System and method for conditioning air
AssigneeResearch Products Corporation
InventorsJeff Norton, Tom Friederick
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Abstract
A manifold assembly includes a body and a damper assembly. The body defines a first opening, a second opening, outlet third opening, and a fluid plenum. The fluid plenum fluidly couples the first opening, the second opening, and the third opening. The damper assembly includes a first damper, a second damper, and a connecting member. The first damper is disposed within the fluid plenum proximate to the first opening. The second damper is disposed within the fluid plenum proximate to the second opening. The connecting member is coupled to both the first damper and the second damper and is configured to move the first damper and the second damper to selectively open one of the first opening or the second opening while closing the one not opened.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving a relative humidity set point and a measured relative humidity of conditioned air within a building;
- controlling a dehumidifier assembly to modify the measured relative humidity based on the relative humidity set point;
- determining a dew point of the conditioned air;
- and
- controlling the dehumidifier assembly to modify a dew point of ventilation air entering the building based on the dew point of the conditioned air.
A humidity control system comprising,
- a dehumidifier;
- a damper assembly configured to selectively switch a flow of air between ventilation air from an external environment surrounding a building and conditioned air from a space within the building;
- and
- a humidity controller communicably coupled to the dehumidifier and the damper assembly, the humidity controller configured to:
- receive a relative humidity of the conditioned air within the building;
- control the dehumidifier to modify the relative humidity based on a relative humidity set point;
- determine a dew point of the conditioned air and a dew point of the ventilation air;
- and
- control the dehumidifier to modify the dew point of the ventilation air entering the building based on the dew point of the conditioned air.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instruction stored thereon that when executed by at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to:
- receive a relative humidity set point and a relative humidity of conditioned air within a building;
- control a dehumidifier assembly to modify the relative humidity based on the relative humidity set point;
- determine a dew point of the conditioned air;
- and
- control the dehumidifier assembly to modify a dew point of ventilation air entering the building based on the dew point of the conditioned air.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.