Air Conditioning with Natural Energy

Full Professor, Head of Department of Building Science, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University; President of E1 Commission (Air Conditioning), International Institute of Refrigeration; has been working in the field of air conditioning and built environment for more than 30 years, published over 180 international journal papers. Full Professor, Department of Building Environment and Energy Engineering, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology; has been working in the field of air conditioning and utilization of natural energy about 25 years, published over 80 international journal papers.

Part I: Air conditioning technologies with natural energies
1. Traditional air conditioning systems
2. Enhanced treatment technologies for outdoor air
3. Pipe-embedded wall system
4. Nocturnal cooling wall system
5. Pipe-embedded Window
6. Revised degree hours
7. Application potential of natural energy
8. Summaries and perspectives
9. Appendix: a tool to determine the application potential of different kinds of natural energy is provided.

Part II: Applications in real projects
10. Seasonal ice storage system in “Micro-energy Consumption Building”, a renewable energy integration demonstration building with the area of 2000 m2 in Beijing Olympic Village.
11. Seawater cooling in the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, UK. Natural/hybrid ventilation in the Bang & Olufsen Headquarters building located in Struer, Denmark.
12. Free cooling with tailwater for Pubugou hydropower station in Ya’an Sichuan Province, China.
13. Innovative evaporative cooling systems in the new Center for Community at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado, US.
14. Indirect evaporative chillers to produce cold water for radiant floor to remove indoor sensible heat in a hospital building in Urumqi, Xinjiang Province, China.
15. Indirect evaporative chillers combined with mechanical chiller in a data center building in Changji, Xinjiang Province, China.
16. Direct evaporative cooling air for a subway station in Lanzhou, Gansu Province, China.
17. Hybrid evaporative cooling air for a data center in Urumqi, Xinjiang Province, China.
18. Natural cold water for fresh air handling in a commercial plaza in Yichang, Hubei Province, China.
19. Geothermal energy with ground heat exchanger for sensible heat removal in an office building in Jinan, Shandong Province, China.
20. Free cooling from underground fire-fighting pool for the radiant ceiling in a high-rise residential building in Xiantao, Hubei Province, China.
21. Integrated air conditioner with thermosiphon for 3 telecom base stations in north, middle and south China.
22. Stack assisted hybrid ventilation for an open plan office building in the centre of Glasgow, UK.