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公开(公告)号:US11274849B2
公开(公告)日:2022-03-15
申请号:US16588467
申请日:2019-09-30
Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
Inventor: Kerry M. Bell , Bridget E. Kapler , Alan S. Schwegler , Leyla Mousavi , Kierstyn R. Robbins , Robert D. Turney , Matthew J. Ellis , Michael J. Wenzel , Mohammad N. ElBsat , Juan Esteban Tapiero Bernal , Brennan H. Fentzlaff
IPC: F24F11/64 , F24F11/47 , G05B15/02 , G05D23/19 , F24F11/30 , F24F11/58 , F24F11/52 , F24F11/89 , F24F11/00 , G05B13/04 , F24F140/60 , F24F130/10 , F24F110/12 , F24F140/50 , F24F110/10 , F24F11/62 , F24F11/46 , F24F11/65
Abstract: A system includes a plurality of thermostats corresponding to a plurality of HVAC systems that serve a plurality of spaces and a computing system communicable with the plurality of thermostats via a network. The computing system is configured to, for each space of the plurality of spaces, obtain a set of training data relating to thermal behavior of the space, identify a model of thermal behavior of the space based on the set of training data, perform a model predictive control process using the model of thermal behavior of the space to obtain a temperature setpoint for the space, and provide the temperature setpoint to the thermostat corresponding to the HVAC system serving the space. The plurality of thermostats are configured to control the plurality of HVAC systems in accordance with the temperature setpoints.
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公开(公告)号:US11137162B2
公开(公告)日:2021-10-05
申请号:US16442103
申请日:2019-06-14
Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
Inventor: John H. Burroughs , Andrew J. Przybylski , Matthew J. Ellis , Mohammad N. EIBsat , Michael J. Wenzel
IPC: G05B19/042 , F24F11/63 , F24F140/60 , F24F140/00
Abstract: A controller for a building control system includes processors and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processors, cause the processors to perform operations including identifying zones within a building, analyzing data associated with the zones, and generating zone groupings based on the data associated with the zones. Each of the zone groupings define zone groups and specify which of the zones are grouped together to form each of the zone groups. The operations also include identifying a particular zone grouping from zone groupings based on the data associated with zones and using the particular zone grouping to generate control signals to operate equipment of the building control system to provide heating or cooling to the zones.
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公开(公告)号:US11098921B2
公开(公告)日:2021-08-24
申请号:US16516076
申请日:2019-07-18
Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
IPC: F24F11/00 , F24F11/72 , G05D23/19 , F24F120/10 , F24F130/00 , G05D23/32
Abstract: An HVAC system for automatically adjusting setpoint boundaries of a space includes building equipment configured to provide heating or cooling to the space to affect an environmental condition of the space and a controller. The controller obtains occupant setpoint adjustment data indicating occupant setpoint increases or occupant setpoint decreases at multiple times during a time interval and partitions the occupant setpoint adjustment data into time period bins based on the multiple times associated with the occupant setpoint adjustment data, each of the time period bins containing occupant setpoint adjustment data characterized by a common time attribute. The controller determines a number of occupant setpoint increases and a number of occupant setpoint decreases indicated by the occupant setpoint adjustment data within each time period bin and adjusts a setpoint boundary of the space based on the number of occupant setpoint increases or the number of occupant setpoint decreases.
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公开(公告)号:US11067955B2
公开(公告)日:2021-07-20
申请号:US15199909
申请日:2016-06-30
Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
Inventor: Nishith R. Patel , Robert D. Turney , Matthew J. Ellis
IPC: G05B13/04 , F24F5/00 , F28D20/00 , F24F3/044 , G05B19/042 , G05B15/02 , F24F11/54 , F24F11/30 , F24F11/62 , F24F11/47 , G05D23/19 , F24F11/56 , F24F110/20 , F24F120/10 , F24F110/10 , F24F11/46 , F24F110/40 , F24F11/58
Abstract: A building HVAC system includes an airside system having a plurality of airside subsystems, a high-level model predictive controller (MPC), and a plurality of low-level airside MPCs. Each airside subsystem includes airside HVAC equipment configured to provide heating or cooling to the airside subsystem. The high-level MPC is configured to perform a high-level optimization to generate an optimal airside subsystem load profile for each airside subsystem. The optimal airside subsystem load profiles optimize energy cost. Each of the low-level airside MPCs corresponds to one of the airside subsystems and is configured to perform a low-level optimization to generate optimal airside temperature setpoints for the corresponding airside subsystem using the optimal airside subsystem load profile for the corresponding airside subsystem. Each of the low-level airside MPCs is configured to use the optimal airside temperature setpoints for the corresponding airside subsystem to operate the airside HVAC equipment of the corresponding airside subsystem.
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公开(公告)号:US20210208547A1
公开(公告)日:2021-07-08
申请号:US17205215
申请日:2021-03-18
Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
Inventor: John H. Burroughs , Andrew J. Przybylski , Michael J. Wenzel , Matthew J. Ellis
IPC: G05B13/04
Abstract: A method for controlling equipment includes grouping a plurality of granular assets to form one or more general assets and generating models of the general assets based on the granular assets that form the general assets. Each model corresponds to a general asset and defines a relationship between resources produced by the general asset and resources consumed by the general asset. The method includes performing a first control process using the models of the general assets to determine a first allocation of resources among the general assets. The first allocation defines amounts of the resources to be consumed, produced, or stored by each of the general assets. The method includes operating the equipment to consume, produce, or store the resources in accordance with the first allocation.
