Adaptive control for universal integrated thermal hydronic system

通用集成热循环系统的自适应控制

• 批准号: 477183-2014
• 负责人: Nagamune, Ryozo
• 金额: $ 2.58万
• 依托单位: University of British Columbia
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Collaborative Research and Development Grants
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2019-01-01 至 2020-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=686485
• 关键词: Adaptive; control; universal; integrated; thermal

Sun energy is one of the most abundant and cost-effective clean renewable sources of energy which can be used either for electrical power generation or directly for heating and cooling. It has been a subject of research and development efforts around the world, including in Canada. Despite significant advances in efficiency of solar technologies in the past years however, all of them suffer from the same disadvantage - sun energy is only available during the day and is also affected by weather conditions. The subject research is intended to overcome these limitations. The primary objective of the project is to develop a methodology for optimal control of an integrated energy module (IEM). An IEM consists of three main components: energy generator, energy storage, and energy booster. The control approach and chosen methodology for this project could be applied to a variety of systems, but this research is focused more narrowly on thermal hydronic applications. For the purpose of this research an IEM consists of the following components: a solar thermal collector (STC) as an energy generator, thermal energy storage; and an air-to-water heat pump as a thermal energy booster. We call this system an Integrated Thermal Hydronic Module (ITHM). We investigate iterative and other methods for optimal control. Successful optimal control will result in significantly smaller and more compact physical implementation of the system which means it would require less materials and labor to produce but also will open up a much wider range of applications that could not have been possible otherwise. To the best of our knowledge, such an optimal control system has not been developed neither in Canada nor internationally; existing control systems are complex, expensive and for the most part are made for large commercial applications. Therefore, the project will generate new knowledge significantly benefiting both research and engineering community in Canada and elsewhere.

太阳能是最丰富、最具成本效益的清洁可再生能源之一，可用于发电或直接用于供暖和制冷。它一直是世界各地（包括加拿大）研究和开发工作的主题。尽管过去几年太阳能技术的效率取得了显着进步，但它们都面临着同样的缺点——太阳能只能在白天使用，而且还受到天气条件的影响。本课题研究旨在克服这些限制。该项目的主要目标是开发一种优化控制集成能源模块（IEM）的方法。 IEM 由三个主要部分组成：能量发生器、能量存储和能量增强器。该项目的控制方法和所选方法可应用于各种系统，但本研究更集中于热循环应用。出于本研究的目的，IEM 由以下组件组成：作为能量发生器、热能存储的太阳能集热器 (STC)；以及作为热能助推器的空气-水热泵。我们将该系统称为集成热循环模块 (ITHM)。我们研究迭代和其他方法来实现最优控制。成功的最优控制将导致系统的物理实现变得更小、更紧凑，这意味着生产所需的材料和劳动力更少，但也将开辟更广泛的应用，这是其他方式不可能实现的。据我们所知，这样的最优控制系统在加拿大和国际上都还没有开发出来；现有的控制系统复杂、昂贵，并且大部分是为大型商业应用而设计的。因此，该项目将产生新知识，使加拿大和其他地方的研究和工程界受益匪浅。