TR2018-026

Model Predictive Control of Vapor Compression Systems

    •  Burns, D.J., Danielson, C., Di Cairano, S., Laughman, C.R., Bortoff, S.A., "Model Predictive Control of Vapor Compression Systems" in Intelligent Building Control, February 2018.
      BibTeX TR2018-026 PDF
      • @incollection{Burns2018feb,
      • author = {Burns, Daniel J. and Danielson, Claus and Di Cairano, Stefano and Laughman, Christopher R. and Bortoff, Scott A.},
      • title = {Model Predictive Control of Vapor Compression Systems},
      • booktitle = {Intelligent Building Control},
      • year = 2018,
      • month = feb,
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2018-026}
      • }
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Abstract:

In this chapter, a model predictive controller is designed for a multizone vapor compression system. Controller requirements representing desired performance of production-scale equipment are provided and include baseline requirements common in control literature (constraint enforcement, reference tracking, disturbance rejection) and also extended requirements necessary for commercial application (selectively deactivating zones, implementable on embedded processors with limited memory/computation, compatibility with demand response events.). A controller architecture is presented based on model predictive control to meet the requirements. Experiments are presented validating constraint enforcement and automatic deactivation of zones.