Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Valve assembly with pressure disturbance rejection and fault detection and diagnosis
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Application No.: US16115508Application Date: 2018-08-28
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Publication No.: US11226053B2Publication Date: 2022-01-18
- Inventor: Homero L. Noboa , Brennan Fentzlaff , Camille M. Aucoin , Carlos Felipe Alcala Perez
- Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
- Applicant Address: US MI Auburn Hills
- Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
- Current Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Auburn Hills
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- Main IPC: G05B6/02
- IPC: G05B6/02 ; F16K31/04 ; F16K37/00

Abstract:
A pressure disturbance rejection valve assembly is provided. The valve assembly includes a valve, a flow rate sensor, and an actuator. The actuator includes a motor, a drive device configured to be driven by the motor and coupled to the valve for driving the valve within a range of positions, and a position sensor configured to measure a rotational position of the drive device. The actuator further includes a communications mechanism configured to receive a flow rate setpoint and a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to determine an actuator position setpoint using a feedback control mechanism based on the flow rate setpoint and the flow rate measurement, operate the motor to drive the drive device to the actuator position setpoint, detect a fault condition based at least in part on the rotational position measurement or the flow rate measurement, and perform a fault mitigation action in response to detection of the fault condition.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200072373A1 VALVE ASSEMBLY WITH PRESSURE DISTURBANCE REJECTION AND FAULT DETECTION AND DIAGNOSIS Public/Granted day:2020-03-05
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