本文基于ASHRAE研究项目RP-1313的研究结果。本文确定了影响被动式储热器最优控制的主要因素。优化控制策略的目标是使用集成优化和建筑模拟工具，使总能源和需求成本最小化。采用分数析因分析来研究建筑和系统特性、使用率结构和气候对成本节约的影响。公用事业费率、内部负荷、建筑质量水平和设备效率对成本节约的影响最大，而建筑围护结构特征对成本节约的影响不显著。 虽然节约的幅度受气候影响，但这些因素的相对影响在很大程度上与天气无关。单位:双引文:ASHRAE交易，第114卷，pt。2、盐湖城2008

This paper is based on findings resulting from ASHRAE Research Project RP-1313.This paper identifies the primary factors that impact the optimal control of passive thermal storage. Optimal control strategies are determined with the objective of minimizing total energy and demand costs using an integrated optimization and building simulation tool. A fractional factorial analysis is employed to investigate how cost savings are affected by several building and system characteristics, utility rate structures, and climates. Utility rates, internal loads, building mass level, and equipment efficiency are found to have the largest impacts on cost savings, whereas building envelope characteristics do not have a significant impact. Although the magnitude of the savings is affected by climate, the relative impacts of each of these factors are largely independent of weather.Units: Dual