Temperature Control System
AssigneeTrane International Inc.
InventorJoseph George Land, III
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Abstract
An HVAC system controller has at least one processor configured to monitor at least one of a first humidity and a first temperature of a first air volume sensed by a first sensor and at least one of a second humidity and a second temperature of a second air volume sensed by a second sensor, configured to calculate an environmental metric, and configured to determine whether mixing the first air volume with the second air volume can cause the environmental metric to conform to a first threshold requirement.
Claims22
A system controller, comprising:
- at least one processor configured to monitor (1) at least one of a first humidity and a first temperature of a first air volume sensed by a first sensor and (2) at least one of a second humidity and a second temperature of a second air volume sensed by a second sensor, configured to calculate an environmental metric, and configured to determine whether mixing the first air volume with the second air volume can cause the environmental metric to conform to a first threshold requirement.
An HVAC system, comprising:
- a system controller;
- a first sensor configured to sense at least one of a first humidity of a first air volume and a first temperature of the first air volume;
- and
- a second sensor configured to sense at least one of a second humidity of a second air volume and a second temperature of the second air volume;
- wherein the system controller is configured to monitor at least one of a first humidity and a first temperature of a first air volume sensed by the first sensor and at least one of a second humidity and a second temperature of a second air volume sensed by the second sensor, calculate an environmental metric, and determine whether mixing the first air volume and the second air volume can cause the environmental metric to conform to a first threshold requirement.
A method of operating an HVAC system, comprising:
- monitoring at least one of a first humidity of a first air volume sensed by a first sensor and a first temperature of the first air volume sensed by the first sensor and at least one of a second humidity of a second air volume sensed by a second sensor and a second temperature of the second air volume sensed by the second sensor;
- calculating an environmental metric using at least one of the first humidity and the first temperature and at least one of the second humidity and the second temperature;
- and
- determining whether mixing the first air volume and the second air volume can cause the environmental metric to conform to a first threshold requirement.
A system controller, comprising:
- at least one processor configured to monitor (1) at least one of a first humidity and a first temperature of a first air volume sensed by a first sensor and (2) at least one of a second humidity and a second temperature of a second air volume sensed by a second sensor, and configured to operate a fan in a FAN ONLY mode for a selectable time period when at least one of (1) a first humidity, (2) a first temperature, (3) a second humidity, and (4) a second temperature exceed a threshold requirement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.