Predictive pre-cooling of thermo-active building systems with low-lift chillers

HVAC and R Research

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 858-873

  Gayeski, N T ^a,b   Armstrong, P R ^c   Norford, L K ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b KGS Buildings   (United States)

^c KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONERS; ATLANTA; BUILDING SYSTEMS; CONTROL OPTIMIZATION; CONTROL SCHEDULE; COOLING EFFICIENCY; COOLING ENERGY; DATA-DRIVEN MODEL; EMPIRICAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; LOAD SHIFTING; LOOK-AHEAD; LOW PRESSURES; MOVING HORIZON; PART LOAD; PRE-COOLING; PREDICTIVE CONTROL ALGORITHM; PUMP ENERGIES; RADIANT FLOORS; THERMAL RESPONSE; THERMAL STORAGE; TRANSIENT THERMAL RESPONSE; VARIABLE SPEED; ZONE TEMPERATURE;

DIGITAL STORAGE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HEAT STORAGE; MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL; OPTIMIZATION; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS;

COOLING SYSTEMS;

EID: 84867468950     PISSN: 10789669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10789669.2012.643752     Document Type: Article

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