Prediction of Heating & Cooling Electric Power Demand of HVACs for Healthcare Critical Units in case of Dynamic Set Points of Temperature

Abstract

In healthcare critical areas like operation theaters and intensive care units etc., both the patient and healthcare workers desire different temperature en vironment at different stages which depends upon the condition of a patient and requirements of surgical and treatment procedures. Therefore, the need of dynamic controlled temperature environment and availability of required heating/cooling electric power is relatively more necessary for the provision of better healthcare environment to the patients as compared to other com mercial and residential buildings where only comfortable room temperature is required. To achieve dynamic set-point temperatures for desired zones and ensuring the availability of required electric power with Variable Renewable Energy (VREs) in power generation, we predict and estimate power demand using historical data of environmental parameters including an outdoor temperature, solar irradiation, and wind speed.