Method for carrying out an outside temperature-related control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for controlling heating or cooling systems are complex and expensive, requiring extensive building-specific and weather forecast data for reliable regulation.
Innovation Solution
A method that uses thermal power indicative parameters from distant buildings, collected via a data network, to continuously regulate a heating or cooling system, allowing for adaptive and simplified control based on changing weather conditions, incorporating gain factors and comfort specifications, and utilizing machine learning for optimization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If building-specific information and weather forecast data are collected for reliable regulation, then regulation reliability is improved, but system complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary that centralizes the collection and processing of thermal power indicative parameters from multiple buildings. Instead of each building requiring its own complex regulation system with building-specific information and weather forecast capabilities, the server acts as a mediator that gathers data from distant buildings and provides regulation signals back to individual buildings, thereby reducing local system complexity while maintaining regulation reliability
Solution Approach 2:
The server provides a universal regulation service that can serve multiple buildings simultaneously. By collecting thermal power indicative parameters from various buildings and processing them centrally, the same server infrastructure can regulate multiple heating or cooling systems, eliminating the need for each building to have its own dedicated complex regulation system with weather forecast and building-specific data processing capabilities
2Reliability
If building-specific information and weather forecast data are collected for reliable regulation, then regulation reliability is improved, but implementation cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the data collection, processing, and regulation functions into a single centralized server system. Instead of each building requiring separate weather forecast services and building-specific data processing infrastructure, the server combines these functions and shares them across multiple buildings, thereby reducing the total implementation cost while maintaining regulation reliability through centralized intelligent processing
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses thermal power indicative parameters from distant buildings as proxies or copies of local weather conditions. By collecting and analyzing data from buildings in similar geographic or climatic zones, the server can infer upcoming weather changes without requiring expensive local weather forecast infrastructure at each building site
3Adaptability or versatility
If thermal power indicative parameters from distant buildings are collected continuously, then regulation adaptability is improved, but data processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the essential thermal power indicative parameters from the data transmitted by distant buildings, rather than processing complete building operation datasets. The server focuses on collecting specific parameters that indicate heat consumption or cooling power, filtering out unnecessary data, thereby reducing data processing complexity while maintaining the ability to detect weather changes and adapt regulation accordingly
Data Source
AI summary
A method carries out an outside temperature-dependent control of at least one thermal power indicative parameter of a supply temperature of a first heating or cooling system in a first building (H). The control is carried out on the basis of the at least one thermal power indicative parameter. The at least one thermal power indicative parameter is indicative of the heat consumption or of the cooling power of at least one second heating or cooling system of a second building (H′, H″, H′″), located at a distance from the first building, and is received via a data network (1), in particular, via the Internet. An arrangement is provided for controlling a first heating or cooling system of a first building, wherein the arrangement is adapted to carry out the method mentioned above. A server is further provided that is adapted to receive at least one thermal power indicative parameter.