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Sergio Ortega Alba
Seve Ballesteros-Santander Airport, Spanish Airports and Air Navigation (AENA), Airport Road, MaliaƱo, Cantabria 39600, Spain

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Journal article
Published: 19 January 2017 in Energies
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Airports in general have high-energy consumption. Influenced by many factors, the characteristics of airport energy consumption are stochastic, nonlinear and dynamic. In recent years, airport managers have made huge efforts to harmonize airport operation with environmental sustainability by minimizing the environmental impact, with energy conservation and energy efficiency as one of their pillars. A key factor in order to reduce energy consumption at airports is to understand the energy use and consumption behavior, due to the multiple parameters and singularities that are involved. In this article, a 3-step methodology based on monitoring methods is proposed to characterize and analyze energy demand patterns in airports through their electric load profiles, and is applied to the Seve Ballesteros-Santander Airport (Santander, Spain). This methodology can be also used in airports in order to determine the way energy is used, to establish the classification of the electrical charges based on their operation way as well as to determine the main energy consumers and main external influencers. Results show that airport present a daily energy demand pattern since electric load profiles follow a similar curve shape for every day of the year, having a great dependence of the terminal building behavior, the main energy consumer of the airport, and with heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) and lighting being the most energy-intensive facilities, and outside temperature and daylighting the main external influencers.

ACS Style

Sergio Ortega Alba; Mario Manana. Characterization and Analysis of Energy Demand Patterns in Airports. Energies 2017, 10, 119 .

AMA Style

Sergio Ortega Alba, Mario Manana. Characterization and Analysis of Energy Demand Patterns in Airports. Energies. 2017; 10 (1):119.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Sergio Ortega Alba; Mario Manana. 2017. "Characterization and Analysis of Energy Demand Patterns in Airports." Energies 10, no. 1: 119.

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Published: 07 May 2016 in Energies
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The main function of an airport is to provide access to air transport both for passengers and cargo. The number of air operations over the past 20 years has increased rapidly, and this has led to a rise in the energy needs of airports to satisfy this demand. As a consequence, the cost of energy supply for airport managers has escalated. At the same time, global energy consumption has soared due to the needs of emerging countries like China and India, with the consequent environmental impact. This complex scenario of environmental and economic factors has made airport managers become aware of the need to reduce energy consumption as well as a more efficient use of it. The aim of this article is to analyze the main behaviors and energy trends at airports in more recent research, starting with the description of the main energy sources and consumers, the application of energy conservation and energy efficiency measures, the establishment of energy indicators and benchmarking between airports, as well as energy modeling and simulation.

ACS Style

Sergio Ortega Alba; Mario Manana. Energy Research in Airports: A Review. Energies 2016, 9, 349 .

AMA Style

Sergio Ortega Alba, Mario Manana. Energy Research in Airports: A Review. Energies. 2016; 9 (5):349.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Sergio Ortega Alba; Mario Manana. 2016. "Energy Research in Airports: A Review." Energies 9, no. 5: 349.