SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSESSING AND CONTROLLING SUSTAINABILITY OF AN ENERGY PLANT

    公开(公告)号:US20220284519A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-08

    申请号:US17826635

    申请日:2022-05-27

    IPC分类号: G06Q40/00 G06Q10/06 G06F30/13

    摘要: Systems and methods for controlling building equipment include simulating operation of the building equipment at a plurality of initial points to generate corresponding values of a first control objective and a second control objective that competes with the first control objective, automatically generating a new point at which to run a new simulation based on the plurality of initial points and the corresponding values of the control objectives, running the new simulation at the new point to generate corresponding values of the control objectives, classifying a subset of the plurality of initial points and the new point as Pareto-optimal points based on the corresponding values of the control objectives, and operating the building equipment at a Pareto-optimal point selected from the subset of the plurality of initial points and the new point classified as Pareto-optimal points.

    CENTRAL PLANT CONTROL SYSTEM WITH EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE EVALUATION

    公开(公告)号:US20240212073A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-27

    申请号:US18400783

    申请日:2023-12-29

    发明人: Michael J. Wenzel

    摘要: A control system for cost optimal operation of an energy facility including equipment includes a controller configured to provide a cost function comprising a cost term defining a cost as a function of a rate variable and an equipment usage variable, simulate the cost of operating the energy facility over an optimization period at each of a plurality of different values of the rate variable which define a plurality of different costs per unit of the equipment usage variable, select a value of the rate variable that results in a lowest cost of operating the energy facility over the optimization period, perform an online optimization of the cost function with the rate variable set to the selected value to generate one or more setpoints for the equipment, and operate the equipment during the optimization period in accordance with the generated setpoints.

    Thermal energy production, storage, and control system with heat recovery chillers

    公开(公告)号:US12002121B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-04

    申请号:US17582988

    申请日:2022-01-24

    摘要: A thermal energy production and control system includes a heat recovery chiller, thermal energy storage, and a controller. The controller uses thermal energy load targets to generate control decisions for the heat recovery chiller and the thermal energy storage for a plurality of time steps of a time period. The control decisions include a first amount of hot thermal energy or cold thermal energy to be generated by the heat recovery chiller at a first time step of the time period and stored in the thermal energy storage and a second amount of the hot thermal energy or the cold thermal energy to be discharged from the thermal energy storage and used to satisfy one or more of the thermal energy load targets for a second time step of the time period. The controller operates the heat recovery chiller and the thermal energy storage in accordance with the control decisions.