Multivariable robust control of an air-handling unit: A comparison between pole-placement and H ∞ controllers

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 55, Issue , 2012, Pages 136-148

  Moradi, Hamed ^a   Bakhtiari Nejad, Firooz ^a   Saffar Avval, Majid ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Air handling unit; Comfort condition; Multivariable robust control; Nonlinear model; Pole placement controller

Indexed keywords

AIR HANDLING UNITS; COMFORT CONDITIONS; MULTI VARIABLES; NON-LINEAR MODEL; POLE PLACEMENT CONTROLLER;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DISTURBANCE REJECTION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; EQUATIONS OF STATE; HUMIDITY CONTROL; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; POLES; ROBUST CONTROL; SPACE HEATING; SPEED CONTROL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CONTROLLERS;

EID: 82255180280     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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