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Intelligent Thermal Comfort Controlling System for Buildings Based on IoT and AI

Authors :
Yafei Zhao
Paolo Vincenzo Genovese
Zhixing Li
Source :
Future Internet, Vol 12, Iss 2, p 30 (2020), Future Internet, Volume 12, Issue 2
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
MDPI AG, 2020.

Abstract

With the improvement of technologies, people’s demand for intelligent devices of indoor and outdoor living environments keeps increasing. However, the traditional control system only adjusts living parameters mechanically, which cannot better meet the requirements of human comfort intelligently. This article proposes a building intelligent thermal comfort control system based on the Internet of Things and intelligent artificial intelligence. Through the literature review, various algorithms and prediction methods are analyzed and compared. The system can automatically complete a series of operations through IoT hardware devices which are located at multiple locations in the building with key modules. The code is developed and debugged by Python to establish a model for energy consumption prediction with environmental factors such as temperature, humidity, radiant temperature, and air velocity on thermal comfort indicators. By using the simulation experiments, 1700 data sets are used for training. Then, the output PMV predicted values are compared with the real figure. The results show that the performance of this system is superior to traditional control on energy-saving and comfort.

Details

ISSN :
19995903
Volume :
12
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Future Internet
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....644670b39bfc8a2b6fb84ed084af7782
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3390/fi12020030