Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for converting constant-volume supply fans to variable flow operation
- Patent Title (中): 恒定电源风扇转换为可变流量运行的方法和装置
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Application No.: US11331613Application Date: 2006-01-13
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Publication No.: US07726582B2Publication Date: 2010-06-01
- Inventor: Clifford Conrad Federspiel
- Applicant: Clifford Conrad Federspiel
- Applicant Address: US CA El Cerrito
- Assignee: Federspiel Corporation
- Current Assignee: Federspiel Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA El Cerrito
- Agency: Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP
- Main IPC: F24F7/00
- IPC: F24F7/00 ; G01M1/38 ; G05B13/00

Abstract:
A control strategy for supply fans in constant-volume heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems that reduces the speed of the fan at part-load conditions is provided. The invention consists of a constant-volume HVAC system, wireless discharge air temperature sensors, wireless hot source and cold source temperature sensors, and a wireless controller coupled to a fan modulation device. The controller includes a finite state machine that switches between a high-temperature control mode and a low-temperature control mode. The controller also includes a calculator that calculates a high temperature setpoint and a low temperature setpoint as a function of the hot source and cold source temperatures. In high temperature control mode, the controller compares the maximum discharge air temperature with the high temperature setpoint, and it commands the fan modulating device so that the maximum discharge air temperature remains close to the high temperature setpoint. In low temperature control mode, the controller compares the minimum discharge air temperature with the low temperature setpoint, and it commands the fan modulating device so that the minimum discharge air temperature remains close to the low temperature setpoint. Alternatively, the controller includes a calculator that computes a largest load as a function of previous fan command, discharge air temperatures, and readings from wireless zone temperature sensors. The controller increases the speed of the fan as the largest load increases, and reduces the speed of the fan as the largest load decreases.
Public/Granted literature
- US20060161306A1 Method and apparatus for converting constant-volume supply fans to variable flow operation Public/Granted day:2006-07-20
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