Air-conditioning method and device

Claim 1

A method for heating and/or air conditioning of premises, comprising at least one service room ( 15 ), and at least two main rooms ( 8 , 9 , 10 ), consisting of: using an external unit ( 50 ; 51 ) and at least one internal unit ( 1 ), the external unit ( 50 ; 51 ) comprising means for regulation with variable power and an exchanger, and each internal unit ( 1 ) comprising an air take-up unit ( 2 ), means for ventilation with a variable throughput and power and an exchanger, and being designed to assure the heating and/or air conditioning of at least two main rooms ( 8 , 9 , 10 ); discharging a given volume of stagnant air; conveying a given volume of renewed air to the air take-up units ( 2 ) of each internal unit ( 1 ); mixing the renewed air and the air taken up in each internal unit ( 1 ), upstream from the exchanger of the latter; blowing the mixture of renewed air/heated and/or cooled air taken up, into each main room ( 8 , 9 , 10 ), through at least one blower aperture ( 5 , 6 , 7 ) which is supplied by an internal unit ( 1 ), and each of which is associated with means for motorisation, which can make it possible to modify the position of opening of the said apertures; and regulating the temperature in each main room ( 8 , 9 , 10 ), by means of temperature measurement means ( 33 ; 38 ), with which the means for motorisation of the blower apertures ( 5 , 6 , 7 ) are associated, such as to obtain positioning of each of these apertures which can make it possible to maintain each of the said main rooms at a pre-determined set temperature, the said method being wherein a central control unit ( 48 ) is used, which is connected to the external ( 50 ; 51 ) and internal unit(s) ( 1 ), the means for motorisation of each blower aperture ( 5 , 6 , 7 ), and the means for measurement of the temperature ( 33 ; 38 ), and is programmed to be configured: either in a mode for control of the temperatures of the rooms ( 8 , 9 , 10 ), during which: it controls the external ( 50 ; 51 ) and internal unit(s) ( 1 ) and the means for motorisation of the blower apertures ( 5 , 6 , 7 ), according to the information received from the means for measurement of the temperature ( 33 ; 38 ), such as to maintain the set temperature in each main room ( 8 , 9 , 10 ); it determines the position of the means for motorisation of each blower aperture ( 5 , 6 , 7 ), such as to detect any total closure of the (or all of the) aperture(s) which supply/supplies a main room ( 8 , 9 , 10 ); and, if all the apertures ( 5 , and/or 6 , and/or 7 ) which supply at least one main room ( 8 , and/or 9 , and/or 10 ) are closed, it is configured in a mode for control of renewed air, during which: it measures the time of closure of the said aperture(s) ( 5 , 6 , 7 ) closed; after a time of closure of the said aperture(s), which is greater than a pre-determined threshold, it calculates the deficit in the supply of renewed air in each room ( 8 , 9 , 10 ) not supplied, and controls the means for motorisation of all the blower apertures ( 5 , 6 , 7 ), such as to open each blower aperture initially closed, and to close the blower apertures initially opened of the rooms, for a period of time which is designed to make up for the deficit in the supply of renewed air in each room not initially supplied; and it is reconfigured in the temperature control mode in the main rooms, when the deficit in the supply of renewed air has been made up.

