Grant: Collaborative Research and Development Grants
University of Saskatchewan
$149,102.00
Development and testing of a new run-around, membrane energy exchanger (RAMEE) system for buildings
FY 2008-09
Summary
More than 30% of the energy used in Canada is directed to control the indoor comfort conditions and to provide an adequate supply of conditioned ventilation air for buildings. For various types of commercial buildings, 20 to 50% of the energy used may be used to condition outdoor ventilation supply air to maintain comfort conditions while the same amount of indoor air is exhausted. Using commercially available energy wheels, heat and moisture exchange between the supply ventilation air and the exhaust air can reclaim 80% of the waste energy in the exhaust air; however, it may be not cost effective for retrofitting existing buildings because the supply and exhaust air ducts are not side-by-side. The purpose of this project is to develop and test a new run-around, membrane energy exchanger (RAMEE) system for buildings that will transfer heat and moisture between remote supply and exhaust ducts. This novel RAMEE system is expected to be cost effective in both new and retrofit applications.
Program
Collaborative Research and Development Grants
Recipient
Location
Saskatchewan, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
349312-2006
Name nom
Simonson, Carey
Department département
Mechanical Engineering
Organization id
16
Institution établissement
University of Saskatchewan
Province en
Saskatchewan
Province fr
Saskatchewan
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2008
Competition year année de concours
2006
Award amount
149102
Program id
CRDPJ
Program nane en
Collaborative Research and Development Grants
Program name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement coopérative
Group en
Research partnerships programs
Group fr
Programmes de partenariat
Committee code
96
Committee name en
RPP Internal Decision Cttee
Committee name fr
Cté de décision interne - PPR
Area of application code
306
Area of application group en
Energy resources
Area of application group fr
Ressources d'énergie
Area of application en
Energy efficiency
Area of application fr
Efficacité énergétique
Research subject code
1804
Research subject group en
Chemical engineering
Research subject group fr
Génie chimique
Research subject en
Heat transfer
Research subject fr
Transfert de chaleur
Partie
2 & 3
Nb partie
5
Application title
Development and testing of a new run-around, membrane energy exchanger (RAMEE) system for buildings
Keyword
NA
Application summary
More than 30% of the energy used in Canada is directed to control the indoor comfort conditions and to provide an adequate supply of conditioned ventilation air for buildings. For various types of commercial buildings, 20 to 50% of the energy used may be used to condition outdoor ventilation supply air to maintain comfort conditions while the same amount of indoor air is exhausted. Using commercially available energy wheels, heat and moisture exchange between the supply ventilation air and the exhaust air can reclaim 80% of the waste energy in the exhaust air; however, it may be not cost effective for retrofitting existing buildings because the supply and exhaust air ducts are not side-by-side. The purpose of this project is to develop and test a new run-around, membrane energy exchanger (RAMEE) system for buildings that will transfer heat and moisture between remote supply and exhaust ducts. This novel RAMEE system is expected to be cost effective in both new and retrofit applications.
