INDOOR TEMPERATURE CONTROL AND ENERGY SAVING POTENTIAL OF AN AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM USING PD CONTROLLER

Authors

  • Henry Nasution Automotive Development Centre, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering,Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
  • Azhar Abdul Aziz Automotive Development Centre, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering,Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
  • Afiq Aiman Dahlan Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
  • Amirah Haziqah Zulkifli Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
  • Sumeru Sumeru Department of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, Politeknik Negeri Bandung, Gegerkalong Hilir Ciwaruga Bandung 40012, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11113/jt.v76.5915

Keywords:

Indoor temperature, energy saving, air conditioning, PD control

Abstract

This manuscript presents a PD controller implementation to control the compressor speed of an air conditioning system according to cooling load to fulfill thermal comfort requirements with higher energy efficiency. An interface has been designed to monitor the experiment including the controller algorithm. The temperature settings of the conditioned space are 20, 22 and 24oC with internal heat loads of 0 and 1000 W. The experiments conducted indicate that the proposed technique has better temperature control and energy efficiency compared to the on/off controller.

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Published

2015-10-17

Issue

Vol. 76 No. 11: Advances In Mechanical Engineering

Section

Science and Engineering

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INDOOR TEMPERATURE CONTROL AND ENERGY SAVING POTENTIAL OF AN AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM USING PD CONTROLLER. (2015). Jurnal Teknologi, 76(11). https://doi.org/10.11113/jt.v76.5915