Kun Zhang
Professeur
Department
Département de génie mécanique
Degrees
B.Eng. (Chongqing U), M.A.Sc., Ph.D. (Polytechnique Montréal), Postdoc (LBNL)
Office
A-2958
Email
Research axes
- Infrastructure and Built Environment
- Intelligent and Autonomous Systems
Areas of expertise
- Energy flexibility
- Energy efficiency of buildings and communities
- Advanced control of energy systems
- Building-grid interactions
- Application of artificial intelligence in the built environment
- Next-generation building performance simulation
- Urban building energy modelling
Supervision
- Learning-based Model Predictive Control with a Novel Model Structure and Validation Approach, par Seyedali Makki
Automne 2024
- Amélioration du contrôle des systèmes de chauffage, ventilation et conditionnement de l'air, par Charbel Korkomaz
Hiver 2024
Publications
- Zhang K., Quintana H., Kummert M.. 2015 « Assessing simplified models for predictive control of space heating in houses ». Affiche présentée lors de la conférence : NSERC Smart Net-zero Energy Buildings Strategic Research Network 4th meeting (Saskatoon, SK, Canada, 2015)
- Quintana H., Zhang K., Kummert M.. 2014 « Optimized control strategies for solar district heating ». Affiche présentée lors de la conférence : NSERC Smart Net-zero Energy Buildings Strategic Research Network 3rd meeting (Montreal, QC, Canada, 2014)
- Kun Zhang, Etienne Saloux, José A. Candanedo. 2024 « Enhancing energy flexibility of building clusters via supervisory room temperature control: Quantification and evaluation of benefits ». Energy and Buildings vol. 302
- Etienne Saloux, Jason Runge, Kun Zhang. 2023 « Operation optimization of multi-boiler district heating systems using artificial intelligence-based model predictive control: Field demonstrations ». Energy vol. 285
- Etienne Saloux, Kun Zhang. 2023 « Data-driven model-based control strategies to improve the cooling performance of commercial and institutional buildings ». Buildings vol. 13 , nº 2
- Etienne Saloux, Kun Zhang. 2023 « Towards integration of virtual meters into building energy management systems: Development and assessment of thermal meters for cooling ». Journal of Building Engineering vol. 65
- Etienne Saloux, Kun Zhang, José A. Candanedo. 2023 « A critical perspective on current research trends in building operation: Pressing challenges and promising opportunities ». Buildings vol. 13 , nº 10
- Michael Wetter, Paul Ehrlich, Antoine Gautier, Milica Grahovac, Philip Haves, Jianjun Hu, Anand Prakash, Dave Robin, Kun Zhang. 2022 « OpenBuildingControl: Digitizing the control delivery from building energy modeling to specification, implementation and formal verification ». Energy vol. 238
- Kun Zhang, David Blum, Hwakong Cheng, Gwelen Paliaga, Michael Wetter, Jessica Granderson. 2022 « Estimating ASHRAE Guideline 36 energy savings for multi-zone variable air volume systems using Spawn of EnergyPlus ». Journal of Building Performance Simulation vol. 15 , nº 2. p. 215-236
- Kun Zhang, Anand Prakash, Lazlo Paul, David Blum, Peter Alstone, James Zoellick, Richard Brown, Marco Pritoni. 2022 « Model predictive control for demand flexibility: Real-world operation of a commercial building with photovoltaic and battery systems ». Advances in Applied Energy vol. 7
- Kun Zhang, Michaël Kummert. 2021 « Evaluating the impact of thermostat control strategies on the energy flexibility of residential buildings for space heating ». Building Simulation vol. 14 , nº 5. p. 1439-1452
- Anjukan Kathirgamanathan, Thibault Péan, Kun Zhang, Mattia De Rosa, Jaume Salom, Michaël Kummert, Donal P. Finn. 2020 « Towards standardising market-independent indicators for quantifying energy flexibility in buildings ». Energy and Buildings vol. 220
- Anand Krishnan Prakash, Kun Zhang, Pranav Gupta, David Blum, Marc Marshall, Gabe Fierro, Peter Alstone, James Zoellick, Richard Brown, Marco Pritoni. 2020 « Solar+ optimizer: A model predictive control optimization platform for grid responsive building microgrids ». Energies vol. 13 , nº 12
