Optimal Allocation of Building Cooling Loads to Chilled Water Plant Equipment

The air in most non-residential buildings needs to be cooled to maintain occupant comfort. Typically, the air is cooled by using cold water provided by a chiller plant consisting of liquid chillers, cooling towers and pumps. To meet the changing demand for cooling, most buildings have automated systems that control the operation of the chilled water plant. The system that controls the chilling equipment selects the temperatures of the water streams and the speed of the cooling tower fans to meet the building loads. In a system with several chillers or towers, the system also decides which combinations of chiller plant equipment should be used to meet the cooling loads.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Mechanical Engineering

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Olson, Rick Thomas

Contributors dc:contributor

• Liebman, Judith S.,

• Engineering, Industrial
• Engineering, Mechanical
• Operations Research

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8815400

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/70150