A multifunctional demonstration bench for advanced control research in buildings&amp;#x2014;Monitoring, control, and interface system

Fütterer, Johannes Peter; Constantin, Ana; Schmidt, Martin; Streblow, Rita; Müller, Dirk; Kosmatopoulos, Elias B.

doi:10.1109/iecon.2013.6700068

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“…In a parallel effort, the sub-systems of the building, especially the heat pump, the condensing boiler and the heat output of both concrete core activation system and façade ventilation units, was modelled and then simulated in Modelica. For simulating behaviour of the geothermal field SHEMAT was used [11].…”

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Mode and storage load based control of a complex building system with a geothermal field

Bode

Fütterer

Müller

2018

Energy and Buildings

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The development of control strategies is a challenge for optimal use of lowtemperature heat in complex energy systems. In the energy system of the considered building several different combinations of active system components lend themselves to supply a given energy demand. Within preceding research, we transformed the considered building into a multi-functional test bench for control techniques that offers optimal conditions for the demonstration and evaluation of control strategies. This paper describes a control strategy for the complex heat pump system based on operation modes. It enables us to integrate a geothermal field into the system with respect to exergetic principles. The paper presents results of the control strategy's first year of operation. It correlates between active operation modes and the respective electrical consumption of the building. We derive the potential of the implemented operation modes for demand response applications. A modebased control strategy enables the robust and efficient operation of complex building-energy-systems. We show that the integration of renewable energy sources becomes easy and flexible.

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Mode and storage load based control of a complex building system with a geothermal field

Bode

Fütterer

Müller

2018

Energy and Buildings

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“…The building provides a state-of-the-art building automation system with PID control loops at all levels. We described its complex energy system in [15] and all necessary extensions towards a demonstration bench for advanced control research in [7]. These extensions are necessary for the algorithm's development.…”

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“…We develop a method and demonstrate it via experiments in a real building, which we have extended towards a demonstration bench for control research, refer to [7] for further information. Thus, all experiments conducted within this work are field tests, which outmatch simulation studies and test benches, as argued in [6].…”

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Demonstration of an easy-to-apply, automated control tuning method for typical PID control loops in building energy systems

Fütterer

Kraus

Schmidt

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2015 IEEE 10th Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications (ICIEA)

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Within custom-made energy or HVAC systems, control quality of the widespread PI and PID controllers is in general poor due to high tuning costs for each controller and almost unique specifications of each controlled system. We propose a control tuning method, which needs as little as possible a priori knowledge, which runs as far as possible automated, and which is applicable for all state-of-the-art building automation systems. The method is non-adaptive and suitable for initial set up as well as retuning purposes. We demonstrate the method within a multifunctional office building with a complex energy system, where the method's application led to high control quality improvements.

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“…This study conducts a dynamic advanced exergy analysis using measured data such as temperatures, pressures, volume flow rates, operating loads of different energy conversion facilities, etc. The data were first recorded every minute by different types of sensors in more than 150 measuring points throughout the building and then were stored in the SQL (Structured Query Language) database . Several scripts were developed in MATLAB to access the stored data from the SQL database, and to conduct a plausibility check using the mass and energy balances.…”

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“…The data were first recorded every minute by different types of sensors in more than 150 measuring points throughout the building and then were stored in the SQL (Structured Query Language) database. 13,14 Several scripts were developed in MATLAB to access the stored data from the SQL database, and to conduct a plausibility check using the mass and energy balances. Finally, the adjusted set of data is used to perform a dynamic advanced exergy analysis.…”

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Splitting the dynamic exergy destruction within a building energy system into endogenous and exogenous parts using measured data from the building automation system

2020

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Summary This study presents a novel approach to apply advanced exergy analysis to a dynamic system. The main building of the E.ON Energy Research Center located in Aachen, Germany, which is a large, complex and multifunctional building is considered as the case study. Results of the present study show a substantial interdependency among different components of the considered building, meaning that a significant improvement in the overall performance of the building could be achieved through the implementation of a better control algorithm. Furthermore, it is shown that the improvement suggestions and optimization priorities obtained from an advanced exergy analysis are more rational and reasonable compared with a conventional exergy analysis. For instance, based on the results of this study, the Façade ventilation units and the active chilled beams in the cooling network of the considered building cause a large amount of exergy destruction in other components of the system. So, based on an advanced exergy analysis these components have the highest priority for optimization. Improvement of these components not only decreases the endogenous exergy destruction within them but also results in lower (exogenous) exergy destructions in the remaining components of the system. In a conventional exergy analysis, however, only exergy destructions within system components are calculated and the influence of components on each other cannot be obtained.

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A multifunctional demonstration bench for advanced control research in buildings—Monitoring, control, and interface system

Cited by 15 publications

References 10 publications

Mode and storage load based control of a complex building system with a geothermal field

Mode and storage load based control of a complex building system with a geothermal field

Demonstration of an easy-to-apply, automated control tuning method for typical PID control loops in building energy systems

Splitting the dynamic exergy destruction within a building energy system into endogenous and exogenous parts using measured data from the building automation system

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