TR2013-050
A Method for Computing Optimal Set-Point Schedule for HVAC Systems
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- "A Method for Computing Optimal Set-Point Schedule for HVAC Systems", REHVA World Congress (CLIMA), June 2013.BibTeX TR2013-050 PDF
- @inproceedings{Nikovski2013jun2,
- author = {Nikovski, D. and Xu, J. and Nonaka, M.},
- title = {A Method for Computing Optimal Set-Point Schedule for HVAC Systems},
- booktitle = {REHVA World Congress (CLIMA)},
- year = 2013,
- month = jun,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2013-050}
- }
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- "A Method for Computing Optimal Set-Point Schedule for HVAC Systems", REHVA World Congress (CLIMA), June 2013.
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We propose a method for model-based control of building air conditioning systems that minimizes energy costs while maintaining occupant comfort. The method uses a building thermal model in the form of a thermal circuit identified from collected sensor data, and reduces the building thermal dynamics to a Markov decision process (MDP) whose decision variables are the sequence of temperature set-points over a suitable horizon, for example one day. The main advantage of the resulting MDP model is that it is completely discrete, which allows for a very fast computation of the optimal sequence of temperature set-points. Experiments on thermal models demonstrate savings that can exceed 50% with respect to usual control strategies in buildings such as night setup.
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NEWS CLIMA 2013: publication by Daniel N. Nikovski and others Date: June 16, 2013
Where: REHVA World Congress (CLIMA)
MERL Contact: Daniel N. Nikovski
Research Area: ControlBrief- The paper "A Method for Computing Optimal Set-Point Schedule for HVAC Systems" by Nikovski, D., Xu, J. and Nonaka, M. was presented at the REHVA World Congress (CLIMA).