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Janessa M Rieser

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In an effort to decarbonize buildings, researchers are looking for new ways to reuse heat that would otherwise be rejected from air conditioning systems. This project focuses on the design and implementation of a heat recovery chiller for existing HVAC infrastructure in Purdue's Applied Energy Lab (AEL). In addition to cooling, the chiller provides supplemental heating to an existing solar thermal loop, greatly improving the overall Coefficient of Performance (COP) of the chiller. The research aspect of this project is developing and testing control strategies to ensure functionality during all types of weather-related heating and cooling scenarios. The heat recovery chiller provides heating or cooling on demand, but it has several modes of operation based on environmental variables. This project is an example of how thermally integrated HVAC equipment can help reduce fossil fuels used to operate modern commercial buildings. We would like to acknowledge the MET 421 students who worked on this project before us. Keywords: HVAC; Heating; Cooling; Decarbonization

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Purdue University / 2024

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Janessa M Rieser