Temperature control of a PCM integrated open-air swimming pool in cold season: a numerical and experimental study

Y Li; G Huang

doi:10.1088/1755-1315/238/1/012001

Temperature control of a PCM integrated open-air swimming pool in cold season : a numerical and experimental study

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Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering

Detail(s)

Original language	English
Article number	012001
Journal / Publication	IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
Volume	238
Issue number	Conference 1
Online published	4 Mar 2019
Publication status	Published - 2019

Conference

Title	4th Asia Conference of International Building Performance Simulation Association (ASIM 2018)
Location	Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Place	China
City	Hong Kong
Period	3 - 5 December 2018

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DOI	DOI https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/238/1/012001 Final Published version
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Abstract

In a conventional swimming pool temperature control, the return water temperature is considered as the representative temperature of the swimming tool rather than the average temperature although the latter is more representative regarding to thermal comfort. This is because the average temperature is difficult to measure. This paper uses field data to identify a relationship between the average and the return water temperature and develops a temperature control method based on this relationship. This control method is applied to an open-air swimming pool, for which the heat is supplied from a PCM storage tank. Numerical study, which is resorted to a simulation platform constructed using TRNSYS and MATLAB, is used to analyze the control performance of the new method and demonstrate its effectiveness by comparing with the conventional control.