Optimization of the Heating System Use in Aged Public Buildings via Model Predictive Control

Edorta Carrascal, Izaskun Garrido, Aitor J. Garrido and José María Sala
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Edorta Carrascal: Automatic Control Group, Department of Thermal Engineering, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Bilbao 48013, Spain
Izaskun Garrido: Automatic Control Group, Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Bilbao 48013, Spain
Aitor J. Garrido: Automatic Control Group, Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Bilbao 48013, Spain
José María Sala: Enedi Research Group, Department of Thermal Engineering, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Bilbao 48013, Spain

Energies, 2016, vol. 9, issue 4, 1-20

Abstract: This work presents the implementation of a Model Predictive Control (MPC) scheme used to study the improvement of the thermal quality in aged residential buildings without any rehabilitation. The controller manages the heating system of an experimentally characterized model of a residential dwelling in a social block built during the decade of the 1960s located in the neighborhood of Otxarkoaga (Bilbao, Spain), so as to obtain an optimal energy efficiency performance. Due to the characteristics of the construction in those days, this kind of buildings suffer problems related to the use of awkward building materials and inefficient heating systems. A comparison with traditionally used ON-OFF hysteresis control is presented in order to demonstrate the energetic improvement provided by the MPC scheme. Besides, the variation of different parameters of the MPC is also studied to determine its influence over the energy consumption and comfort conditions.

Keywords: energy-saving policies; energy efficiency; RC-thermal model; model predictive control; system characterization; thermal comfort (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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