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Control system for air quality and temperature conditioning unit with high capacity filter bypass
Assignee: York International Corp
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Filing: 1995-10-04
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Granted: 1997-01-07
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Expires: 2015-10-04
Abstract
Abstract An air conditioning unit is provided with a high capacity filtration system for removing pollutants from supply air, typically return air which has been recirculated from the conditioned area. A filter bypass passage and suitable flow control devices are provided so that supply air, typically fresh outdoor air, may be routed around the filtration system when minimal or no filtration is required. An air quality detector samples the air quality and positions the flow control devices to effect the most cost efficient operation of the air handling unit under the given operating conditions.
Inventors
- 👤 John P. Kettler
- 👤 James A. Reese
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 01:48
CPC Classifications
F; F24; F24F; F24F11/00; F24F11/70; F24F11/72; F24F11/74; F24F11/76; F24F3/00; F24F3/044; F24F8/00; F24F8/10; F24F8/108; B; B01; B01D; B01D2257/00; B01D2257/70; B01D2257/708; B01D2259/00; B01D2259/45; B01D2259/4508; B01D53/00; B01D53/02; B01D53/04; F24F11/30; F24F2110/00; F24F2110/20; F24F2110/50; F24F2110/65; F24F2110/66; F24F2110/70; F24F2110/72; Y; Y02; Y02B; Y02B30/00; Y02B30/70
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
128 words
An air conditioning unit comprising: a housing having an outside air inlet, a return air inlet and a discharge outlet, said return and outside air combining to form mixed air; filter means for filtering a portion of said return air; damper means for varying an amount of return and outside air admitted; conditioning means for maintaining enthalpy and quality levels of discharge air at desired levels; control means for determining which is more cost effective to maintain said quality and enthalpy of the discharge air (1) by incrementally increasing an amount of outside air without increasing filtration and (2) by incrementally increasing an amount of filtration without increasing the amount of outside air admitted, said control means adjusting said filter, damper, and conditioning means based on said determination.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
128 words
An air conditioning unit comprising: a housing having an outside air inlet, a return air inlet and a discharge outlet, said return and outside air combining to form mixed air; filter means for filtering a portion of said return air; damper means for varying an amount of return and outside air admitted; conditioning means for maintaining enthalpy and quality levels of discharge air at desired levels; control means for determining which is more cost effective to maintain said quality and enthalpy of the discharge air (1) by incrementally increasing an amount of outside air without increasing filtration and (2) by incrementally increasing an amount of filtration without increasing the amount of outside air admitted, said control means adjusting said filter, damper, and conditioning means based on said determination.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
66 words
An air conditioning unit according to claim 1, further comprising means for determining whether said conditioning means is capable of maintaining said enthalpy level of said discharge air at said desired level when the incremental increase in outside air is added, said control means using the incremental increase in filtration without increasing the amount of outside air when the capacity of the conditioning means is exceeded.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
66 words
An air conditioning unit according to claim 1, wherein said control means obtains a dilution preferred change for the damper means to admit an incremental increased amount of outside air and obtains a filtration preferred change for the filter means to filter an incremental increased amount of mixed air, said control means only utilizing one of said dilution and filtration preferred changes based on said determination.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
65 words
An air conditioning unit according to claim 1, said control means calculating an enthalpy cost to maintain the discharge air at said desired enthalpy level based on the total mixed air flow, a cost per unit of energy and an enthalpy differential between the discharge air desired enthalpy level and a resulting mixed air enthalpy level resulting from adding said incremental increase of outside air.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
117 words
A method for controlling an air conditioning unit that receives outside and return air to form mixed air and discharges supply air having a predetermined minimum quality and maximum enthalpy, said method comprising the steps of: receiving adjustable amounts of outside and return air; determining an energy cost required to maintain an enthalpy level of mixed air below a predetermined maximum enthalpy level when a maximum amount of outside air is included; determining a filtration cost required to maintain a quality of said mixed air above a predetermined minimum quality when a maximum amount of return air is included therein; and maximizing the use of outside air when said energy cost is less than said filtration cost.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
117 words
A method for controlling an air conditioning unit that receives outside and return air to form mixed air and discharges supply air having a predetermined minimum quality and maximum enthalpy, said method comprising the steps of: receiving adjustable amounts of outside and return air; determining an energy cost required to maintain an enthalpy level of mixed air below a predetermined maximum enthalpy level when a maximum amount of outside air is included; determining a filtration cost required to maintain a quality of said mixed air above a predetermined minimum quality when a maximum amount of return air is included therein; and maximizing the use of outside air when said energy cost is less than said filtration cost.
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