Green scheduling for energy-efficient operation of multiple chiller plants

Proceedings - Real-Time Systems Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 195-204

  Behl, Madhur ^a   Nghiem, Truong X ^a   Mangharam, Rahul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

chiller COP; chiller scheduling; demand charge; Green Scheduling; peak power reduction; TES; thermal energy storage

Indexed keywords

CHILLER COP; DEMAND CHARGE; GREEN SCHEDULING; PEAK POWER REDUCTION; TES;

HEAT STORAGE; OPTIMIZATION; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SCHEDULING; THERMAL ENERGY;

COOLING SYSTEMS;

EID: 84874333849     PISSN: 10528725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RTSS.2012.71     Document Type: Conference Paper

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