Data-Driven Identification of a Thermal Network in Multi-Zone Building

Harish Doddi, Saurav Talukdar, Deepjyoti Deka, Murti Salapaka

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Abstract

System identification of smart buildings is necessary for their optimal control and application in demand response. The thermal response of a building around an operating point can be modeled using a network of interconnected resistors with capacitors at each node/zone called RC network. The development of the RC network involves two phases: obtaining the network topology, and estimating thermal resistances and capacitance's. In this article, we present a provable method to reconstruct the interaction topology of thermal zones of a building solely from temperature measurements. We demonstrate that our learning algorithm accurately reconstructs the interaction topology for a 5 zone office building in EnergyPlus with real-world conditions. We show that our learning algorithm is able to recover the network structure in scenarios where prior research prove insufficient.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2018 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, CDC 2018
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages7302-7307
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781538613955
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2 2018
Event57th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, CDC 2018 - Miami, United States
Duration: Dec 17 2018Dec 19 2018

Publication series

NameProceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control
Volume2018-December
ISSN (Print)0743-1546
ISSN (Electronic)2576-2370

Conference

Conference57th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, CDC 2018
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityMiami
Period12/17/1812/19/18

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The authors H. Doddi, S. Talukdar, and M. V. Salapaka acknowledge the support of ARPA-E for supporting this research through the project titled ‘A Robust Distributed Framework for Flexible Power Grids’ via grant no. DEAR0000701 and Xcel Energy’s Renewable Development Fund. D. Deka acknowledges the support of funding from the Center for Non-Linear Studies at LANL and the Grid Modernization Initiative of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 IEEE.

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