Advances in supervisory control strategies for a heat pump centric HVAC system − a comprehensive review on applications

作者：Caleb Calfa, Zheng O’Neill, Zhiyao Yang, Jinyu Wen, Veronica Adetola, Xiaobing Liu · 发表于：Applied Thermal Engineering · 年份：2025 · DOI：10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2025.128059 · 被引用次数：6 · 研究领域：Building Energy and Comfort Optimization、Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies、Smart Grid Energy Management

The global fight against climate change through electrification has led to an increase in research investigating the development and deployment of supervisory controllers that enable high efficiency electrically driven vapor compression heat pumps operating within grid interactive efficient buildings to provide demand side management. This paper reviews over sixty relevant case studies within this domain that focus on commercial off-the-shelf heat pumps whose primary task is providing space conditioning. The concept of a heat pump-centric heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning system is introduced, accompanied by a detailed overview of various kinds of electric heat pumps and building-level thermal energy storage configurations. Additionally, the different types of supervisory controller designs, including rule-based control and model predictive control, are discussed, along with the various methods for communication between a supervisory controller and a downstream heat pump’s local controller. A comparative analysis is conducted in order to categorize the reviewed case studies based on their system design, supervisory control algorithm, and validation methodology. This detailed analysis allows the review to establish current research trends, identify potential gaps, and suggest future directions for the development of this technology. Overall, the authors recommend that more future research be devoted to low-cost practical retrofits that allow for easy integration of ac...