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Developing a new cost‐efficient control strategy for an actual confectionery plant through the combined exploitation of experimental and numerical analysis
Author(s) -
Lunghi Piero,
Mariani Francesco
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
international journal of energy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.808
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1099-114X
pISSN - 0363-907X
DOI - 10.1002/er.896
Subject(s) - air conditioning , efficient energy use , control (management) , work (physics) , task (project management) , thermal comfort , computer science , quality (philosophy) , indoor air quality , automotive engineering , engineering , process engineering , control engineering , simulation , risk analysis (engineering) , systems engineering , mechanical engineering , environmental engineering , philosophy , physics , electrical engineering , epistemology , artificial intelligence , thermodynamics , medicine
Achieving energy absorption reductions while improving indoor air quality is a major task when designing new air conditioning systems. A cost‐effective way to improve energy efficiency without compromising the thermal comfort consists of developing better control. In the present work, an extensive experimental campaign has been coupled with a theoretical analysis with an effective approach. A simulation tool has been implemented and, through its predictions, an efficient control strategy has been developed in a system that resulted in significant energy savings and environmental benefits. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.