Title :
Design of a nonlinear HVAC control system with thermal load estimation
Author :
Argüello-Serrano, Betzaida ; Vélez-Reyes, Miguel
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Electron., Puerto Rico Univ., Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
Abstract :
This paper presents the design of a nonlinear disturbance rejection controller for a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system with thermal load estimation. The availability of the thermal loads estimate allows the controller to keep comfort regardless of the thermal loads affecting the thermal space being heated or cooled. Simulation results are used to demonstrate the potential of keeping comfort and save energy of this methodology on a variable-air-volume HVAC system
Keywords :
HVAC; comfort maintenance; energy saving; nonlinear HVAC control system design; nonlinear disturbance rejection controller; thermal load estimation; variable-air-volume HVAC system; Control systems; Energy efficiency; Nonlinear control systems; PD control; Pi control; Proportional control; Space heating; Temperature control; Thermal loading; Water heating;
Conference_Titel :
Control Applications, 1995., Proceedings of the 4th IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Albany, NY
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2550-8
DOI :
10.1109/CCA.1995.555637
