Energy and Exergy Use in Residential Sector of Saudi Arabia

I. Dincer; M. M. Hussain; I. Al-Zaharnah

doi:10.1080/00908310490441566

Energy and Exergy Use in Residential Sector of Saudi Arabia

I. Dincer^*
, M. M. Hussain
, I. Al-Zaharnah

^*Corresponding author for this work

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In this article we conduct an analysis of energy and exergy utilization in the residential sector of Saudi Arabia by considering the sectoral energy and exergy flows for the 12 years between 1990 and 2001. Energy and exergy analyses are undertaken for its four subsectors, namely air conditioning, lighting, cooking appliances and others, and hence the energy and exergy efficiencies are obtained for comparison. From the analysis, the most energy efficient subsector in the residential sector appears to be the air-conditioning subsector and the most exergy efficient one is lighting for all over the years. It is also found that the average overall exergy efficiency in this sector is 9.6% while the corresponding average overall energy efficiency is 76.9%. It is believed that the present technique is a key tool for analyzing sectoral energy and exergy utilization, to help provide energy savings through efficiency and/or conservation measures. It is also helpful to establish standards to facilitate using such tools as part of energy planning.

Original language	English
Pages	1239-1252
Number of pages	14
Volume	26
No	13
Specialist publication	Energy Sources
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00908310490441566
State	Published - Nov 2004

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Received 22 April 2003; accepted 17 June 2003.The authors acknowledge the support provided by KFUPM for this work under the KFUPM research grant #FT/2001/15.Address correspondence to Dr. I. Dincer, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, UOIT, 2000 Símcoe Street North, Oshawa, ON L1H 7K4, Canada. E-mail: [email protected]

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Keywords

Energy and exergy analysis
Energy resources
Residential sector
Saudi Arabia

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Fuel Technology
Energy Engineering and Power Technology

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