A multifunctional demonstration bench for advanced control research in buildings—Monitoring, control, and interface system

The authors introduce a multifunctional control research test bench and its data management and interface system. They implemented a building monitoring, control, and interface system (MCIS) used for evaluation of complex building energy systems, for optimization of such energy systems and for carrying out control research experiments. In this paper they explain the MCIS´ architecture and functionality, they present its research potential and three different control research use cases for building energy systems and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems; model-assisted control parameter fine tuning, model-based predictive control, and demonstration of adaptive control algorithms. The authors outline prerequisites for implementation, demonstration, and evaluation of new developed control algorithms and strategies. These prerequisites are fulfilled via system expansions providing a flexible demonstration bench.