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Brief
Dr. Chen obtained his BEng in HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air-conditioning) Engineering and MSc in Thermal Energy Engineering from Tianjin University in 1978 and in 1981, He received his Ph.D degree in Building Engineering from Concordia University in 1997. He joined the Department of Building Services Engineering, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 1998. His current teaching subjects include HVACR systems design, analysis and applications, BSE research project, and building energy simulation. His current research interests include building thermal modeling and simulation, energy-efficient HVACR Technology, optimal building HVACR system design and operation, and building energy. He has published many papers in the above mentioned areas, and is a reviewer for several international journals, ranging from Solar Energy to Applied Thermal Engineering. He also serves the Hong Kong Research Grant Committee (RGC) as a reviewer of research proposals to RGC. Dr. Chen provides professional consultancy services in the above-mentioned areas.
Academic and Professional Qualifications
BEng, MSc, PhD, MASHRAE
Research Interests
Building Thermal Modeling and Simulation
Energy-efficient HVACR Technology
Optimal Building HVACR design and operation
Building Energy
Current Research Grants and Consultancy Projects
2004-06, PI of RGC CERG research project PolyU 5020/04E Development of a novel rational model for selection of sequences of coincident design weather variables
2003-05, PI of PolyU A-PE24 A new grey-box method for efficient and accurate prediction of building cooling load 2003-2005, consultancy project of CAO L013, "Consultancy study on life-cycle energy analysis of building construction"
Consultancy Projects
Consultancy Study on Life Cycle Energy Analysis of Building Construction (agreement No. CAO LO13 with the EMSD of the HK Government, as Co-I)
Teaching Experiences
Subject examiners of BSE226, BSE227, BSE421, BSE422, BSE423, and BSE522
Supervisor of undergraduate research projects, and MSc dissertations (one of the undergraduate students obtained the Best Paper Prize in 2003)
Recent Research
Optimal design and operation of building HAVC systems
A new grey-box method for efficient and accurate prediction of building cooling loads.
Rationals election of sequences of coincident design weather variables.
Life cycle assessment and life cycle costing of the commercial buildings of Hong Kong.
Advanced energy conservation technology in buildings
A new method for advanced dynamic building simulation techniques: generalised thermal network modeling for the symbolic network analysis of buildings and the direct generation of comprehensive room transfer functions.
Selected
Recent Publications
[1] Chen, Tingyao, F. Yik and J. Burnett (2005). A rational method for selection of coincident design dry- and wet-bulb temperatures for required system reliability. Energy and Buildings Vol.37, 555-562.
[2] Chen, Tingyao (2003). A method for the direct generation of comprehensive numerical solar building transfer function. Solar Energy Vol. 74 No. 2, 123-132.
[3] Chen, Tingyao and A.K. Athienitis (2003). Investigation of practical issues in building thermal parameter estimation. Building and Environment Vol. 38, No. 8, 1027-1038.
[4] Chen, Tingyao (2002). Application of adaptive predictive control to a floor heating system with a large thermal lag, Energy and Buildings Vol. 34, 45-51.
[5] Chen, Tingyao (2001). Real-time predictive supervisory operation of building thermal systems with thermal mass, Energy and Buildings Vol. 33 No. 2, 141-150.
[6] Chen, Tingyao, J. Burnett and C.K. Chau (2001). Analysis of embodied energy use in the residential building of Hong Kong, Energy Vol. 26 No. 4, 323-340.
[7] Chen, Tingyao (2000). Phasing-out of Halons 1301 and 1211 in Hong Kong, HKIE Transactions Vol. 7 No 3, pp.1-6.
[8] Athienitis, A.K. and Tingyao Chen (1997). Numerical study of thermostat setpoint profiles for floor radiant heating and the effect of thermal mass, ASHRAE Transactions Vol.103 Pt.1.
[9] Chen, Tingyao and A.K. Athienitis (1996). Ambient temperature and solar radiation prediction for predictive control of HVAC systems and a methodology for optimal building heating dynamic operation, ASHRAE Transactions Vol.102 Pt.1, 26-36.
[10] Chen, Tingyao and A.K. Athienitis (1993). Computer generation of semi-symbolic thermal-network functions of buildings, Building and Environment Vol.28 No.3, 301-309.
[11] Athienitis A.K. and Tingyao, Chen (1993).
Experimental and theoretical investigation of floor heating with thermal
storage, ASHRAE Transactions Vol.99 Pt.1, 1049-1057.