US 7,802,734 B2Granted

Packaged air handling system for fully integrated heat exchange optimization

AssigneeDaniel Stanimirovic

InventorDaniel Stanimirovic

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Abstract

The described method and apparatus pertains namely to the HVAC (Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning) industry, though its many functions extend into any and all forms of air-fluid movement, metering, distribution, and containment. Essentially, the scope of operation of the method and apparatus encompasses all forms of scientific and engineering measurement dealing with fluid dynamics, fluid statics, fluid mechanics, thermal dynamics, and mechanical engineering as they pertain to precise, articulated control of air-fluid distribution and delivery. The described method and apparatus offers complete, comprehensive, and correct utilization of air-fluid movers and terminal devices under unique sensor logic control, from initial lab testing stages through to equipment cataloguing, selection, design and construction of any and all air-fluid distribution systems in entirety, whereas previously there was no such cohesive, total and terminal method of control for these systems or their components.

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Dependent claims

A fully integrated, packaged air handling system for air handling, control, and monitoring of constant and variable volume systems comprising

a mixing box housing fitted effectively upstream of a primary or secondary mover with variable terminal device inlets for OA/RA (Outdoor Air/Return Air) mixed airflow;
a means of determining OA/RA mixed air quantity and OA/RA mixed airflow enthalpy;
a means of controlling OA/RA mixed air quantity and OA/RA mixed airflow enthalpy;
a main damper housing fitted effectively downstream of a primary or secondary mover;
a means of main damper control situated downstream of the mover(s);
a primary and secondary mover of axial, radial, or centrifugal type arranged in-line or parallel;
a plurality of terminal control dampers situated per zone of air distribution served by said air handling system;
a means of terminal damper control per zone of air distribution served by said air handling system;
a heat exchanger or energy recovery medium;
a means of monitoring and controlling heat exchange and mass flow rate;
a means of monitoring and controlling a point of system operation through interpolated or extrapolated data;
a means of monitoring and controlling a point of sub-system operation through interpolated or extrapolated data;
a means for determining air changes;
a means for determining volume of a vessel;
a means for leakage testing;
and a housing frame enveloping all components.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 12/008,727Filed 14 Jan 2008
Published: US 2008/0161976 A13 Jul 2008
Granted: 28 Sep 2010
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

F24F 11/49
For purposes related to the operation of the system, e.g. for safety or monitoring: ensuring correct operation, e.g. by trial operation or…
F24F 11/30
Control or safety arrangements: for purposes related to the operation of the system, e.g. for safety or monitoring
F24F 11/32
For purposes related to the operation of the system, e.g. for safety or monitoring: responding to malfunctions or emergencies
F24F 11/89
Control or safety arrangements: arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices