Physics-constrained deep learning of multi-zone building thermal dynamics

J Drgoňa, AR Tuor, V Chandan, DL Vrabie - Energy and Buildings, 2021 - Elsevier
We present a physics-constrained deep learning method to develop control-oriented models
of building thermal dynamics. The proposed method uses systematic encoding of physics …

Building modeling as a crucial part for building predictive control

S Privara, J Cigler, Z Váňa, F Oldewurtel… - Energy and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Recent results show that a predictive building automation can be used to operate buildings
in an energy and cost effective manner with only a small retrofitting requirements. In this …

Model predictive control for HVAC systems—A review

R Kwadzogah, M Zhou, S Li - 2013 IEEE International …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The world faces an energy problem. Oil supply is gradually running out. Its use is polluting
the planet with greenhouse gas. Most alternative energy sources also pose some …

Control-oriented thermal modeling of multizone buildings: Methods and issues: Intelligent control of a building system

E Atam, L Helsen - IEEE Control systems magazine, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The residential and commercial building sector is known to use around 40% of the total end-
use energy and, hence, is considered to be the largest energy consumer sector in the world …

Towards the real-life implementation of MPC for an office building: Identification issues

E Žáčeková, Z Váňa, J Cigler - Applied Energy, 2014 - Elsevier
Modern control methods such as Model Predictive Control (MPC) are getting popular in
recent years in many fields of industry. One of the branches that have witnessed great …

Process analytical chemistry

J Workman Jr, B Lavine, R Chrisman… - Analytical chemistry, 2011 - ACS Publications
REVIEW an earlier paper of special significance is referenced. The key aspects of this
review include advances in measurement technologies that are applicable for at-line or …

A data-driven predictive controller design based on reduced Hankel matrix

H Yang, S Li - 2015 10th Asian Control Conference (ASCC), 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A data-driven predictive control methodology based on reduced Hankel matrix is proposed
in this paper. Undersome assumptions, the properties of a system can be simply and visually …

Model-based energy efficient control applied to an office building

Z Váňa, J Cigler, J Široký, E Žáčeková, L Ferkl - Journal of Process Control, 2014 - Elsevier
According to numerous studies, up to 40% of the total energy is consumed in the building
sector. Energy reduction in this sector by means of cost-effective and scalable approaches …

Set membership identification of linear systems with guaranteed simulation accuracy

M Lauricella, L Fagiano - IEEE Transactions on Automatic …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, the problem of model identification for linear systems is considered, using a
finite set of sampled data affected by a bounded measurement noise, with unknown bound …

MPC relevant identification method for Hammerstein and Wiener models

R Quachio, C Garcia - Journal of Process Control, 2019 - Elsevier
This work focuses on obtaining models that may produce a better performance of Model
Predictive Controllers-MPC. Several papers published in the last 25 years have proposed …