Air conditioning equipment operation system and air conditioning equipment designing support system
First Claim
1. An air conditioning equipment operation system in which a service provider company operates air conditioning equipment installed in a contract site, wherein the service provider company sets full load or partial load running for a turbo freezer and/or an absorption freezer based on annual air conditioning load fluctuation data and/or weather data in such a way as to minimize the total running costs of the turbo freezer and/or absorption freezer provided in the air conditioning equipment.
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Abstract
A control server includes a device information database storing device characteristic data constituting the air conditioning equipment, a fuel/power rate database storing price and rate data regarding gas, oil, power and the like, a device characteristic and price database, an air conditioning equipment simulator for calculating running costs by using the data stored in the fuel/power rate database, and communication portion for performing communications through a network. The control server, and an air conditioning management controller for managing and controlling the air conditioning equipment provided with the communication portion for performing communications through the network, are connected to the network. An operation plan is made by the control server, the operation plan is transmitted to the air conditioning equipment management controller for controlling the air conditioning equipment through the network, and the air conditioning equipment is controlled and operated according to the operation plan.
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12 Claims
- 1. An air conditioning equipment operation system in which a service provider company operates air conditioning equipment installed in a contract site, wherein the service provider company sets full load or partial load running for a turbo freezer and/or an absorption freezer based on annual air conditioning load fluctuation data and/or weather data in such a way as to minimize the total running costs of the turbo freezer and/or absorption freezer provided in the air conditioning equipment.
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4. An air conditioning equipment operation system in which air conditioning equipment provided in a contract site is operated by a service provider company, wherein the service provider company has a control server, said system comprising a device information database storing a device characteristic data of an air conditioner constituting the air conditioning equipment, a fuel or electricity rate database storing rate data of at least one of gas, oil and electric power, and an air conditioning equipment simulator for obtaining a partial load factor, and at least one of power consumption and fuel consumption during partial load running by using the device characteristic data and a cycle simulator, and for calculating running costs from the obtained power consumption and/or fuel consumption by using the rate data, wherein the contract site includes an air conditioning equipment management controller provided to manage and control the air conditioning equipment;
- the control server and the air conditioning equipment management controller are connected to each other through a network;
the control server predicts a cooling load from predictable time series data on a temperature and humidity of outside air by referring to the device information database to make an operation plan of the air conditioner; and
the air conditioning equipment management controller operates the air conditioner in accordance with the operation plan. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 9, 10)
- the control server and the air conditioning equipment management controller are connected to each other through a network;
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8. An air conditioning equipment operation system in which air conditioning equipment provided in a contract site is operated by a service provider company, wherein an object to be cooled in the air conditioning equipment is cooled by cold water generated by a cold water generator of the service provider company;
- a cooled heat amount of this cold water is obtained from outputs of a temperature sensor and a flow meter installed in the vicinity of the object to be cooled; and
a use rate is obtained by calculating this obtained heat amount for cooling with a predetermined rate.
- a cooled heat amount of this cold water is obtained from outputs of a temperature sensor and a flow meter installed in the vicinity of the object to be cooled; and
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11. An air conditioning equipment designing support system for supporting designing of a number of air conditioners provided in air conditioning equipment, comprising a step (A) of generating an annular cooling load fluctuation pattern of the air conditioning equipment;
- a step (B) of calculating initial costs by referring to a device information database storing device characteristics and prices of the number of air conditioners;
a step (C) of calculating annual running costs from the annual cooling load fluctuation pattern by referring to the database storing the device characteristics and the prices, and a database storing fuel and electricity rates;
a step (D) of calculating costs including device taxes and interest rates; and
a step (E) of calculating total costs including the initial costs, and running costs of a set number of years, wherein the steps (B) to (E) are repeated changing the configuration of the air conditioners of the air conditioning equipment to set each air conditioner of the air conditioning equipment in such a way as to minimize the total costs. - View Dependent Claims (12)
- a step (B) of calculating initial costs by referring to a device information database storing device characteristics and prices of the number of air conditioners;
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