Predictive Functional Control (PFC) of a Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning (HVAC) Process
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The development of a better system for a HVAC system promises savings of energy and conservation of resources. Predictive Functional Control is applied for the temperature control in order to achieve a better control performance than with a PI(D) control. The research work is the result of cooperation with the company A. Nattermann & Cie GmbH and the University of Applied Sciences Cologne under the guidance of Dr. J. Richalet. The A. Nattermann & Cie GmbH is a pharmaceutical company in which the largest energy consumer is the HVAC system and therefore has the greatest potential for savings. Modeling, controller design and simulation of the temperature control is presented. Most of the algorithm has been already real-time applied.
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