The Effective Use of the Piston Effect, Natural Cold Sources, and Energy Saving in Beijing Subways

With the development of the subway, the energy consumption of subway ventilation and air-conditioning systems is increasing rapidly. To solve this problem, this paper describes the environment of a subway station in Beijing subway line no. 2 from July to September, 2011, and uses numerical methods to quantitatively analyze and evaluate the contributions of the subway piston effect and natural outdoor cold sources to energy saving in the air-conditioning system and improvement of the subway environment. The results show that the piston effect can be used for ventilation in each area of the subway station. During summer, part of the subway air-conditioning season, a natural cold source can introduce a cold capacity of 5,100GJ to the subway station.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/371785
• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2013 Zhenzhen Li et al.
• Authors:
  • Li, Zhenzhen
  • Chen, Chao
  • Pan, Song
  • Yan, Le
  • Li, Kang
• Publication Date: 2013

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 9p
• Serial:
  • Advances in Mechanical Engineering
  • Volume: 2013
  • Issue Number: Article ID 371785
  • Publisher: Sage Publications, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 1687-8132
  • EISSN: 1687-8140
  • Serial URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/ade
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air conditioning systems; Energy conservation; Energy consumption; Environmental control; Railroad tunnels; Subway stations; Ventilation systems; Wind
• Geographic Terms: Beijing (China)
• Subject Areas: Energy; Environment; Public Transportation; Terminals and Facilities; I15: Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01499463
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 21 2013 9:21AM