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Radiant heating controls and methods for an environmental control system

  • US 8,965,587 B2
  • Filed: 11/20/2013
  • Issued: 02/24/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A thermostat comprising:

  • a housing;

    a memory; and

    a processing system disposed within the housing and being in operative communication with the memory and with a radiant heating system, the processing system being configured and programmed to control the radiant heating system according to the steps of;

    determining a parameterized model from which a temperature response of an enclosure responsive to a candidate radiant heating control strategy may be determined, the parameterized model being based at least in part on historical temperature information stored in said memory and acquired during at least one historical period in which the enclosure was heated by the radiant heating system under the control of said thermostat;

    determining an optimal radiant heating control strategy from among a plurality of candidate radiant heating control strategies by using said parameterized model to compute a plurality of predicted temperature responses corresponding respectively to the plurality of candidate radiant heating control strategies and processing said predicted temperature responses according to one or more predetermined assessment criteria; and

    controlling the radiant heating system according to the determined optimal radiant heating control strategy.

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