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公开(公告)号:US11036195B2
公开(公告)日:2021-06-15
申请号:US15199909
申请日:2016-06-30
Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
Inventor: Nishith R. Patel , Robert D. Turney , Matthew J. Ellis
IPC: G05B13/04 , F24F5/00 , F28D20/00 , F24F3/044 , G05B19/042 , G05B15/02 , F24F11/54 , F24F11/30 , F24F11/62 , F24F11/47 , G05D23/19 , F24F11/56 , F24F110/20 , F24F120/10 , F24F110/10 , F24F11/46 , F24F110/40 , F24F11/58
Abstract: A building HVAC system includes an airside system having a plurality of airside subsystems, a high-level model predictive controller (MPC), and a plurality of low-level airside MPCs. Each airside subsystem includes airside HVAC equipment configured to provide heating or cooling to the airside subsystem. The high-level MPC is configured to perform a high-level optimization to generate an optimal airside subsystem load profile for each airside subsystem. The optimal airside subsystem load profiles optimize energy cost. Each of the low-level airside MPCs corresponds to one of the airside subsystems and is configured to perform a low-level optimization to generate optimal airside temperature setpoints for the corresponding airside subsystem using the optimal airside subsystem load profile for the corresponding airside subsystem. Each of the low-level airside MPCs is configured to use the optimal airside temperature setpoints for the corresponding airside subsystem to operate the airside HVAC equipment of the corresponding airside subsystem.
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公开(公告)号:US10767886B2
公开(公告)日:2020-09-08
申请号:US15900459
申请日:2018-02-20
Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
Inventor: Anas W. I. Alanqar , Matthew J. Ellis , Michael J. Wenzel
Abstract: A building management system includes building equipment, a sensor, and a saturation detector. The building equipment is configured to operate at an operating capacity to drive a variable state or condition of a building zone toward a setpoint. The operating capacity and the setpoint vary over time. The sensor is in the building zone and is configured to provide a zone measurement of the variable state or condition of the building zone. The saturation detector is configured to determine whether the operating capacity is in a non-transient region for a threshold amount of a time period upon determining that an error for the building zone exists for the time period, and, in response to a determination that the operating capacity is in the non-transient region for at least the threshold amount of the time period, indicate the time period as a saturation period.
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公开(公告)号:US20200042918A1
公开(公告)日:2020-02-06
申请号:US16601377
申请日:2019-10-14
Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
Inventor: Michael J. Wenzel , Matthew J. Ellis
IPC: G06Q10/06 , G06Q50/06 , G05B13/02 , H02J3/38 , H02J13/00 , H02J3/32 , H02J3/00 , H02J3/28 , H02J3/14
Abstract: A controller for central plant equipment obtains a model of one or more sources configured to supply input resources, one or more subplants configured to convert the input resources to output resources, and one or more sinks configured to consume the output resources. The controller generates a resource balance constraint that requires balance between a first amount of each resource and a second amount of each resource. The first amount of each resource includes a sum of an amount of the resource supplied by the sources and an amount of the resource produced by the subplants. The second amount of each resource includes a sum of an amount of the resource consumed by the subplants and an amount of the resource consumed by the sinks. The controller performs an optimization of an objective function subject to the resource balance constraint to determine target amounts of each resource to be produced or consumed by the central plant equipment at a plurality of times within an optimization period. The controller controls the central plant equipment to produce or consume the target amounts of each resource at the plurality of times within the optimization period.
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公开(公告)号:US20200041158A1
公开(公告)日:2020-02-06
申请号:US16598539
申请日:2019-10-10
Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
Inventor: Robert D. Turney , Matthew J. Ellis , Michael J. Wenzel , Mohammad N. ELBSAT , Juan Esteban Tapiero Bernal , Brennan H. Fentzlaff
IPC: F24F11/47 , G05D23/19 , F24F11/30 , F24F11/64 , F24F11/58 , F24F11/52 , F24F11/89 , F24F11/00 , G05B13/04 , G05B15/02
Abstract: A thermostat for a building zone includes at least one of a model predictive controller and an equipment controller. The model predictive controller is configured to obtain a cost function that accounts for a cost of operating HVAC equipment during each of a plurality of time steps, use a predictive model to predict a temperature of the building zone during each of the plurality of time steps, and generate temperature setpoints for the building zone for each of the plurality of time steps by optimizing the cost function subject to a constraint on the predicted temperature. The equipment controller is configured to receive the temperature setpoints generated by the model predictive controller and drive the temperature of the building zone toward the temperature setpoints during each of the plurality of time steps by operating the HVAC equipment to provide heating or cooling to the building zone.
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公开(公告)号:US10146237B2
公开(公告)日:2018-12-04
申请号:US15625830
申请日:2017-06-16
Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
Inventor: Robert D. Turney , Matthew J. Ellis , Michael J. Wenzel , Mohammad N. Elbsat , Juan Esteban Tapiero Bernal , Brennan H. Fentzlaff
IPC: G05D23/19 , G05B19/048 , G05B19/042 , F24F11/30 , F24F11/62 , F24F110/10 , F24F110/12 , F24F140/50 , F24F11/46 , F24F11/65 , F24F140/60
Abstract: A thermostat includes an equipment controller and a model predictive controller. The equipment controller is configured to drive the temperature of a building zone to an optimal temperature setpoint by operating HVAC equipment to provide heating or cooling to the building zone. The model predictive controller is configured to determine the optimal temperature setpoint by generating a cost function that accounts for a cost operating the HVAC equipment during each of a plurality of time steps in an optimization period, using a predictive model to predict the temperature of the building zone during each of the plurality of time steps, and optimizing the cost function subject to a constraint on the predicted temperature of the building zone to determine optimal temperature setpoints for each of the time steps.
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