Thermal comfort control on multi-room fan coil unit system using LEE-based fuzzy logic

Chi Min Chu; Tai Lang Jong; Yue Wei Huang

doi:10.1016/j.enconman.2004.08.002

Thermal comfort control on multi-room fan coil unit system using LEE-based fuzzy logic

Chi Min Chu, Tai Lang Jong, Yue Wei Huang

Graduate Institute of Vehicle Engineering

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Abstract

Saving consumable energy and maintaining the thermal comfort level are two main topics in the heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) control field. The reliability of the controller is important as well. This paper proposes a least enthalpy estimator (LEE) that combines the definition of thermal comfort level and the theory of enthalpy into a load predicting way to provide timely suitable settings for a fan coil unit (FCU) fuzzy controller used in HVAC. According to the settings, including temperature and relative humidity, the fuzzy controller can make decisions and adjust the output of the FCU system. From actual experiments, the LEE-based FCU fuzzy controller can achieve the requirements of the FCU control system such as thermal comfort, energy efficiency and reliability.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1579-1593
Number of pages	15
Journal	Energy Conversion and Management
Volume	46
Issue number	9-10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2004.08.002
Publication status	Published - 2005 Jun 1

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Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Nuclear Energy and Engineering
Fuel Technology
Energy Engineering and Power Technology

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Chu, C. M., Jong, T. L., & Huang, Y. W. (2005). Thermal comfort control on multi-room fan coil unit system using LEE-based fuzzy logic. Energy Conversion and Management, 46(9-10), 1579-1593. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2004.08.002

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