Energy, Environmental and Economic Analysis of Air-to-Air Heat Pumps as an Alternative to Heating Electrification in Europe
dc.contributor.author | Eguiarte, Olaia | |
dc.contributor.author | Garrido Marijuán, Antonio | |
dc.contributor.author | De Agustín Camacho, Pablo | |
dc.contributor.author | Del Portillo Valdés, Luis Alfonso | |
dc.contributor.author | Romero Amorrortu, Ander | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-09-01T08:41:36Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-09-01T08:41:36Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-08-01 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Energies 13(15) : (2020) // Article ID 3939 | es_ES |
dc.identifier.issn | 1996-1073 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10810/45945 | |
dc.description.abstract | Heat pumps (HP) are an efficient alternative to non-electric heating systems (NEHS), being a cost-effective mean to support European building sector decarbonization. The paper studies HP and NEHS performance in residential buildings, under different climate conditions and energy tariffs, in six different European countries. Furthermore, a primary energy and environmental analysis is performed to evaluate if the use of HPs is more convenient than NEHS, based on different factors of the electric mix in each country. A specific HP model is developed considering the main physical phenomena occurring along its cycle. Open data from building, climatic and economic sources are used to feed the analysis. Ad hoc primary energy factors and greenhouse gas (GHG) emission coefficients are calculated for the selected countries. The costs and the environmental impact for both heating systems are then compared. The outcomes of the study suggest that, in highly fossil fuels dependent electricity mixes, the use of NEHS represents a more efficient decarbonization approach than HP, in spite of its higher efficiency. Additionally, the actual high price of the electric kWh hampers the use of HP in certain cases. | es_ES |
dc.description.sponsorship | Research leading to these results was supported by HOLISDER project. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No. 768614. The APC was funded by HOLISDER project. This study reflects only the authors’ views and the Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein. | es_ES |
dc.language.iso | eng | es_ES |
dc.publisher | MDPI | es_ES |
dc.relation | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/768614 | es_ES |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | es_ES |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ | |
dc.subject | heat pumps | es_ES |
dc.subject | primary energy | es_ES |
dc.subject | electric mix | es_ES |
dc.subject | urban-scale decarbonization | es_ES |
dc.subject | dynamic energy tariffs | es_ES |
dc.subject | heating demand management | es_ES |
dc.title | Energy, Environmental and Economic Analysis of Air-to-Air Heat Pumps as an Alternative to Heating Electrification in Europe | es_ES |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | es_ES |
dc.date.updated | 2020-08-07T13:37:49Z | |
dc.rights.holder | © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). | es_ES |
dc.relation.publisherversion | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/15/3939 | es_ES |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/en13153939 | |
dc.contributor.funder | European Commission | |
dc.departamentoes | Máquinas y motores térmicos | |
dc.departamentoeu | Makina eta motor termikoak |
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