Contents

### **Preface XI**


#### Chapter 8 **Techno-Economic Analysis of a Peltier Heating Unit System Integrated into Ventilated Façade 123** Lizbeth Salgado-Conrado, César Martín-Gómez, María Ibáñez Puy and José Antonio Sacristán Fernández

Preface

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In this book, various aspects of heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems are investigated. HVAC systems are milestones of building mechanical systems that provide thermal comfort for occupants accompanied with indoor air quality. HVAC systems can be classified into central and local systems according to multiple zones, location, and distribu‐ tion. Primary HVAC equipment includes heating equipment, ventilation equipment, and cooling or air-conditioning equipment. Central HVAC systems are located away from build‐ ings in a central equipment room and deliver the conditioned air by a delivery ductwork system. Central HVAC systems contain all-air, air-water, or all-water systems. These two systems are presented in Chapter 1. In Chapter 2, two methods for sizing the network for the transport of the air, from the air handling unit to the terminal units, are explained. Chap‐ ter 3 deals with a methodology of energy management intended to analyze, evaluate, and suggest actions to save and encourage the efficient use of electric energy of HVAC systems during stages of planning, design, construction, or audit existing systems applied to regions with hot and dry climates such as desert or semidesert locations. Chapter 4 focuses on HVAC systems for modern animal housing systems. The advanced simulation tools for transient energy simulation of existing buildings are studied in Chapter 5. The relevance of the topic due to the decision of problems of the economy of resources in heating systems of buildings is presented in Chapter 6. Chapter 7 discusses the use of the vehicular combined thermal development system with phase-transitional thermal accumulators. A techno-eco‐ nomic analysis of a thermoelectric heating unit (THU) prototype is reported on in Chapter 8. This chapter shows a technical description, which includes design, improvements, operating conditions, and mathematical model of THU system. In Chapter 9, authors analyze theoreti‐ cally the temperature distribution and energy storage ability of a simultaneous charging and

**Mohsen Sheikholeslami Kandelousi (M. Sheikholeslami)**

Department of Mechanical Engineering Babol Noshirvani University of Technology

Babol, Islamic Republic of Iran
