Title: A new approach to calculation of energy demand and amount of emission according to different indoor temperature

Authors: Mustafa Erturk; Zuhal Oktay; Can Coskun; Gulenay Alevay Kilic; Ali Dasdemir

Addresses: Mechanical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Balikesir University, 10110 Balikesir, Turkey ' Energy Systems Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Rize, Turkey ' Energy Systems Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Rize, Turkey ' Mechanical Engineering Department, Institute of Applied Sciences, Balikesir University, 10110 Balikesir, Turkey ' Koycegiz Vocational and Technical Education High School, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Program, 48800 Koycegiz, Mugla, Turkey

Abstract: In this study, annual, monthly and hourly ambient temperature distributions are determined and analysed for Karabük in Turkey. For each month of the year, variance of outdoor air temperature, monthly and seasonal heating degree hour (HDH) values are calculated according to 11 different indoor reference temperature (18°C to 28°C), and the resulting coefficient of determination indicates high correlation as R² = 0.998. By considering HDH values, three kinds of fossil energy resources, (coal, natural gas, fuel-oil), annual unit area fuel needs, amount of carbon-dioxide and sulphur-dioxide. When indoor temperature is chosen 19°C instead of 18°C for coal, annual CO₂ emission increases by 8.7%. On the other hand, 24°C indoor temperature, rate of increase reaches to 53.2%. This study is first in the literature to investigate the effect of three kinds of fuel's energy impact on environment in the case of different indoor reference temperature for heating.

Keywords: heating degree hour; HDH; energy change; energy demand; indoor temperatures; CO2; carbon dioxide; carbon emissions; sulphur dioxide; SO2; Turkey; fossil fuels; enviromental impact; coal; natural gas; fuel oil.

DOI: 10.1504/IJGW.2015.069370

International Journal of Global Warming, 2015 Vol.7 No.3, pp.395 - 408

Received: 30 May 2013
Accepted: 12 Nov 2013
Published online: 14 May 2015 *

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