公开(公告)号：US11566805B2

公开(公告)日：2023-01-31

申请号：US15901852

申请日：2018-02-21

Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company

Inventor： Kirk H. Drees ,  Herbert J. Doll ,  Gerald A. Duenkel ,  Marcello Passoni ,  Abu Bakr Khan ,  Kevin A. Weiss ,  Christopher Merkl ,  Gary A. Romanowich ,  Joseph F. Mann ,  Hunter Hobgood ,  Dinesh Trikha ,  Rick A. Van Buren ,  Nicholas P. Prato

IPC: G05B21/00 ,  G01M1/38 ,  G05B13/00 ,  G05B15/00 ,  G05D23/00 ,  F24F11/38 ,  F24F11/49 ,  F24F11/64 ,  F24F11/65 ,  F24F11/70 ,  F24F11/84 ,  G05B15/02 ,  F24F11/58 ,  F24F140/00 ,  F24F110/10

Abstract: An integrated device in an HVAC system is configured to modify an environmental condition of a building. The integrated device includes a valve configured to regulate a flow of a fluid through a conduit and an actuator. The actuator includes a motor and a drive device. The drive device is driven by the motor and coupled to the valve for driving the valve between multiple positions. The integrated device further includes a processing circuit coupled to the motor. The processing circuit is configured to detect device identifying information for the valve or the actuator and to detect the integrated device location within the building.

公开(公告)号：US11429077B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-30

申请号：US16719506

申请日：2019-12-18

Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company

Inventor： Kirk H. Drees

IPC: G05B13/02 ,  G05B19/409 ,  G05B19/042 ,  G06F3/048 ,  G05B15/02 ,  G05B11/01 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06F9/451 ,  G06N20/00

Abstract: A building control system has a controller including a processing circuit configured to transition between multiple discrete operating states by executing state transitions, generate an adaptive user interface including a representation of the multiple discrete operating states and the state transitions therebetween, and automatically learn one or more learned behaviors or preferences of the user. The processing circuit is also configured to retrieve, from a descriptive text database, a description of a selected operating state or selected state transition based on the one or more learned behaviors or preferences of the user, the descriptive text database storing multiple different descriptions of the selected operating state or selected state transition, and update the adaptive user interface to provide the description of the selected operating state or selected state transition retrieved from the descriptive text database based on the one or more learned behaviors or preferences of the user.

公开(公告)号：US11416017B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-16

申请号：US17142502

申请日：2021-01-06

Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company

Inventor： Clay G. Nesler ,  Kirk H. Drees ,  James P. Kummer ,  Derek Supple ,  Marc D. Andraca ,  John I. Ruiz ,  Paul Harrison Rode

IPC: G05D3/12 ,  G05D5/00 ,  G05D9/00 ,  G05D11/00 ,  G05D17/00 ,  G05F1/66 ,  G06Q10/06 ,  G06Q50/06 ,  G06Q50/16 ,  H02J13/00 ,  G01R21/133 ,  G05B15/02 ,  G05B17/02 ,  G05B11/01 ,  G06Q30/02

Abstract: A building manager includes a communications interface configured to receive information from a smart energy grid. The building manager further includes an integrated control layer configured to receive inputs from and to provide outputs to a plurality of building subsystems. The integrated control layer includes a plurality of control algorithm modules configured to process the inputs and to determine the outputs. The building manager further includes a fault detection and diagnostics layer configured to use statistical analysis on the inputs received from the integrated control layer to detect and diagnose faults. The building manager yet further includes a demand response layer configured to process the information received from the smart energy grid to determine adjustments to the plurality of control algorithms of the integrated control layer.

公开(公告)号：US11415335B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-16

申请号：US16516070

申请日：2019-07-18

Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company

Inventor： Jack A. Peterson ,  Kirk H. Drees ,  Brennan H. Fentzlaff ,  Homero L. Noboa ,  Brett M. Lenhardt

IPC: F24F11/84 ,  F16K1/52 ,  F16K31/04

Abstract: A system for controlling a flow rate of a fluid through a valve is provided. The system includes a valve and an actuator. The actuator includes a motor and a drive device that is coupled to the valve for driving the valve between multiple positions. The system further includes a flow rate sensor and a controller that is communicably coupled with the flow rate sensor and the motor. The controller is configured to receive a first flow rate setpoint, determine a first actuator position setpoint using a proportional variable deadband control technique based on the first flow rate setpoint and a flow rate measurement, and receive a second flow rate setpoint. In response to a determination that certain low flow criteria are satisfied, the controller is configured to determine a second actuator position setpoint using the proportional variable deadband control technique based on a low flow compensation setpoint.

公开(公告)号：US11209184B2

公开(公告)日：2021-12-28

申请号：US16246454

申请日：2019-01-11

Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company

Inventor： Michael J. Wenzel ,  Mohammad N. Elbsat ,  Matthew J. Ellis ,  Matthew J. Asmus ,  Andrew J. Przybylski ,  Ryan A. Baumgartner ,  John H. Burroughs ,  Kirk H. Drees ,  Robert D. Turney ,  Graeme Willmott

IPC: F24F11/47 ,  G05B19/418 ,  G05B13/04 ,  G06Q50/06 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q10/04

Abstract: A control system for a central energy facility with distributed energy storage includes a high level coordinator, a low level airside controller, a central plant controller, and a battery controller. The high level coordinator is configured to perform a high level optimization to generate an airside load profile for an airside system, a subplant load profile for a central plant, and a battery power profile for a battery. The low level airside controller is configured to use the airside load profile to operate airside HVAC equipment of the airside subsystem. The central plant controller is configured to use the subplant load profile to operate central plant equipment of the central plant. The battery controller is configured to use the battery power profile to control an amount of electric energy stored in the battery or discharged from the battery at each of a plurality of time steps in an optimization period.

