Adrian Bürger
Adrian Bürger Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences Faculty of Management Science and EngineeringMoltkestraße 3076133 KarlsruhePhone: +49 (0)721 925-1956 Fax: +49 (0)721 925-1947 |
Research project
At the Faculty of Management Science and Engineering at Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences, a system for solar cooling of the faculty building is put into operation. Core element is an adsorption cooling machine that uses heat supported by flat plate collectors and vacuum tube collectors to reduce the temperature of a coolant, while heat can be stored inside a warm water tank. Air conditioning is realised using fan coils that are supported with storable cool water, chilled down by the adsorption cooling machine. So far, the system control will only use current measurement data for adjusting the system settings to achieve the desired temperature.
Aim of the research project is the development and implementation of a model for optimal control of the system with Model Predictive Control (MPC) to generate prospective operational plans for adequately adjusting the room temperature to the performed activities, daytime, and season. To determine the optimal operating plans, measurement data (e. g. room temperature) and forecast data (e. g. weather forecast, expected number of people inside the room) shall be considered, while the optimality of the control shall i. a. be measured by the consumption of non-renewable energy which shall be minimized.
For this application, tools for automatic design and implementation of appropriate controllers that build upon and extend existing toolchains are being developed. Among those will be tools for automatic formulation and solving of Optimal Control problems, Parameter Estimation problems and Model-based Optimum Experimental Design problems for system models implemented in the Modelica language. For this, the CasADi optimization framework as well as the JModelica compiler will be used.
Keywords/Interests
Direct optimization methods, Newton-type optimization, Model Predictive Control, Model-based Optimum, Experimental Design, CasADi, Python, Modelica
Curriculum Vitae
Practical and scientific experience
Since 07/2014 | Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences Faculty of Management Science and Engineering Academic assistant of the mathematics/informaticssection |
Since 10/2014 | University of Freiburg IMTEK, Faculty of Engineering Systems Control and Optimization Laboratory Academic assistant Development of parameter estimation software within the HIGHWIND project |
07/2013 - 06/2014 | University of Heidelberg Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing Student assistant Continuative work on optimum experimental design software |
03/2012 - 02/2013 | Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences Faculty of Management Science and Engineering Student assistant Development of software tools used within Operations Research lectures |
09/2010 - 02/2012 | Siemens AG Karlsruhe Business Excellence Department Internship and working student Data analysis and action planning within the fields of Lean Production, Continuous Improvement Processes and Value Stream Design |
Studies
07/2013 - 06/2014 | Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences Faculty of Management Science and Engineering M.Sc. "Business Administration and Engineering" Master's thesis: "Implementation of Matlab as a modelling language in VPLAN" |
10/2008 - 02/2013 | Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences Faculty of Management Science and Engineering B.Sc. "Business Administration and Engineering" Bachelor's thesis: "Optimum experimental design within the scope of Matlab" |