Monitoring System for Residential HVAC Systems

    公开(公告)号:US20190234638A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-01

    申请号:US16263642

    申请日:2019-01-31

    摘要: A system and method for controlling HVAC equipment in a residential setting. The system may include an outdoor temperature sensor positioned to measure outdoor temperatures, an indoor air temperature sensor to measure indoor space air temperatures, a supply duct air temperature sensor positioned to measure supply duct air temperatures, a return duct air temperature sensor positioned to measure return duct air temperatures, an air blower current sensor positioned to measure air blower currents, and/or an air compressor current sensor positioned to measure air compressor currents, and a controller operable to receive the measures of outdoor temperature, indoor space air temperature, supply duct air temperature, return duct air temperature, air blower current, air compressor current, and measures of solar irradiation intensity and wind speed. The controller may be programmed with instructions to input the measures into a thermal model for outputting signals for implementing changes in the system.

    METHODS OF INCREASING THE AVERAGE LIFE TIME OF BUILDING MATERIALS AS WELL AS REDUCING THE CONSUMPTION OF OTHER RESOURCES ASSOCIATED WITH OPERATING BUILDINGS

    公开(公告)号:US20180252423A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-09-06

    申请号:US15449691

    申请日:2017-03-03

    摘要: Disclosed are methods for at least approximating any one or any combination of system targets of a) reducing the average energy expenditure for keeping at least one primary compartment of a building within a desired temperature range by means of active e air conditioning, or b) reducing temperature variations during a typical 24-hour cycle within said at least one primary compartment of said building, or c) reducing one or both of the average temperature or the peak temperature of said at least one primary compartment of said building.The invention concerns predominantly enclosed spaces, typically buildings, which are at least exposed to directionally and temporally varying levels of solar electromagnetic radiation as well as temporally varying levels of ambient air temperature and ambient air flow velocity and direction. Such a building comprising at least one primary compartment and at least one secondary compartment, and wherein said primary compartment predominantly serves to achieve the primary purpose of the building.The disclosed methods are furthermore at least in part based on at least one electronic controller, which is able to one or both of a) controlling means to modulate the amount of passive air flow to and from said at least one secondary compartment, and b) controlling means to modulate the amount of actively driven air flow to and from said at least one secondary compartment, and said electronic controller furthermore comprising at least one, at least partially descriptive, analytical and/or, numerical, and/or reduced order model to at least approximately compute, i.e. predict, the thermal behavior of said building, and said controller using said at least partially descriptive model to derive control signals suitable to at least approximate said at least one system target. In some embodiments the disclosed methods are at least partially incorporated in a home automation system, including optionally internet connectivity.In some embodiments the disclosed methods are at least partially capable of increasing the typical lifetime of some components of buildings and thus reducing resources associated with maintaining at least some buildings functional.

    Systems and methods for a motorized vent covering in an environment control system
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    发明授权
    Systems and methods for a motorized vent covering in an environment control system 有权
    环境控制系统中电动通风口的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US09322569B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-04-26

    申请号:US12772900

    申请日:2010-05-03

    摘要: A motorized vent covering for an air vent of the environment control system, the motorized vent covering comprising an air flow restrictor for controlling air flow through the vent; and an actuator, the actuator including a motor configured to drive the air flow restrictor to control the flow of air from the vent, and a controller in communication with the motor, the controller configured to provide operating instructions to the motor to open or close the air flow restrictor to adjust the flow of air through the air vent.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于环境控制系统的通风口的电动通风罩,电动通风罩包括用于控制通过通风口的空气流动的气流限制器; 所述致动器包括电动机,所述电动机构造成驱动所述气流限制器以控制所述通风口的空气流;以及与所述电动机连通的控制器,所述控制器被配置为向所述电动机提供操作指令以打开或关闭所述电动机 空气流量限制器来调节通过排气口的空气流量。