Potential Investigation of Membrane Energy Recovery Ventilators for the Management of Building Air-Conditioning Loads

The present study provides insights into the energy-saving potential of a membrane energy recovery ventilator (ERV) for management building air-conditioning loads. This explores direct (DEC), Maisotsenko cycle (MEC) evaporative cooling, and vapor compression (VAC) systems with ERV. Therefore, this aims to explore possible options in terms temperature, relative humidity, human thermal comfort, wet bulb effectiveness, saving potential, CO2 emissions. Eight different combinations above-mentioned are proposed i.e., DEC, MEC, VAC, MEC-VAC, their without ERVs. A was modeled DesignBuilder simulated EnergyPlus. MEC-VAC system ERV achieved highest temperature gradient, optimum relatively lower emissions 19.7 °C, 2.2, 49%, 48%, 499.2 kgCO2/kWh, respectively. Thus, concludes hybrid