Online fault detection and robust control of condenser cooling water systems in building central chiller plants

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 153-165

  Ma, Zhenjun ^a   Wang, Shengwei ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Fault detection; Fault tolerant control; Optimal control; Performance degradation

Indexed keywords

CHILLER PLANTS; COMPONENT PERFORMANCE; COOLING WATER SYSTEMS; FAULT DETECTION SCHEMES; FAULT TOLERANT CONTROL; IDENTIFYING SYSTEM; IN-BUILDINGS; MODEL BASED APPROACH; ON-LINE FAULT DETECTION; ON-LINE FAULT DETECTION SCHEME; OPTIMAL CONTROL STRATEGY; OPTIMAL CONTROLS; PERFORMANCE DEGRADATION; PROCESS CONTROLLERS; ROBUST STRATEGY; SIMPLIFIED MODELS; SUPER HIGH-RISE BUILDING; SYSTEM LEVELS; VIRTUAL SYSTEMS;

CONDENSERS (LIQUEFIERS); CONTROL; COOLING; COOLING WATER; DEGRADATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MONITORING; ONLINE SYSTEMS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; ROBUST CONTROL; TALL BUILDINGS; WATER COOLING SYSTEMS; WATERWORKS;

FAULT DETECTION;

EID: 78049452435     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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