Digital twin
The interplay between data and real world
What is a digital twin?
According to Council, N. R. "NASA space technology roadmaps and priorities: restoring NASA’s technological edge and paving the way for a new era in space." The National Academies Press., Washington, DC (2012): 376.A Digital Twin is an integrated multiphysics, multiscale simulation of a vehicle or system that uses the best available physical models, sensor updates, fleet history, etc., to mirror the life of its corresponding flying twin. The Digital Twin is ultra-realistic and may consider one or more important and interdependent vehicle systems, including propulsion/energy storage, avionics, life support, vehicle structure, thermal management/TPS, etc.
What is our contribution?
BAC-Bench is a co-simulation environment for benchmarking the performance of BACS (building automation and control systems). In its core, BAC-Bench is an EnergyPlus model of the Urban Mining and Recycling (UMAR) unit at NEST of Empa. The EnergyPlus model is wrapped into a functional mockup unit (FMU) to enable co-simulation. Measurements at UMAR are conducted at various nodes and registered in one-minute intervals. The real time operation is illustrated below.
