Apparatus and method for the control of the indoor thermal environment having feed forward and feedback control using adaptive reference models
US7966104B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 25, 2008 |
| Grant date | Jun 21, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 23, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05D23/1919
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A controller for controlling thermal sources affecting an air temperature in a space subjected to thermal variables, including a sensor network measuring the thermal variables; a feed forward controller generating a feed forward control signal based on an adaptive model including a model of the space and a model of the thermal sources, wherein the models are formed utilizing data from the sensor network; a feedback controller generating a feedback control signal based on a difference between an output of the feed forward controller and output from the space; and a combiner combining the feed forward and feedback control signals to produce a control signal for controlling the thermal sources to control the air temperatures of the space.
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