Temperature control of the four-zone split inverter air conditioners using LMI expression based on LQR for mixed H2/H∞

YauBin Yang, Min-Der Wu and Yu-Choung Chang

Applied Energy, 2014, vol. 113, issue C, 912-923

Abstract: Air conditioners in either commercial or residential buildings consume substantial electricity. Enhancing the air conditioner efficiency by using a new control scheme is critical. In four-zone multi-evaporator air conditioner systems, coupling effects occur among the compressor speed, the degree of opening of the four electronic expansion valves, the temperatures of the four evaporators, and the four superheats. The system identification and thermodynamic equations could be used to obtain the inner and outer loop transfer functions between the air conditioner and its environment. A variable structure (switching) for the proportional integral anti-windup method could circumvent the saturation phenomenon generated from the integral controller. The optimal control gains were obtained from the linear matrix inequalities (LMI) based on a linear quadratic regulator (LQR) with a mixed H2 and H∞ control algorithm. In a simulated example, this efficient method, through those feedback gains, guaranteed convergence and stability. In addition, the results indicated that the proposed LMI using a mixed H2 and H∞ control method is also an alternative way for disturbance rejection and energy savings in buildings.

Keywords: Building energy saving; Linear matrix inequalities; Linear quadratic regulator; Mixed H2/H∞; Temperature control; Multi-split inverter air conditioner (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.06.052

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