Efficient control of a solar assisted ground-source heat pump system based on evaluation of building thermal load demand

Author

Yang, Rui ; Wang, Lingfeng

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA

fYear

2012

fDate

9-11 Sept. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

In this paper, a solar assisted ground-source heat pump system is proposed to provide thermal comfort for buildings. In order to improve the efficiency of the designed solar assisted ground-source heat pump system, a control strategy based on the evaluation of building thermal load demand is proposed. The system operates in different modes to adapt to outdoor and indoor environmental changes. In every control step, this control approach evaluates the real-time thermal load demand and makes decision on the operation strategy for next time step accordingly. A simulation study of the system operation for building heating is carried out to evaluate the efficiency of the proposed system.

Keywords

building integrated photovoltaics; building management systems; energy conservation; ground source heat pumps; solar power; space heating; building heating system operation; building thermal load demand evaluation; control approach; solar assisted ground-source heat pump system control; Buildings; Coils; Heat pumps; Heat transfer; Solar heating; Thermal loading;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

North American Power Symposium (NAPS), 2012

Conference_Location

Champaign, IL

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2306-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-2307-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NAPS.2012.6336400

Filename

6336400