Claim 2

A method for heating and/or air conditioning of premises, comprising at least one service room ( 15 ), and at least two main rooms ( 8 , 9 , 10 ), consisting of: using an external unit ( 50 ; 51 ) and at least one internal unit ( 1 ), the external unit ( 50 ; 51 ) comprising means for regulation with variable power and an exchanger, and each internal unit ( 1 ) comprising an air take-up unit ( 2 ), means for ventilation with a variable throughput and power and an exchanger, and being designed to assure the heating and/or air conditioning of at least two main rooms ( 8 , 9 , 10 ); discharging a given volume of stagnant air; conveying a given volume of renewed air to the air take-up units ( 2 ) of each internal unit ( 1 ); mixing the renewed air and the air taken up in each internal unit ( 1 ), upstream from the exchanger of the latter; blowing the mixture of renewed air/heated and/or cooled air taken up, into each main room ( 8 , 9 , 10 ), through at least one blower aperture ( 5 , 6 , 7 ) which is supplied by an internal unit ( 1 ), and each of which is associated with means for motorisation, which can make it possible to modify the position of opening of the said apertures; and regulating the temperature in each main room ( 8 , 9 , 10 ), by means of temperature measurement means ( 33 ; 38 ), with which the means for motorisation of the blower apertures ( 5 , 6 , 7 ) are associated, such as to obtain positioning of each of these apertures which can make it possible to maintain each of the said main rooms at a pre-determined set temperature, the said method being wherein a central control unit ( 48 ) is used, which is connected to the external ( 50 ; 51 ) and internal unit(s) ( 1 ), the means for motorisation of each blower aperture ( 5 , 6 , 7 ), and the means for measurement of the temperature ( 33 ; 38 ), and is programmed to be configured: either in a mode for control of the temperatures of the rooms ( 8 , 9 , 10 ), during which: it controls the external ( 50 ; 51 ) and internal unit(s) ( 1 ) and the means for motorisation of the blower apertures ( 5 , 6 , 7 ), according to the information received from the means for measurement of the temperature ( 33 ; 38 ), such as to maintain the set temperature in each main room ( 8 , 9 , 10 ); it determines the position of the means for motorisation of each blower aperture ( 5 , 6 , 7 ), such as to detect any total closure of the (or all of the) aperture(s) which supply/supplies a main room ( 8 , 9 , 10 ); and, if all the apertures ( 5 , and/or 6 , and/or 7 ) which supply at least one main room ( 8 , and/or 9 , and/or 10 ) are closed, it is configured in a mode for control of renewed air, during which: it measures the time of closure of the said aperture(s) ( 5 , 6 , 7 ) closed; after a time of closure of the said aperture(s), which is greater than a pre-determined threshold, it calculates the deficit in the supply of renewed air in each room ( 8 , 9 , 10 ) not supplied, and controls the means for motorisation of all the blower apertures ( 5 , 6 , 7 ), such as to open each blower aperture initially closed, and to close the blower apertures initially opened of the rooms, for a period of time which is designed to make up for the deficit in the supply of renewed air in each room not initially supplied; and it is reconfigured in the temperature control mode in the main rooms, when the deficit in the supply of renewed air has been made up.

Claim 28

A device for heating and/or air conditioning of premises containing at least one service room ( 15 ), and at least two main rooms ( 8 , 9 , 10 ), comprising: an external unit ( 50 ; 51 ) and at least one internal unit ( 1 ), the external unit ( 50 ; 51 ) comprising means for regulation with variable power and an exchanger, and each internal unit ( 1 ) comprising an air take-up unit ( 2 ), means for ventilation with a variable throughput and power and an exchanger, and being designed to assure heating and/or air conditioning of at least two main rooms ( 8 , 9 , 10 ); means ( 11 a , 11 b , 11 c , 12 , 13 , 14 ) for discharge of stagnant air; means ( 17 , 21 ) for introduction of renewed air at the take-up units ( 2 ) of each internal unit ( 1 ); means ( 2 ) for mixture of renewed air/air taken up in each internal unit ( 1 ), upstream from the exchanger of the latter; means ( 5 , 6 , 7 ) for blowing the mixture of renewed air/air taken up present in each main room ( 8 , 9 , 10 ), in one or more blower apertures ( 5 , 6 , 7 ) which are supplied by at least one internal unit ( 1 ), and each of which is associated with means for motorisation which can modify the position of opening of the said apertures; and means ( 33 ; 38 ) for measuring the temperature in each main room ( 8 , 9 , 10 ), with which there are associated the means for motorisation of the blower aperture(s) ( 5 , 6 , 7 ) of the said main room, and which are designed to make it possible to obtain a set temperature in the said room, the said device for heating and/or air conditioning being wherein it comprises a central control unit ( 48 ) which is connected to the external unit ( 50 ; 51 ), to each internal unit ( 1 ), and to the means for motorisation of the blower apertures ( 5 , 6 , 7 ), the said central control unit being programmed to: either be configured in a mode for controlling the temperatures of the main rooms ( 8 , 9 , 10 ), during which: it controls the external ( 50 ; 51 ) an internal unit(s) ( 1 ) and the means for motorisation of the blower apertures ( 5 , 6 , 7 ), according to the information received from the means ( 33 ; 38 ) for measuring the temperature, such as to maintain the set temperature in each main room ( 8 , 9 , 10 ); and it detects the position of the means for motorisation of each blower aperture ( 5 , 6 , 7 ), such as to detect any total closure of the (or all the) blower(s) which supply a main room ( 8 , 9 , 10 ); or, on the assumption that all the apertures ( 5 , and/or 6 , and/or 7 ) which supply at least one main room ( 8 , and/or 9 , and/or 10 ) are closed, it is configured in a mode for control of renewed air, during which: it measures the time of closure of the said closed aperture(s) ( 5 , 6 , 7 ); beyond a time of closure of the said aperture(s) ( 5 , 6 , 7 ) which is greater than a pre-determined threshold, it calculates the deficit in the supply of renewed air in each room ( 8 , 9 , 10 ) which is not supplied, and controls the means for motorisation of all the blower apertures ( 5 , 6 , 7 ), such as to open each blower aperture ( 5 , 6 , 7 ) initially closed, and to close the blower apertures ( 5 , 6 , 7 ) initially opened of the other rooms, for a period of time which is designed to make up the deficit in renewed air supplied in each room not initially supplied; and it is reconfigured in a temperature control mode in the main rooms ( 8 , 9 , 10 ), when the deficit in the supply of renewed air has been made up.

