A Simulation Environment for the Design of Advanced Chiller Control Systems

In this paper we address the problem of designing advanced control systems for increasing the performances of one of the key elements of an HVAC system, the chiller unit. In particular, we present a simulation environment based on Matlab/Simulink that has been validated on a state-of-the-art experimental facility and used to design an adaptive controller for single scroll compressor, packaged air-cooled water chillers, that allows to substantially increase the energy performance of the system, as well as to achieve excellent regulation performances in process applications.