Method and system for balancing a ventilation system
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing methods for balancing ventilation systems are laborious and time-consuming, requiring multiple operators and repetitive measurements across interconnected duct systems, leading to inefficiencies and non-ideal outcomes.
Innovation Solution
A wireless balancing system that uses portable, detachable adjustment components and a programmable controller to calculate and adjust damper settings, allowing for remote operation and real-time data processing to achieve system balance, which can be performed by a single person.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If traditional manual balancing methods are used with multiple operators and repetitive measurements, then measurement precision can be maintained, but productivity is significantly reduced and loss of time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual mechanical measurement processes with an automated electronic measurement and control system. The system uses electronic sensors to detect airflow parameters, a microprocessor to process measurement data, and automatic actuators to adjust dampers, eliminating the need for manual operations while maintaining measurement precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The balancing system performs self-measurement and self-adjustment without requiring multiple operators. The automated system independently measures airflow parameters, processes the data, calculates required damper adjustments, and executes the adjustments automatically, enabling a single operator to manage the entire balancing process.
2Reliability
If traditional manual balancing methods are used, then system control can be maintained, but device complexity increases and ease of operation is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces complex manual coordination between multiple operators with a simplified automated control system. The microprocessor-based controller automatically coordinates all measurement and adjustment operations, reducing the operational complexity while maintaining or improving system control reliability through consistent electronic execution of balancing algorithms.
3Stability of the object's composition
If permanent control components are used in ventilation systems, then system stability is maintained, but adaptability is reduced during balancing operations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces dynamic adjustability to the previously static permanent control components. The system uses adjustable dampers that can be dynamically repositioned based on real-time airflow measurements and balancing requirements, allowing the system to adapt to different operating conditions while maintaining stability through controlled adjustment mechanisms.
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AI summary
The present technique relates to a balancing method and system 200 for wireless adjustment of the operation of a ventilation system 10 comprising an air conductor system 100 of ventilation conduits 110 for conducting an air flow and a plurality of conduit inlets or outlets 120 and/or in an air conduit of one or more branches 160 of the air conductor system and one or more permanent control components for manual setting of the airflow in the conduit inlets or outlets and/or in the air conduit of the one or more branches. During the balancing of the ventilation system 10, the permanent control components are temporary replaced with portable, detachable adjustment components 210 which are configured to be attached on the conduit inlets or outlets and/or in the air conduit of the one or more branches to allow adjustment of the manual damper settings controlling the air flow of the permanent control components in at least some of the inlets or outlets and/or the one or more branches.