DIAGNOSTICS SYSTEM FOR A CHILLER AND METHOD OF EVALUATING PERFORMANCE OF A CHILLER

    公开(公告)号:US20180373822A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-27

    申请号:US15777028

    申请日:2015-11-19

    IPC分类号: G06F17/50 F25B49/02

    摘要: A method of evaluating performance of a chiller is provided. The method includes detecting a plurality of operating parameters of the chiller with a plurality of sensors. The method also includes individually determining a first coefficient of performance degradation due to condenser fouling. The method further includes individually determining a second coefficient of performance degradation due to condenser water flow reduction. The method yet further includes individually determining a third coefficient of performance degradation due to evaporator fouling. The method also includes determining a total coefficient of performance degradation of the chiller with a summation of the first, second and third coefficient of performance degradations.

    Refrigerated storage container air passage

    公开(公告)号:US11046508B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-29

    申请号:US16335137

    申请日:2017-10-12

    IPC分类号: B65D88/74 F25D11/00

    摘要: A refrigerated storage container is provided and includes a container housing defining an interior in which cargo is storable, a condenser configured to receive air to remove heat from a refrigerant passing through the condenser, a condenser air inlet receptive of the air, a condenser air outlet configured to direct air exhausted from the condenser away from the condenser air inlet and a reefer air outlet configured to direct conditioned air exhausted from the interior toward the condenser air inlet.

    GROUP DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION

    公开(公告)号:US20200088427A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-19

    申请号:US16467363

    申请日:2017-12-01

    摘要: A method of conditioning an environment includes generating, by a group feedback analysis system, a first comfort limit based on a first plurality of data points corresponding to user feedback of a group of users in an environment conditioned by an environmental conditioning system, and each associated with temperature and humidity environmental criterions. The method further includes generating a second comfort limit based on a second plurality of data points corresponding to user feedback of the group of users, and associated with the temperature and humidity environmental criterions. The method identifies a constrained comfort zone defined by the first comfort limit, the second comfort limit, predefined lower and upper bounds for the temperature environmental criterion, and predefined lower and upper bounds for the humidity environmental criterion. The environmental system is controlled to maintain the temperature and humidity environmental criterions within the constrained comfort zone.

    SYSTEM OF HVAC FAULT DETECTION USING THERMOSTAT DATA

    公开(公告)号:US20190293313A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-26

    申请号:US16358907

    申请日:2019-03-20

    摘要: A method of operating a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) analytics system is provided. The method comprising: obtaining HVAC data for an HVAC unit; obtaining an HVAC unit characteristic of the HVAC unit; determining performance parameters of the HVAC unit in response to the HVAC data and the HVAC unit characteristic; identifying one or more system models for the HVAC unit in response to the performance parameters; determining one or more HVAC performance indices in response to the one or more system models, HVAC data, and the HVAC unit characteristic; generating an HVAC performance report in response to the one or more performance indices; and transmitting the HVAC performance report to a user device.

    Supervisory-level control system demand control of an HVAC system

    公开(公告)号:US11821642B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-21

    申请号:US17057190

    申请日:2019-11-12

    摘要: A supervisory-level control system is provided and includes a summation unit receptive of first and second signals, an HVAC system to generate the second signal according to first set-point signals and to a second set-point signal and a supervisory controller. The supervisory controller includes a control unit, a set-point scheduler and a zone level set-point distribution unit. The control unit is receptive of an error signal representing a difference between the first and second signals from the summation unit. The set-point scheduler is receptive of a demand signal generated by the control unit according to the error signal. The set-point scheduler generates a set-point command signal and the second set-point signal according to the demand signal. The zone level set-point distribution unit is configured to generate the first set-point signals in accordance with the set-point command signal.

    SUPERVISORY-LEVEL CONTROL SYSTEM DEMAND CONTROL OF AN HVAC SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20210348790A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-11

    申请号:US17057190

    申请日:2019-11-12

    IPC分类号: F24F11/46 F24F11/63 F24F11/54

    摘要: A supervisory-level control system is provided and includes a summation unit receptive of first and second signals, an HVAC system to generate the second signal according to first set-point signals and to a second set-point signal and a supervisory controller. The supervisory controller includes a control unit, a set-point scheduler and a zone level set-point distribution unit. The control unit is receptive of an error signal representing a difference between the first and second signals from the summation unit. The set-point scheduler is receptive of a demand signal generated by the control unit according to the error signal. The set-point scheduler generates a set-point command signal and the second set-point signal according to the demand signal. The zone level set-point distribution unit is configured to generate the first set-point signals in accordance with the set-point command signal.

    Group dynamic environmental control system and method of operation

    公开(公告)号:US11143423B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-12

    申请号:US16467363

    申请日:2017-12-01

    摘要: A method of conditioning an environment includes generating, by a group feedback analysis system, a first comfort limit based on a first plurality of data points corresponding to user feedback of a group of users in an environment conditioned by an environmental conditioning system, and each associated with temperature and humidity environmental criterions. The method further includes generating a second comfort limit based on a second plurality of data points corresponding to user feedback of the group of users, and associated with the temperature and humidity environmental criterions. The method identifies a constrained comfort zone defined by the first comfort limit, the second comfort limit, predefined lower and upper bounds for the temperature environmental criterion, and predefined lower and upper bounds for the humidity environmental criterion. The environmental system is controlled to maintain the temperature and humidity environmental criterions within the constrained comfort zone.