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
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;
Conference_Titel :
American Control Conference, 2009. ACC '09.
Conference_Location :
St. Louis, MO
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4523-3
Electronic_ISBN :
0743-1619
DOI :
10.1109/ACC.2009.5159862
