21results about "Temperature measurement in air-conditioning systems" patented technology

The application relates to a temperature recording device for a cold chain and a temperature recording method thereof. The temperature recording device can be applied to the temperature recording of the fields of food, medicines and the like which need to be kept at low temperature for production, storage and transportation. The temperature recording device comprises a base, a transparent cover, a spiral bimetallic sheet, a central shaft, a shaft sleeve, a temperature pointer, a scale dial and a rotating dial. A one-way hook is arranged on the temperature pointer, a recording arrow and a clamping groove are arranged on the rotating dial, the central shaft is fixed in the center of the base, the shaft sleeve is sleeved on the central shaft and can rotate, the outer end of the spiral bimetallic sheet is connected to the inner wall of the base, the inner end of the spiral bimetallic sheet is connected to the shaft sleeve, the spiral bimetallic sheet is stretched and bent to drive the shaft sleeve to rotate when the temperature changes, the rotating dial is covered above the scale dial and can rotate, the shaft sleeve penetrates through the scale dial and the rotating dial, the lower end of the shaft sleeve is connected to the spiral bimetallic sheet, the upper end of the shaft sleeve is connected to the temperature pointer, the shaft sleeve drives the temperature pointer to rotate, and the transparent cover is covered on the upper portion of the base.

Method for evaluating the accuracy of a monitoring system for a motor vehicle battery cooling system; Method for evaluating the accuracy of an outside air temperature measurement of a motor vehicle, comprising: • a step of collecting observational data including: o a date and time of measurement of an outside temperature, o a temperature measured by a temperature sensor fitted to the vehicle, o a geographical position of the vehicle at the date and time of measurement determined by a vehicle geolocation system; • a step of acquiring a reference temperature provided by a meteorological service provision system, the reference temperature being determined based on the geographical position of the observational data and based on the date and time of the observational data; • then,a step comparing the difference between the temperature of the observed data and the reference temperature to a predefined threshold. Figure for the abstract: 1,

A detection system for a vehicle includes an imaging device configured to capture an image of an interior surface of the vehicle. The illumination assembly includes an array of laser diodes, each configured to project illumination, each configured as at least one of a single mode laser or a vertical cavity surface emitting laser ("VCSEL"). An optical element is proximate to the laser diode array and includes a collimating element for directing illumination to form at least one spot of light. A processor is in communication with the imaging device and the illumination assembly. The processor is configured to transmit a signal to operate the laser diode array and process an image of the interior surface to detect at least one of a change in position of the at least one point or a change in speckle content.

A detection system for a vehicle includes an imaging device configured to capture an image of an interior surface of the vehicle. An illumination assembly includes an array of laser diodes each configured to project an illumination, each laser diode is configured as at least one of a single mode laser or a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (“VCSEL”). An optical element is proximate to the array of laser diodes and includes a collimation element for guiding the illumination to form at least one light spot. A processor is in communication with the imaging device and the illumination assembly. The processor is configured to communicate a signal to operate the array of laser diodes and process the image of the interior surface to detect at least one of a change in a location or a speckle content of the at least one spot.

Systems and methods implementing a frost sensor comprising a substrate (S); and sub-sensors disposed on the substrate. The sub-sensors comprising: a resistance-based sub-sensor (RSS) formed of a first trace disposed on S in a winding pattern and configured to measure a temperature; a capacitance-based sub-sensor formed of a second trace defining a first electrode and a third trace defining a second electrode (wherein (i) the first and second electrodes comprise interdigitated fingers or other interdigitated structures (including, but not limited to, round, spiral interdigitated electrodes, etc.) configured to detect a change in capacitance due of frost, ice or water, and (ii) the second trace is integrally formed with the first trace); and another RSS formed of a fourth trace defining a third electrode and a fifth trace defining a fourth electrode (wherein (i) the third and fourth electrodes comprise interdigitated fingers or other interdigitated structures (including, but not limited to, round, spiral interdigitated electrodes, etc.) configured to detect a change in resistance due to the frost, ice or water, and (ii) the fourth trace is integrally formed with the third trace).

An outdoor unit of an air conditioner may include a compressor having a power terminal and a discharge port that protrudes from a surface or an upper surface thereof, and a fixing bracket coupled at a point on the surface or the upper surface of the compressor that is spaced apart from the power terminal and the discharge port. The fixing bracket may be provided with a hanging hole to which a hoist may be hooked and a sensor holder on which a temperature sensor may be mounted.

