Diagnosis and Robust Control of Complex Building Central Chilling Systems for Enhanced Energy Performance

• Main Author: Gao, Dian-Ce (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Thermodynamics.; Building construction.; Energy systems.; Control engineering.; Heat engineering.; Heat transfer.; Mass transfer.; Building Physics, HVAC.; Energy Systems.; Control and Systems Theory.; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.

This book discusses enhancing the overall energy performance of building central air-conditioning systems through fault diagnosis and robust control strategies. Fault diagnosis strategies aim to determine the exact cause of problems and evaluate the energy impact on the system, while robust control...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Dynamic Simulation Platform of the Studied Building Systems
• In-situ Diagnosis of The Low Delta-T Syndrome in The Chilled Water System: A Case study
• System-level Fault Detection and Diagnosis Method for Low Delta-T Syndrome in the Complex HVAC Systems
• Online adaptive Optimal Control Strategy for the Chilled Water System involving Intermediate Heat Exchangers
• Fault-Tolerant Control Strategy for primary-secondary Chilled Water System
• Simplified Online Robust Pump Speed Control Strategy for Practical Implementation
• Model-based Evaluation of The Energy Impact of Low Delta-T Syndrome Using Support Vector Regression.