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Optimal energy management of a small-size building via hybrid model predictive control

Khakimova, Albina and Kusatayeva, Aliya and Shamshimova, Akmaral and Sharipova, Dana and Bemporad, Alberto and Familiant, Yakov and Shintemirov, Almas and Ten, Viktor and Rubagotti, Matteo Optimal energy management of a small-size building via hybrid model predictive control. Energy and Buildings, 140. pp. 1-8. ISSN 0378-7788 (2017)

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Abstract

Abstract This paper presents the design of a Model Predictive Control (MPC) scheme to optimally manage the thermal and electrical subsystems of a small-size building (“smart house”), with the objective of minimizing the expense for buying energy from the grid, while keeping the room temperature within given time-varying bounds. The system, for which an experimental prototype has been built, includes {PV} panels, solar collectors, a battery pack, an electrical heater in a thermal storage tank, and two pumps on the solar collector and radiator hydraulic circuits. The presence of binary control inputs together with continuous ones naturally leads to using a hybrid dynamical model, and the {MPC} controller solves a mixed-integer linear program at each sampling instant, relying on weather forecast data for ambient temperature and solar irradiance. The procedure for controller design is reported with focus on the specific application, and the proposed method is successfully tested on the experimental site.

Item Type: Article
Identification Number: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2017.01.045
Uncontrolled Keywords: Model predictive control (MPC); Hybrid model predictive control (HMPC); Building control; Temperature control; Energy management systems
Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Research Area: Computer Science and Applications
Depositing User: Caterina Tangheroni
Date Deposited: 24 Jan 2017 13:21
Last Modified: 28 Aug 2017 15:36
URI: http://eprints.imtlucca.it/id/eprint/3638

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