MPC control for improving energy efficiency of a building air handler for multi-zone VAVs

Building and Environment

Volumn 92, Issue , 2015, Pages 256-268

  Liang, Wei ^a   Quinte, Rebecca ^a   Jia, Xiaobao ^b   Sun, Jian Qiao ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b Guangzhou baiyun of school   (China)

Author keywords

ARMAX model; Building energy efficiency; HVAC system; Model predictive control; Optimization

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ALGORITHMS; BUILDINGS; CLIMATE CONTROL; DATA HANDLING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FLOW RATE; MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL; OFFICE BUILDINGS; OPTIMIZATION; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS;

ARMAX MODEL; AUTOREGRESSIVE MOVING AVERAGE; BUILDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HVAC SYSTEM; PARAMETRIC MODELING; RETURN-AIR TEMPERATURES; UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA; VARIABLE AIR VOLUME;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

AIR CONDITIONING; BUILDING; CONTROL SYSTEM; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEATING; MODELING; OPTIMIZATION; VENTILATION;

EID: 84929610559     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2015.04.033     Document Type: Article

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