.Buildings.Air.Systems.SingleZone.VAV.Examples.OptimalStart.ConventionalWinter

Information

This is an example model on how to use the block Buildings.Controls.OBC.Utilities.OptimalStart that integrates with a conventional controller, a single-zone VAV system and a single-zone floor building. The building, HVAC system and controller model can be found in the base class Buildings.Air.Systems.SingleZone.VAV.Examples.OptimalStart.BaseClasses.ZoneWithAHUConventional.

This example validates the optimal start results for the winter condition. Note that the optimal start block in this example computes for both heating and cooling conditions. The first few days are initialization period. The optimal start block calculates the optimal preheating time based on the moving average temperature slope of the zone computed from previous days.

Revisions

• July 29, 2020, by Kun Zhang:
  First implementation. This is for issue 2126.