Stochastic Optimal Control of HVAC System for Energy-Efficient Buildings

• Published in: IEEE transactions on control systems technology Vol. 30; no. 1; pp. 376 - 383
• Main Authors: Yang, Yu, Hu, Guoqiang, Spanos, Costas J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.01.2022; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Air conditioning; Buildings; Computational modeling; Energy; Energy consumption; Energy costs; Energy-efficient; Fans; heating; Humidity; HVAC; HVAC equipment; Learning; Markov decision process (MDP); Markov processes; Occupancy; Optimal control; Optimization; predicted mean vote (PMV); Predicted Mean Vote index; Predictive control; stochastic policy; Stochastic processes; System dynamics; Thermal comfort; Uncertainty; ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) control

The heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system account for substantial energy use in buildings, whereas a large group of occupants is still not actually feeling comfortable staying inside. This poses the issue of developing energy-efficient HVAC control, i.e., reduce energy use (cost)...