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Model predictive control in small family house: extravagance or future of energy consumption in households

As one of fastest spreading control technologies since 1980s, model predictive control (MPC) has gained significance in process engineering and other similar industrial applications with fast responses and small time constants. Furthermore, public and academic pressure on energy savings during last few years has opened the doors for MPC in heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, especially in research papers. Most of the energy management applications in buildings using MPC are devoted to complex office residential buildings with advance HVAC systems, where detailed models can help reduce energy consumption and increase heat comfort at the same time. MPC potential for zero energy houses with heat pumps, passive and active energy storages, solar collectors etc. has been shown in number of examples. However, as complexity of the system (HVAC system and building thermal properties) decreases, control possibilities for MPC decrease as well. Therefore, benefits of MPC for small, conventional family house heating system are examined in this paper.

model predictive control, heating

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