Optimizing Industrial Ventilation Systems by Clustering Workstations into Subsystems
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I applied well-known hierarchical clustering algorithms to datasets of workstation activity during fiveminute intervals recorded over periods of time ranging from 9 days to one month. I grouped together workstations into ventilation subsystems based on the usage data as well as static pressure values measured in the factories. In simulations, I achieved significant energy savings even when the number of ventilation subsystems was small. I provide a procedure to guide factory management in dividing the ventilation system into smaller systems in order to achieve energy savings.
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