Dr Zhipeng Deng is an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at University of Central Florida. He completed his PhD at Purdue University. USA
Decarbonization in Buildings and Cities, Grid-Interactive Buildings, Sustainable Built Environment, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Quantum Computing
Quantum Computing approach to Future Real-Time Control of Buildings and Cities
Buildings contribute to more than 70% of overall U.S. electricity usage and greenhouse gas emissions. The future building control optimizes more connected devices and renewable energy equipment, which requires a rapid and accurate response. It also poses the challenge of solving non-linear problems with discrete variables in real time. In one study, we developed a novel optimization using quantum annealing for MPC of rooftop units in buildings. Our approach demonstrated significant improvements in computational speed from hours to seconds by considering day-ahead demand response signals. Our findings highlight the potential of quantum computing in solving large-scale non-linear discrete optimization problems for building energy systems. The other research presented a new framework for building-to-grid integration. We developed MPC for a commercial distribution grid for cost reduction. With similar solutions to traditional algorithms, quantum computing reduced computational time to less than 1.1%. We proved its potential to solve large-scale discrete optimization problems for urban energy systems