Journal article
A holistic fault impact analysis of the high-performance sequences of operation for HVAC systems: Modelica-based case study in a medium-office building
Energy and buildings, v 252, 111448
01 Dec 2021
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Abstract
ASHRAE Guideline 36: High-performance sequences of operation (SOO) for Heating, Ventilation, and Air-conditioning (HVAC) Systems has been demonstrated to save 17%-30% energy under ideal simulation environments. However, HVAC systems are susceptible to various types of faults in a real building operation. There are no existing studies that pertain to a comprehensive fault impact analysis of the high-performance control sequences suggested by ASHRAE Guideline 36 for HVAC systems. How these sequences handle and adapt to the various types of faults is still largely unknown. In this context, a comprehensive fault impact analysis and robustness assessment of the high-performance control sequences is conducted. A Modelica-based medium office virtual testbed is developed following the air-side and the plant-side SOO. A total of 359 fault scenarios in three different seasonal operating conditions (cooling, shoulder, and heating seasons) are injected into the baseline model. The evaluated key performance indexes (KPIs) include the operational cost, source energy, site energy, control loop quality, thermal comfort, ventilation, and power system metrics. The faults of the most negative impact are identified for different seasonal operating conditions over all the KPIs. The results also show that high-performance control sequences are well adapted for the vast majority (∼90%) of all the fault scenarios over all the KPIs in this study.
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- Title
- A holistic fault impact analysis of the high-performance sequences of operation for HVAC systems: Modelica-based case study in a medium-office building
- Creators
- Xing Lu - Texas A&M UniversityYangyang Fu - Texas A&M UniversityZheng O'Neill - Texas A&M UniversityJin Wen - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Energy and buildings, v 252, 111448
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000701743900009
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85115302085
- Other Identifier
- 991019168118904721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Construction & Building Technology
- Energy & Fuels
- Engineering, Civil