Been a customer and process maintainer of HVAC systems, so intriguing to me. Note the development of rules for appropriate operation.
ML Offers Shortcut to Optimal HVAC Operation
By Pennsylvania State University News, March 10, 2022
Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) researchers have developed a method for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning control mechanisms that uses machine learning to balance energy cost, comfort, and efficiency while enabling fast computing.
The researchers used data from model predictive controllers to train the model to determine the best times of day to cool a building. Penn State's Gregory Pavlak said, "We used machine learning to generate a simple, easily interpretable set of rules for reducing building cooling energy and operating costs—without needing to run model predictive controllers in real time."
The best rule sets achieved 95% to 97% of the energy savings of the detailed model predictive controller, and 89% to 92% of the cost objective savings. The method can schedule a control strategy for one day in less than a second, versus hours of computation with the original model predictive controller.
From Pennsylvania State University News
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