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公开(公告)号:US20210010701A1
公开(公告)日:2021-01-14
申请号:US16927318
申请日:2020-07-13
Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
Inventor: Clay G. Nesler , Kirk H. Drees , Matthew J. Deloge , Jonathan D. Douglas , Timothy C. Gamroth , Michael J. Wenzel , Robert D. Turney , Mohammad N. ElBsat , Joseph F. Mann , Matthew J. Ellis , Serdar Suindykov , James Burke , Thomas M. Seneczko , David S. Eidson , Ganesh Kalpundi , Renee Clair , Anza D'Antonio , Mark L. Ziolkowski
Abstract: Systems and methods for reducing health risks with respect to an infectious disease in buildings. Health data for an infectious diseases is used to determine a health risk level for building spaces and individuals in the building. An air handling action or a disinfection action is performed based on the health risk level.
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公开(公告)号:US10528020B2
公开(公告)日:2020-01-07
申请号:US15232800
申请日:2016-08-09
Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
Inventor: Kirk H. Drees
IPC: G05B19/042 , G05B11/01 , G05B13/02 , G05B19/409 , G06F3/0482 , G05B15/02 , G06F3/048 , G06N20/00 , G06F9/451
Abstract: A building control system includes a hybrid controller which receives measurements from sensors and provides control signals to building equipment. The hybrid controller includes a state transition controller, a state history tracker, and an adaptive user interface generator. The state transition controller transitions between multiple discrete operating states by executing state transitions. The state history tracker records a state history including a sequence of state transitions executed by the state transition controller and/or a sequence of operating states resulting from the state transitions. The adaptive user interface generator generates an adaptive user interface including a representation of the multiple discrete operating states and the state transitions therebetween. The adaptive user interface includes state history controls operable to navigate the state history and select an operating state defined by the state history. The adaptive user interface generator automatically updates the adaptive user interface to provide information about the selected operating state.
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公开(公告)号:US20190338980A1
公开(公告)日:2019-11-07
申请号:US16512728
申请日:2019-07-16
Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
Inventor: Kirk H. Drees , Herbert J. Doll , Gerald A. Duenkel , Marcello Passoni
Abstract: A system configured to modify an environmental condition of a building includes a valve configured to regulate a flow of a fluid and an actuator. The actuator includes a motor and a drive coupling, the drive coupling driven by the motor and coupled to the valve for driving the valve between multiple positions. The system further includes a flow rate sensor configured to measure the flow rate of the fluid through the valve and a processing circuit coupled to the motor and the flow rate sensor. The processing circuit is configured to receive a flow rate setpoint and a flow rate measurement, determine an actuator position setpoint based on the flow rate setpoint and the flow rate measurement, and operate the motor to drive the drive coupling to the actuator position setpoint. The flow rate sensor and the processing circuit are located within a common integrated device chassis.
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公开(公告)号:US10317261B2
公开(公告)日:2019-06-11
申请号:US14788681
申请日:2015-06-30
Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
Inventor: Homero L. Noboa , Kirk H. Drees
IPC: F02D41/30 , G01F1/34 , F25B13/00 , F24F3/044 , F24F11/30 , F24F110/40 , F24F11/62 , F24F11/63 , F24F11/74
Abstract: Systems and methods for estimating a flow rate through a device are provided. One or more pressure sensors measure a plurality of pressure differentials across a tested device. A temporary flow rate sensor measures a plurality of flow rates through the tested device. Each of the measured flow rates corresponds to one of the measured pressure differentials. A regression model trainer generates regression coefficients for a flow rate model using the measured pressure differentials and corresponding flow rates. A flow rate estimator uses the flow rate model to estimate a flow rate through a tested or untested device as a function of a measured pressure differential across the tested or untested device.
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公开(公告)号:US10261485B2
公开(公告)日:2019-04-16
申请号:US14921889
申请日:2015-10-23
Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
Inventor: Kirk H. Drees , Michael J. Wenzel
Abstract: A computer system for use with a building management system for a building includes a processing circuit configured to automatically identify a change in a building's energy usage model based on data received from the building management system. The processing circuit may be configured to communicate the identified change in the static factor to at least one of (a) a module for alerting a user to the identified change and (b) a module for initiating an adjustment to the energy model for a building in response to the identified change.
