Predictive control of radiant floor heating and transmitted irradiance in a room with high solar gains

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 117, Issue PART 2, 2011, Pages 652-665

  Candanedo, José A ^a   Allard, Amélie ^a   Athienitis, Andreas K ^b  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b Canadian Solar Buildings Research Network   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CONTROL STRATEGY; ANTICIPATORY CONTROL; CO-ORDINATED CONTROL; COLD CLIMATE; COMFORT CONDITIONS; DESIGN APPROACHES; FENESTRATION SYSTEMS; HEATING LOAD; PASSIVE SOLAR; PREDICTIVE CONTROL; RADIANT FLOOR HEATING; RADIANT FLOOR HEATING SYSTEM; SOLAR GAIN; SOLAR HEAT GAINS; SOLAR TRANSMITTANCE; THERMAL MASS; THERMAL NETWORK MODELS; TRANSFER FUNCTION MODEL; WEATHER FORECASTS;

SOLAR HEATING; SUN; WEATHER FORECASTING;

HEATING;

EID: 79959812162     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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