TY - JOUR
T1 - High-resolution modeling of elevator power consumption
AU - Tukia, Toni
AU - Uimonen, Semen
AU - Siikonen, Marja Liisa
AU - Donghi, Claudio
AU - Lehtonen, Matti
PY - 2018/7/1
Y1 - 2018/7/1
N2 - This paper proposes a framework for modeling the instantaneous power consumption of individual elevators and elevator groups based on passenger traffic. Though elevators have a key role in the modern urban society, they have remained as rather neglected appliances in the energy efficiency research. To accelerate the energy efficiency studies of elevators, this paper has two major contributions. First, we propose means to model the instantaneous power consumption of individual elevators and elevator groups and analyze the reliability of these means versus the complexity of the modeling. Second, we present an elevator group control scheme to organize the elevator dispatching according to the simulated passenger traffic. When combined, these methods yield enhanced predictions about the energy and power consumption of elevators in a specific type of building with measured or simulated movement of occupants.
AB - This paper proposes a framework for modeling the instantaneous power consumption of individual elevators and elevator groups based on passenger traffic. Though elevators have a key role in the modern urban society, they have remained as rather neglected appliances in the energy efficiency research. To accelerate the energy efficiency studies of elevators, this paper has two major contributions. First, we propose means to model the instantaneous power consumption of individual elevators and elevator groups and analyze the reliability of these means versus the complexity of the modeling. Second, we present an elevator group control scheme to organize the elevator dispatching according to the simulated passenger traffic. When combined, these methods yield enhanced predictions about the energy and power consumption of elevators in a specific type of building with measured or simulated movement of occupants.
KW - Elevators
KW - Energy efficiency
KW - High-resolution modeling
KW - Passenger traffic
KW - Power consumption
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85044641373&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jobe.2018.03.008
DO - 10.1016/j.jobe.2018.03.008
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85044641373
SN - 2352-7102
VL - 18
SP - 210
EP - 219
JO - Journal of Building Engineering
JF - Journal of Building Engineering
ER -