A day-ahead operational regulation method for solar district heating systems based on model predictive control

X **n, Y Liu, Z Zhang, H Zheng, Y Zhou - Applied Energy, 2025 - Elsevier
Solar district heating systems are widely used in solar-rich areas due to their centralized
management and ease of maintenance. However, traditional temperature difference-based …

Transformer based day-ahead cooling load forecasting of hub airport air-conditioning systems with thermal energy storage

D Yu, T Liu, K Wang, K Li, M Mercangöz, J Zhao… - Energy and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The air conditioning system constitutes more than half of the total energy demand in hub
airport buildings. To enhance the energy efficiency and to enable intelligent energy …

[HTML][HTML] Extension of a low-tech Model Predictive Control (MPC) algorithm for grid-supportive heat pump operation

V Klepic, M Wolf, T Pröll - Energy and Buildings, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper presents the further development of a low-tech Model Predictive Control (MPC)
for the grid-friendly operation of heat pumps. The developed algorithm is already available …

Fairness-aware data-driven-based model predictive controller: A study on thermal energy storage in a residential building

Y Sun, F Haghighat, BCM Fung - Journal of Energy Storage, 2024 - Elsevier
Besides accuracy, fairness has been reported as another performance criterion for data-
driven building models (DDBMs). To ensure data-driven-based model predictive controllers …

Hybrid model-free control based on deep reinforcement learning: An energy-efficient operation strategy for HVAC systems

X Zhang, X Wang, H Zhang, Y Ma, S Chen… - Journal of Building …, 2024 - Elsevier
At present, most optimization objectives of heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC)
systems focus on the local optimization of equipment during cooling hours, usually ignoring …

A model predictive control strategy of global optimal dispatch for a combined solar and air source heat pump heating system

J Zhao, Y Li, Y Qin, D Liu, X Wu, X Zhang… - Applied Thermal …, 2025 - Elsevier
Due to low-carbon transformation of heating sources in northern China, the combination of
the solar heating system (SHS) and the air source heat pump (ASHP) has attracted …