Conference Paper

Proceedings of SimBuild Conference 2024

Local vs. Integrated Control Strategies for Heat Pump and PV Systems

Jeeye Mun, Seongkwon Cho, Cheol-Soo Park
Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, College of Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Abstract: This study presents a real-life implementation of online integrated control that simultaneously accounts for the dynamic relationships among an outdoor environment, a thermal zone, a heat pump (HP), and a photovoltaic (PV). The integrated control successfully finds the control variables of the HP (supply airflow rate, setpoint temperature) based on federated three ANN models that predict the thermal zone’s temperature, electricity produced by the PV, and energy consumption by the HP. Compared to the local control that determines control variables based on local information (room air temperature), the integrated approach could achieve an average 53.2% energy reduction.
Keywords: Integrated control, Federated simulation model, Heat pump, Photovoltaic, Real-life case
Pages: 800 - 808
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