Regulating indoor air environment is one of the core functions of building energy management system. Heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) control systems play an important role in adjusting the room temperature to provide occupants a desired level of comfort. Occupant comfort has a direct effect on the energy consumption and providing an optimal balance between comfort and energy consumption is a challenging problem. This paper presents a framework for control of building HVAC systems using a methodology based on power-shaping paradigm that exploits the passivity property of a system. The system dynamics are expressed in the Brayton–Moser (BM) form which exhibits a gradient structure with the mixed-potential function, which has the units of power. The power-shaping technique is used to synthesize the controller by assigning a desired power function to the closed-loop dynamics so as to make the equilibrium point asymptotically stable. The proposed methodology is demonstrated on HVAC subsystems: RC network building zone model and a heat exchanger system.
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A Passivity-Based Power-Shaping Control of Building HVAC Systems
V. Chinde,
V. Chinde
Mechanical Engineering,
Iowa State University,
2025 Black Engineering,
Ames, IA 50011
e-mail: vchinde@iastate.edu
Iowa State University,
2025 Black Engineering,
Ames, IA 50011
e-mail: vchinde@iastate.edu
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A. Kelkar,
A. Kelkar
Professor
Fellow ASME
Mechanical Engineering,
Iowa State University,
2025 Black Engineering,
Ames, IA 50011
e-mail: akelkar@iastate.edu
Fellow ASME
Mechanical Engineering,
Iowa State University,
2025 Black Engineering,
Ames, IA 50011
e-mail: akelkar@iastate.edu
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S. Sarkar,
S. Sarkar
Mem. ASME
Mechanical Engineering,
Iowa State University,
2025 Black Engineering,
Ames, IA 50011
e-mail: soumiks@iastate.edu
Mechanical Engineering,
Iowa State University,
2025 Black Engineering,
Ames, IA 50011
e-mail: soumiks@iastate.edu
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N. M. Singh
N. M. Singh
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V. Chinde
Mechanical Engineering,
Iowa State University,
2025 Black Engineering,
Ames, IA 50011
e-mail: vchinde@iastate.edu
Iowa State University,
2025 Black Engineering,
Ames, IA 50011
e-mail: vchinde@iastate.edu
K. C. Kosaraju
A. Kelkar
Professor
Fellow ASME
Mechanical Engineering,
Iowa State University,
2025 Black Engineering,
Ames, IA 50011
e-mail: akelkar@iastate.edu
Fellow ASME
Mechanical Engineering,
Iowa State University,
2025 Black Engineering,
Ames, IA 50011
e-mail: akelkar@iastate.edu
R. Pasumarthy
S. Sarkar
Mem. ASME
Mechanical Engineering,
Iowa State University,
2025 Black Engineering,
Ames, IA 50011
e-mail: soumiks@iastate.edu
Mechanical Engineering,
Iowa State University,
2025 Black Engineering,
Ames, IA 50011
e-mail: soumiks@iastate.edu
N. M. Singh
1Corresponding author.
Contributed by the Dynamic Systems Division of ASME for publication in the JOURNAL OF DYNAMIC SYSTEMS, MEASUREMENT, AND CONTROL. Manuscript received August 12, 2016; final manuscript received May 16, 2017; published online July 28, 2017. Assoc. Editor: Yang Shi.
J. Dyn. Sys., Meas., Control. Nov 2017, 139(11): 111007 (10 pages)
Published Online: July 28, 2017
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Received:
August 12, 2016
Revised:
May 16, 2017
Citation
Chinde, V., Kosaraju, K. C., Kelkar, A., Pasumarthy, R., Sarkar, S., and Singh, N. M. (July 28, 2017). "A Passivity-Based Power-Shaping Control of Building HVAC Systems." ASME. J. Dyn. Sys., Meas., Control. November 2017; 139(11): 111007. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4036885
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