HVAC ZONING DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS
First Claim
1. An HVAC control system for controlling an HVAC system of a building, the HVAC system including one or more HVAC components for providing conditioned air to one or more HVAC ducts of the building and a plurality of electronically controllable register vent dampers for controlling delivery of the conditioned air from the one or more HVAC ducts into the building, each register vent associated one or more of the plurality of electronically controllable register vent dampers is configured to sense one or more local conditions in the building and issue one or more requests for conditioned air, the HVAC control system comprising:
- a communications block for receiving the one or more requests for conditioned air issued by the register vents;
a controller operatively coupled to the communications block, the controller configured to receive the one or more requests for conditioned air issued by register vents associated with the plurality of electronically controllable register vent dampers, and in response;
determine a damper setting for at least one of the plurality of electronically controllable register vent dampers;
communicate the determined damper setting for the at least one of the plurality of electronically controllable register vent dampers via the communications block;
determine which of the one or more of the HVAC components should be active, if any; and
provide one or more control signals to activate or keep active the one or more HVAC components that are to be active.
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Abstract
A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system may be zoned into one or more zone. The HVAC system may include HVAC components, sensors, and one or more register vents that may include vent dampers (e.g., electronically controllable vent dampers or manually operated vent dampers). Opening and closing of the vent dampers may facilitate creating zones or sub-zones in the HVAC system configuration. An HVAC control system may receive a request for conditioned air in one or more of the zones, determine a damper setting for at least one of the vent dampers, communicate the determined damper setting to a vent damper or user interface, determine which HVAC components should be active, if any, and/or provide controls signals to activate or keep active the HVAC components that are determined to be active.
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21 Claims
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1. An HVAC control system for controlling an HVAC system of a building, the HVAC system including one or more HVAC components for providing conditioned air to one or more HVAC ducts of the building and a plurality of electronically controllable register vent dampers for controlling delivery of the conditioned air from the one or more HVAC ducts into the building, each register vent associated one or more of the plurality of electronically controllable register vent dampers is configured to sense one or more local conditions in the building and issue one or more requests for conditioned air, the HVAC control system comprising:
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a communications block for receiving the one or more requests for conditioned air issued by the register vents; a controller operatively coupled to the communications block, the controller configured to receive the one or more requests for conditioned air issued by register vents associated with the plurality of electronically controllable register vent dampers, and in response; determine a damper setting for at least one of the plurality of electronically controllable register vent dampers; communicate the determined damper setting for the at least one of the plurality of electronically controllable register vent dampers via the communications block; determine which of the one or more of the HVAC components should be active, if any; and provide one or more control signals to activate or keep active the one or more HVAC components that are to be active. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An HVAC control system for controlling a forced air conditioning system of a building, wherein the building includes a duct for carrying air of the forced air conditioning system and a plurality of register vent dampers in fluid communication with a duct, wherein the plurality of register vent dampers includes one or more electronically controllable register vent dampers, the HVAC control system comprising:
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two or more sensors configured to sense environmental parameters at two or more different locations in the building, wherein at least one of the two or more sensors is configured to sense an environmental parameter other than temperature; a controller in operative communication with the two or more sensors, the one or more electronically controllable register vent dampers, and one or more HVAC components of the forced air conditioning system; the controller is further configured to control the one or more HVAC components of the forced air conditioning system and the one or more electronically controllable register vent dampers based, at least in part, on the sensed environmental parameter other than temperature. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An HVAC control system for controlling a zoned HVAC system of a building, the zoned HVAC system including one or more HVAC components for providing conditioned air to one or more HVAC ducts of the building and a plurality of electronically controllable register vent dampers for controlling delivery of the conditioned air from the one or more HVAC ducts into each of two or more zones of the building, each of the two or more zones of the building having at least one sensor for sensing a sensed condition in the corresponding zone, the HVAC control system comprising:
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a communications block for receiving a measure related to the sensed condition from each of the two or more sensors; a controller operatively coupled to the communications block, the controller configured to receive the measures related to the sensed condition from each of the two or more sensors via the communications block, and in response; determine a damper setting for at least one of the plurality of electronically controllable register vent dampers; communicate the determined damper setting for the at least one of the plurality of electronically controllable register vent dampers via the communications block; determine which of the one or more of the HVAC components should be active, if any; and provide one or more control signals to activate or keep active the one or more HVAC components that are to be active.
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Specification