Zheng Wei
The reliability, availability and safety of the HVAC system on board has become increasingly important for a number of reasons like increased energy costs together with higher demands upon the indoor climate and air quality. Mathematical models can for instance be applied to review various design options, to elucidate complex processes or to investigate innovative ideas. The overall goal of the research is to get profound knowledge of HVAC system behavior. This is subdivided in the following sub-goals: a) Learn steady-state and dynamic HVAC system behavior. b) Acknowledge system regulating characteristics in time of physical parameter changes. c) When disturbs occur in failure or fault condition, detect the failure or fault and diagnose it, and rearrange the system to correct the failure or fault. d) Improve the HVAC system performance by means of failure response and distribute intelligence. To reach these goals, subsequently the following research activities are undertaken.
- Component verification, matching, validation and failure judgment
- Component conjunction and failure solution
- Simulation and normal operation control strategy
- Distribute intelligence and disaster control strategy
- The project will result in A validated mathematic HVAC system with failure diagnosis, is offered with HVAC system behavior analysis.
Contact persons: Zheng We, Peter de Vos