Method and system for controlling airflow volume and flow direction from a remote heat exchanger unit of a transport climate control system
AssigneeThermo King Corporation
InventorsPraveena Alangar Subrahmanya, Grant Mies Niehaus, Yirong Jiang, Thomas W. Kampf, Eamonn T Mee
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Abstract
Airflow volume and/or direction from configurable remote heat exchanger unit of a transport climate control system providing climate control within a climate controlled space of a transport unit may be variably controlled based on sensor data.
Claims20
A method for controlling airflow volume and flow direction from a remote heat exchanger unit of a transport climate control system, the method comprising:
- a controller receiving data from a sensor within at least a portion of a climate controlled space,
- wherein the received data from the sensor is indicative of a position of a bulkhead within the climate controlled space relative to a position of the remote heat exchanger unit;
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- the controller determining an airflow volume and determining a flow direction from the remote heat exchanger unit based on the received data;
- the controller instructing the remote heat exchanger unit to provide the determined airflow volume and the determined flow direction within the climate-controlled space;
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- the remote heat exchanger unit receiving instructions from the controller and adjusting operation to provide the determined airflow volume and the determined flow direction based on the instructions,
- wherein the sensor includes a proximity sensor.
A method for controlling airflow volume and flow direction from a remote heat exchanger unit of a transport climate control system, the method comprising:
- a controller receiving data from a sensor within at least a portion of a climate controlled space,
- wherein the received data from the sensor is indicative of a position of a bulkhead within the climate controlled space relative to a position of the remote heat exchanger unit;
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- the controller determining an airflow volume and determining a flow direction from the remote heat exchanger unit based on the received data;
- the controller instructing the remote heat exchanger unit to provide the determined airflow volume and the determined flow direction within the climate-controlled space;
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- the remote heat exchanger unit receiving instructions from the controller and adjusting operation to provide the determined airflow volume and the determined flow direction based on the instructions,
- wherein the sensor includes a thermal sensor.
A method for controlling airflow volume and flow direction from a remote heat exchanger unit of a transport climate control system, the method comprising:
- a controller receiving data from a sensor within at least a portion of a climate controlled space,
- wherein the received data from the sensor is indicative of a position of a bulkhead within the climate controlled space relative to a position of the remote heat exchanger unit;
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- the controller determining an airflow volume and determining a flow direction from the remote heat exchanger unit based on the received data;
- the controller instructing the remote heat exchanger unit to provide the determined airflow volume and the determined flow direction within the climate controlled space;
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- the remote heat exchanger unit receiving instructions from the controller and adjusting operation to provide the determined airflow volume and the determined flow direction based on the instructions,
- wherein the received data from the sensor is also indicative of an environmental condition within the portion of the climate controlled space,
- wherein the controller determining the airflow volume and determining the flow direction from the remote heat exchanger unit based on the received data includes determining that the bulkhead is within a threshold distance of the remote heat exchanger unit, and
- wherein the remote heat exchanger receiving the instructions from the controller and adjusting operation to provide the determined airflow volume and the determined flow direction based on the instructions includes the remote heat exchanger unit closing airflow from the remote heat exchanger unit in a direction toward the bulkhead.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.