Determining a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning model for a building
AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorsMartin Strelec, Karel Marik
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Abstract
Devices, methods, and systems for determining a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) model for a building are described herein. One method includes receiving a description of the building, receiving an HVAC meta-model, wherein the HVAC meta-model is independent of the building, and determining an HVAC model for the building based on the description of the building and the HVAC meta-model.
Claims17
A computer implemented method for determining a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) model for a building, comprising:
- receiving, by a processor, a description of the building from a user, wherein the description of the building includes physical connections between components of an HVAC system of the building;
- receiving, by the processor, an HVAC meta-model, wherein the HVAC meta-model is independent of the building;
- determining, by the processor, a predictive HVAC model for the building based on the description of the building and the HVAC meta-model;
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- using, by the processor, the predictive HVAC model for the building to control the HVAC system of the building based on predicted operating conditions of the components of the HVAC system, wherein the predicted operating conditions include a predicted water temperature and a predicted water velocity of a boiler of the HVAC system.
A computing device for determining a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) model for a building, comprising:
- a user interface configured to receive a description of an HVAC system of the building from a user, wherein the description of the HVAC system of the building includes a chain of equipment that connects components of the HVAC system of the building;
- a building independent HVAC meta-model;
- a memory;
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- a processor configured to execute executable instructions stored in the memory to:
- automatically derive a predictive HVAC model for the building based on the description of the HVAC system of the building and the building independent HVAC meta-model;
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- use the predictive HVAC model for the building to control the HVAC system of the building based on predicted operating conditions of the components of the HVAC system, wherein the predicted operating conditions include a predicted water temperature, a predicted water velocity, and a predicted water pressure of a chiller of the HVAC system.
A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer readable instructions stored thereon that are executable by a processor to:
- determine a predictive heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) model for a building based on:
- a description of the building received from a user, wherein the description of the building includes variable operation conditions of a number of components of an HVAC system of the building;
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- an HVAC meta-model, wherein the HVAC meta-model is a building independent HVAC model description;
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- use the predictive HVAC model for the building to control the HVAC system of the building based on predicted operating conditions of the number of components of the HVAC system, wherein the predicted operating conditions include a predicted air temperature, a predicted air velocity, and a predicted air humidity of an air handling unit of the HVAC system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.