公开(公告)号：US11859847B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-02

申请号：US17965345

申请日：2022-10-13

申请人： Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP

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

IPC分类号： G05B13/04 ,  G05B13/02 ,  F24F11/64 ,  F24F11/47

CPC分类号： F24F11/64 ,  F24F11/47 ,  G05B13/027 ,  G05B13/04

摘要： 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：US11835394B2

公开(公告)日：2023-12-05

申请号：US18104767

申请日：2023-02-01

申请人： ECOFACTOR, INC.

发明人： John Douglas Steinberg ,  Scott Douglas Hublou

IPC分类号： G01K13/00 ,  G01M99/00 ,  F24F11/30 ,  F24F11/63 ,  F24F130/00 ,  F24F130/10 ,  F24F11/52 ,  F24F11/47

CPC分类号： G01K13/00 ,  F24F11/30 ,  F24F11/63 ,  G01M99/005 ,  F24F11/47 ,  F24F11/52 ,  F24F2130/00 ,  F24F2130/10

摘要： The invention comprises systems and methods for evaluating changes in the operational efficiency of an HVAC system over time. The climate control system obtains temperature measurements from at least a first location conditioned by the climate system, and status of said HVAC system. One or more processors receives measurements of outside temperatures from at least one source other than said HVAC system and compares said temperature measurements from said first location with expected temperature measurements. The expected temperature measurements are based at least in part upon past temperature measurements.

公开(公告)号：US11768006B2

公开(公告)日：2023-09-26

申请号：US17961522

申请日：2022-10-06

申请人： FT Energy Controls, LLC

发明人： Richard Furman ,  Zachary M. Thomas

IPC分类号： F24F11/00 ,  F24F11/84 ,  F24F11/47 ,  F24F110/20 ,  F24F110/10

CPC分类号： F24F11/84 ,  F24F11/47 ,  F24F2110/10 ,  F24F2110/20

摘要： A control system is provided for controlling heating and/or cooling with a conditioning load such as fan coils and chilled beams. Based on user input and ambient conditions, the control system determines a desired temperature for the liquid entering the load and combines fresh supply liquid (e.g., from a chiller or boiler) with a portion of the liquid that has passed through the load, to achieve the target load input temperature for the liquid. A recirculation pump may be used to return a portion of the liquid exiting the load for mixing with the fresh supply liquid and a control valve may be used to adjust the ratio of fresh supply liquid and recirculated liquid to achieve the targeted temperature. The control systems can be compatible with a variety of liquid supply systems such as two- and four-pipe systems.

公开(公告)号：US11719454B1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-08

申请号：US17900517

申请日：2022-08-31

申请人： Filtration Advice, Inc.

发明人： Dirk ter Horst

IPC分类号： F24F11/47 ,  F24F11/39 ,  B01D46/10 ,  B01D46/00

CPC分类号： F24F11/47 ,  B01D46/0086 ,  B01D46/10 ,  F24F11/39

摘要： A method for determining a filter selection for an air filtration system having a current air filter includes entering filtration system information into a processor having access to pressure drop versus dust holding capacity curves for a plurality of different air filters, wherein the filtration system information includes user experience information including volume of air processed with the current air filter in the air filtration system and pressure drop with the current air filter after processing the volume of air; determining a cost factor of operating the air filtration system with the current filter for processing the volume of air; determining a theoretical quantity of dust held by the current filter at the pressure drop using a pressure drop versus dust holding capacity curve for the current air filter and the pressure drop exhibited by the current air filter after processing the volume of air; selecting a proposed air filter from the plurality of different air filters and different from the current air filter; determining an estimated volume of air that can be processed with the proposed air filter to reach the pressure drop, this determining step being conducted using the theoretical quantity of dust and a pressure drop versus dust holding capacity curve for the proposed air filter; determining an estimated cost factor of operating the air filtration system with the proposed filter for processing the volume of air; and presenting a comparison of the cost factor and the estimated cost factor on a display communicated with the processor.

公开(公告)号：US11698204B1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-11

申请号：US17832655

申请日：2022-06-05

申请人： Houshang Esmaili

发明人： Houshang Esmaili

IPC分类号： F24F11/47 ,  F24F140/60 ,  F24F110/10

CPC分类号： F24F11/47 ,  F24F2110/10 ,  F24F2140/60

摘要： This Patent application is based on a new method for calculating the hourly heating load for the heating elements of HVAC systems, with a potential for saving over 50% of the current fuel use by these systems. The method is based on using hourly outside air temperature from one or more thermometer installed along the vertical center of each of the building's orientations, and at the roof center. The temperature data, the building surface areas with different heat transmission characteristics in each orientation, plus hourly air infiltration rate into the building, adjusted for overall system efficiency, and Codes and regulatory requirements would yield the total hourly heating load. The fuel feed would then be automatically adjusted to release the hourly required fuel volume, or wattage, to the heating elements. The installed thermometer system could also be used to calculate the hourly cooling load for the building's air conditioning system, during the summer season.

