Journal
BUILDINGS
Volume 12, Issue 10, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/buildings12101671
Keywords
load prediction; district energy system; forward modelling; K-nearest neighbor; planning stage
Funding
- China National Science Fundation: Methods of minimum variables set construction for building energy prediction based on high-dimensional space theory [51978481]
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This paper presents a fast load prediction method for district energy systems based on a presimulated forward modelling database and KNN algorithm, and develops it into a practical tool. The performance of the new method is compared with the traditional simulation methods, showing high prediction accuracy.
During the design and planning stage of a district energy system, the prediction of the cooling and heating loads is an important step. The accurate estimate of the load pattern can provide a basis for the configuration and optimization of the system. To meet the demand in practical application, this paper proposes a fast load prediction method for district energy systems based on a presimulated forward modelling database and KNN (K-nearest neighbor) algorithm and develops it into a practical tool. Owing to the absence of some design parameters at the planning stage, scenario analysis is also used to determine some input conditions for load prediction. In this paper, the scenarios cover three types of building: office, shopping mall and hotel. To test the performance of this new method, we randomly selected 15 virtual buildings (5 buildings for each type) with different design parameters and took their detailed BPS (building performance simulation) model as a benchmark to assess the prediction results of the new method. The index ratio of the hours with effective prediction is defined as the ratio of the hours whose relative error of hourly load prediction is less than 15% to the hours whose load is not 0 in the whole year, and the test result shows that this index is not less than 0.9 (90%) for the predicted cooling load of all 45 test cases and the predicted heating load of 25 of the 45 cases. As a research achievement with practical value, this paper accomplishes the programming work of the tool and makes it into a software. The application of this software in the actual project of district energy system is also presented. The performance of the new load prediction tool was compared with the traditional approach commonly used in engineering-the load estimation based on reference building models-and the result shows that the fast load estimate tool can provide the same level of prediction accuracy as traditional simulation methods.
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