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4 <strong>Control</strong> strategy 40<br />

Table 4.1: Influence matrix <strong>of</strong> the controllable parameters <strong>an</strong>d the control objectives.<br />

Inlet air parameters � �� �� ������ � ���� � ������ � � ����� ��� ����<br />

Fogging affinity ¤ ¤ ¤ £ ¤<br />

Thermal com<strong>for</strong>t ¤ ¤ ¤ £ ¤<br />

Humidity com<strong>for</strong>t ¤ ¤ ¤ £ £<br />

Air quality £ ¤ £ ¤ £<br />

Air speed com<strong>for</strong>t ¤ ¤ £ £ ¤<br />

<strong>Energy</strong> consumption ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ £<br />

¤: has direct influence on the objective<br />

£: has no direct influence on the objective<br />

between them has to be found. It c<strong>an</strong> be seen in Table 4.1 that it is not possible to control<br />

one independently <strong>of</strong> the others. In common climate control systems this is <strong>of</strong>ten solved<br />

by ignoring all objectives except the one most import<strong>an</strong>t at the moment (or not regarding<br />

some at all). While this leads to easier controllers it affects the overall per<strong>for</strong>m<strong>an</strong>ce since<br />

only one objective is (mainly) regarded at a time. In order to achieve the best per<strong>for</strong>m<strong>an</strong>ce<br />

<strong>an</strong> integral solution is needed.<br />

A quite import<strong>an</strong>t difference to usual automatic control problems is that it is not<br />

precision that is most import<strong>an</strong>t. Correct decisions have to be taken dependent on m<strong>an</strong>y<br />

inputs. Due to thermal resist<strong>an</strong>ces <strong>an</strong>d storage, time requirements are also comparably<br />

low (cf. Section 3.1.5).<br />

The solution presented here consists <strong>of</strong> <strong>an</strong> estimator generating required values that<br />

are not directly measured to improve the quality <strong>of</strong> the model predictions. The outer loop<br />

controller is <strong>an</strong> optimiser, trying to find the best compromise between the objectives under<br />

given conditions. The third component uses the given optimised set-point to control the<br />

HVAC-unit f<strong>an</strong>, heater <strong>an</strong>d cooler. A simplified scheme <strong>of</strong> this concept is shown in Figure<br />

4.1.<br />

The downsides are that it is computationally expensive, mainly because <strong>of</strong> the<br />

optimiser. On the other h<strong>an</strong>d, computational power gets cheaper very quickly. The<br />

flexibility is <strong>an</strong> adv<strong>an</strong>tage: Objectives c<strong>an</strong> be added without much trouble because <strong>of</strong> a<br />

model-based <strong>an</strong>d modular design. Compared to a separate controller <strong>for</strong> each objective,<br />

the results <strong>of</strong> which are blended, it allows smooth tr<strong>an</strong>sitions without a lot <strong>of</strong> tuning.<br />

Adv<strong>an</strong>tages over a fuzzy-logic are the flexibility <strong>an</strong>d the model instead <strong>of</strong> the experience-

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