scholarly journals Improve Chilled Water System Performance, Software Tools for Industry, Industrial Technologies Program (ITP) (Fact Sheet)

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
System Performance ◽  
Water System ◽  
Software Tools ◽  
Fact Sheet ◽  
Chilled Water ◽  
Chilled Water System

EXERGOECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF A CHILLED WATER SYSTEM IN A SHOPPING MALL

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renata Portela de Abreu ◽  
Victor Hugo Lobo Correia ◽  
Adriano Marques ◽  
monica carvalho
Keyword(s):  
Water System ◽  
Shopping Mall ◽  
Chilled Water ◽  
Chilled Water System ◽  
Exergoeconomic Analysis

scholarly journals A New Model Predictive Control Method for Eliminating Hydraulic Oscillation and Dynamic Hydraulic Imbalance in a Complex Chilled Water System

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (12) ◽  
pp. 3608
Author(s):  
Yang Yuan ◽  
Neng Zhu ◽  
Haizhu Zhou ◽  
Hai Wang
Keyword(s):  
Model Predictive Control ◽  
Predictive Control ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Water System ◽  
Energy Performance ◽  
Effective Control ◽  
New Model ◽  
Chilled Water ◽  
Chilled Water System ◽  
Hydraulic Oscillation

To enhance the energy performance of a central air-conditioning system, an effective control method for the chilled water system is always essential. However, it is a real challenge to distribute exact cooling energy to multiple terminal units in different floors via a complex chilled water network. To mitigate hydraulic imbalance in a complex chilled water system, many throttle valves and variable-speed pumps are installed, which are usually regulated by PID-based controllers. Due to the severe hydraulic coupling among the valves and pumps, the hydraulic oscillation phenomena often occur while using those feedback-based controllers. Based on a data-calibrated water distribution model which can accurately predict the hydraulic behaviors of a chilled water system, a new Model Predictive Control (MPC) method is proposed in this study. The proposed method is validated by a real-life chilled water system in a 22-floor hotel. By the proposed method, the valves and pumps can be regulated safely without any hydraulic oscillations. Simultaneously, the hydraulic imbalance among different floors is also eliminated, which can save 23.3% electricity consumption of the pumps.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document