公开(公告)号：US11156380B2

公开(公告)日：2021-10-26

申请号：US16290722

申请日：2019-03-01

Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company

Inventor： Kirk H. Drees ,  Michael J. Wenzel ,  Robert D. Turney

IPC: F24F11/62 ,  G05B15/02 ,  G06Q50/06 ,  H02J3/28 ,  H02J15/00 ,  H02J3/00 ,  H02J3/14 ,  H02J3/32 ,  H02J7/35 ,  H02J13/00 ,  F24F11/47 ,  H02J3/38 ,  H02S40/32 ,  H02J7/00 ,  F24F11/77 ,  F24F11/63 ,  F24F11/84 ,  F24F11/64 ,  F24F11/46 ,  F24F11/83 ,  F24F11/30 ,  F24F11/52 ,  F24F11/58 ,  F24F5/00 ,  G05B13/02 ,  G05B19/406 ,  F24F140/60 ,  F24F140/50 ,  F24F130/00 ,  F24F130/10 ,  F24F110/10

Abstract: A system for allocating one or more resources including electrical energy across equipment that operate to satisfy a resource demand of a building. The system includes electrical energy storage including one or more batteries configured to store electrical energy purchased from a utility and to discharge the stored electrical energy. The system further includes a controller configured to determine an allocation of the one or more resources by performing an optimization of a value function. The value function includes a monetized cost of capacity loss for the electrical energy storage predicted to result from battery degradation due to a potential allocation of the one or more resources. The controller is further configured to use the allocation of the one or more resources to operate the electrical energy storage.

公开(公告)号：US11092354B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-17

申请号：US16447783

申请日：2019-06-20

Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company

Inventor： Rachel A. Glanzer ,  Brennan H. Fentzlaff ,  Kirk H. Drees ,  John M. House ,  Timothy I. Salsbury

IPC: G05B99/00 ,  F24F11/84 ,  F24F13/30 ,  F16K1/52

Abstract: A method for controlling flow in a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system that imposes an upper limit on the flow of fluid through a heating or cooling coil. Imposing this limit on the flow rate ensures that a temperature change across the coil remains above a minimum threshold and can significantly reduce energy waste. The method includes receiving a first temperature measurement associated with an inlet of the coil, receiving a second temperature measurement associated with an outlet of the coil, and receiving a flow measurement associated with the valve, applying the first temperature measurement, the second temperature measurement, and the flow measurement as input to a model, determining a maximum flow rate that ensures that a difference between the first temperature measurement and the second temperature measurement is above a threshold using the model, and operating the valve in accordance with the maximum flow rate.

公开(公告)号：US20210190364A1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-24

申请号：US16725961

申请日：2019-12-23

Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company

Inventor： Young M. Lee ,  Zhanhong Jiang ,  Viswanath Ramamurti ,  Sugumar Murugesan ,  Kirk H. Drees ,  Michael James Risbeck

IPC: F24F11/64 ,  F24F11/47

Abstract: Systems and methods for training a reinforcement learning (RL) model for HVAC control are disclosed herein. Simulated experience data for the HVAC system is generated or received. The simulated experience data is used to initially train the RL model for HVAC control. The HVAC system operates within a building using the RL model and generates real experience data. A determination may be made to retrain the RL model. The real experience data is used to retrain the RL model. In some embodiments, both the simulated and real experience data are used to retrain the RL model. Experience data may be sampled according to various sampling functions. The RL model may be retrained multiple times over time. The RL model may be retrained less frequently over time as more real experience data is used to train the RL model.

公开(公告)号：US20210173360A1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-10

申请号：US17179832

申请日：2021-02-19

Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company

Inventor： Kirk H. Drees

IPC: G05B13/04 ,  G06K9/62 ,  G06K9/00 ,  G06N7/00 ,  G06N3/04 ,  G06N3/08 ,  G05B15/02

Abstract: A method for initiating and automatically improving model-driven operations in a low-data scenario includes creating a regression model using pre-operation data prior to initiating the model-driven operations, using the regression model to initiate and perform the model-driven operations during an operational stage, collecting operational data during the operational stage, creating a first artificial neural network model using the operational data, transitioning from using the regression model to perform the model-driven operations to using the first artificial neural network model to perform the model-driven operations responsive to the operational data satisfying a first sufficiency threshold.

公开(公告)号：US20210172777A1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-10

申请号：US16709542

申请日：2019-12-10

Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company

Inventor： Homero L. Noboa ,  Camille M. Aucoin ,  Kirk H. Drees

IPC: G01F1/66 ,  G05D7/06

Abstract: A system for controlling a flow rate of a fluid through a valve includes a controller. The controller is configured to receive a raw flow rate measurement from a flow rate sensor assembly configured to measure the flow rate. The controller is further configured to apply a flow rate measurement filter to the raw flow rate measurement to generate a filtered flow rate measurement. The controller is further configured to control actuation of an actuator configured to change the flow rate using the filtered flow rate measurement. The controller is configured to automatically adjust the flow rate measurement filter in response to detecting an event that causes stoppage of the actuation of the actuator.