Optimal Control Strategy for Ice-Storage System Based on Hourly Dynamic Load Simulation

Abstract:

This project aims to study the optimal control model of the ice-storage system which is theoretically close to the optimal control and also applicable to actual engineering. Using Energy Plus, the energy consumption simulation software, and the simple solution method of optimal control, researchers can analyze and compare the annual operation costs of the ice-storage air-conditioning system of a project in Beijing under different control strategies. Researchers obtained the power rates of the air-conditioning system in the office building under the conditions of chiller-priority and optimal contro1 throughout the cooling season. Through analysis and comparison, they find that after the implementation of optimal control, the annually saved power bills mainly result from non-design conditions, especially in the transitional seasons.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 671-674)
• Pages: 2515-2519
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.671-674.2515
• Online since: March 2013
• Authors: Xue Mei Wang*, Zhen Hai Wang, Xing Long Wu
• Keywords: Dynamic Simulation of Energy Consumption, Economic Analysis, Energy Plus, Ice-Storage System, Optimal Control

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