Thermodynamic Analysis of the Lowest Carbon Footprint Heating and Cooling System

Portland General Electric Engineering, 2014-15

Liaison(s): Conrad Eustis P06
Advisor(s): Nancy Lape, Adam Johnson
Students(s): Jake Dittes (TL-S), Sachit Sood (TL-F), Kelly Nguyen, Kevin Lau, Benjamin Chasnov (S), Jacob Higle-Ralbovsky (F)

Portland General Electric, a utility company serving over 800,000 customers in Oregon, has developed an advanced conceptual design for residential heating and cooling. The design aims to reduce peak energy usage and carbon emissions via thermal energy storage. This project focuses on the modeling and optimization of this conceptual design and comparing its performance to current standard Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) designs.