Control and Performance of Centralized Heating and Cooling Systems

拟议研究的目标是开发技术 这将使一座建筑配备能源管理系统， 系统将以具有成本效益的方式运行。 这些技术 将在能源管理系统中实施， 自动利用操作数据来执行多个 重要功能包括在线优化控制、性能 监测和故障检测。 最优控制方法 将制定战略，使工厂能够在 最低成本。 这些方法将涉及制定 设备和部件的仿真模型，参数 估计技术，利用操作数据。 故障 检测将允许评估工厂性能的变化 并确定变化的来源。 两种分析 并将采用实验方法来检验其有效性 的方法论。 研究结果将是 可以直接纳入能源管理的算法 系统.

The objective of the proposed research is to develop techniques that would allow a building equipped with an energy management system to be operated in a cost efficient manner. These techniques would be implemented in the energy management system and automatically utilize operating data to perform a number of important functions including on-line optimal control, performance monitoring and fault detection. Methodologies for optimal control strategies would be developed to allow the plant to operate at minimum cost. These methodologies would involve development of simulation models for the plant and the components, with parameter estimation techniques employed that utilize operating data. Fault detection would allow assessment of changes in plant performance and identification of the sources of the change. Both analytical and experimental approaches will be employed to test the validity of the methodologies. The results of the research will be algorithms that can be directly incorporated in energy management systems.