<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Synergetic control is proposed for heating, ventilating and air-conditioning (HVAC) system control. The synergetic controller is developed using the nonlinear model of the HVAC system. Occupancy information in each zone is required in the design of the controller which offers inherent comfort according to the occupancy in the zone. The stability of the building system using the proposed control is verified through the Lyapunov approach. It is also proved that the synergetic controller is robust to external disturbances. Then, synergetic theories are used to design a reconfigurable control for damper stuck failures in variable air volume (VAV) to recover the nominal performance. Simulations are provided to validate the effectiveness of the proposed controller for a three-zone building.</p></abstract>

Synergetic control is proposed for heating, ventilating and air-conditioning (HVAC) system control. The synergetic controller is developed using the nonlinear model of the HVAC system. Occupancy information in each zone is required in the design of the controller which offers inherent comfort according to the occupancy in the zone. The stability of the building system using the proposed control is verified through the Lyapunov approach. It is also proved that the synergetic controller is robust to external disturbances. Then, synergetic theories are used to design a reconfigurable control for damper stuck failures in variable air volume (VAV) to recover the nominal performance. Simulations are provided to validate the effectiveness of the proposed controller for a three-zone building.

Synergetic Control for HVAC System Control and VAV Box Fault Compensation

Research Center for Automatic Control of Nancy

International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science

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Synergetic control is proposed for heating, ventilating and air-conditioning (HVAC) system control. The synergetic controller is developed using the nonlinear...

Synergetic Control for HVAC System Control and VAV Box Fault Compensation

Pubblicato online: 28 set 2019

Pagine: 555 - 570

Ricevuto: 19 gen 2018

Accettato: 22 gen 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amcs-2019-0041

Parole chiave
HVAC system, synergetic control, reconfigurable control, robustness

© 2019 Radhia Ettouil et al., published by Sciendo

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

Synergetic Control for HVAC System Control and VAV Box Fault Compensation

Pubblicato online: 28 set 2019

Pagine: 555 - 570

Ricevuto: 19 gen 2018

Accettato: 22 gen 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amcs-2019-0041

Parole chiaveHVAC system, synergetic control, reconfigurable control, robustness

© 2019 Radhia Ettouil et al., published by Sciendo

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

Parole chiave
HVAC system, synergetic control, reconfigurable control, robustness