公开(公告)号：US20190195524A1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-27

申请号：US16328489

申请日：2017-08-29

申请人： Johnson Controls Technology Company

发明人： Thomas P. Carter ,  Zan Liu

IPC分类号： F24F11/47 ,  F24F3/044 ,  F24F11/00 ,  F24F11/65 ,  F24F11/74 ,  F24F11/86 ,  F24F13/06

CPC分类号： F24F11/47 ,  F24F3/044 ,  F24F11/0008 ,  F24F11/65 ,  F24F11/74 ,  F24F11/86 ,  F24F13/06 ,  F24F2110/20 ,  F24F2140/50 ,  F24F2140/60 ,  F25B25/005 ,  F25B49/027 ,  F25B2339/047 ,  F25B2500/05 ,  F25B2500/19 ,  F25B2600/11 ,  F25B2600/111 ,  F25B2700/21162 ,  F25B2700/21163 ,  F25B2700/21171 ,  Y02B30/743

摘要： A thermal management system includes a heat rejection device configured to fluidly couple to a refrigeration system, a fan configured to provide an entering airflow across the heat rejection device to cool a flow of water within the heat rejection device, and a controller configured to control a speed of the fan based on at least two of (i) a relative humidity of the entering airflow, (ii) a percentage of capacity one or more components of the refrigeration system are operating at, (iii) a ratio of water to energy costs, and (iv) a ratio of a design power of a compressor of the refrigeration system to a design power of the fan to minimize a total utility operation cost of the thermal management system including (i) energy costs to operate the fan and the refrigeration system and (ii) water costs of the flow of water.

公开(公告)号：US20180260219A1

公开(公告)日：2018-09-13

申请号：US15896413

申请日：2018-02-14

申请人： Johnson Controls Technology Company

发明人： Andrew J. Przybylski

IPC分类号： G06F9/28 ,  H04L12/28

CPC分类号： F24F11/52 ,  F24F11/32 ,  F24F11/47 ,  F24F11/88 ,  G05B15/02 ,  G05B19/0426 ,  G05B19/41885 ,  G05B2219/2614 ,  G05B2219/2642 ,  G06F3/04817 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/04842 ,  G06F3/04847 ,  G06F8/20 ,  G06F8/34 ,  G06F8/35 ,  G06F8/45 ,  G06F8/60 ,  G06F9/28 ,  G06F9/4494 ,  G06F9/451 ,  G06F9/45512 ,  G06F9/5016 ,  G06F9/505 ,  G06F9/5066 ,  G06F2209/522 ,  G06F2212/1044 ,  H04L12/2803 ,  H04L12/2809 ,  H04L12/2812 ,  H04L12/2816 ,  H04L12/2818 ,  H04L12/2823 ,  H04L12/2825 ,  H04L12/283 ,  H04L12/2834 ,  H04L41/22 ,  H04L67/10 ,  H04L67/12 ,  H04L67/125 ,  H04L67/327 ,  H04L2012/285 ,  Y02D10/22 ,  Y02D10/36

摘要： A method for executing computations in parallel for a building management system of a building includes receiving a computing job request to determine values for one or more particular properties, receiving a property model indicating dependencies between a plurality of properties, the plurality of properties including the one or more particular properties, wherein the plurality of properties include building data for the building, and generating one or more computing threads based on the property model, wherein each computing thread includes a sequence of computations for determining values for the plurality of properties. The method further includes executing the computing threads in parallel to determine the values for the particular properties.

公开(公告)号：US20180172309A1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-21

申请号：US15574731

申请日：2016-05-16

申请人： DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.

