Experimental Demonstration of Model Predictive Control

Publication Title: Experimental Demonstration of Model Predictive Control in a Medium-Sized Commercial Buildings

Consortium Member(s): United Technologies Research Center

Project Contact: Pengfei Li

Date: June 30, 2014

This paper presents the implementation and experimental demonstration results of a practically effective and computationally efficient model predictive control (MPC) algorithm used to optimize the energy use of the heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system in a multi-zone medium-sized commercial building.