Heliyon (Aug 2024)
Model-based prototype design, establishment and operation of ventilation system for underground gymnasium
Abstract
Underground small indoor gymnasiums (USIG) are important public places, it is vital to design and build a very economical and efficient ventilation system for effective closed-loop regulation of temperature and gases concentration at prescribed levels. In the article, the model-based prototype design, establishment and operation were proposed and applied to closed-loop control system of the underground small indoor gymnasiums’ ventilation system (USIGVS). First of all, the extended Multiphysics model was developed through feedback connecting the 3D Multiphysics model of air flow rate, temperature, O2 and CO2 concentration with a 0D proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller via Neumann boundary condition, hence a close-loop USIGVS was constructed for feedback control of temperature and gases concentration in ping-pong USIG. Simultaneously, a cost function sufficiently representing the design requirement was formulated. Then global parameter sensitivity analysis (GPSA) was applied for sensitivity ranking of parameters including geometric parameters of USIGVS and tunable parameters of PID controller. The GPSA proved that sensitivity ordering of the cost function to each parameter was proportional gain (kp) > derivative gain (kd) > distance from left inlet to bottom (r) > distance from outlet pipe to bottom (d) > integrative gain (ki) > distance from upper inlet pipe to left (h), respectively, and the kp, kd and r was the parameter influencing the cost function the most. The optimal parameters determined by both GPSA and response optimization were kp = 3.17 m4 mol−1 s−1, kd = 1.49 m4 mol−1, r = 2.04 m, d = 3.12 m, ki = 0.37 m4 mol−1 s−2 and h = 3.85 m. Finally, the closed-loop USIGVS prototype with optimal parameters was designed and established through real-time simulation. The real-time operation confirmed that the temperature and gases concentrations were robust maintained at prescribed levels with desired dynamic response characteristics and lower power consumption, and the expected requirements were achieved for the design, establishment and operation of closed-loop USIGVS control system prototype.
