Correlation of airflow delivery devices and air movers

Claim 3

The method according to claim 1 , further comprising: determining flow rates of air supplied through the air movers at the plurality of settings of the actuators.

Claim 4

The method according to claim 2 , wherein setting the actuators of the airflow delivery devices to at least one setting further comprises setting the actuators of the air movers to maximum outputs and wherein the steps of determining flow rates of air supplied through the airflow delivery devices and the air movers further comprise determining flow rates of air supplied through the airflow delivery devices and the air movers at the maximum outputs of the actuators.

Claim 5

The method according to claim 3 , further comprising: (g) selecting an air mover; (h) adjusting the actuator of the air mover to reduce the airflow supplied by the selected air mover; (i) determining flow rates of air supplied through the airflow delivery devices and the air movers; (j) calculating a first coefficient that relates the flow rate of air supplied by an air mover to the flow rate of air supplied through an airflow delivery device based upon the determined flow rates of air determined at step (i).

Claim 6

The method according to claim 4 , further comprising: (k) repeating steps (g)-(j) for a number of iterations; (l) selecting another air mover following the number of iterations; (m) adjusting the actuator of the air mover to reduce the airflow supplied by the selected another air mover; (n) determining flow rates of air supplied through the airflow delivery devices and the air movers; (o) calculating a second coefficient that relates the flow rate of air supplied by an air mover to the flow rate of air supplied through an airflow delivery device based upon the determined flow rates of air determined at step (n).

Claim 7

The method according to claim 5 , wherein each of the steps of calculating the first coefficient and the second coefficient further comprises calculating coefficients (α ji ) for each of the airflow delivery devices (j) according to the following equation: α ji = V . j ∑ i = 1 n ⁢ ⁢ ( Q i ) . , wherein {dot over (V)} j is the flow rate from airflow delivery device (j) and {dot over (Q)} i is the flow rate of air mover (i).

Claim 8

The method according to claim 6 , further comprising: calculating an average coefficient (α Average ) based upon the calculated coefficients (α) for the airflow delivery devices (j).

Claim 9

The method according to claim 7 , wherein the step of correlating the airflow delivery devices further comprises correlating the airflow delivery devices (j) to the air movers (i) according to the following equation: V . j = α Average ⁡ [ Q 1 . + Q 2 . + … + Q n . ] = α Average ⁢ ∑ i = 1 n ⁢ ⁢ ( Q i . ) .

Claim 10

The method according to claim 1 , further comprising: performing a pre-commissioning procedure prior to performing steps (a)-(f), said pre-commissioning procedure being performed to substantially insure that the air mover actuator settings remain constant during performance of steps (a)-(f).

Claim 11

The method according to claim 9 , wherein the step of performing a pre-commissioning procedure further comprises developing correlations between a total flow rate of airflow supplied by the air movers at the air mover actuator settings.

Claim 12

The method according to claim 10 , wherein the step of developing correlations further comprises developing correlations based upon flow rate measurements made at various air mover actuator settings.

Claim 13

A tangible computer readable storage medium on which is embedded one or more computer programs, said one or more computer programs implementing a method for correlating airflow delivery devices with air movers having actuators for varying flow rates of air supplied by the air movers, said one or more computer programs comprising a set of instructions for: setting the actuators of the air movers to at least one setting; determining flow rates of air supplied through the airflow delivery devices at the at least one setting of the actuators each airflow delivery device being served by a plurality of air movers discretely located relative to the airflow delivery device; setting the actuator of one of the air movers to another setting; determining flow rates of air supplied through each of the airflow delivery devices at the second setting of the actuator; calculating coefficients that relate the flow rates of air supplied by each of the air movers to the flow rates of airflow supplied through each of the airflow delivery devices at a plurality of settings of the air mover actuators; and determining a level of influence each of the air movers has over each of the airflow delivery devices based upon a correlation between the air movers and respective airflow delivery devices through use of the calculated coefficients.

Claim 14

A tangible computer readable storage medium on which is embedded one or more computer programs, said one or more computer programs implementing a method for correlating airflow delivery devices with air movers having actuators for varying flow rates of air supplied by the air movers, said one or more computer programs comprising a set of instructions for: setting the actuators of the air movers to at least one setting; determining flow rates of air supplied through the airflow delivery devices at the at least one setting of the actuators each airflow delivery device being served by a plurality of air movers discretely located relative to the airflow delivery device; setting the actuator of one of the air movers to another setting; determining flow rates of air supplied through each of the airflow delivery devices at the second setting of the actuator; calculating coefficients that relate the flow rates of air supplied by each of the air movers to the flow rates of airflow supplied through each of the airflow delivery devices at a plurality of settings of the air mover actuators; and determining a level of influence each of the air movers has over each of the airflow delivery devices based upon a correlation between the air movers and respective airflow delivery devices through use of the calculated coefficients.

Claim 17

The method according to claim 13 , further comprising: calculating an average coefficient (α Average ) based upon the calculated coefficients (α) for the airflow delivery devices (j).

Claim 18

The method according to claim 14 , wherein the step of correlating the airflow delivery devices further comprises correlating the airflow delivery devices (j) to the air movers (i) according to the following equation: V . j = α Average ⁡ [ Q 1 . + Q 2 . + … + Q n . ] = α Average ⁢ ∑ i = 1 n ⁢ ⁢ ( Q i . ) .