AUTOMATED MODELING OF BUILDING HVAC SYSTEMS FOR MPC Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • Model predictive control (MPC) offers a tremendous scope in optimizing the consumption of energy by building HVAC systems. This paper presents an automated real-time procedure for the development of linear parametric models of building air-conditioning systems through system identification for the implementation of the MPC algorithms. The procedure is used to decide on the various aspects of system identification such as selecting the model structure, the inputs to the system, the interaction of the systems with their neighbors, and the updating of the model coefficients in real-time. The effectiveness of the procedure is demonstrated by modeling the various components air-conditioning systems of a real building. The root mean squared error was used as a performance metric to gauge the models. The paper also demonstrates that a 15 minute sampling interval is sufficient to model the dynamics of the air-handling unit and the room temperatures, but a faster sampling rate may be required to model the VAV boxes.

name of conference

  • Volume 1: Active Control of Aerospace Structure; Motion Control; Aerospace Control; Assistive Robotic Systems; Bio-Inspired Systems; Biomedical/Bioengineering Applications; Building Energy Systems; Condition Based Monitoring; Control Design for Drilling Automation; Control of Ground Vehicles, Manipulators, Mechatronic Systems; Controls for Manufacturing; Distributed Control; Dynamic Modeling for Vehicle Systems; Dynamics and Control of Mobile and Locomotion Robots; Electrochemical Energy Systems

published proceedings

  • 7TH ANNUAL DYNAMIC SYSTEMS AND CONTROL CONFERENCE, 2014, VOL 1

author list (cited authors)

  • Chintala, R. H., Bay, C. J., & Rasmussen, B. P.

citation count

  • 1

complete list of authors

  • Chintala, Rohit H||Bay, Christopher J||Rasmussen, Bryan P

publication date

  • January 2014