Impact of Ice Storage on Electrical Energy Consumption in Large and Medium-sized Office Buildings in Different Climate Zones

Cooling demand constitutes a large portion of total electrical demand for office buildings during peak hours. Deteriorating load factors, increased use of more inefficient and polluting peaking units are the aftermaths of growth in peak demand challenging energy system efficiency and grid reliabilit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sehar, Fakeha
Other Authors: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/35291
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10042011-123235/