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The potential energy savings in refrigeration systems using energy optimal control has been proved to be substantial. This however requires an intelligent control that drives the refrigeration system towards the energy optimal state. This paper proposes an approach for a control, which drives the condenser pressure towards an optimal state. The objective of this is to present a feasible method that...
The objective of this paper is to investigate a control method for systems with discrete inputs that have switch related cost. For such systems, the control objective often is a trade off between the deviation from the reference (performance) and the number of switches (weariness, energy efficiency etc.). For such systems a steady state might never be attained, but rather the optimal behavior might...
Refrigeration is important to sustain high foodstuff quality and lifetime. Keeping the foodstuff within temperature thresholds in supermarkets is also important due to legislative requirements. Failure to do so can result in discarded foodstuff, a penalty fine to the shop owner, and health issues. However, the refrigeration system might not be dimensioned to cope with hot summer days or performance...
Linear aeroelastic models used for stability analysis of wind turbines are commonly of very high order. These high-order models are generally not suitable for control analysis and synthesis. This paper presents a methodology to obtain a reduced-order linear parameter varying (LPV) model from a set of high-order linear time invariant (LTI) models. Firstly, the high-order LTI models are locally approximated...
Maintaining foodstuff within predefined temperature thresholds is important due to legislative requirements and to sustain high foodstuff quality. This is achieved using a refrigeration system. However, these systems might not be dimensioned for hot summer days or possible component performance degradation. A learning based algorithm is proposed in this paper, which precools the foodstuff in an anticipatory...
Control configuration selection is the procedure of choosing the appropriate input and output pairs for the design of SISO (or block) controllers. This step is an important prerequisite for a successful industrial control strategy. In industrial practices it is often the case that the system, which is needed to be controlled, is either in the descriptor form or can be represented in the descriptor...
Thermostatic Radiator Valves (TRV) have proved their significant contribution in energy savings for several years. However, at low heat demands, an unstable oscillatory behavior is usually observed and well known for these devices. This instability is due to the nonlinear dynamics of the radiator itself which result in a large time constant and high gain for radiator at low flows. A remedy to this...
Thermostatic Radiator Valves (TRV) have proved their significant contribution in energy savings for several years. However, at low heat demands, an unstable oscillatory behavior is usually observed and well known for these devices. It happens due to the nonlinear dynamics of the radiator itself which results in a high gain and a large time constant for the radiator at low flows. If the TRV is tuned...
We consider the problem of designing control laws for a marine cooling system used for cooling the main engine and auxiliary components aboard several classes of container vessels. We focus on achieving simple set point control for the system and do not consider compensation of the non-linearities, closed circuit flow dynamics or transport delays that are present in the system. Control laws are therefore...
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