Advanced air terminal
AssigneeCarrier Corporation
InventorsOlivier JOSSERAND, Stéphane BRISE, Jacques René SCHMID
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Abstract
An air terminal for a heating or air conditioning system includes a housing and a fresh air inlet in the housing to supply a fresh airflow to the air terminal. An outlet diffuser is located at the housing to allow airflow from the air terminal into a conditioned space. An inlet diffuser is located at the housing to allow return airflow from the conditioned space into the air terminal. A coil is located in the housing through which a heat transfer medium is flowable to condition the fresh airflow and/or the return airflow prior to flowing through the outlet diffuser into the conditioned space. A fan is located in the housing to urge return airflow through the inlet diffuser and across the coil.
Claims21
An air terminal for a heating or air conditioning system comprising:
- a housing:
- a fresh air inlet in the housing to supply a fresh airflow to the air terminal;
- an outlet diffuser disposed at the housing to allow airflow from the air terminal into a conditioned space;
- an inlet diffuser disposed at the housing to allow return airflow from the conditioned space into the air terminal;
- a coil disposed in the housing through which a heat transfer medium is flowable to condition the fresh airflow and/or the return airflow prior to flowing through the outlet diffuser into the conditioned space;
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- a fan disposed in the housing to urge return airflow through the inlet diffuser and across the coil.
An air conditioning system comprising:
- a source of heat transfer fluid;
- an air terminal in fluid communication with the source of heat transfer fluid including:
- a housing;
- a fresh air inlet in the housing to supply a fresh airflow to the air terminal;
- an outlet diffuser disposed at the housing to allow airflow from the air terminal into a conditioned space;
- an inlet diffuser disposed at the housing to allow return airflow from the conditioned space into the air terminal;
- a coil disposed in the housing through which the heat transfer medium is flowable to condition the fresh airflow and/or the return airflow prior to flowing through the outlet diffuser into the conditioned space;
- a fan disposed in the housing to urge return airflow through the inlet diffuser and across the coil;
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- an air handling unit in flow communication with the fresh air inlet to provide the fresh airflow thereto.
A method of conditioning air in a room comprising:
- measuring a temperature of the room;
- determining that the measured temperature is outside of an acceptable temperature range;
- urging a flow of fresh air into an air terminal disposed at the room;
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- urging the fresh airflow into the room via an outlet diffuser, thereby inducing a return airflow into the air terminal via an inlet diffuser.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.