优化地耦合热泵系统的控制需要考虑建筑动力学，以保持热舒适，以及井眼换热器动力学，以利用季节性地下蓄热。对于模型预测控制（MPC）的实施，问题在于优化范围是否应覆盖季节间时间尺度，以实现最佳系统运行。本文针对一栋以制冷为主的办公楼，提出了一种带有备用燃气锅炉和备用（主动）制冷机的混合式地源热泵（HyGCHP）系统。通过求解预测期为一年的优化问题，将系统的最优运行与MPC预测期为一周的运行进行了比较。 结果表明，用一周时间计算的操作与用一年时间计算的操作相同。这表明，对于所考虑的CHP系统，在季节时间尺度上没有优化潜力。引文:ASHRAE交易——第120卷第2部分，华盛顿州西雅图

Optimizing the control of ground-coupled heat-pump systems requires consideration of the building dynamics, to maintain thermal comfort, and the borehole heat exchanger dynamics, to exploit seasonal underground thermal energy storage. For the implementation of model predictive control (MPC) the question arises whether the optimization horizon should cover the interseasonal time scale to achieve optimal system operation. This paper addresses this question for a hybrid ground-coupled heat pump (HyGCHP) system with a backup gas boiler and a backup (active) chiller for a cooling dominated office building. The optimal system operation-- found by solving the optimization problem for a prediction horizon of one year--is compared to the operation obtained with MPC with a receding horizon of one week. The results show that the operation computed with one-week horizon is identical to the operation found with one-year horizon. This indicates that for the considered HyGCHP system there is no optimization potential at the seasonal time scale.