<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> This paper deals with temperature control of multivariable system of office building. The system is simplified to several single input-single output systems by decoupling their mutual linkages, which are separately controlled by regulator based on generalized model predictive control. Main part of this paper focuses on the accuracy of the office temperature with respect to occupancy profile and effect of disturbance. Shifting of desired temperature and changing of weighting coefficients are used to achieve the desired accuracy of regulation. The final structure of regulation joins advantages of distributed computing power and possibility to use network communication between individual controllers to consider the constraints. The advantage of using decoupled MPC controllers compared to conventional PID regulators is demonstrated in a simulation study.</p></abstract>

This paper deals with temperature control of multivariable system of office building. The system is simplified to several single input-single output systems by decoupling their mutual linkages, which are separately controlled by regulator based on generalized model predictive control. Main part of this paper focuses on the accuracy of the office temperature with respect to occupancy profile and effect of disturbance. Shifting of desired temperature and changing of weighting coefficients are used to achieve the desired accuracy of regulation. The final structure of regulation joins advantages of distributed computing power and possibility to use network communication between individual controllers to consider the constraints. The advantage of using decoupled MPC controllers compared to conventional PID regulators is demonstrated in a simulation study.

Model predictive control of room temperature with disturbance compensation

Journal of Electrical Engineering

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This paper deals with temperature control of multivariable system of office building. The system is simplified to several single input-single output systems by...

Model predictive control of room temperature with disturbance compensation

Published Online: Sep 13, 2017

Page range: 312 - 317

Received: Nov 16, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jee-2017-0044

Keywords
decoupling, disturbance compensation, generalized predictive control, zone regulation, building management system

© Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Slovak University of Technology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Model predictive control of room temperature with disturbance compensation

Published Online: Sep 13, 2017

Page range: 312 - 317

Received: Nov 16, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jee-2017-0044

Keywordsdecoupling, disturbance compensation, generalized predictive control, zone regulation, building management system

© Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Slovak University of Technology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
decoupling, disturbance compensation, generalized predictive control, zone regulation, building management system