Chiller sequencing control with enhanced robustness for energy efficient operation

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1246-1255

  Sun, Yongjun ^a   Wang, Shengwei ^a   Huang, Gongsheng ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chiller sequencing control; Energy efficiency; Maximum cooling capacity; Reliability

Indexed keywords

BUILDING COOLING LOAD; CENTRIFUGAL CHILLERS; CHILLER PLANTS; CHILLER SEQUENCING CONTROL; CONTROL ALGORITHMS; CONTROL STRATEGIES; COOLING LOAD MEASUREMENT; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY EFFICIENT OPERATIONS; FIELD DATA; MAXIMUM COOLING CAPACITY; MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTS; SIMPLIFIED MODELS; TEST RESULTS;

AIR CONDITIONING; ALGORITHMS; CENTRIFUGATION; COOLING SYSTEMS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; RELIABILITY;

COOLING;

EID: 69249241730     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2009.07.023     Document Type: Article

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