An air conditioning evaporative cooling parameterization was implemented in a building effect parameterization/building energy model (BEP + BEM) to calculate the magnitude of the anthropogenic sensible and latent heat fluxes from buildings released to the atmosphere. The new heat flux formulation was tested in New York City (NYC) for the summer of 2010. Evaporative cooling technology diminishes between 80% and 90% of the anthropogenic sensible heat from air conditioning systems by transforming it into latent heat in commercial (COMM) areas over NYC. Average 2-m air temperature is reduced by 0.8 °C, while relative humidity is increased by 3% when cooling towers (CTs) are introduced. Additionally, CTs introduce stable atmospheric conditions in the urban canopy layer reducing turbulence production particularly during dry days.
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October 2015
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On the Anthropogenic Heat Fluxes Using an Air Conditioning Evaporative Cooling Parameterization for Mesoscale Urban Canopy Models
Estatio Gutiérrez,
Estatio Gutiérrez
Mechanical Engineering Department,
The City College of New York
,New York, NY 10031
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Jorge E. González,
Jorge E. González
1
Fellow ASME,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
e-mail: gonzalez@me.ccny.cuny.edu
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
The City College of New York
,140 Convent Avenue
,New York, NY 10031
e-mail: gonzalez@me.ccny.cuny.edu
1Corresponding author.
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Alberto Martilli,
Alberto Martilli
Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas,
Medioambientales y Tecnológicas
,Madrid 28040
, Spain
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Robert Bornstein
Robert Bornstein
Meteorology Department,
San Jose State University
,San José, CA 95192
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Estatio Gutiérrez
Mechanical Engineering Department,
The City College of New York
,New York, NY 10031
Jorge E. González
Fellow ASME,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
e-mail: gonzalez@me.ccny.cuny.edu
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
The City College of New York
,140 Convent Avenue
,New York, NY 10031
e-mail: gonzalez@me.ccny.cuny.edu
Alberto Martilli
Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas,
Medioambientales y Tecnológicas
,Madrid 28040
, Spain
Robert Bornstein
Meteorology Department,
San Jose State University
,San José, CA 95192
1Corresponding author.
Contributed by the Solar Energy Division of ASME for publication in the JOURNAL OF SOLAR ENERGY ENGINEERING: INCLUDING WIND ENERGY AND BUILDING ENERGY CONSERVATION. Manuscript received March 7, 2015; final manuscript received June 2, 2015; published online July 7, 2015. Editor: Robert F. Boehm.
J. Sol. Energy Eng. Oct 2015, 137(5): 051005 (13 pages)
Published Online: October 1, 2015
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Received:
March 7, 2015
Revision Received:
June 2, 2015
Online:
July 7, 2015
Citation
Gutiérrez, E., González, J. E., Martilli, A., and Bornstein, R. (October 1, 2015). "On the Anthropogenic Heat Fluxes Using an Air Conditioning Evaporative Cooling Parameterization for Mesoscale Urban Canopy Models." ASME. J. Sol. Energy Eng. October 2015; 137(5): 051005. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4030854
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