Evaluation and optimization of air-conditioner energy saving control considering indoor thermal comfort

IBPSA 2009 - International Building Performance Simulation Association 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 88-95

  Wang, Fulin ^a   Yoshida, Harunori ^b   Li, Bo ^c   Umemiya, Noriko ^d   Hashimoto, Satoshi ^e   Matsuda, Takaaki ^e   Shinbayashi, Hideo ^e  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^d Mitsui & Co Ltd   (Japan)

^e DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air conditioner; Electric power consumption; Energy saving control; Optimization; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

AIR-CONDITIONER; CONTROL MODEL; ELECTRIC POWER; ELECTRIC POWER CONSUMPTION; ENERGY-SAVING CONTROL; ENERGY-SAVING EFFECT; INDOOR AIR TEMPERATURE; INDOOR TEMPERATURE; INDOOR THERMAL COMFORT; OPTIMAL CONTROLS; PARAMETER SETTING; ROOM AIR; ROOM AIR-CONDITIONERS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SETPOINTS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CONTROL; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; EXPERIMENTS; OPTIMIZATION; SURVEYS; THERMAL COMFORT;

AIR CONDITIONING;

EID: 84870189490     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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