Device for Influencing the room climate

• US 20150354848A1
• Filed: 02/19/2014
• Published: 12/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Oventrop GmbH & Company KG (OV Verwaltungs-GmbH)
• Original Assignee: Oventrop GmbH & Company KG (OV Verwaltungs-GmbH)
• Inventors: ABEL, Bernd, BRAMBRING, Stefan, RUMP, Georg
• Application Number:
  US14/761,673
• Publication Number:
  US 20150354848A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/30 for purposes related to the operation of the system, e.g. for safety or monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/46 Improving electric energy efficiency or saving
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/52 Indication arrangements, e.g. displays
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/523 for displaying temperature data
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/56 Remote control
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/62 characterised by the type of control or by internal processing, e.g. using fuzzy logic, adaptive control or estimation of values
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/63 Electronic processing
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/83 by controlling the supply of heat-exchange fluids to heat-exchangers
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/84 using valves
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2110/10 Temperature

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for influencing the room climate which offers convenient operation at low costs with regard to procurement, installation, and ongoing operation, in order to influence the room climate in heated or air-conditioned rooms while avoiding unnecessary energy losses, and which expands the application range in the room air conditioning by means of a simple retrofitting possibility. According to the invention, the control apparatus for the room temperature is integrated into an electrical measuring and display apparatus, which is intended as a room operating apparatus for measuring, displaying, evaluating, and providing room climate values, and adjustments to the control apparatus are made by means of the room operating apparatus.

Claims

1. A control system for room climate in heated or air-conditioned rooms, wherein a control unit for room temperature is integrated into an electric measurement and display apparatus that is provided as a room controller for the measurement, display, evaluation and supply of room climate variables, and adjustments can be made on it by the room controller.

2. The control system for room climate in heated or air-conditioned rooms according to claim 1, wherein at least one element is installed in a heated and air-conditioned rooms for heating or cooling using an activatable electronic control element, the activatable electronic control element having inputs and outputs for data communication with the room controller.

3. The control system for room climate in heated or air-conditioned rooms according to claim 2, wherein the room controller and the activatable electronic control element have wireless transmitters and receivers.

4. The control system for room climate in heated or air-conditioned rooms according to claim 1, wherein the room controller together with the sensors, the integrated control unit for the room temperature or the activatable electronic control element are powered via batteries or line power.

5. The control system for room climate in heated or air-conditioned rooms in particular according to claim 1, wherein the room controller is supplied with power by batteries in a first variant and can be retrofitted to a second variant that is supplied with line power.

6. The control system for room climate in heated or air-conditioned rooms according to claim 5, wherein the room controller has a battery compartment for power supply by batteries, the battery compartment can be closed with a cover plate and the cover plate is designed for supplying power via line power or is connected to line power in order to ensure a power supply to the room controller.

7. The control system for room climate in heated or air-conditioned rooms according to claim 6, wherein the cover plate forms the back part of the room controller and is designed either as a stand for free setup or as a mounting device for the wall.

8. The control system for room climate in heated or air-conditioned rooms according to claim 6, wherein the remaining free interior of the battery compartment in the power supply to the room controller by line power is an installation space that accommodates additional components for expanding the function of the device for display of the room climate.

9. The control system for room climate in heated or air-conditioned rooms according to claim 8, wherein the components in the battery compartment include one or more electronic components for example, sensors or actuators that can accommodate and influence the room climate data.

10. The control system for room climate in heated or air-conditioned rooms according to claim 9, wherein sensors installed in the battery compartment detect measured data about the room air quality and display, evaluate and supply this data by the device for display of the room climate and supply the data for data communication.

11. The control system for room climate in heated or air-conditioned rooms according to claim 10, wherein at least one sensor installed in the battery compartment detects the carbon-dioxide CO₂ level in the room air, the CO₂ sensor being connected to an electronic circuit board and the two together are accommodated in the battery compartment and the battery compartment is covered by the cover plate.

12. The control system for room climate in heated or air-conditioned rooms in particular according to claim 1, wherein the room controller detects the change in at least one room climate value over time by forming a gradient and using this to influence the room climate value(s).

13. The control system for room climate in heated or air-conditioned rooms according to claim 12, wherein the gradient is formed from the change in the CO₂ level of the room air over time and is used by the room controller to control the energy input for the room heating and or room air conditioning.

14. The control system for room climate in heated or air-conditioned rooms according to claim 12, wherein the change in at least one room climate value over time is initiated by manual ventilation measures, such as for example, window ventilation.