Air pressure controller for air ventilation devices
OwnerMichael Rainone, Dennis J. Steinhauer +2inventors
InventorsMichael Rainone, Dennis J. Steinhauer, Samuel A. Sackett, Adam Collin Vance
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Abstract
A ventilation management system for a structure includes one or more sensors, disposed in and/or outside the structure, capable determining a pressure differential between the interior and exterior air pressure. A controller coupled to the one or more sensors provides a control signal to one or more ventilation units which signal the ventilation units to bring outside air into the structure to insure that the pressure inside the structure is equal to, or greater than, the pressure outside of the structure.
Claims21
A ventilation management system for a structure comprising:
- one or more sensors, disposed in and/or outside the structure, capable of measuring at least the pressure inside the structure and the pressure outside the structure;
- one or more ventilation units disposed in the structure, wherein the ventilation units communicate with outside air surrounding the structure and provide a pathway for the outside air to enter the structure;
- a controller coupled to the one or more sensors and the one or more ventilation units, wherein the controller provides control signals to the one or more ventilation units which signal the ventilation units to bring outside air into the structure;
- wherein the controller further comprises a prediction engine configured to insure that the pressure inside the structure is equal to, or greater than, the pressure outside of the structure, by operating one or more of the ventilation units to bring air into the structure, and wherein the prediction engine further determines a near optimum or improved schedule for using the ventilation units to bring outside air into the structure based on pressure differential information collected from the one or more sensors, in combination with monitored occupant's climate control habits.
A method of providing ventilation to a structure comprising:
- determining an air pressure differential between air inside the structure and an air outside the structure using one or more sensors disposed in the structure;
- determining a preferred temperature for the interior of the structure;
- obtaining the temperature of the outside air surrounding the structure;
- maintain the pressure inside the structure to be equal to, or greater than, the pressure outside of the structure, by operating one or more ventilation units to bring air into the structure, and
- determining a near optimum or improved schedule for using the ventilation units to bring outside air into the structure based on the predicted regular use of devices in the structure that force air out of the structure determined from the preferred temperature and the outside temperature of the air surrounding the structure;
- operating one or more ventilation units disposed in the structure to bring outside air into the building based on the near optimum or improved schedule.
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