• DocumentCode
    2459006
  • Title

    Adaptive temperature control of a household refrigerator

  • Author

    Felice, Massimiliano Di ; Piroddi, Luigi ; Leva, Alberto ; Boer, Alessandro

  • Author_Institution
    Dipt. di Elettron. e Inf., Politec. di Milano, Milan, Italy
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    10-12 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    889
  • Lastpage
    894
  • Abstract
    Temperature control in household refrigerators and freezers is typically operated through simple on-off actuation devices, which limit the obtainable control performance and flexibility and determine a nonlinear behavior of the system. This manuscript describes an adaptive scheme that improves the characteristics of the induced temperature oscillations, without requiring modifications of the actuation hardware. The adaptive control scheme is then tested on a benchmark simulation model of a commercial refrigerator.
  • Keywords
    actuators; adaptive control; nonlinear control systems; refrigerators; temperature control; actuation device; adaptive temperature control scheme; benchmark simulation model; household freezer; household refrigerator; system nonlinear behavior; Adaptive control; Control systems; Energy consumption; Food preservation; Home appliances; Limit-cycles; Programmable control; Refrigeration; Relays; Temperature control;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    American Control Conference, 2009. ACC '09.
  • Conference_Location
    St. Louis, MO
  • ISSN
    0743-1619
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4523-3
  • Electronic_ISBN
    0743-1619
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ACC.2009.5159862
  • Filename
    5159862