Modelling and Control of Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (HVAC&R) Systems

Dear Colleagues,

The Guest Editors are inviting submissions to a Special Issue of Energies on the subject area of “Modelling and Control of Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration (HVAC&R) Systems”. HVAC&R systems consume large amounts of energy and, not infrequently, their inefficient operation translates into poor performance and brings to an increasing environmental impact in terms of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. Indeed, HVAC&R systems inherent complexity together with non-stationary plant operating conditions and complex patterns of user demand, and their intrinsically non-linear characteristics, make the efficient operation of this kind of systems a difficult task. Besides the traditional approach, which improves the energy efficiency of HVAC&R systems through advanced hardware design, nowadays advanced control systems can improve both system efficiency and performance by mostly acting on software components, taking advantage of the recent developments of digital technologies.

The aim of this Special Issue is to collect contributions on recent advances in the field of modelling and control of HVAC&R systems. Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to:

• Modelling and simulation of HVAC&R systems;
• Advanced control of HVAC&R systems;
• Building Energy Management System (BEMS);
• Commercial and Transport Refrigeration control applications;
• Optimization and management of HVAC&R systems;
• Fault detection, diagnosis, and predictive maintenance of HVAC&R systems;
• Machine Learning in HVAC&R control applications;
• Intelligent control of HVAC&R systems;
• IoT for Smart HVAC Control;
• Control of HVAC&R systems for Industry 4.0 applications.

Prof. Dr. Alessandro Beghi
Dr. Mirco Rampazzo
Guest Editors

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