Using cluster and multivariate analyses to appraise the operating performance of a chiller system serving an institutional building

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 104-113

  Yu, F W ^a   Chan, K T ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Multiple linear regression; Two step cluster; Water cooled chiller

Indexed keywords

CHILLED WATER; CHILLER SYSTEM; DEGREE OF CORRELATIONS; INSTITUTIONAL BUILDING; MAXIMUM COP; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATING PERFORMANCE; OPERATING PROBLEMS; OPERATING VARIABLES; OPTIMAL CONTROLS; STATISTICAL TOOLS; SYSTEM COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE; SYSTEM LOADS; SYSTEMATIC METHOD; TWO-STEP CLUSTER; WATER PUMP; WATER-COOLED CHILLER; WEATHER PARAMETERS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COOLING SYSTEMS; COOLING TOWERS; FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS; LINEAR REGRESSION; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS; PUMPS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS;

EID: 81855207441     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2011.10.026     Document Type: Article

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