Networked boilers and control method
AssigneeThe Marley Company
InventorsRyan Jeremy Hardesty, Daniel George Karch, David Ralston King, Owen Andrew Cunningham, Neil Damon Butt, Aaron Sevrin Smith, Jeffrey John Calabro
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Abstract
A hydronic system having a set of inputs, a plurality of boilers, and a controller. Each input representing sensor for a respective heat emitter of a set of heat emitters. Each boiler of the plurality of boilers is configured to receive signals from a portion of the set of inputs. The controller is configured to a status and assignment of the set of inputs from the plurality of boilers and control the plurality of boilers to provide heat to the set of heat emitters.
Claims11
A control system for an appliance comprising:
- a controller;
- a first circuit for using hot-water provided by the appliance;
- a first pump configured to pump hot-water provided by the appliance through the first circuit;
- a first valve configured to selectively provide hot water to the first circuit;
- a first sensor configured to send a signal to the controller associated with a demand for hot water in the first circuit;
- a second circuit for using hot water provided by the appliance;
- a second pump configured to pump hot-water provided by the appliance through the second circuit;
- a second valve configured to selectively provide hot water to the second circuit;
- a second sensor configured to send a signal to the controller associated with a demand for hot-water in the second circuit;
- a first boiler having a first boiler input signal and a first boiler output signal;
- a second boiler having a second boiler input signal and a second boiler output signal;
- a communication system configured to operatively connect the controller to the first pump, the first valve, the first sensor, the second pump, the second valve, the second sensor, the first boiler input signal, the first boiler output signal, second boiler input signal, the second boiler output signal,
- wherein the controller is configured to assign a respective priority type for each of the first and second sensor, the respective priority type being associated with a temperature and action, the controller being configured to determine if both the first and second sensor requesting hot-water are requesting the same priority type, the controller controlling one or more of the first boiler and the second boiler to provide hot water for the same priority type in response to the first and second sensor requesting hot water at the same priority type;
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- wherein the controller is configured to determine a sequence of the first boiler and the second boiler to control satisfy each priority type requested in response to the first and second sensor requesting hot-water at different priority types.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.