199 results about "Environmental conditioning" patented technology

The current application is related to environmental-conditioning systems controlled by intelligent controllers and, in particular, to an intelligent-thermostat-controlled HVAC system that detects and ameliorates control coupling between intelligent thermostats. Control coupling can lead to inefficient HVAC operation. When control coupling is detected, a settings-adjustment directive is sent to at least one intelligent thermostat to adjust one or more intelligent-thermostat settings, including an HVAC-cycle-initiation delay parameter, swing parameter, and a parameter that indicates whether or not an intelligent thermostat should first obtain confirmation or permission before initiating an HVAC cycle.

Methods, systems, and apparatuses for environmental system controls are provided. A number of human subjects present within a space is determined, which may include counting the human subjects and / or determining a thermal mass of the human subjects. An impact upon an environmental factor by the present human subjects upon the space is determined. Environmental conditioning equipment is controlled based on the determination.

The current application is directed to an intelligent-thermostat-controlled environmental-conditioning system in which computational tasks and subcomponents with associated intelligent-thermostat functionalities are distributed to one or more of concealed and visible portions of one or more intelligent thermostats and, in certain implementations, to one or more intermediate boxes. The intelligent thermostats are interconnected to intermediate boxes by wired and / or wireless interfaces and intelligent thermostats intercommunicate with one another by wireless communications. Wireless communications include communications through a local router and an ISP, 3G and 4G wireless communications through a mobile service provider. Components of the intelligent-thermostat-controlled thermostat-controlled environmental-conditioning system may also be connected by wireless communications to remote computing facilities.

The current application is related to environmental-conditioning systems controlled by intelligent controllers and, in particular, to an intelligent-thermostat-controlled HVAC system that detects and ameliorates control coupling between intelligent thermostats. Control coupling can lead to inefficient HVAC operation. When control coupling is detected, a settings-adjustment directive is sent to at least one intelligent thermostat to adjust one or more intelligent-thermostat settings, including an HVAC-cycle-initiation delay parameter, swing parameter, and a parameter that indicates whether or not an intelligent thermostat should first obtain confirmation or permission before initiating an HVAC cycle.

A method for removing ice from an outdoor housing for an environmental conditioning unit that includes the housing surrounding a coil and a fan for moving air past the coil includes the steps of: (a) operating the fan at a first speed in a first direction to move air in a first flow past the coil while the conditioning unit is in a heating mode; (b) disengaging the fan when the conditioning unit is in a defrost mode; (c) operating the fan at a second speed in a second direction to move air in a second flow past the coil when an operational parameter attains a first value; and (d) operating the fan in the first direction at the first speed to move air in the first flow when the operational parameter attains a second value.

The invention relates to a system and device for controlling air-conditioning equipment, in particular to a method for controlling air-conditioning equipment in a chamber or the assembly of chambers consisting in pre-calculating at least one parameter selected between the temperature, chemical composition of the chamber or the assembly of chambers, the energy consumption of air-conditioning equipment and the energy production cost for a given time range by simulation carried out for an arbitrarily large number of explicit calculation formulae for a given time range and in selecting between said formulae the formulae called optimal explicit calculation formulae which meet predefined temperature and chemical composition restrictions and correspond to the minimisation of a cost function related to said energy production cost.

A conditioning unit can allow the blower to be easily translated from a first operable position in the conditioning unit to a second operable position external to the conditioning unit. The translation of the blower does not require the disconnection of the blower and, accordingly, does not require that the blower be disconnected and reconnected to the control system. Such capability can facilitate the installation of the conditioning unit into a variety of applications and allows the purchaser to customize the blower location based on the desired performance. The ability to customize the installation of the conditioning unit without requiring disconnection and reconnection of the blower can reduce the cost and expense associated with the installation into differing applications.

The invention discloses a tunnel kiln environment conditioning method and a device of automatically adjusting the temperature in a kiln. The tunnel kiln environment conditioning method includes the following steps: S1, environmental information acquisition equipment is arranged in a tunnel kiln, wherein the environmental information acquisition equipment is used for acquiring environmental parameters of the environment to be conditioned in the tunnel kiln and sending the environmental parameters to a controller; S2, the controller generates an environment conditioning command according to the environmental parameters acquired by the environmental information acquisition equipment, and sends the environment conditioning command to an environment conditioning execution mechanism; and S3, the environment conditioning execution mechanism conditions the environment in the tunnel kiln according to the environment conditioning command sent from the controller. The tunnel kiln environment conditioning method can control the angle of a temperature adjustment burner, the combustion gas injection rate, the angular rate of the temperature adjustment burner, the kiln tail blast rate, and the like, of the tunnel kiln, and can perform sintering research on various refractory materials, thus increasing diversity of research.

The invention discloses an environmental conditioning intelligent system based on remote control in a chicken breeding house. The environmental conditioning intelligent system comprises a microprocessor and a central processor arranged inside the chicken breeding house, wherein an input end of the microprocessor is connected with an environment detection unit; an output end of the microprocessor is connected with input ends of an audible and visual alarm, an LED (Light Emitting Diode) display screen, an air conditioner, a glass fiber reinforced plastic negative-pressure fan, a high-pressure micro mist humidifier, a dehumidifier and an LED chicken breeding lamp respectively; and the microprocessor is in bidirectional signal connections with the central processor and a wireless mobile monitoring terminal respectively through a network communication platform. The environmental conditioning intelligent system relates to the technical field of chicken breeding. Through adoption of the environmental conditioning intelligent system based on remote control in the chicken breeding house, the requirement on breeding experience is lowered greatly; intelligence of a breeding environment is realized; remote control performance is provided; use requirements are met greatly; great defect which still exist are overcome; and normal growth and breeding of livestock are ensured.

A method, system or computer usable program product for providing alerts of inefficiency of an environmental conditioning system including, responsive to a cycle initiation by the environmental conditioning system, measuring a difference between an intake temperature and an outlet temperature after a predetermined period of time, and responsive to the difference being below a minimum level, generating an alert.

An environmental conditioning system has a compressor for compressor air in an air flow path. A turbine drives the compressor and is coupled to the compressor. An evaporator is in communication with the compressor. The evaporator is configured to cool air from the compressor.

A vehicle management system includes an onboard vehicle system and a ground system. The onboard vehicle system includes a compressor exit temperature sensor configured to determine an ECS compressor exit temperature; a data acquisition unit coupled to receive the compressor exit temperature, an altitude of the first vehicle, and an ambient temperature and configured to generate a data report; and a communications system coupled to receive and transmit the data report. The ground system includes a ground data server coupled to receive the data report and determine a fouling condition of an environmental conditioning element of the ECS based on at least the compressor exit temperature, the altitude, and the ambient temperature; and a mobile application module coupled to receive the fouling condition from the ground data server and configured to provide an interface for displaying the fouling condition to a user on a mobile device.

The invention discloses an electric appliance control method and control device. The method includes the following steps: detecting human traffic entering a predetermined place; determining an environmental objective in the predetermined place according to the human traffic; and adjusting the working mode and / or operating parameters of one or more electric appliances related with environmental conditioning in the predetermined place according to the environmental objective, so as to create a comfortable environment for personnel in the predetermined place. The method can adjust the electric appliances according to the human traffic, can create a comfortable environment for personnel in the place, improve control accuracy, save energy, and improve user experience.