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Scenario-based model predictive control for heating systems

Residential and commercial buildings account for around 40% of the total energy consumption [1] and heating systems in buildings represent more than half of this amount [2]. However, a large amount of energy is wasted due to bad control strategies currently implemented in office buildings. Usually, rule-based controllers are implemented and, as the name suggests,…
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Distributed generation in houses with micro-CHPs and the role of control for reduced costs

One of the main differences of the (present and) future power grids with respect to the “traditional” ones is the increased number of small distributed generation units, whereas before there was usually a big power plant producing power for a large region. These small power plants can be of different nature, like a small wind…
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