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Occupancy Driven Supervisory Control to Minimise Energy Use in Airport Terminal. Abdulhameed Mambo Dr Mahroo Eftekhari & Dr Steffen Thomas Loughborough University. Introduction. About 200 million passengers transit UK airports every year resulting in huge demands for energy
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Occupancy Driven Supervisory Control to Minimise Energy Use in Airport Terminal Abdulhameed Mambo Dr Mahroo Eftekhari & Dr Steffen Thomas Loughborough University UKACC PhD Presentation Showcase
Introduction • About 200 million passengers transit UK airports every year resulting in huge demands for energy • Airports are among the greatest energy consuming buildings – huge opportunity for savings • Airport environment systems are run on full schedules and setpoints are not varied according to external conditions and passenger flow • This research developed a supervisory controller which ensures comfort setpoints availability during occupancy and setback in other times for passenger-only airport spaces. UKACC PhD Presentation Showcase
MATLAB/SIMULINK DESIGNBUILDER Contents Fuzzy Supervisory Controller Controller Inputs Airport Terminal Building & HVAC Model Optimised Set points Model Inputs Simulation Results • Background and motivation for research • Airport environment systems are operated on full schedules – this study shows great opportunity for setback to reduce operating cost and energy use • There are many studies on indoor environment control of other building types but very few studies on airport building indoor environment and about none on control systems • Research methodology • Current status • Fuzzy Supervisory Controller has been designed and using a dynamic airport building model, the controller is being tested • The reports of simulation studies testing the integrity of the controller and showing benefits in terms of energy savings is being compiled. UKACC PhD Presentation Showcase
Graphs and Pictures Supervisory Controller in SIMULINK Airport Indoor Monitoring Airport Thermal Model Opportunity for setback Indoor monitoring result Savings due from control strategy UKACC PhD Presentation Showcase
Conclusion • Although Airports are among the greatest energy guzzlers but terminal buildings have great potentials for energy savings • This Fuzzy Supervisory control mimics airport building operator by varying setpoints in accordance to passenger flow and external conditions. • Early simulation results shows that up to 50% energy savings is possible using this control system • The controller is still being tested through offline simulation UKACC PhD Presentation Showcase