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Closed-loop scheduling for cost minimization in HVAC central plants.

Number: pap. 3194

Author(s) : RISBECK M. J., MARAVELIAS C. T., RAWLINGS J. B., et al.

Summary

In this paper, we examine closed-loop operation of an HVAC central plant to demonstrate that closed-loop movinghorizon scheduling provides robustness to inaccurate forecasts, and that economic performance is not seriously impaired by shortened prediction horizons or inaccurate forecasts when feedback is employed. Using a general mixedinteger linear programming formulation for the scheduling problem, we show that optimization can be performed in real time. Furthermore, we demonstrate that closed-loop operation with a moderate prediction horizon is not signi?cantly worse than a long-horizon implementation in the nominal case, and that closed-loop operation can correct for inaccurate long-term forecasts without signi?cant cost increase. In addition, we show that terminal constraints can be employed to ensure recursive feasibility. The end result is that forecasts of demand need not be extremely accurate over long times, indicating that closed-loop scheduling can be implemented in new or existing central plants.

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  • Original title: Closed-loop scheduling for cost minimization in HVAC central plants.
  • Record ID : 30019216
  • Languages: English
  • Source: 2016 Purdue Conferences. 4th International High Performance Buildings Conference at Purdue.
  • Publication date: 2016/07/11

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