An electronic device may include: a first temperature sensor configured to measure a first temperature of body skin; a second temperature sensor configured to measure a second temperature at a position spaced apart from the body skin; and a processor configured to estimate skin heat loss based on the first temperature and the second temperature, and to determine a target ambient temperature for controlling an ambient temperature based on the first temperature and the skin heat loss.

The invention relates to a wall-mounted housing for a display and / or control device (100) intended to be fastened to a wall mount, comprising a first element (200) having a first side wall (221), a bottom wall (222) transverse to the first side wall (221), and a stop (210) protruding towards the outside of the first side wall (221) and intended to bear against the front surface of the wall mount (400). The first side wall (221) forms a recess (220) arranged to be inserted into a cavity formed in the wall mount (400) and to receive at least one ambient air measurement sensor (520). Such a housing further comprises a second element (300) intended to receive a human-machine interface and to be fastened to the first element (200) of the housing. The first and second elements of the housing are mutually arranged to form an air circulation duct guiding an air flow into the recess (220) from an air intake (241) provided in the first element (200) and / or second element (300) of the housing (100B).

A method for estimating a temperature of an air stream. The method comprises determining a first and second heat transfer rate to or from the air stream, and optionally one or more additional heat transfer rates to or from the air stream. The first and second heat transfer rates are based on a first and second temperature, respectively, applied to the air stream. The rate of change of the air stream temperature is calculated based on the first and second heat transfer rates and optionally the one or more additional heat transfer rates. An estimated temperature of the air stream is updated from a prior program cycle based on the rate of change of the air stream temperature and the estimated air stream temperature from the prior program cycle.

This monitoring device is equipped with: an air conditioning evaluation unit, which evaluates the air conditioning performance of an air conditioning system comprising an outdoor unit installed outside a data center and an indoor unit installed inside the data center, based on an outdoor air temperature measured outside the data center and an intake air temperature of the indoor unit; a heat removal amount evaluation unit, which evaluates the heat removal amount of a rack for storing at least one electronic device in the data center, based on an intake air temperature obtained by measuring the temperature of air drawn into the rack, an exhaust air temperature obtained by measuring the temperature of air discharged from the rack, and an air flow rate;and an efficiency rating unit that assesses the power usage efficiency of the data center's air conditioning system based on the air conditioning capacity and the amount of heat removed.

The present invention relates to a heated sensor arrangement (1) for use with an evaporator tube (1000, 100A) of an evaporator (1001) of a refrigerant circuit. The heated sensor arrangement (1) comprises a cylindrical first housing portion (10) extending along a first longitudinal axis (X) and having a lateral first outer surface (11), a heating element (100) arranged inside the first housing portion (10), a temperature sensor (201) arranged inside the first housing portion (10); and a tubular second housing portion (20) having a lateral second outer surface (21). Further, the sensor arrangement (1) is configured for insertion of the first housing portion (10) into the second housing portion (20) such that the second housing portion (20) at least partially covers the first outer surface (11) of the first housing portion (10). In order to provide a heated sensor arrangement which allows information about a share of liquid in a flow of refrigerant to be obtained with improved accuracy, the second outer surface (21) of the second housing portion (20) comprises a supporting section (25) extending along a portion of the second outer surface (21) and configured to contact the evaporator tube (100). In addition, the temperature sensor (201) is arranged offset along the first longitudinal axis (X) relative to the supporting section (25).

A display system includes an acquirer, an estimator, and a controller. The acquirer acquires a first detection value and a second detection value from a temperature sensor and a humidity sensor, respectively. The temperature sensor and the humidity sensor are both included in a ventilator that ventilates a room. The estimator estimates, based on the first detection value and the second detection value that are acquired by the acquirer, a predicted mean vote distribution representing a distribution of predicted mean votes in a height direction in the room. The controller makes a display device present the predicted mean vote distribution estimated by the estimator.

Method for estimating the surface temperature of a cladding layer of a vehicle component, the method comprising: Determining an initial heat transfer rate to or from the cladding layer based on an initial temperature applied to the cladding layer; Determining a second heat transfer rate to or from the cladding layer based on a second temperature applied to the cladding layer; Calculating the rate of change of surface temperature based on the first and second heat transfer rates and optionally one or more additional heat transfer rates; and Updating an estimated surface temperature of the cladding layer from a previous program cycle based on the rate of change of the surface temperature and the estimated surface temperature of the cladding layer from the previous program cycle.