- Kun Zhang, David H. Blum, Milica Grahovac, Jianjun Hu, Jessica Granderson, Michael Wetter. 2020 « Development and verification of control sequences for single-zone variable air volume system based on ASHRAE Guideline ». Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings vol. 169 , nº 9. p. 81-90
- Etienne Saloux, Jason Runge, Kun Zhang. 2023 « Field implementation of a predictive control strategy in district heating systems: A tale of two demonstration sites ». Energy Informatics : Third Energy Informatics Academy Conference, EI.A : Proceedings (Campinas, Brazil, Dec. 06-08, 2023) Springer
- L. Paul, A. Prakash, K. Zhang, M. Pritoni, R. Brown. 2022 « Solar+ optimizer: Integrated control of solar, batteries, and flexible loads for small commercial buildings ». 22nd biennial ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (Pacific Grove, CA, USA, 2022) ACEEE
- E. Saloux, K. Zhang. 2022 « Virtual energy metering of whole building cooling load from both airside and waterside measurements ». 12th Conference of IBPSA-Canada (Ottawa, ON, Canada, June 21-24, 2022) International Building Performance Simulation Association
- P. Alstone, R. Brown, J. Zoellick, M. Pritoni, D. Blum, K. Radecsky, Kun Zhang. 2020 « Resilient buildings for fire-adapted landscapes: EE and flexible loads integrated with solar and storage microgrids ». 21st Biennal ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (En ligne, Aug. 17-21, 2020) ACEEE
- M. Pritoni, A. Prakash, D. Blum, K. Zhang, R. Tang, J. Granderson. 2020 « Advanced control sequences and FDD technology. Just shiny objects, or ready for scale ». 21st biennial ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (En ligne, Aug. 17-21, 2020) ACEEE
- B. Barzegar, K. Zhang, M. Kummert. 2018 « Energy flexibility analysis for photovoltaic solar system with battery ». 10th Conference of IBPSA-Canada (Montreal, QC, Canada, May 09-10, 2018)
- K. Zhang, M. Kummert. 2018 « Potential of building thermal mass for energy flexibility in residential buildings: a sensitivity analysis ». 10th Conference of IBPSA-Canada (Montreal, QC, Canada, May 09-10, 2018) International Building Performance Simulation Association
- Kun Zhang, Timothy P. McDowell, Michaël Kummert. 2017 « Sky temperature estimation and measurement for longwave radiation calculation ». 15th Conference of IBPSA (San Francisco, CA, USA, Aug. 07-09, 2017) International Building Performance Simulation Association
- K. Zhang, N. Roofigari, H. Quintana, M. Kummert. 2015 « Assessing simplified and detailed models for predictive control of space heating in homes ». Ninth International Conference on System Simulation in Buildings (Liege, Belgium, Dec. 10-12, 2014)
- Kun Zhang, Humberto Quintana, David Bradley, Michaël Kummert, Mark Riley. 2015 « Air-source integrated heat pumps (AS-IHPs) with smart zoning for residential space and water heating in cold climate ». 14th Conference of IBPSA (Hyderabad, India, Dec. 07-09, 2015)
- Kun Zhang. 2018 « Model predictive control of building systems for energy flexibility ». 148 p.Thèse de doctorat. École Polytechnique de Montréal.
- M. Wetter, P. Ehrlich, A. Gautier, M. Grahovac, P. Haves, J. Hu, K. Zhang. 2023 « Open Building Control ». Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. 103 p.
- Anna Joanna Marszal, Hicham Johra, Tobias Weiss, Armin Knotzer, Søren Østergaard Jensen, Hussain Kazmi, Ilaria Vigna, Roberta Pernetti, Jérôme Le Dréau, Kun Zhang, Rune Grønborg Junker, Henrik Madsen, Rui Amaral Lopes, Daniel Aelenei, Krzysztof Arendt, Glenn Reynders, Ala Hasan, Minyan Lu. 2019 « Characterization of energy flexibility in buildings ». International Energy Agency. 116 p.
- Li Rongling, Sarah O'Connell, Kun Zhang, Krzysztof Arendt, Yuekuan Zhou, Suliang Cao, Hussain Kazmi, Zahra Mohammadi. 2019 « Modelling of possible energy flexibility in single buildings and building clusters ». International Energy Agency. 91 p.
- Christian Finck, Paul Beagon, John Claus, Thibault Pean, Pierre Vogler-Finck, Kun Zhang, Hussain Syed Kazmi. 2018 « Review of applied and tested control possibilities for energy flexibility in buildings ». International Energy Agency. 61 p.
- Kun Zhang. 2017 « Impact of Maestro thermostats on heating energy use ». Montréal : Polytechnique Montréal. 14 p.