Towards energy efficient operation of Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning systems via advanced supervisory control design

12th European Workshop on Advanced Control and Diagnosis

Oswiecinska, A.^1,2 ; Hibbs, J.^2 ; Zajic, I.^1 ; Burnham, K.J.^1

Control Theory and Applications Centre, Futures Institute, 10 Innovation Village, Coventry University Technology Park, Cheetah Way, Coventry

CV1 2TL, United Kingdom^1

Jet Environmental Systems Ltd, TS2, Pinewood Business Park, Coleshill Road, Solihull

B37 7HG, United Kingdom^2

关键词: Building applications;    Energy efficient operations;    Environmental conditions;    Indoor climate control;    Innovative approaches;    Passive heating and cooling;    Supervisory controllers;    Ventilation and air conditioning;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/659/1/012030/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1742-6596/659/1/012030

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

This paper presents conceptual control solution for reliable and energy efficient operation of heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems used in large volume building applications, e.g. warehouse facilities or exhibition centres. Advanced two-level scalable control solution, designed to extend capabilities of the existing low-level control strategies via remote internet connection, is presented. The high-level, supervisory controller is based on Model Predictive Control (MPC) architecture, which is the state-of-the-art for indoor climate control systems. The innovative approach benefits from using passive heating and cooling control strategies for reducing the HVAC system operational costs, while ensuring that required environmental conditions are met.