TY  - JOUR
T1  - Optimization of Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning
(HVAC) Systems: A Review
AU - Kuan, Y.N. AU - Ong, H.S. 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 13
IS  - 21
SP  - 9049
EP  - 9064
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2018.9049.9064
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2018.9049.9064
KW  - Energy
KW  -thermal comfort
KW  -optimization
KW  -multi-objective
KW  -algorithm
AB  - Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems have become a very essential part in our
daily lives in providing comfortable and satisfactory indoor conditions. As a consequence, large amount of
energy are consumed every year in HVAC application to produce a desirable thermal environment. In light of
the increasing energy consumption, energy efficiency improvement has become the ultimate goal of many
authorities. Recent advances and revolutionary improvements in computing systems make optimization
approaches one of the promising techniques in achieving greatest energy efficiency in HVAC application. This
study gives an overview of research conducted on optimization techniques used in HVAC systems for energy
and comfort purposes. Current literature are summarized with highlights given to the optimization algorithms
used, control scheme, objective function parameters, HVAC simulation tools, optimization programs and HVAC
simulation model approaches. Trends in HVAC optimization, performance and efficiency analysis of mostly
used algorithms as well as factors affecting selection of algorithms will be mainly discussed in this study.
ER  -