Modeling, Simulation, and Temperature Control of a Thermal Zone with Sliding Modes Strategy

Abstract

To reduce the energy consumption in buildings is necessary to analyze individual rooms and thermal zones, studying mathematical models and applying new control techniques. In this paper, the design, simulation and experimental evaluation of a sliding mode controller for regulating internal temperature in a thermal zone is presented. We propose an experiment with small physical dimensions, consisting of a closed wooden box with heat internal sources to stimulate temperature gradients through operating and shut down cycles.

Keywords

• building modeling
• lumped parameter model
• sliding control mode
• reduced scale model