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M.Ali Akhras
Ahmed Al Albalasie
Almir Becirspahic
2011/2012
Contents Table
CONTENTS TABLE .................................................... 0
CHAPTER 1 .................................................................. 1
Mission Statement ................Error! Bookmark not defined.
CHAPTER 2 ..................................................................2
Brainstorming ........................Error! Bookmark not defined.
CHAPTER 3 ..................................................................8
Mission Scenarios / Phases .........................................................8
CHAPTER 4 ..................................................................9
Life Circle .......................................................................................9
CHAPTER 5 ................................................................ 10
Problems Domain for Each Phase ......................................... 10
CHAPTER 6 ................................................................ 11
The Use Cases of Each Life Circle Phase ............................. 11
CHAPTER 7 ................................................................ 12
Operations and Activities ......................................................... 12
CHAPTER 8 ................................................................ 12
Functional , Performance and Constraint Requirements1Error! Bookmark not
defined.
CHAPTER 9 ................................................................ 15
System Functional Possible Architectures and
System / Subsystem Interfaces ............................................... 15
CHAPTER 10 .............................................................. 17
System Architecture Trade-OFFs ........................................... 17
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CHAPTER 1
Mission Statement
The main goal of the project is to convert old centralized heating systems into new
innovative system and metrological methodology that sophisticate the thermal comfort
requirements for each user and the energy saving issues as well as to other technological
aspects like upgrading, remote control capabilities, easiness of usage, and fault detection and
intelligent diagnostic system. One of the main features is to make the system automated as
possible to facilitate and optimize the heating system operation.
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CHAPTER 2
Brainstorming
General goals:
1. Efficient local control of the temperatures inside rooms through a bi-mode system
(automatic and manual).
2. Increase savings of energy as much as possible without effecting negatively on the
user requests.
3. Optimization of heating distribution system and computation of energy consumption
for each subscriber.
4. Easiness of usage for all the users and control flexibility by many tools like local
remote control device or mobile phone.
5. Improvement of maintenance operations through a smart diagnostics system to
increase the life cycle of the heating system.
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5. The new system includes a remote control and keypad to control the system.
Local Control
System
Definition
Original problem
Solution
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Measurement
System
Definition
Original problem
Solution
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Remote Control
Definition
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Original problem Since the old heating system does not have
Solution
Communication
System
Definition
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Solution
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CHAPTER 3
Mission Scenarios / Phases
heater
diagonastic stage
alarm
main valve
to subsystem
pump
central
microcontroller
diagonastic stage
local
microcontroller
sensors
electronic valves
rediator
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CHAPTER 4
Life Circle
The life cycle of an embedded system varies dramatically, from processors embedded in
disposable consumer goods to applications requiring maintenance and support for decades.
Designing an embedded system often requires taking into account the complete product life
cycle, from initial product concept, through its operational period, and into replacement with
newer equipment. While the design phase is covered by other topics, areas of specific
concern to a life cycle perspective are: an accurate life cycle economic model to guide
engineering trade-offs, taking into account requirements for logistics and support over the
product operational period, and issues specific to refurbishing/retiring/discarding the
system at end-of-life. While the term "life cycle" has different meanings to different technical
communities, the central idea is to expand the traditional engineering emphasis on the
"design cycle" to encompass optimizing utility, profits, and tradeoffs across the entire
lifetime of the embedded system being designed.
retirement/ disposal
upgrades
manufacturing process
design for the additional
part
system usage
Configration
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CHAPTER 5
Problems Domain for Each Phase
Interaction
1-User and our device
2-Heating energy exchange between the surrounding medium and upper, lower flats also
and with other rooms from the same flat
3- Heating energy exchange between the surrounding medium and the environment
outside the flat
4- -Heating energy exchange between the surrounding medium with other rooms inside the
same flat
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CHAPTER 6
The Use Cases of Each Life Circle Phase
1-tracking the desired temperature
Power on form microcontroller extended
Electronics valve included
Sensors included
Central and local micro controller included
Central and local micro controller included
Pump include
Heater include
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CHAPTER 7
Operations and Activities
USER
KEYPAD
LOCAL
CONTROLER
SENSORS
REMOTE
CONTROL
COMUNICATI
ON SYSTEM
ACTUATORS
CENTRAL
CONTROLER
LCD
(EL. VALVES)
DIAGNOSTIK
SYSTEM
PROVIDER
STORE
DEVICE
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CHAPTER 8
Functional , Performance and Constraint Requirements
a- central Microcontroller :
functions:
the system must record the data from every flat
the system has the ability discover some problems if it is happened
the system has the ability to calculate the heating energy bills for every flat
constrains:
number of digital inputs
number of digital outputs
number of analogue inputs
the ability to connect it to LCD
the ability to connect it to keypad
the ability to connect it to memory
wireless communication port
b- local Microcontroller :functions:
-the main function of the subsystem to control the opening of the electrical valve
basing on the temperature and the flux water measurements
-the subsystem must display the reading of measurements in addition to heat energy
Consumption.
-The subsystem has the ability to scheduling it is functions according to the user
request,
- the subsystem shall estimate the temperature of flat.
constrains:
wireless communication port
number of analogue outputs
number of analogue inputs
the ability to connect it to LCD
the ability to connect it to remote control
the level source for the microcontroller
c- electronic valve:function:-to open and close the valve with relative to the input signal.
-measure flow rate
Constraint
- the size for this sensor
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CHAPTER 9
System Functional Possible Architectures and System / Subsystem
Interfaces
Cental
controller
Central System
Local controller
1
Subsystems
Workspace
Sensors
comunication
subsystem
Memory
local controller
2
local controller
N
Actuators
User Interface
Processing
system
Display
Keypad
remote control
power
subsystem
Processor
battary
diagonastic
subsystem
electrical
source
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Temperatur
e control
Central control unit
Local controller
Temperature sensor
Flow rate sensor
Diagnostic subsystem
Communication subsystem
Remote control device
Electronic valve
LCD
Storage device
Keypad
x
x
x
x
x
Scheduling
Computation
of heat energy
consumption
Fault
detection
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
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CHAPTER 10
System Architecture Trade-OFFs
Data Acquisition: two possible methodologies of data acquisition by the provider could be
applied to the system. However, the heat energy consumption data are stored for each
radiator in the main processing unit database and can be combined and summed for each set
of radiators representing a certain flat:
-
Methods I: in this method, the data file can be collected directly by company
employer via USB.
Method II: in this method, a copy of the data file can be sent directly to the
provider via an internet connection.
Method I: in this case, a couple of flow rate and temperature sensors should be
installed on each radiator. This can be highly efficient but more costly. On the
other hand, following this method could complicate the system more due to the
high number of required sensors installed on the radiators over the heating
distribution circuits.
Since that the total heat energy is distributed over all the radiators installed on the
given circuit, therefore we can write the following:
Let n is the number of the radiators installed on a given circuit and i is a given
radiator. Therefore the energy for each radiator is at max load.
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Over the time, we can compute the energy consumption per second for each
radiator.
However, the method II is less precise than the method I but on the other hand, it
is less expensive and simpler at the level of complexity of the system
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