Method for operating and/or monitoring an HVAC system
US10635120B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 19, 2018 |
| Grant date | Apr 28, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 19, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01K2201/00
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for operating and/or monitoring an HVAC system (10), in which a medium circulating in a primary circuit (26) flows through at least one energy consumer (11, 12, 13), the medium entering with a volume flow (φ) through a supply line (14) into the energy consumer (11, 12, 13) at a supply temperature (Tv) and leaving the energy consumer (11, 12, 13) at a return temperature (TR) via a return line (15), and transferring heat or cooling energy to the energy consumer (11, 12, 13) in an energy flow (E). A control unit (21) adaptively operates the system by empirically determining the dependence of the energy flow (F) and/or the temperature difference ΔT between supply temperature (Tv) and return temperature (TR) on the volume flow (φ) for the energy consumers (11, 12, 13) in a first step, and by operating and/or monitoring the HVAC system (10) according to the determined dependency or dependencies in a second step.
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