Real-world implementation and cost of a cloud-based MPC retrofit for HVAC control systems in commercial buildings
ENERGY AND BUILDINGS(2022)
摘要
Many businesses are looking for ways to improve the energy and carbon usage of their buildings, partic-ularly through enhanced data collection and control schemes. In this context, this paper presents a case study of a food-retail building in the UK, detailing the design, installation and cost of a generalisable model predictive control (MPC) framework for its Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) sys-tem. The hardware/software solution to collect relevant data, as well as the formulation of the MPC scheme, is presented. By utilising cloud-based microservices, this approach can be applied to all modern building management systems with little upfront capital, and an ongoing monthly cost as low as $6.39/ -month. The MPC scheme calculates the optimal temperature setpoint required for each Air-Handling Unit (AHU) to minimise its overall cost or carbon usage, while ensuring thermal comfort of occupants. Its per-formance is then compared to the existing legacy controller using a simulation of the building's thermal behaviour. When simulated across two months the MPC approach performed better and achieved the same thermal comfort for a lower overall cost. The economic optimisation resulted in an energy saving of 650 kWh, with an associated cost savings of $240 (an improvement of 1.7% compared to the baseline), while the carbon optimisation gave negligible CO2 savings due to the inability of the building to shift heating to low-carbon periods. Findings from this study indicate the potential for improving building per-formance via MPC strategies, however the level of impact will depend on specific building attributes. (C) 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.
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Building management systems,Cloud -based solutions,Commercial Buildings,Heating and ventilation systems,Model predictive control,Amazon Web Services
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