A coolant distributor valve for a vehicle cooling system includes a housing that includes a valve body portion with multiple fluid ports respectively providing multiple fluid passages, a rotary valve that is arranged in the valve body portion and has multiple fluid openings, the rotary valve is configured to rotate about a valve axis between multiple flow positions arranging the multiple fluid openings relative to the multiple fluid passages. The rotary valve includes an aperture that is arranged radially inward from the multiple fluid openings, and a temperature sensor that is aligned with the aperture in each of the multiple flow positions. The temperature sensor is configured to detect a coolant temperature within the rotary valve.

A sensor system (1) for measuring the temperature of an airflow (10) is described, comprising - at least one sensor element (2) having a temperature-dependent electrical resistance, - at least two contact elements (3), wherein the contact elements (3) are designed and arranged for the direct detection of the temperature of an air stream (10) and simultaneously for the immediate transmission of the detected temperature information. Furthermore, the use of the sensor system (1) is described.

A method for determining a temperature in a heating, ventilation, and / or air conditioning system, comprising the steps of: a) repeatedly measuring the temperature with a temperature sensor to acquire time- resolved raw temperature data b) processing the acquired raw temperature data with a correction algorithm that is configured to at least partly compensate for a response time of the temperature sensor at least in selected time periods, to provide processed temperature data; c) making available the processed temperature data via a user interface, via a machine interface and / or on a data storage medium.

Method for estimating the temperature of a vehicle cabin (14) and for using the estimated cabin temperature, the method comprising: Obtaining a surface temperature from a first interior surface of the vehicle cabin (14) via at least one temperature sensor (40); Estimating the surface temperature of a second interior surface using a value for heat transfer by solar radiation and a value for heat transfer by convection for the second interior surface as well as the surface temperature of the first interior surface of the vehicle cabin (14); Estimating the heat transfer from the first and second interior surfaces to the cabin air inside the vehicle cabin (14) using the surface temperature of the first and second interior surfaces via a processor; Estimating the cabin temperature of the vehicle (12) using at least the estimated heat transfer via a processor; Control at least one feature of a climate control system (32) of the vehicle (12) using the estimated cabin temperature; wherein the heat transfer is estimated using the respective heat transfer coefficients for the first and second internal surfaces and the respective surface temperature, wherein the respective heat transfer coefficient is determined as a function of the air flow rate of the air conditioning unit of the climate control (32).

An object of the present disclosure is to reduce the number of sensors required to estimate the distribution of an environmental value. An estimation method includes an acquisition step, a kriging step, and a longitudinal extension step. The kriging step includes obtaining a distribution of the environmental value on a reference plane by kriging method based on a measured value of the environmental value at a measuring point of a sensor. The longitudinal extension step includes obtaining a distribution of the environmental value in a height direction in a longitudinal region based on the environmental value obtained in the kriging step with respect to a specified point on a reference plane and a function representing a variation in the environmental value in the height direction. The longitudinal region includes the specified point on the reference plane and extends in the height direction.

A detection system for a vehicle includes an imaging device configured to capture an image of an interior surface of the vehicle. An illumination assembly includes an array of laser diodes each configured to project an illumination, each laser diode is configured as at least one of a single mode laser or a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (“VCSEL”). An optical element is proximate to the array of laser diodes and includes a collimation element for guiding the illumination to form at least one light spot. A processor is in communication with the imaging device and the illumination assembly. The processor is configured to communicate a signal to operate the array of laser diodes and process the image of the interior surface to detect at least one of a change in a location or a speckle content of the at least one spot.

The invention relates to a method (7) for determining an output temperature (TOUT) of a fluid after flowing through a PTC heater (1) with a PTC heating element (2). In the method: - a current (I) of the PTC heating element (2), a supply voltage (U) of the PTC heating element (2) and a duty cycle (PWM) of the supply voltage (U) are determined, and - the output temperature (TOUT) of the fluid is calculated based on the current (I), the supply voltage (U) and the duty cycle (PWM). The invention also relates to a PTC heater (1) for carrying out the method (7).