Assessment of the controlling envelope of a model-based multivariable controller for vapor compression refrigeration systems

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1538-1546

  Schurt, Leonardo C ^a   Hermes, Christian J L ^a,b   Trofino Neto, Alexandre ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Control; Controlling envelope; Experimentation; Modeling; Refrigeration system

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLER VALIDATION; CONTROLLING ENVELOPE; DYNAMIC SIMULATION MODELS; EXPANSION DEVICES; EXPANSION VALVES; FIRST-PRINCIPLES MODEL; LINEAR QUADRATIC GAUSSIAN; MODEL-BASED; MULTIVARIABLE CONTROLLER; POINT OF OPERATION; POWER CONSUMPTION; PULSEWIDTHS; REFRIGERATION SYSTEM; SUBMODELS; SYSTEM COMPONENTS; SYSTEM IDENTIFICATIONS; TESTING APPARATUS; VAPOR COMPRESSION REFRIGERATION SYSTEM; VARIABLE SPEED; WORKING PRESSURES;

CAPILLARY TUBES; COMPRESSORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPORATORS; EXPERIMENTS; MULTIVARIABLE CONTROL SYSTEMS; REFRIGERATING MACHINERY; REFRIGERATION; REFRIGERATORS; THERMAL LOAD; THERMOANALYSIS; VAPORS;

CONTROLLERS;

EID: 77955267576     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2010.02.024     Document Type: Article

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