Claim 29

A device for heating and/or air conditioning of premises containing at least one service room ( 15 ), and at least two main rooms ( 8 , 9 , 10 ), comprising: an external unit ( 50 ; 51 ) and at least one internal unit ( 1 ), the external unit ( 50 ; 51 ) comprising means for regulation with variable power and an exchanger, and each internal unit ( 1 ) comprising an air take-up unit ( 2 ), means for ventilation with a variable throughput and power and an exchanger, and being designed to assure heating and/or air conditioning of at least two main rooms ( 8 , 9 , 10 ); means ( 11 a , 11 b , 11 c , 12 , 13 , 14 ) for discharge of stagnant air; means ( 17 , 21 ) for introduction of renewed air at the take-up units ( 2 ) of each internal unit ( 1 ); means ( 2 ) for mixture of renewed air/air taken up in each internal unit ( 1 ), upstream from the exchanger of the latter; means ( 5 , 6 , 7 ) for blowing the mixture of renewed air/air taken up present in each main room ( 8 , 9 , 10 ), in one or more blower apertures ( 5 , 6 , 7 ) which are supplied by at least one internal unit ( 1 ), and each of which is associated with means for motorisation which can modify the position of opening of the said apertures; and means ( 33 ; 38 ) for measuring the temperature in each main room ( 8 , 9 , 10 ), with which there are associated the means for motorisation of the blower aperture(s) ( 5 , 6 , 7 ) of the said main room, and which are designed to make it possible to obtain a set temperature in the said room, the said device for heating and/or air conditioning being wherein it comprises a central control unit ( 48 ) which is connected to the external unit ( 50 ; 51 ), to each internal unit ( 1 ), and to the means for motorisation of the blower apertures ( 5 , 6 , 7 ), the said central control unit being programmed to: either be configured in a mode for controlling the temperatures of the main rooms ( 8 , 9 , 10 ), during which: it controls the external ( 50 ; 51 ) an internal unit(s) ( 1 ) and the means for motorisation of the blower apertures ( 5 , 6 , 7 ), according to the information received from the means ( 33 ; 38 ) for measuring the temperature, such as to maintain the set temperature in each main room ( 8 , 9 , 10 ); and it detects the position of the means for motorisation of each blower aperture ( 5 , 6 , 7 ), such as to detect any total closure of the (or all the) blower(s) which supply a main room ( 8 , 9 , 10 ); or, on the assumption that all the apertures ( 5 , and/or 6 , and/or 7 ) which supply at least one main room ( 8 , and/or 9 , and/or 10 ) are closed, it is configured in a mode for control of renewed air, during which: it measures the time of closure of the said closed aperture(s) ( 5 , 6 , 7 ); beyond a time of closure of the said aperture(s) ( 5 , 6 , 7 ) which is greater than a pre-determined threshold, it calculates the deficit in the supply of renewed air in each room ( 8 , 9 , 10 ) which is not supplied, and controls the means for motorisation of all the blower apertures ( 5 , 6 , 7 ), such as to open each blower aperture ( 5 , 6 , 7 ) initially closed, and to close the blower apertures ( 5 , 6 , 7 ) initially opened of the other rooms, for a period of time which is designed to make up the deficit in renewed air supplied in each room not initially supplied; and it is reconfigured in a temperature control mode in the main rooms ( 8 , 9 , 10 ), when the deficit in the supply of renewed air has been made up.