Abstract
An optimum start controller utilising parameters extracted in real-time from measured data is described. The five parameters are those characterising the thermal responses of a building in terms of a second-order RC network. After showing that the algorithm is capable of obtaining similar parameter values as procedures reported previously, the performance of the system is demonstrated in a working school, where the boiler firing times were controlled for six weeks.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 93-97 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Building and Environment |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| Publication status | Published - Mar 1996 |
Funding
Acknowledgements-The authors would like to thank Devon County Council (Property Department), and the staff and pupils of Tidcombe Lane First School, Tiverton, and Foxhayes School, Exwick, for the use of data from their buildings. They are grateful to their colleagues in the Centre for Energy and the Environment, in particular Mr Derek Ryden who logged a large proportion of the data used. The CEE is part of the South West Energy Group, a consortium of local authorities and academic institutions financed mainly by the County Councils of Devon and Cornwall and the States of Jersey. DAC was in receipt of SERC support under research Grant No. GR/F/57946 during this work.
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| Connecticut State Emergency Response Commission |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Environmental Engineering
- Civil and Structural Engineering
- Geography, Planning and Development
- Building and Construction