This paper outlines a demonstration project planned and implemented at the Canadian Centre for Housing Technology (CCHT) in 2006. The CCHT, located on the campus of the National Research Council (NRC) in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada maintains two identical, detached, single-family houses that have the capacity to assess energy and building technologies in side by side comparisons with daily simulated occupancy effects. The paper describes the residential integrated total energy system being installed in one of the homes at the CCHT for this demonstration, consisting of two one-ton ground source heat pumps, an air handler with supplemental/back-up hydronic heating capability, a natural gas fired storage type water tank, an indirect domestic hot water storage tank and a multistage thermostat capable of controlling the system. There is also a description of the bore-field, consisting of three vertical wells arranged to suit a typical suburban landscape. Two of the wells serve the heat pumps; the third well is arranged between the other two to sink the waste heat from a cogeneration unit. The 6 kWe cogeneration unit to be installed in May 2007 is also described. The heat pump system was deliberately sized to satisfy the cooling load in Canada’s heat dominated climate, leaving room in the operation of the system to accept waste heat from the cogeneration unit, either directly or indirectly through recycling the heat through the ground to the heat pumps. This paper presents and discusses preliminary testing results during the fall of 2006 and modeling work of the ground heat exchanger component of the system and therefore sets the stage for performance modeling work that is currently underway at Natural Resources Canada (NRCan).
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ASME 2007 Power Conference
July 17–19, 2007
San Antonio, Texas, USA
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- Power Division
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0-7918-4273-8
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Residential Total Energy System Testing at the Canadian Centre for Housing Technology
L. Yang,
L. Yang
Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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M. A. Douglas,
M. A. Douglas
Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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J. Gusdorf,
J. Gusdorf
Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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F. Szadkowski,
F. Szadkowski
Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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E. Limouse,
E. Limouse
Institut Catholique des Arts et des Me´tier, France
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M. Manning,
M. Manning
National Research Council, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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M. Swinton
M. Swinton
National Research Council, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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L. Yang
Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
M. A. Douglas
Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
J. Gusdorf
Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
F. Szadkowski
Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
E. Limouse
Institut Catholique des Arts et des Me´tier, France
M. Manning
National Research Council, Ottawa, ON, Canada
M. Swinton
National Research Council, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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POWER2007-22137, pp. 605-614; 10 pages
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April 21, 2009
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Yang, L, Douglas, MA, Gusdorf, J, Szadkowski, F, Limouse, E, Manning, M, & Swinton, M. "Residential Total Energy System Testing at the Canadian Centre for Housing Technology." Proceedings of the ASME 2007 Power Conference. ASME 2007 Power Conference. San Antonio, Texas, USA. July 17–19, 2007. pp. 605-614. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/POWER2007-22137
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