Method and system of ventilation for a healthy home configured for efficient energy usage and conservation of energy resources

Abstract

A method for providing a ventilation control compliant with an adopted ventilation standard for efficient energy usage and conservation of energy resources. The method includes operating a home energy system to generate solar energy within a daily active period and draw ambient fresh air, and setting a daily ventilation period as a fractional period of a day. The daily ventilation period is substantially coordinated with the daily active period during a heating / cooling period for the home. Additionally, the method includes determining a target volume in compliance with the adopted ventilation standard and determining a flow rate for delivering the fresh air during the daily ventilation period. Moreover, the method includes monitoring an accumulated total ventilation volume of the delivered fresh air until the accumulated total ventilation volume is within a vicinity of a target volume.

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CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]NOT APPLICABLESTATEMENT AS TO RIGHTS TO INVENTIONS MADE UNDER FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT[0002]NOT APPLICABLEREFERENCE TO A “SEQUENCE LISTING,” A TABLE, OR A COMPUTER PROGRAM LISTING APPENDIX SUBMITTED ON A COMPACT DISK[0003]NOT APPLICABLEBACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0004]The present invention relates to operations of a home energy system. More particularly, the present invention provides a method and related system for providing daily home ventilation compliant with the ASHRAE 62.2 standard. Merely, by way of example, the present invention has been applied to integrate daily home ventilation control in association with an operation of the home energy system for utilizing solar thermal energy to provide space heating and space cooling for the home with up to 80% energy usage saving for home ventilation, but it would be recognized that the invention has a much broader range of applications.[0005]Over the past centuries, th...

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Benefits of technology

The present invention provides a method for controlling a home energy system to provide efficient energy usage and conservation of energy resources. The method includes operating a solar module to produce thermal energy and a home ventilation system to provide space heating or cooling. The system includes an energy transfer module that draws fresh air from the ambient region and transfers it to the interior region of the building structure. The method includes calculating the integrated volume of the fresh air flow for a day and adjusting the flow rate to achieve the desired ventilation standard. The method can be used in both heating and cooling modes and can provide savings of up to 60% in energy usage and equipment cost compared to full-day ventilation.

Problems solved by technology

Obviously, our daily lives depend, for the most part, upon oil or other forms of fossil fuel, which are becoming scarce as it becomes depleted.

The increase in temperature is expected to cause extreme weather conditions and a drastic size reduction of the polar ice caps, which in turn will lead to higher sea levels and an increase in the rate of warming.

Ultimately, other effects include mass species extinctions, and possibly other uncertainties that may be detrimental to human beings.

Although solar panels have been used successful for certain applications, there are still certain limitations.

Solar cells are often costly.

Depending upon the geographic region, there are often financial subsidies from governmental entities for purchasing solar panels, which often cannot compete with the direct purchase of electricity from public power companies.

Additionally, most PV solar energy systems only utilize about 15% of the captured sun's energy.

Moreover, conventional solar energy systems are also difficult to maintain and monitor for operational accuracy.

Once a solar energy system has been installed, there is simply no easy way to monitor the accuracy of energy production.

In particular, a healthy home system is provided to operate an energy transfer module coupled to other traditional building utility modules to deliver solar thermal energy converted from both PV solar panels and solar thermal panels for home utility applications such as electricity supply, water heating, home heating, home cooling, and ventilation, there is no existing method to set or program the control setting for automatically adjusting building comfort in terms of heating, cooling, and ventilation for maximizing the utilization efficiency of the captured solar energy.

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