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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HYDRONIC SYSTEMS HAVING MULTIPLE SOURCES AND MULTIPLE LOADS

  • US 20110077781A1
  • Filed: 12/06/2010
  • Published: 03/31/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A controller for a temperature control system in communication with a plurality of heat sources defined by a minimum and maximum number of sources, a plurality of source sensors, a plurality of heat loads defined by a minimum and maximum number of loads and a plurality of load sensors, the controller comprising:

  • a ranking module that defines a rule set for ranking the plurality of sources and the plurality of loads according to at least one of the number of sources, the number of loads, the types of sources and the types of loads;

    a sensor interface that communicates with the plurality of source sensors and the plurality of load sensors to receive source sensor data and load sensor data;

    a monitoring module that monitors the source sensor data and the load sensor data in substantially real-time;

    an alert module that generates an alert signal if one of the source sensor data or the load sensor data is different from predefined sensor threshold values;

    an actuator module that generates a control signal to fluidly or thermally couple selected ones of the plurality of sources to selected ones of the plurality of loads, or to fluidly or thermally decouple the plurality of sources and loads; and

    a processor that receives the alert signal from the alert module, receives the rule set from the ranking module and communicates with the actuator module to align the source sensor data or the load sensor data with the predefined sensor threshold values.

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