Advanced cooling technology with thermally activated building surfaces and model predictive control

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 86, Issue , 2015, Pages 640-650

  Zakula, T ^a   Armstrong, P R ^b   Norford, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced cooling technology; Energy efficiency; Model predictive control

Indexed keywords

COOLING SYSTEMS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HUMIDITY CONTROL; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

ADVANCED COOLING TECHNOLOGY; COMPRESSOR EQUIPMENT; CONVENTIONAL CONTROL; COST OF ELECTRICITY; DEDICATED OUTDOOR AIR SYSTEMS; ELECTRICITY SAVING; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; THERMALLY ACTIVATED;

MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL;

EID: 84912008170     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.10.054     Document Type: Article

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