Smart building level control for improving compliance of temperature, pressure, and humidity
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Solution Overview
Problem
Hospitals face challenges in maintaining compliance with temperature, pressure, and humidity (TPH) standards, leading to potential disruptions in operations and loss of reimbursement due to frequent inspections and non-compliance issues, which existing monitoring systems fail to address effectively.
Innovation Solution
A building management system (BMS) that includes processing circuits and sensor arrays to predict and maintain TPH within compliance standards by using predictive models based on real-time data from target and adjacent areas, with the ability to update models, identify compliance issues, and control HVAC equipment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional monitoring systems are used to check TPH compliance, then inspection coverage is limited and reactive, but system complexity and cost increase without improving compliance assurance
Solution Approach 1:
The system executes a predictive model to forecast future TPH values before compliance violations occur. This preliminary action allows the system to anticipate compliance issues and trigger preventive HVAC adjustments, transitioning from reactive monitoring to proactive compliance management.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements a closed-loop feedback mechanism where predicted TPH values are continuously compared against compliance standards, and HVAC equipment is automatically adjusted based on these comparisons. This feedback loop ensures continuous compliance while reducing the need for complex manual monitoring systems.
2Reliability
If frequent manual compliance checks are performed, then compliance issues are detected earlier, but operational disruption and time loss increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-monitoring and self-correction by automatically comparing predicted TPH values against compliance standards and triggering HVAC adjustments without human intervention. This eliminates the need for manual compliance checks while maintaining continuous compliance assurance.
Solution Approach 2:
The predictive model operates continuously, constantly forecasting TPH values and comparing them against compliance standards. This continuous operation ensures uninterrupted compliance monitoring and immediate response to potential violations, eliminating gaps between manual checks.
3Speed
If HVAC equipment is controlled based on real-time sensor data only, then response to current conditions is fast, but predictive compliance management is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The system executes a predictive model that forecasts future TPH values based on historical data, current sensor readings, and environmental factors. This preliminary prediction allows the system to anticipate compliance issues before they occur, enabling proactive HVAC control rather than merely reacting to current conditions.
Solution Approach 2:
The predictive model incorporates multiple parameters including historical TPH data, current sensor readings, weather conditions, and HVAC operational status. By analyzing changes in these parameters over time, the system can predict future compliance status and adjust HVAC settings accordingly.
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AI summary
A building management system for monitoring and controlling HVAC parameters in a building includes one or more processing circuits configured to initialize a predictive model for predicting temperature, pressure, and humidity within a target area and an adjacent area of the building, receive target area data from a target area sensor array configured to measure temperature, pressure, and humidity of the target area, receive adjacent area data from an adjacent area sensor array configured to measure temperature, pressure, and humidity of the adjacent area, execute the predictive model based on the target area data and the adjacent area data to generate a prediction of future temperature, pressure, and humidity within the target area, and control operation of HVAC equipment to maintain the temperature, pressure, and humidity of the target area within a compliance standard.