00474nas a2200121 4500008004100000245008700041210006900128490000800197100001900205700001800224700002000242856009000262 1994 eng d00aDesign, Construction and Commissioning of Building Emulators for EMCS Applications0 aDesign Construction and Commissioning of Building Emulators for 0 v1001 aWang, Shengwei1 aHaves, Philip1 aNusgens, Pierre uhttps://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/publications/design-construction-and-commissioning00561nas a2200145 4500008004100000245010900041210006900150490000800219100002300227700001900250700001800269700002100287700002000308856008700328 1994 eng d00aInvestigation of the Reliability of Building Emulators for Testing Energy Management and Control Systems0 aInvestigation of the Reliability of Building Emulators for Testi0 v1001 aPeitsman, Henk, C.1 aWang, Shengwei1 aHaves, Philip1 aKärki, Satu, H.1 aPark, Cheol, P. uhttps://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/publications/investigation-reliability-building01682nas a2200193 4500008004100000245009600041210006900137260002600206300001200232520101800244100002501262700001501287700001801302700002301320700002201343700002001365700001901385856008401404 1991 eng d00aUse of Building Emulators to Evaluate the Performance of Building Energy Management Systems0 aUse of Building Emulators to Evaluate the Performance of Buildin aNice, Francec08/1991 a209-2133 a
Three complementary approaches may be used in the evaluation of the performance of building control systems-simulation, emulation and field testing. In emulation a real-time simulation of the building and HVAC plant is connected to a real building energy management system (BEMS) via a hardware interface. Emulation has the advantage of allowing controlled, repeatable experiments whilst testing real devices that may contain proprietary algorithms. Building emulators have been developed by the authors in the context of lEA Annex 17, which is concerned with the use of simulation to evaluate the performance of BEMS. The paper discusses different approaches to the design of building emulators and describes the different architectures, hardware and software used by the authors. The problem of evaluating the overall performance of BEMS is discussed and results are presented that illustrate the use of emulators to investigate the influence of the tuning of local loop controls on building performance.
1 aVaezi-Nejad, Hossein1 aHutter, E.1 aHaves, Philip1 aDexter, Arthur, L.1 aKelly, George, E.1 aNusgens, Pierre1 aWang, Shengwei uhttps://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/publications/use-building-emulators-evaluate