CONTROL STRATEGIES LEARNING FOR HEATING SYSTEMS

This paper introduces a tool for teaching control strategies and design techniques, using thermal systems as problem domain. A radiator-based heating system has been simulated. Different system components are modelled, as well as the heating dynamics of a building. The tool can find room temperatures as a function of its structure and the selected control strategies as well. A useful interface with a real heating system has been also developed, such that a remote supervisory control can be managed. The aim is to help both teachers and students when they work on the control techniques involved in energy saving.