Patent · US Expired

Controller for operating a dual duct variable air volume terminal unit of an environmental control system

US6296193A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 30, 1999
Grant dateOct 2, 2001
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Expiry dateSep 30, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF24F2140/00
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The flow air from a hot air duct and a cold air duct into a zone of a building is controlled in based upon performing a thermal energy balance calculation for the zone. That calculation produces a heat transfer setpoint from which a hot air flow setpoint and a cold air flow setpoint are derived. The hot and cold air flow setpoints respectively control the flow of air through the hot and cold air ducts.

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