Seasonal airflow control system
AssigneeJohnson Controls Technology Company
InventorsTyler P. McCune, Theresa N. Gillette, Jonathan A. Burns
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Abstract
A climate management system includes a controller configured to receive an input indicative of an airflow rate setpoint for each zone of a plurality of zones of the climate management system. The controller is further configured to determine a respective airflow rate adjustment for each airflow rate setpoint and adjust each airflow rate setpoint based on the respective airflow rate adjustment to determine a respective adjusted airflow rate for each zone of the plurality of zones, where the respective airflow rate adjustment for each zone of the plurality of zones is based on a current annual season of a plurality of annual seasons.
Claims28
A climate management system, comprising:
- a controller configured to:
- receive an input indicative of an airflow rate setpoint for each zone of a plurality of zones of the climate management system;
- receive a user input comprising a respective airflow rate adjustment value for each airflow rate setpoint, wherein the user input associates each respective airflow rate adjustment value with an annual season of a plurality of annual seasons;
- determine a current annual season of the plurality of annual seasons;
- for each airflow rate setpoint, select the respective airflow rate adjustment value associated with the current annual season;
- and
- adjust each airflow rate setpoint by applying the respective airflow rate adjustment value associated with the current annual season to the airflow rate setpoint to provide a respective adjusted airflow rate for each zone of the plurality of zones.
A climate management system, comprising:
- a control system configured to control climate characteristics in a plurality of zones of a building, wherein the control system comprises a memory device and a processor, and wherein the memory device includes instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- receive a first input indicative of a plurality of airflow rate setpoints, wherein each airflow rate setpoint of the plurality of airflow rate setpoint corresponds with a respective zone of the plurality of zones;
- receive a user input comprising a respective airflow rate adjustment value for each airflow rate setpoint of the plurality of airflow rate setpoints, wherein the user input associates each respective airflow rate adjustment value with a yearly season of a plurality of yearly seasons;
- calculate a respective adjusted airflow rate for each zone of the plurality of zones based on the first input, the user input, and a current yearly season of the plurality of yearly seasons;
- and
- provide airflow for each zone of the plurality of zones at the respective adjusted airflow rate.
A climate management system, comprising:
- a control system configured to control climate characteristics in a plurality of zones of a building, wherein the control system comprises a memory device and a processor, and wherein the memory device includes instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- receive a user input comprising a plurality of airflow rate adjustment values for airflow rate setpoints of the plurality of zones, wherein the user input correlates each airflow rate adjustment value of the plurality of airflow rate adjustment values with an annual season of a plurality of annual seasons;
- identify a first annual season of the plurality of annual seasons and a first airflow rate adjustment value of the plurality of airflow rate adjustment values corresponding to the first annual season;
- provide airflow to a zone of the plurality of zones at a first rate, wherein the first rate is calculated via application of the first airflow rate adjustment value to a first airflow rate setpoint of the zone;
- determine a transition from the first annual season to a second annual season of the plurality of annual seasons;
- identify a second airflow rate adjustment value of the plurality of airflow rate adjustment values corresponding to the second annual season;
- and
- provide the airflow to the zone at a second rate in response to determination of the transition from the first annual season to the second annual season and identification of the second airflow rate adjustment value, wherein the second rate is calculated via application of the second airflow rate adjustment value to the first airflow rate setpoint.
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