Simulation based design and validation of home energy system

The indoor thermal comfort and energy efficiency are the main design criteria for modern home energy systems (HES). In this work, simulation assisted development process of the home energy management system (HEMS) in a typical single-family house (SFH), equipped with a heat pump (HP) system, is depicted. By using the Software-in-the-Loop (SiL) approach, the controller is configured and optimized in connection with numerical simulation models, which are developed in Modelica language. The validation of the HES is carried out by adopting the Hardware-in-the-Loop (HiL) approach, where the complex numerical models such as the HP and the tank unit are replaced by real physical components, operating in an emulated environment through a multi-physics HiL test bed. Thus, more plausible validation results and further optimization potentials of the HEMS can be acquired.