System and method of hvac health monitoring for connected homes
AssigneeCarrier Corporation
InventorsHayden M. Reeve, Daniel J. Dempsey, Xinyu Wu, Sheng Li, Xing Cai
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a method of operating a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) analytics system is provided. The method comprising: obtaining HVAC data for an HVAC unit in electronic communication with the HVAC analytics system; obtaining an HVAC unit characteristic of the HVAC unit; obtaining weather data for a geographical area where the HVAC unit is located; and determining an HVAC capacity available ratio (CAR) in response to the weather data, the HVAC unit characteristics, and the HVAC data.
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A method of operating a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) analytics system, the method comprising:
- obtaining HVAC data for an HVAC unit in electronic communication with the HVAC analytics system;
- obtaining an HVAC unit characteristic of the HVAC unit;
- obtaining weather data for a geographical area where the HVAC unit is located;
- and
- determining an HVAC capacity available ratio (CAR) in response to the weather data, the HVAC unit characteristics, and the HVAC data.
A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) analytics system comprising:
- an HVAC unit configured to deliver conditioned air to a targeted area;
- an HVAC analytics engine in electronic communication with the HVAC unit, the HVAC analytics engine configured to:
- obtain HVAC data for the HVAC unit;
- obtain an HVAC unit characteristic of the HVAC unit;
- obtain weather data for a geographical area where the HVAC unit is located;
- and
- determine an HVAC capacity available ratio (CAR) of the HVAC unit in response to the weather data, the HVAC unit characteristics, and the HVAC data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.