Multiple-zone ventilation and temperature control of a single-duct VAV system using model predictive strategy

This paper proposes a multil-input multi-output (MIMO) controller that control temperature and ventilation for multiple zones in a building with a model predictive control strategy (MPC). That controller meets the ventilation requirements of the ventilation rate procedure of Ashrae standard 62.1. Its performance are evaluated thanks to simulation-based experiments under four types of typical weather conditions. The results are satisfactory.