Variable refrigerant flow system with predictive control

    公开(公告)号:US11669061B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-06

    申请号:US16314277

    申请日:2017-06-29

    摘要: A variable refrigerant flow (VRF) system for a building includes an outdoor VRF unit, a plurality of indoor VRF units, a battery, and a predictive VRF controller. The outdoor VRF unit includes powered VRF components configured to apply heating or cooling to a refrigerant. The indoor VRF units are configured to use the heated or cooled refrigerant to provide heating or cooling to a plurality of building zones. The battery is configured to store electric energy and discharge the stored electric energy for use in powering the powered VRF components. The predictive VRF controller is configured to optimize a predictive cost function to determine an optimal amount of electric energy to purchase from an energy grid and an optimal amount of electric energy to store in the battery or discharge from the battery for use in powering the powered VRF components at each time step of an optimization period.

    BUILDING EQUIPMENT WITH PREDICTIVE CONTROL

    公开(公告)号:US20220268471A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-25

    申请号:US17740814

    申请日:2022-05-10

    摘要: A heating ventilating or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a unit configured for use in a heating or a cooling operation for an environment. The unit includes an interface configured to receive electric energy from an alternative energy source and a controller configured to perform an optimization of an objective function for the unit to determine a first amount of electric energy to receive from an energy grid and a second amount of the electric energy from the alternative energy source for use in the heating or cooling operation at each time step of an optimization period in response to a cost characteristic of the electric energy received from the energy grid. The unit is configured to use the first amount and the second amount for the heating or cooling operation.

    VARIABLE REFRIGERANT FLOW SYSTEM WITH PREDICTIVE CONTROL

    公开(公告)号:US20230273579A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-31

    申请号:US18310371

    申请日:2023-05-01

    摘要: A variable refrigerant flow (VRF) system for a building includes an outdoor VRF unit, a plurality of indoor VRF units, a battery, and a predictive VRF controller. The outdoor VRF unit includes powered VRF components configured to apply heating or cooling to a refrigerant. The indoor VRF units are configured to use the heated or cooled refrigerant to provide heating or cooling to a plurality of building zones. The battery is configured to store electric energy and discharge the stored electric energy for use in powering the powered VRF components. The predictive VRF controller is configured to optimize a predictive cost function to determine an optimal amount of electric energy to purchase from an energy grid and an optimal amount of electric energy to store in the battery or discharge from the battery for use in powering the powered VRF components at each time step of an optimization period.