Automatic thermal model identification and distributed optimization for load shifting in city quarters

Andreas Georg Christian Moser, Valentin Kaisermayer, Daniel Muschick, Markus Gölles*, Anton Hofer, Daniel Brandl, Richard Heimrath, Thomas Mach, Carles Ribas Tugores, Thomas Ramschak

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Abstract

Modern buildings with floor heating or thermally activated building structures (TABS) offer a significant potential for shifting the thermal load and thus reduce peak demand for heating or cooling. This potential can be realized with the help of model predictive control (MPC) methods, provided that sufficiently descriptive mathematical models describing the thermal characteristics of the individual thermal zones exist. Creating these by hand or from more detailed simulation models is infeasible for large numbers of zones; instead, they must be identified automatically based on measurement data. We present an approach using only open source tools based on the programming language Julia that allows to robustly identify simple thermal models for heating and cooling usable in MPC optimization. The resulting models are used in a distributed optimization scheme that co-ordinates the individual zones and buildings of a city quarter in order to best support an energy hub.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationConference Proceedings - 2nd International Sustainable Energy Conference
Pages295-296
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 7 Apr 2022
Event2nd International Sustainable Energy Conference : ISEC 2022 - Congress Graz, Graz, Austria
Duration: 5 Apr 20227 Apr 2022
https://aee-intec-events.at/events/isec-2022.html

Conference

Conference2nd International Sustainable Energy Conference
Abbreviated titleISEC 2022
Country/TerritoryAustria
CityGraz
Period5/04/227/04/22
Internet address

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