01584nas a2200169   4500008004100000245014200041210006900183260001800252520098100270653001301251653002301264653002501287653001201312100001801324700001301342856005901355       2007                        eng d00aThe Building Controls Virtual Test Bed – a Simulation Environment for Developing and Testing Control Algorithms, Strategies and Systems0 aBuilding Controls Virtual Test Bed a Simulation Environment for   aBejing, China3 a<p>The paper describes the design of a Building Controls Virtual Test Bed (BCVTB), a simulation environment for the development of control algorithms and strategies for the major energy systems in buildings, HVAC, lighting, active facades and on-site generation. The BCVTB is based on the whole building energy simulation program EnergyPlus and includes both the pure simulation and the hardware-in-the-loop methods of implementing the controls. For convenience and scalability, the design of the hardware-in-the-loop interface for supervisory controls uses BACnet rather than the analog interface used for local loop control. The paper concludes with a case study of the use of a prototype implementation of the BCVTB to precommission the building control system for the naturally-ventilated San Francisco Federal Building. A number of problems were found with the control program, demonstrating the value of the precommissioning and the effectiveness of the technique.</p>
10acontrols10adevelopment system10ahardware-in-the-loop10atesting1 aHaves, Philip1 aXu, Peng  uhttp://www.ibpsa.org/proceedings/BS2007/p748_final.pdf