Supervisory controller for hvac systems
AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorsKarel Marik, Karel Macek, Martin Strelec
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Abstract
A supervisory controller for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems is described herein. One device includes a data management module configured to receive a zone demand signal from a local controller of a zone of an HVAC system and receive a number of additional signals from a number of sensors, and a parameter identification module configured to determine, based on the zone demand signal, whether the zone is in a comfort state by loading a best model structure from a number of models and identifying parameters of the best model structure based on data received from the data management module.
Claims20
A supervisory controller for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system, comprising:
- a data management module configured to receive a zone demand signal from a local controller of a zone of the HVAC system and receive a number of additional signals from a number of sensors;
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- a parameter identification module configured to determine, based on the zone demand signal, whether the zone is in a comfort state by:
- loading a best model structure of a number of models;
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- identifying parameters of the best model structure based on data received from the data management module.
A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer readable instructions stored thereon that are executable by a processor to:
- receive a zone demand signal from a local controller of a zone of a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system and receive a number of additional signals from a number of sensors;
- determine, based on the zone demand signal, whether the zone is in a comfort state;
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- adjust, based on whether the zone is in the comfort state, an amount of energy supplied to the zone.
A system for controlling a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system, comprising:
- a plurality of local controllers, wherein each of the plurality of local controllers is configured to control a different zone of the HVAC system;
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- a supervisory controller for the HVAC system, wherein the supervisory controller is configured to:
- receive a zone demand signal from one or more of the plurality of local controllers;
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- determine, based on the received zone demand signals, whether the zones controlled by the one or more local controllers are in a comfort state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.