Quantification of the Energy Supply Potential in Tourist Resorts. Issue 6 (1st August 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zheng, Guozhong; Lu, Yuzhen; Li, Ke; Gao, Yuefen
• Is Part Of: Energy engineering. Volume 115:Issue 6(2018)
• Page Start: 7
• Page End: 19
• Publication Date: 2018-08-01
• Subjects: Energy supply potential -- supply side -- quantification -- solar energy -- heat pump; Power (Mechanics) -- Periodicals; 621.04205
• DOI: 10.1080/01998595.2018.12027899
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0199-8595

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Tourism resorts are usually located in beautiful spots, and the building energy system cannot affect the environment or aesthetics of the location. Therefore, the energy supply system of the tourism resort buildings group is different from the conventional system. The locally available renewable energy sources should be considered. The available renewable energy resources in the tourism resort are solar energy, water-source heat pump, ground-source heat pump and air-source heat pump. In this article, a quantification method for energy potential in the supply side is proposed. The energy supply potential of solar power generation, solar heating, air-source heat pumps, water-source heat pumps and ground-source heat pumps are studied. Then a case study is supplied to verity the quantification method. The results indicate that, to make efficient use of regional energy and renewable energy on the supply side, it is necessary to analyze and quantify the regional energy supply potential. In the case study, the air-source heat pump offers the greatest potential for annual heating and cooling. The energy supply potential quantification method not only can be used for regional building energy scheme design, program comparison, and quantitative analysis of the renewable energy supply, it can also provide support for the design of a regional energy system.