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HVAC Control Strategies and Applications

1. Basic principles

2. Typical control strategies

3. Air handling systems

4. Chiller system control

5. Control of hydraulic circuits

[Powerpoint file in PDF format]

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Videos:

• Top 6 Control Startegies to Save Energy (12:24) https://youtu.be/f14Q00RPJCI
  
• AHU Supply Air Temperature and Pressure Resets (16:12) https://youtu.be/KGcHY1Mp3bs
  
• Air Side Economizer (7:32) https://youtu.be/2UCmNs8qGBk
  
• How Waterside Economizers Work (11:05) https://youtu.be/JKnzhDetvjQ
  
• Introduction to Economizers (17:57) https://youtu.be/MRJofs3IAXQ

Further Reading:

• Best Practices for Air-Side Economizers Operation and Maintenance https://www.pnnl.gov/projects/om-best-practices/air-side-economizers
  
• Chiller Plant Control https://hvac-eng.com/chiller-plant-control/
  
• CIBSE, 2008. Building Control Systems, CIBSE Guide H, 2nd ed., Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford. [HKALL]
• - Chapter 5 Control strategies for subsystems

References:

• CIBSE, 2008. Building Control Systems, CIBSE Guide H, 2nd ed., Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford. [HKALL]
• EMSD, 2002. Guidelines on Application of Central Control and Monitoring Systems, Energy Efficiency Office, Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD), Hong Kong. [https://www.emsd.gov.hk/filemanager/en/content_725/Guidelines_CCMS.pdf]
• Fundamentals of HVAC Controls https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~culler/cs294-f09/m197content.pdf
• Honeywell, 1997. Engineering Manual of Automatic Control for Commercial Buildings - Heating, Ventilating, Air Conditioning, SI Edition., Honeywell, Inc., Minneapolis, MN. [HKALL][https://www.academia.edu/9473343/AUTOMATIC_CONTROL_for_ENGINEERING_MANUAL_of_COMMERCIAL_BUILDINGS][https://manualzz.com/doc/61727463/honeywell-automatic-control-si-edition-engineering-manual]

Web Links:

• HVAC Control Systems and Building Automation System http://www.electrical-knowhow.com/2012/04/hvac-control-systems-and-building.html
• Building Automation & Control Systems https://www.securityindustry.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/BACS-Report_Final-Intelligent-Building-Management-Systems.pdf
  
• Control Strategies for Building Services: the role of the user https://www.usablebuildings.co.uk/UsableBuildings/Unprotected/CtStrtSe.pdf

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| Created: Feb 2024 | Update: 5 Mar 2024 |