An experimental study on an inferential control scheme for optimising the control of boilers in multi-zone heating system

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-63

  Liao, Z ^a   Dexter, A L ^b  

^a BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; ExperimentA; Heating system; Inferential control scheme; Inferential model; Simulation; Solar radiation; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDITION MONITORING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HEATING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLAR RADIATION; ZONING;

HEATING SYSTEM; INFERENTIAL CONTROL SCHEME; INFERENTIAL MODEL; THERMAL COMFORT;

BOILERS;

EID: 4944229278     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2004.05.009     Document Type: Article

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