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公开(公告)号:US20190107825A1
公开(公告)日:2019-04-11
申请号:US16214984
申请日:2018-12-10
Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
Inventor: Michael J. Wenzel , Robert D. Turney , Kirk H. Drees , Matthew J. Asmus
IPC: G05B19/418 , G06Q10/04 , G06Q10/06 , G06Q50/06 , G05B15/02 , G05F1/66 , G05B13/02 , G05B13/04 , G06N20/00
Abstract: A controller for equipment obtains utility rate data indicating a price of one or more resources consumed by the equipment to serve energy loads. The controller generates an objective function that expresses a total monetary cost of operating the equipment over an optimization period as a function of the utility rate data and an amount of the one or more resources consumed by the equipment at each of a plurality of time steps. The controller optimizes the objective function to determine a distribution of predicted energy loads across the equipment at each of the plurality of time steps. Load equality constraints on the objective function ensure that the distribution satisfies the predicted energy loads at each of the plurality of time steps. The controller operates the equipment to achieve the distribution of the predicted energy loads at each of the plurality of time steps.
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公开(公告)号:US10095820B2
公开(公告)日:2018-10-09
申请号:US14853957
申请日:2015-09-14
Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
Inventor: Kirk H. Drees , Michael J. Wenzel
Abstract: A set of energy use model parameters for each of a plurality of buildings is used to determine a typical set of energy use model parameters for the plurality of buildings. A distance between the typical set of energy use model parameters and the set of energy use model parameters for each of the plurality of buildings is determined. Each distance is compared to a critical value. A building is identified as a candidate for energy conservation measures in response to the distance for the building exceeding the critical value. Energy conservation measures are implemented in the identified building. Implementing energy conservation measures may include replacing existing HVAC equipment in the identified building with new energy-efficient HVAC equipment.
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公开(公告)号:US20180031641A1
公开(公告)日:2018-02-01
申请号:US15406596
申请日:2017-01-13
Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
Inventor: Kirk H. Drees
CPC classification number: G01R31/389 , G01R31/367 , G01R31/382 , G01R31/392 , G01R31/396 , H01M10/425 , H01M10/486 , H01M2220/10 , H02J3/32
Abstract: An electrical energy storage system includes a battery container, one or more temperature sensors, and a controller. The battery container includes one or more batteries configured to store and discharge electrical energy. The temperature sensors are configured to measure one or more temperatures associated with the battery container. The controller is configured to estimate a rate of heat generation by the one or more batteries based on the measured temperatures, monitor an electric current provided to the one or more batteries, and estimate a resistance of the one or more batteries based on the estimated rate of heat generation and the electric current.
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公开(公告)号:US09746199B1
公开(公告)日:2017-08-29
申请号:US15399706
申请日:2017-01-05
Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
Inventor: Kirk H. Drees , Herbert J. Doll , Gerald A. Duenkel , Marcello Passoni
IPC: F24F11/053 , F24F11/00
CPC classification number: F24F11/76 , F24F11/30 , F24F11/32 , F24F11/56 , F24F11/62 , F24F11/77 , F24F11/83 , F24F11/84 , F24F2110/10 , F24F2110/30 , F24F2130/40 , F24F2140/12
Abstract: An integrated device in an HVAC system is configured to modify an environmental condition of a building. The device includes a valve configured to regulate the flow of fluid through a conduit, an actuator comprising a motor and a drive device, and a communications mechanism. The communications mechanism is configured to receive a flow rate setpoint from an external control device of an outer control loop. The device further includes a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to determine an actuator position setpoint using a cascaded feedback control mechanism based on the flow rate setpoint and a flow rate measurement from a flow rate sensor of an inner control loop. The valve, the actuator, the communications mechanism, and the processing circuit are located within a common integrated device chassis.
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公开(公告)号:US20170104345A1
公开(公告)日:2017-04-13
申请号:US15247885
申请日:2016-08-25
Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
Inventor: Michael J. Wenzel , Kirk H. Drees , Mohammad N. ElBsat
CPC classification number: H02J7/007 , G01R31/382 , H02J3/00 , H02J3/008 , H02J3/14 , H02J3/24 , H02J3/32 , H02J3/383 , H02J7/35 , H02J13/0086 , H02J2003/003 , H02J2003/007 , H02J2003/146 , Y02B70/3225 , Y02E10/563 , Y02E10/566 , Y02E40/72 , Y02E70/30 , Y04S10/123 , Y04S20/222 , Y04S20/224 , Y04S50/10
Abstract: A frequency response controller includes a high level controller configured to receive a regulation signal from an incentive provider, determine statistics of the regulation signal, and use the statistics of the regulation signal to generate a frequency response midpoint. The controller further includes a low level controller configured to use the frequency response midpoint to determine optimal battery power setpoints and use the optimal battery power setpoints to control an amount of electric power stored or discharged from a battery during a frequency response period.
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