature-programmed reduction/desorption (TPR/TPD) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The performance of the cobalt-based catalyts in a FT reaction was evaluated in a fixed bed microreactor equipped with an on-line gas chromatograph for analyses of hydrocarbon products. The catalysts investigated in this work were Co/CNTs, 70Co30Mn/CNTs, 0.06%K/70Co30Fe/CNTs and 0.04%Nb/70Co30Fe/CNTs. TEM analyses revealed that the average sizes of the metal nanoparticles were 4-5 nm. Based on TPD analyses, the dispersion of these nanoparticles on CNTs were greater than 90%. The presence of both Co2+ and Co3+ ions were confirmed by XPS analysis. The 0.04%Nb/70Co30Fe/CNTs catalyst performed better than other catalysts in the FT reaction where it resulted in CO conversion of 35% and 16% C5+ selectivity at pressure of 1 bar, 220 °C and H2: CO of 2:1. Using the same catalyst, the CO conversion and C5+ selectivity increased to 60% and 57%, respectively when the pressure was increased to 20 bar.
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