MIPS Project Detail:

XChanger Companies, Inc.

Evaluation and Optimization for XChanger Box

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Company

XChanger Companies, Inc.

Annapolis

Anne Arundel

County

, Maryland

Founded:

2010

Website:

https://www.xchangercompanies.com

Company Description:

XChanger Companies, Inc. is the owner and implementation group for a patented product with a new strategy in heating and cooling. The XChanger technology involves efficiently stratifying air to decrease the amount of energy required to heat and cool a space. The company’s methodology is different from conventional HVAC techniques on the market today. XChanger has the ability to deliver conditioned air to targeted locations directly, dependent upon temperature and demand. Supplies and returns become free-flowing ducts, able to deliver or remove air as the system dictates. The XChanger is a complementary technology, working with any forced air system, including those powered by oil, gas, electric and geo-thermal. The system of air delivery requires only a minor modification to an existing unit, and can cleanly stack atop or below an existing unit.

MIPS Project

Evaluation and Optimization for XChanger Box

Project #

5316.26

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MIPS Round

56 |

Starting Date:

Aug 2015

MIPS Project Challenge:
The goal of this MIPS project was to measure and validate the energy savings of the company’s XChanger Box HVAC solution.

Project Scope:
During Phase 1 of this MIPS project, researchers conducted field measurements of the XChanger Box’s energy savings and thermal comfort potentials in a typical building with a 30-feet high ceiling using thermocouples, relative humidity sensors and air velocity meters. During Phase 2, researchers conducted computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations and building energy simulation on the same facility.

Results:

This MIPS project resulted in data concluding that the XChanger system saves buildings 19.3 percent in HVAC electricity and 25.2 percent in gas yearly with its extra pressure drop and 37.4 percent in HVAC electricity and 7.7 percent in gas without added pressure drop.

One paper, “Evaluation of an Extended-Duct Air Delivery System in Tall Spaces Conditioned by Rooftop Units” (IMECE2016-65523), was published at the 2016 ASME IMECE.