Issues in identification of control-oriented thermal models of zones in multi-zone buildings

• Published in: 2012 IEEE 51st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) pp. 6932 - 6937
• Main Authors: Yashen Lin, Middelkoop, T., Barooah, P.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.12.2012
• Subjects: Atmospheric modeling; Buildings; Calibration; Data models; Predictive models; Temperature distribution; Temperature measurement

There is significant recent interest in applying model-based control techniques to improve the energy efficiency of buildings. This requires a predictive model of the building's thermal dynamics. Due to the complexity of the underlying physical processes, usually system identification technique...