Abstract:
Control and monitoring of indoor thermal conditions represent crucial tasks for people's satisfaction in working and living spaces. Among all standards released, predicte...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
Control and monitoring of indoor thermal conditions represent crucial tasks for people's satisfaction in working and living spaces. Among all standards released, predicted mean vote (PMV) is the international index adopted to define users thermal comfort conditions in thermal moderate environments. PMV is a nonlinear function of various quantities, which generally limits its applicability to the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) control problem. Furthermore this index does not consider explicitly outdoor weather conditions. In order to overcome both problems, we introduce a novel fuzzy controller for HVAC systems. The control, considering PMV index value as well as outdoor weather conditions, has been experimentally tested in a working space in the central east coast of Italy. Furthermore temperature regulation performances have been compared with those of a classical PID.
Date of Conference: 12-17 July 2015
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 01 October 2015
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