Configurable test platform
AssigneePassiveLogic, Inc.
InventorJohn Easterling
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Abstract
Various embodiments described herein relate to a test chamber device an associated methods and non-transitory machine-readable media including a test chamber, a system builder that is configured to build and apply an equipment load to the test chamber; a load maker that is configured to build and apply a predefined load to the test chamber; and a tester which measures action of the equipment load and the predefined load within the test chamber, producing a test state.
Claims20
A method of determining test chamber behavior comprising a test chamber, a system builder, and a weathermaker system, the weathermaker system included in a system comprising a processor and a memory, the method comprising:
- configuring the system builder, creating a system builder configuration;
- applying a control sequence generated using a digital twin to the system builder configuration to create a first dynamic load in the test chamber;
- using the processor and memory to determine a second dynamic load producing a determined second dynamic load;
- configuring the weathermaker system using a temperature curve to create the determined second dynamic load in the test chamber;
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- using an interaction of the first dynamic load and the second dynamic load in the test chamber to determine test chamber behavior.
A system comprising a memory and a processor, wherein the processor is in communication with the memory configured to:
- configure a system builder, creating a system builder configuration;
- apply a control sequence generated using a digital twin to the system builder configuration to create a first dynamic load in a test chamber;
- use the processor and memory to determine a second dynamic load producing a determined second dynamic load;
- configure a weathermaker system using a temperature curve to create the determined second dynamic load in the test chamber;
- use an interaction of the first dynamic load and the second dynamic load in the test chamber to determine test chamber behavior;
- wherein the system builder comprises system builder equipment and a system configuration matrix that attaches the system builder equipment to each other and attaches the system builder equipment to the test chamber;
- wherein the system builder equipment comprises at least two of a heating and cooling section, a pumping section, a storage section, a heat exchange section, and a mixing section;
- wherein the test chamber comprises a chamber and test chamber equipment, and wherein the test chamber equipment provides test state distribution, the test state distribution comprising radiant state distribution, air state distribution, or convection state distribution;
- wherein test chamber equipment comprises an air handler, a variable air chamber box, a radiant floor, or a radiator to apply a predefined load;
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- wherein the test chamber is substantially covered in a hydronic shroud.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.