Energy Performance Analysis of Terminal Building of Pokhara International Airport
Date
2024-06
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I.O.E
Abstract
Heating and cooling are needed in a building to maintain a comfortable environment for the human living and working inside the building. Commercial building like airport needs space heating and cooling throughout the year to make as comfortable environment for the passengers and to maintain working temperature of different special equipment which is used inside the terminal building of an airport. Pokhara International airport is the third international airport of Nepal. It is an ICAO category 4D airport and consists of a single runway. The terminal building of Pokhara international airport serves as terminal for both domestic and international passengers. This study is about the energy consumption by space heating and cooling system installed in terminal building of Pokhara international airport. Heating and cooling system consumes almost 50 percent of the total energy consumption of the terminal building. Thus, the energy consumption of HVAC system of the terminal building must be optimized.
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This study simulated the cooling and heating load of terminal building in Autodesk Revit which is 2277.03 kW and 1195.72 kW respectively. The study also conducted theoretical cooling load calculation with varying air change per hour to study the impact of fresh air load in the system. The cooling load at 2ACH, 1.5ACH and 0.7 ACH was 3243.58 kW, 2722.9 kW and 1889.81 kW respectively
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Energy Performance, Terminal Building, 4D airport