Integration and Optimal Control of MicroCSP with Building HVAC Systems: Review and Future Directions

Heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems are omnipresent in modern buildings responsible for a considerable share of consumed energy the electricity bill buildings. On other hand, solar is abundant could be used to support building HVAC system through cogeneration heat. Micro-scale concentrated power (MicroCSP) propitious solution such applications that can integrated into optimally provide both heat, on-demand via application optimal control techniques. The use thermal storage (TES) MicroCSP adds dispatching capabilities production will assist management This work presents review existing contributions on combination how it compares thermal-assisted applications. Different topologies architectures integration proposed, components standard with their control-oriented models explained. Furthermore, this paper details different strategies manage flow, electrical thermal, from field minimize consumption and/or operational cost.