Modeling and Control of Livestock Ventilation Systems and Indoor Environments

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Abstract

The hybrid ventilation systems have been widely used for livestock barns to provide optimum indoor climate by controlling the ventilation rate and air flow distribution within the ventilated building structure. The purpose of this paper is to develop models for livestock ventilation systems and indoor environments with a major emphasis on the prediction of indoor horizontal variation of temperature and concentration adapted to the design of appropriate controlling strategy and control systems. The Linear Quadratic (LQ) optimal control method taking into account of the effect of necessary constraints and random disturbances is designed through system linearization. The well designed control systems are able to determine the demand ventilation rate and airflow pattern, improve and optimize the indoor Thermal Comfort (TC), Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) and energy use.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 26th Air Infiltration and Ventilation Center (AIVC) Conference : Ventilation in Relation to the Energy Performance of Buildings
Number of pages6
Publication date2005
Pages335-340
Publication statusPublished - 2005
Event26th Air Infiltration and Ventilation Center (AIVC) Conference - Brussels, Belgium
Duration: 21 Sept 200523 Sept 2005

Conference

Conference26th Air Infiltration and Ventilation Center (AIVC) Conference
Country/TerritoryBelgium
CityBrussels
Period21/09/200523/09/2005

Keywords

  • Livestock Ventilation
  • Thermal Comfort
  • Indoor Air Quality
  • LQ Optimal Control

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