Air conditioning system
AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
InventorsDaisuke Kanematsu, Naoyuki Funada, Ayumi Konishi
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Abstract
A plurality of independent air conditioners, a first air conditioner (AC) (9a), a second AC (9b), and a third AC (9c), are disposed in an air conditioning room. Individual target temperatures of each habitable room that are acquired from an input/output terminal (19) and an outdoor temperature that is acquired by an outdoor temperature sensor (7) are input to a mode setter (32). Based on the individual target temperatures and the outdoor temperature, the mode setter (32) sets a cooling mode and a cooling setpoint temperature for operation in the cooling mode, or a heating mode and a heating setpoint temperature for operation in the heating mode, for each of the first AC (9a), the second AC (9b), and the third AC (9c).
Claims19
An air conditioning system comprising:
- a plurality of air conditioners disposed in an air conditioning room and each being independently controllable;
- a plurality of conveying fans transferring air of the air conditioning room to a plurality of habitable rooms each being different from the air conditioning room, the conveying fans disposed respectively corresponding to the plurality of habitable rooms;
- a habitable room temperature sensor acquiring temperatures of each of the plurality of habitable rooms;
- an outdoor temperature sensor acquiring an outdoor temperature;
- an air conditioning room temperature sensor acquiring a temperature of the air conditioning room;
- a target temperature input receiver receiving input of individual target temperatures each being a target temperature of each of the plurality of habitable rooms;
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- a system controller controlling the air conditioners and the conveying fans, wherein
- the system controller includes:
- an airflow volume determiner determining an airflow volume of each of the conveying fans, based on the individual target temperatures acquired from the target temperature input receiver, the temperatures of the plurality of habitable rooms acquired by the habitable room temperature sensor, and the temperature of the air conditioning room acquired by the air conditioning room temperature sensor;
- a mode setter setting a cooling mode and a cooling setpoint temperature for operation in the cooling mode, or a heating mode and a heating setpoint temperature for operation in the heating mode, for each of the plurality of air conditioners, based on the individual target temperatures acquired from the target temperature input receiver and the outdoor temperature acquired by the outdoor temperature sensor;
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- a fan airflow volume controller causing the air in the air conditioning room that is air-conditioned based on settings set by the mode setter to be independently transferred to the habitable rooms at the airflow volumes of the conveying fans that are determined by the airflow volume determiner.
An air conditioning system comprising:
- a plurality of air conditioners disposed in an air conditioning room and each being independently controllable;
- a conveying fan transferring air of the air conditioning room to a plurality of habitable rooms each being different from the air conditioning room;
- an air conditioning room temperature sensor acquiring a temperature of the air conditioning room;
- an air conditioning room humidity sensor acquiring a humidity of the air conditioning room;
- a target humidity input receiver receiving input of a target humidity of each of the plurality of habitable rooms;
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- a system controller controlling the air conditioners, wherein
- the system controller includes a mode setter that sets, when the humidity of the air conditioning room acquired by the air conditioning room humidity sensor is higher than the target humidity acquired from the target humidity input receiver, a cooling mode and a cooling setpoint temperature for operation in the cooling mode for at least one of the plurality of air conditioners, the cooling setpoint temperature being a temperature such that the air of the air conditioning room can be dehumidified, based on the temperature of the air conditioning room acquired by the air conditioning room temperature sensor and the humidity of the air conditioning room acquired by the air conditioning room humidity sensor, and sets a heating mode and a heating setpoint temperature for operation in the heating mode for at least another one of the air conditioners that is other than the at least one of the air conditioners that is set to the cooling mode.
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