AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROL
First Claim
1. A method of controlling an air conditioning system, the air conditioning system including a plurality of individual zone thermostats, an outdoor unit including a variable capacity compressor, and at least one controller, the method including the steps of:
- receiving, at the at least one controller, signals from the plurality of individual zone thermostats;
determining a heating or cooling demand based on the signals; and
, using the determined demand to control operation of the variable capacity compressor.
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Abstract
An air conditioning system and control method to allow individual zone thermostats to directly control a variable capacity compressor and adaptively adjust the indoor supply air volume to meet zoning demands, without using static pressure or flow sensors or entering a set of pre-defined air flow values for each zone into a controller. The method controls an air conditioning system that is able to receive signals or commands from individual zone thermostats and give priority to a highest demand zone/thermostat. For example, a priority thermostat can be used to directly control the variable capacity compressor via an indoor controller and outdoor controller.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of controlling an air conditioning system, the air conditioning system including a plurality of individual zone thermostats, an outdoor unit including a variable capacity compressor, and at least one controller, the method including the steps of:
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receiving, at the at least one controller, signals from the plurality of individual zone thermostats; determining a heating or cooling demand based on the signals; and
, using the determined demand to control operation of the variable capacity compressor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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- 15. An air conditioning system for supplying conditioned air to a plurality of zones, each zone provided with an individual zone thermostat, each zone also provided with a zone damper, the system including at least one controller able to communicate with the individual zone thermostats and able to control operation of the zone dampers.
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19. An air conditioning system for supplying conditioned air to a plurality of zones, including:
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a plurality of individual zone thermostats; a plurality of zone dampers; an outdoor unit including a variable capacity compressor; a multiple zone controller able to communicate with; the plurality of individual zone thermostats; the plurality of zone dampers; and
,the variable capacity compressor. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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