Challenge
Many industrial systems rely on conservative control setpoints that generally perform adequately despite variations in demand, load, disturbances, and other factors. For instance, in water treatment, fixed power levels are often employed, even though they may be excessive during lower-than-usual demand, resulting in energy wastage.
This trend is observed in various systems, including cooling/heating systems, process control, smart grids, HVAC systems, and more. It typically applies to systems where running at a consistently high power level is unnecessary due to fluctuations in demand or other variables.
Project goal
Our project focuses on crafting demand-driven control methods, optimizing the scheduling of unit usage and power levels. Unlike conservative or fixed setpoints, these methods leverage predictions of variations in demand, load, disturbances, inflow, and energy prices. Additionally, they make use of existing storage or buffer capacities within the system.
The outcome is a reduction in energy consumption and/or extended machine lifespan, achieved by running at more favorable levels and minimizing on/off switches.
Would you also like to participate in this project?
DEDRIC_IRVA is an industrial research project. We are looking for companies that want to be part of the user group and work with us to valorise the project.
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