A novel policy to optimize energy consumption for dairy product warehouses: A case study
Almutairi K. Esfahani E.M. Mostafaeipour A. Issakhov A. Kaewpraek C. Techato K.
1 March 2021MDPI AG
Sustainability (Switzerland)
2021#13Issue 51 - 26 pp.
Worldwide energy supply is mostly reliant on fossil fuels. Carbon dioxide emissions have caused many negative environmental issues like climate change, air pollution, and energy security. An important alternative to this hazard is substituting the fossil fuel-based carbon energy sources with renewable energy sources. Passive strategies, which are devised to provide thermal comfort in buildings are examples of how to use renewable energies. For this study, a dairy product warehouse in the city of Yazd in Iran was thoroughly investigated. The main goal of this study is to introduce different scenarios, then identifying them based upon optimization of energy consumption. An-other main purpose of the present study is to maximize the use of passive energy to meet the cooling needs of a dairy products warehouse in the studied area. Underground temperature is lower than the surface in summer, also it is higher in winter. Therefore, this property of soil is investigated by using nine different scenarios at different heights for constructing underground warehouse for stor-ing dairy products. Clearly, different renewable tools like wind turbine, wind catcher, solar chiller, and different roof designs by Savanah grass, roof pond are also investigated. At first, the cooling load of the warehouse is calculated separately for each season. Then, according to the energy load values obtained, the nominated scenarios are investigated. The results of the comparisons show that the construction of a warehouse at a depth of 3 m from the ground with a green roof covered with Savannah grass helps achieve the best degree of reduction in the cooling power.
Dairy products , Green roof , Passive technique , Underground warehouse
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Community College, Mechanical Engineering Technology, University of Hafr Al Batin, Hafr Al Batin, 39524, Saudi Arabia
Department of Industrial Engineering, Yazd University, Yazd, 8915818411, Iran
Faculty of Environmental Management, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, 90110, Thailand
Environmental Assessment and Technology for Hazardous Waste Management Research Center, Faculty of Environmental Management, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, 90110, Thailand
Department of Mathematical and Computer Modelling, Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, 050040, Kazakhstan
Department of Mathematics and Cybernetics, Kazakh-British Technical University, Almaty, 050000, Kazakhstan
Center of Excellence on Hazardous Substance Management (HSM), Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
Community College
Department of Industrial Engineering
Faculty of Environmental Management
Environmental Assessment and Technology for Hazardous Waste Management Research Center
Department of Mathematical and Computer Modelling
Department of Mathematics and Cybernetics
Center of Excellence on Hazardous Substance Management (HSM)
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