Abstract
Most supply air temperature in variable air volume systems is typically set at 55F(13 °C) that is design value in these systems. However, sometimes the load of cooling varies greatly in different zones, and it means the indoor temperature of low-load zones is lower than comfortable value, even if the supply air damper is at the minimum value that is not closed for minimum outside air requirement. Meanwhile, in transition season, the indoor temperature is also lower due to low outdoor temperature. These factors provided an opportunity to apply higher supply air temperature to reduce air handling unit (AHU) cooling load and box reheating. In this paper, a cascade control method is used to raise the supply air temperature. The external control loop controls the setting value of supply air temperature with the minimum supply air volume as the control target. And the internal control loop controls the supply air temperature by regulating valve. The cascade structure can solve the problem that the time constant of the system is too large. The simulation results show that the quality of control is good and the reheating can be cancelled.
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