Abstract
This paper presents a model-based supervisory control strategy for online control of building central cooling water systems to enhance their energy efficiency. Simplified chiller and cooling tower models are developed and used to predict the system energy performance, environment quality as well as the system response to the changes of control settings. A novel and simple optimization technique, named as PMES method, is developed and used to seek the optimal control settings under the given working conditions. The performance of both simplified models is validated using the field measurement data and/or the factory performance test data while the performance of this model-based supervisory control strategy is evaluated by comparing with that of near optimal control strategies and other conventional control strategies for cooling water systems through simulations. The implementation issues of the supervisory control strategy for practical applications are also presented.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | IBPSA 2007 - International Building Performance Simulation Association 2007 |
Pages | 1319-1326 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2007 |
Event | Building Simulation 2007, BS 2007 - Beijing, China Duration: 3 Sept 2007 → 6 Sept 2007 |
Conference
Conference | Building Simulation 2007, BS 2007 |
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Country/Territory | China |
City | Beijing |
Period | 3/09/07 → 6/09/07 |
Keywords
- Energy efficiency
- Optimization method
- Simplified model
- Supervisory control
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Science Applications
- Building and Construction
- Architecture
- Modelling and Simulation