Predictive control of radiant floor heating and solar-source heat pump operation in a solar house

HVAC and R Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 235-256

  Candanedo, José A ^a   Athienitis, Andreas K ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRTIGHTNESS; BUILDING MODEL; BUILDING SIMULATION; CONTROL STRATEGIES; DESIGN AND CONTROL; DETAILED MODELS; ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; HEAT PUMPS; PASSIVE SOLAR; PASSIVE SOLAR DESIGN; PEAK LOAD; PHOTOVOLTAIC/THERMAL; PREDICTIVE CONTROL; RADIANT FLOOR HEATING; RADIANT FLOOR HEATING SYSTEM; SIMPLE GEOMETRIES; SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS; SOLAR HOUSE; SOLAR THERMAL COLLECTOR; STORAGE TECHNOLOGY; SUPERVISORY CONTROL;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FLOORS; FLYWHEELS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HEAT STORAGE; HEATING; HOUSES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; PUMPS; SOFTWARE TESTING; SOLAR BUILDINGS; SOLAR HEATING; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; WATER TANKS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 79959854277     PISSN: 10789669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10789669.2011.568319     Document Type: Conference Paper

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