公开(公告)号：US10816235B2

公开(公告)日：2020-10-27

申请号：US15963857

申请日：2018-04-26

Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company

Inventor： Robert D. Turney ,  Nishith R. Patel

IPC: F24F11/47 ,  G05B13/02 ,  G06Q50/06 ,  F24F11/56 ,  F25B27/00 ,  H02J3/32 ,  G06Q10/06 ,  F24F11/65 ,  F24F11/64 ,  G05B15/02 ,  G05B13/04 ,  F24F140/60 ,  F24F130/10 ,  H02J3/00

Abstract: A building energy system includes HVAC equipment, green energy generation, a battery, and a predictive controller. The HVAC equipment provide heating or cooling for a building. The green energy generation collect green energy from a green energy source. The battery stores electric energy including at least a portion of the green energy provided by the green energy generation and grid energy purchased from an energy grid and discharges the stored electric energy for use in powering the HVAC equipment. The predictive controller generates a constraint that defines a total energy consumption of the HVAC equipment at each time step of an optimization period as a summation of multiple source-specific energy components and optimizes the predictive cost function subject to the constraint to determine values for each of the source-specific energy components at each time step of the optimization period.

公开(公告)号：US10812005B2

公开(公告)日：2020-10-20

申请号：US16339329

申请日：2017-10-05

Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company

Inventor： William L. Kopko ,  Israel Federman ,  Jay A. Kohler ,  Ivan Jadric

IPC: H02P27/06 ,  H02J9/06 ,  H02P27/08 ,  G05F1/46 ,  H02J7/04 ,  H02M5/458

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC&R) system that includes a variable speed drive (VSD) configured to supply power to a motor configured to drive a compressor of the HVAC&R system, a rectifier of the VSD configured to receive alternating current (AC) power from an AC power source and convert the AC power to direct current (DC) power, a DC bus of the VSD electrically coupled to the rectifier, an inverter of the VSD electrically coupled to the DC bus, where the inverter is configured to convert the DC power to output AC power, the output AC power has a variable voltage and a variable frequency, and the output AC power is directed to the motor, and a battery electrically coupled to the DC bus, where the battery is configured to provide auxiliary DC power to the VSD.

公开(公告)号：US10809705B2

公开(公告)日：2020-10-20

申请号：US16118962

申请日：2018-08-31

Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company

Inventor： Andrew J. Przybylski

IPC: G05B19/00 ,  G05B19/418

Abstract: A central plant control system configured to serve one or more energy loads in a building comprises equipment configured to consume, produce, or store one or more resources including electricity, water, natural gas, steam, hot thermal energy, cold thermal energy, or electrical energy. The central plant control system further comprises an asset allocator configured to receive an input model that describes a physical layout of the equipment of the central plant and create a net list that defines connections between the equipment of the central plant using the input model. The asset allocator is further configured to discover one or more systems of interconnected equipment and one or more groups of equipment using the net list, formulate an optimization problem for the central plant using the systems and groups of equipment, and operate the equipment of the central plant according to the optimization problem.

公开(公告)号：US20200326241A1

公开(公告)日：2020-10-15

申请号：US16385967

申请日：2019-04-16

Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company

Inventor： Swapnil V. Mohite ,  Ravindra B. Salunkhe ,  Ritesh D. Rokade ,  Bhushan D. Vichare

IPC: G01K1/14

Abstract: The embodiments described herein include sensor mounting clamps configured to lock a sensor, such as a temperature sensor, in place relative to a structure, such as a pipe or tube, of a heating, ventilating, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) unit. More specifically, the sensor mounting clamps described herein include sensor mounting portions configured to receive a sensor, and to hold the sensor in place relative to a structure of an HVAC unit. In addition, the sensor mounting clamps described herein include locking mechanisms having interlocking pockets configured to lock the sensor mounting clamps in place around a structure of an HVAC unit. For example, the sensor mounting clamps described herein may include interlocking pockets having interior passages configured to receive a retention piece, such as a cotter pin, cylindrical pin, or screw, to lock the interlocking pockets in place relative to each other, or may include interlocking pockets configured to directly engage with each other. In addition, the sensor mounting clamps described herein may include a flange configured to constrain longitudinal motion of a sensor.