发明人： Nanae NIIKURA

IPC分类号： F24F11/47 ,  H02J3/14 ,  G06Q50/06 ,  F24F11/41 ,  F24F11/65 ,  F24F11/61

CPC分类号： F24F11/47 ,  F24F11/41 ,  F24F11/46 ,  F24F11/61 ,  F24F11/65 ,  F24F11/89 ,  F24F2110/10 ,  F24F2110/12 ,  F24F2130/10 ,  F24F2140/60 ,  G06Q50/06 ,  H02J3/14 ,  Y02B70/3225 ,  Y02B70/3275 ,  Y04S20/222 ,  Y04S20/244

摘要： A management apparatus manages a plurality of air conditioning apparatuses based on a power consumption amount adjustment request. The management apparatus includes a distribution information generation unit and an information acquisition unit that acquires current state information for each air conditioning apparatus. The distribution information generation unit, when the power consumption amount adjustment is requested, generates distribution information used to distribute the power consumption amount adjustment request to the air conditioning apparatuses. The distribution information generation unit calculates a probability of each air conditioning apparatus canceling the power consumption amount adjustment request at a future time relative to a time point of the current state information, based on the current state information. The distribution information is updated by reducing a distribution amount to one of the air conditioning apparatuses and allocating the distribution amount to another one of the air conditioning apparatuses in one of two ways.

公开(公告)号：USD819460S1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-05

申请号：US29561461

申请日：2016-04-15

申请人： Google LLC

设计人： Anthony M. Fadell ,  Matthew L. Rogers ,  David Sloo ,  Michael Plitkins ,  John Benjamin Filson ,  Eric Daniels ,  Michael J. Matas ,  Fred Bould ,  Brian Huppi

CPC分类号： G06F3/04847 ,  F24F11/00 ,  F24F11/30 ,  F24F11/46 ,  F24F11/47 ,  F24F11/50 ,  F24F11/52 ,  F24F11/56 ,  F24F11/58 ,  F24F11/62 ,  F24F11/63 ,  F24F11/70 ,  F24F11/89 ,  F24F2110/00 ,  F24F2110/10 ,  F24F2120/10 ,  F24F2120/12 ,  F24F2120/14 ,  F24F2140/60 ,  G01J5/0025 ,  G01J5/041 ,  G01K1/02 ,  G01R31/26 ,  G05B15/02 ,  G05D23/19 ,  G05D23/1902 ,  G05D23/1919 ,  G05D23/1932 ,  G05D23/24 ,  G05D23/2454 ,  G05D23/27 ,  G05D23/275 ,  G06F1/3231 ,  G06F1/3265 ,  G06F3/011 ,  G06F3/02 ,  G06F3/0304 ,  G06F3/0362 ,  G06F3/042 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06F3/04842 ,  G06F3/0487 ,  G06F3/167 ,  G06N99/005 ,  H01H25/06 ,  H04L67/10 ,  Y02D70/00 ,  Y02T10/88

摘要： Asmart-home device comprises a user interface including an electronic display having a first display mode and a second display mode, the first display mode generally requiring more power than said second display mode. The device further comprises a processing system coupled to the user interface. The processing system is configured to be in operative communication with one or more environmental sensors for determining at least one environmental condition, and in operative communication with one or more input devices including said user interface. The device further comprises at least one sensor configured to detect a physical closeness of a user to the at least one sensor. The at least one sensor is in operative communication with the processing system. The processing system is configured to cause the electronic display to be in the first display mode when a closeness threshold has been exceeded. The processing system is further configured to automatically adjust said closeness threshold based at least in part on a historical plurality of physical closeness events as detected by the at least one sensor.

公开(公告)号：US09955552B2

公开(公告)日：2018-04-24

申请号：US14792590

申请日：2015-07-06

申请人： SUNTRACKER TECHNOLOGIES LTD.

发明人： Ian Ashdown ,  Wallace Jay Scott

IPC分类号： H05B37/02 ,  G05B13/04 ,  F24F11/00

CPC分类号： H05B37/0227 ,  F24F11/30 ,  F24F11/47 ,  F24F2120/10 ,  F24F2130/20 ,  F24S2201/00 ,  G05B13/048 ,  H05B37/0218 ,  H05B37/0281 ,  Y02B20/42 ,  Y02B20/46

摘要： In an example, an expected sky condition is calculated for a geographic location, a time of day, and a date based on a mathematical model. A predicted distribution of direct and interreflected solar radiation within the environment is calculated based on the expected sky condition. Measurement data from one or more photosensors is obtained that provides measurements of an initial distribution of direct and interreflected radiation within the environment, including radiation from solar and electrical lighting sources. A target distribution of direct and interreflected artificial electromagnetic radiation produced by electrical lighting is determined, based on the measurement data and the predicted distribution of direct and interreflected solar radiation, to achieve the target distribution of direct and interreflected radiation within the environment. Output parameters are set to one or more devices to modify the initial distribution to achieve the target distribution of direct and interreflected radiation within the environment.