A simple but energy-efficient HVAC control synthesis for data centers

Michel Fliess (1, 2) , Cédric Join (3, 2) , Maria Bekcheva (4) , Alireza Moradi (4) , Hugues Mounier (5)

1 LIX - Laboratoire d'informatique de l'École polytechnique [Palaiseau]
2 AL.I.E.N. - ALgèbre pour Identification & Estimation Numériques
3 CRAN - Centre de Recherche en Automatique de Nancy
4 Inagral
5 L2S - Laboratoire des signaux et systèmes

The air conditioning management of data centers, a key question with respect to energy saving, is here tackled via the recent model-free control synthesis. Mathematical modeling becomes useless in this approach. The tuning of the corresponding intelligent proportional controller is straightforward. Computer simulations show excellent tracking performances in various realistic situations, like CPU load or temperature changes.

Keywords: data centers; cloud computing; tracking; HVAC; PID; model-free control; intelligent proportional controller

Domains: Computer Science [cs]; Automatic Control Engineering; Computer Science [cs]; Emerging Technologies [cs.ET]; Computer Science [cs]; Systems and Control [cs.SY]; Engineering Sciences [physics]; Automatic; Mathematics [math]; Optimization and Control [math.OC]; Environmental Sciences; Environmental Engineering

Michel Fliess, Cédric Join, Maria Bekcheva, Alireza Moradi, Hugues Mounier. A simple but energy-efficient HVAC control synthesis for data centers. 3rd International Conference on Control, Automation and Diagnosis, ICCAD'19, Jul 2019, Grenoble, France. ⟨hal-02125159⟩