公开(公告)号：US20200326093A1

公开(公告)日：2020-10-15

申请号：US16388654

申请日：2019-04-18

Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company

Inventor： Gaurav S. Patil ,  Naushad Parapurath Monangat

IPC: F24F11/89

Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a sensor mounting assembly for a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) unit that includes a cover configured to couple to a panel of the HVAC unit and occlude an opening formed in the panel and a sensor support configured to couple to the cover and support a sensor coupled to the sensor support. The sensor support is also configured to extend into the HVAC unit via the opening in an installed configuration of the sensor mounting assembly.

公开(公告)号：US10801760B2

公开(公告)日：2020-10-13

申请号：US15660798

申请日：2017-07-26

Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company

Inventor： Shawn A. Hern ,  Brian D. Rigg ,  Jeffrey N. Nichols ,  Robert L. Eskew

IPC: F25B41/06 ,  F25B29/00

Abstract: Systems and methods to control an electronic expansion valve (EEV) of a vapor compression system are described. A heating ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes control circuitry having a sensor. The control circuitry sets a control setpoint of a vapor compression system such that an electronic expansion valve operates across a first operating range. The control circuitry receives a signal from the sensor indicative of an operating condition of the vapor compression system. The control circuitry adjusts the control setpoint based at least in part on the operating condition. The control circuitry controls operation of the electronic expansion valve based at least in part on the adjusted control setpoint, wherein the electronic expansion valve operates across a second operating range, different from the first operating range, at the adjusted control setpoint.

公开(公告)号：US20200319610A1

公开(公告)日：2020-10-08

申请号：US16908324

申请日：2020-06-22

Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company

Inventor： Beth A. Ray ,  Sheri L. Meyer ,  Radu M. Dorneanu ,  Gregory B. Cebasek ,  Donald A. Gottschalk

IPC: G05B13/04 ,  G05B13/02 ,  G05B15/02 ,  G06Q10/04 ,  G06Q10/06 ,  H04L12/24 ,  H04L29/08

Abstract: A system that serves a space includes one or more data sources that provide utilization data describing an actual utilization of the space and circuitry configured to calculate a utilization attribute of the space based on the utilization data and retrieve, from a space profile for the space, a utilization target corresponding to the utilization attribute. The space profile is selected from a plurality of selectable space profiles defining a plurality of target utilizations. The circuitry is also configured to generate a normalized utilization metric for the space by normalizing the utilization attribute relative to the utilization target and generate a recommendation for the space based on the normalized utilization metric.

公开(公告)号：US20200318874A1

公开(公告)日：2020-10-08

申请号：US16386789

申请日：2019-04-17

Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company

Inventor： Ryan L. Snider ,  Karia Daniela Alvarez Cavazos ,  Nicholas P. Mislak

IPC: F25B40/04 ,  F25D21/14 ,  F25B13/00

Abstract: A desuperheater of a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a first conduit defining a first fluid flow path configured to receive a refrigerant, and a second conduit defining a second fluid flow path and configured to facilitate heat transfer between the first fluid flow path and the second fluid flow path. The desuperheater also includes an inlet of the second conduit configured to receive collected water into the second fluid flow path. The desuperheater also includes a ventilation hole disposed in the second conduit and configured to vent water vapor from the second fluid flow path.

公开(公告)号：US20200318842A1

公开(公告)日：2020-10-08

申请号：US16838803

申请日：2020-04-02

Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company

Inventor： Robert C. Hall, JR. ,  Timothy C. Gamroth ,  Nicholas J. Schaf

IPC: F24F11/46 ,  F24F11/88 ,  F24F11/54

Abstract: A building system for a building includes an environmental controller including a controller radio. The environmental controller is configured to communicate a wake-up message. The building system includes an environmental sensor including a wake-up radio and a main radio. The environmental sensor is configured to operate the main radio in a low power state. The environmental sensor is configured to receive the wake-up message from the controller radio via the wake-up radio. The environmental sensor is configured to operate the main radio in a high power state in response to a reception of the wake-up message via the wake-up radio. The environmental sensor is configured to communicate sensor data of the environmental sensor to the controller radio via the main radio in response to the main radio operating in the high power state.

公开(公告)号：USD898074S1

公开(公告)日：2020-10-06

申请号：US29676543

申请日：2019-01-11

Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company

Designer： Daniel J. Spors ,  Brian D. Klarkowski