Modelling and optimal energy-saving control of automotive air-conditioning and refrigeration systems

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering

Volumn 231, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 291-309

  Huang, Yanjun ^a   Khajepour, Amir ^a   Bagheri, Farshid ^b   Bahrami, Majid ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Control based dynamic model; electrification of the automotive air conditioning and refrigeration systems; energy efficiency; idling; model predictive controller

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLERS; DYNAMIC MODELS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL; REFRIGERATION;

AUTOMOTIVE AIR CONDITIONING; CONTROL STRATEGIES; EQUIVALENT PARAMETERS; IDLING; LUMPED PARAMETER METHOD; MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROLLERS; MOVING BOUNDARIES; REFRIGERATION SYSTEM;

AIR CONDITIONING;

EID: 85011582865     PISSN: 09544070     EISSN: 20412991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0954407016636978     Document Type: Article

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