Effects of common fuel and heating system options on the energy usage, pollutant emissions and economy

Ileri A., Moshiri S.

ENERGY AND BUILDINGS, cilt.24, sa.1, ss.11-18, 1996 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 24 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 1996
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/0378-7788(95)00960-4
  • Dergi Adı: ENERGY AND BUILDINGS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.11-18
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: space heating, water heating, heating economy, air pollution
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Annual fuel and energy consumptions and CO2 and SO2 emissions of various fuel (natural gas, fuel oil, coal, lignite, electricity) and system alternatives (individual, central, district) for hot water and space heating are compared. Further, detailed economical analyses illustrate the dependency of the life cycle costs on fuel and system types, building size and location, inflation and interest rates. It is found that natural gas systems lead in all respects, but fuel oil systems follow closely in many cases. Coal and lignite cannot compete at all, except possibly lower SO2 emissions of imported low-S coal in comparison to typical fuel oils. Direct electrical heating and even electrical heat pumps should be discouraged because of their markedly inferior performance. Also, district and central systems could provide savings (about 20% and 5%, respectively) in comparison to individual systems using identical energy resources.