Title
Central model predictive control of a group of domestic heat pumps case study for a small district
Abstract
In this paper we investigate optimal control of a group of heat pumps. Each heat pump provides space heating and domestic hot water to a single household. Besides a heat pump, each house has a buffer for domestic hot water and a floor heating system for space heating. The paper describes models and algorithms used for the prediction and planning steps in order to obtain a planning for the heat pumps. The optimization algorithm minimizes the maximum peak electricity demand of the district. Simulated results demonstrate the resulting aggregated electricity demand, the obtained thermal comfort and the state of charge of the domestic hot water storage for an example house. Our results show that a model predictive control outperforms conventional control of individual heat pumps based on feedback control principles.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2015
SMARTGREENS 2015 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 4TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SMART CITIES AND GREEN ICT SYSTEMS
Heat Pump,Smart Grid Control,Domestic Hot Water,Floor Heating,Thermal Storage,Model Predictive Control,Optimization
Field
DocType
Citations 
Automotive engineering,Thermal energy storage,Heating system,Optimal control,Heat pump,Model predictive control,Thermal comfort,Cogeneration,Waste management,Engineering,State of charge
Conference
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
4
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
R. P. van Leeuwen121.12
Jiří Fink2829.00
Gerard J. M. Smit388889.18