Search Results - "Gao, Dian"
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A review on integration of surging plug-in electric vehicles charging in energy-flexible buildings: Impacts analysis, collaborative management technologies, and future perspective
Published in Applied energy (01-02-2023)“…•Outlook of plug-in electric vehicles integrated with energy-flexible buildings.•Challenges of electric vehicles charging on the building power demand…”
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A virtual sensor based self-adjusting control for HVAC fast demand response in commercial buildings towards smart grid applications
Published in Applied energy (01-07-2020)“…•Fast demand response strategy for HVAC system without physical flowmeters of AHUs.•Virtual flowmeter modelled to estimate the water flow rate of each…”
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District cooling systems: Technology integration, system optimization, challenges and opportunities for applications
Published in Renewable & sustainable energy reviews (01-01-2016)“…District cooling system (DCS) has been widely used because of its low cost and high energy efficiency. Excessive studies have been done on DCSs, based on…”
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Data-driven surrogate optimization for deploying heterogeneous multi-energy storage to improve demand response performance at building cluster level
Published in Applied energy (15-02-2024)“…Energy storage such as battery and thermal energy storage is an effective approach to shift building peak load and alleviate grid stress at a building cluster…”
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Stacked ensemble learning approach for PCM-based double-pipe latent heat thermal energy storage prediction towards flexible building energy
Published in Energy (Oxford) (01-05-2024)“…Dynamic performance prediction of the PCM-based double-pipe latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) system plays an important role for building peak load…”
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A system-level fault detection and diagnosis method for low delta-T syndrome in the complex HVAC systems
Published in Applied energy (15-02-2016)“…•System-level FDD method for diagnosing the low delta-T syndrome.•The faults concerning AHUs system and heat exchangers system degradations are…”
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Computer-vision-assisted subzone-level demand-controlled ventilation with fast occupancy adaptation for large open spaces towards balanced IAQ and energy performance
Published in Building and environment (01-07-2023)“…It is essential to retrofit the conventional constant air volume air-conditioning of large open spaces with improved demand-controlled ventilation (DCV) for…”
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Model-based optimal design of active cool thermal energy storage for maximal life-cycle cost saving from demand management in commercial buildings
Published in Applied energy (01-09-2017)“…•A model-based optimal design method for active CTES using GA is developed.•Comprehensive economic evaluation of active CTES is conducted.•Significant…”
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Similarity-based grouping method for evaluation and optimization of dataset structure in machine-learning based short-term building cooling load prediction without measurable occupancy information
Published in Applied energy (01-12-2022)“…•Similarity-based grouping method is proposed to optimize dataset.•It interpretably reveals the limitation of time-similarity index for data…”
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Globally optimal control of hybrid chilled water plants integrated with small-scale thermal energy storage for energy-efficient operation
Published in Energy (Oxford) (01-01-2023)“…The integration of thermal energy storage in chilled water systems is an effective way to improve energy efficiency and is essential for achieving carbon…”
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Robust enhancement of chiller sequencing control for tolerating sensor measurement uncertainties through controlling small-scale thermal energy storage
Published in Energy (Oxford) (01-10-2023)“…Reliable chiller sequencing control strategy is crucial to enhancing control robustness and energy efficiency of the multiple-chiller systems. However, the…”
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A GA-based coordinated demand response control for building group level peak demand limiting with benefits to grid power balance
Published in Energy and buildings (01-01-2016)“…•Quantify ineffectiveness of a conventional demand response in relieving grid stress.•Propose a new control that minimizes building-group-level peak demand…”
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A model-based control strategy to recover cooling energy from thermal mass in commercial buildings
Published in Energy (Oxford) (01-04-2019)“…Building structures and furniture have the capability of storing thermal energy and therefore could be called building thermal mass. In commercial buildings,…”
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Robust optimal design of building cooling systems considering cooling load uncertainty and equipment reliability
Published in Applied energy (01-12-2015)“…•A new robust optimal design is proposed and developed in the HVAC field.•Its function and performance are presented and compared with conventional…”
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A robust demand response control of commercial buildings for smart grid under load prediction uncertainty
Published in Energy (Oxford) (15-12-2015)“…Various demand response control strategies have been developed for grid power balance and user cost saving. Few studies have systematically considered the…”
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In-situ implementation and evaluation of an online robust pump speed control strategy for avoiding low delta-T syndrome in complex chilled water systems of high-rise buildings
Published in Applied energy (01-06-2016)“…•Robust pump speed control strategy for practical applications.•Both passive and active measures are employed for avoiding low delta-T syndrome.•In-situ…”
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Identification of COL1A1 as an invasion‑related gene in malignant astrocytoma
Published in International journal of oncology (01-12-2018)“…Malignant astrocytoma (MA) is the most common and severe type of brain tumor. A greater understanding of the underlying mechanisms responsible for the…”
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A multi-level energy performance diagnosis method for energy information poor buildings
Published in Energy (Oxford) (01-04-2015)“…A thorough assessment and diagnosis is critical for understating and enhancing building energy performance while most buildings cannot provide sufficient…”
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Numerical and experimental study on a double-layered coating design using supplemental property particles for achieving user-desired thermal and aesthetic performance
Published in Energy (Oxford) (15-11-2020)“…Existing studies have demonstrated that coating is highly effective in improving building energy efficiency. In practice, coating design requires performance…”
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A dynamic dehumidifier model for simulations and control of liquid desiccant hybrid air conditioning systems
Published in Energy and buildings (01-04-2017)“…•A dynamic model is developed for a counter flow liquid desiccant dehumidifier.•Approaches to quantifying the thermal mass of packing and solution is…”
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