WO2009061293A1 - Variable air volume economizer minimum position reset - Google Patents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
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- F24F11/72—Control systems characterised by their outputs; Constructional details thereof for controlling the supply of treated air, e.g. its pressure
- F24F11/74—Control systems characterised by their outputs; Constructional details thereof for controlling the supply of treated air, e.g. its pressure for controlling air flow rate or air velocity
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
- F24F—AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING
- F24F13/00—Details common to, or for air-conditioning, air-humidification, ventilation or use of air currents for screening
- F24F13/08—Air-flow control members, e.g. louvres, grilles, flaps or guide plates
- F24F13/10—Air-flow control members, e.g. louvres, grilles, flaps or guide plates movable, e.g. dampers
- F24F13/14—Air-flow control members, e.g. louvres, grilles, flaps or guide plates movable, e.g. dampers built up of tilting members, e.g. louvre
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
- F24F—AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING
- F24F11/00—Control or safety arrangements
- F24F11/0001—Control or safety arrangements for ventilation
- F24F2011/0002—Control or safety arrangements for ventilation for admittance of outside air
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
- F24F—AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING
- F24F11/00—Control or safety arrangements
- F24F11/0001—Control or safety arrangements for ventilation
- F24F2011/0006—Control or safety arrangements for ventilation using low temperature external supply air to assist cooling
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- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02B—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS
- Y02B30/00—Energy efficient heating, ventilation or air conditioning [HVAC]
- Y02B30/70—Efficient control or regulation technologies, e.g. for control of refrigerant flow, motor or heating
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- This invention relates generally to variable air volume air conditioning systems and, more particularly, to a system for operating the economizer damper therein to ensure sufficient outside air is introduced in order to meet minimum ventilation code requirements.
- a central thermostat controls the temperature of air in the building.
- a building central heating/cooling unit forces a constant amount of heated or cooled air to various points in the building through duct work comprising a supply air duct, a plurality of zone ducts and a return air duct.
- VAV variable air volume
- the space temperature is controlled by varying the airflow delivered to the space . This is done by means of a variable speed fan controlled by a variable frequency inverter, the position of inlet dampers to the fan or other airflow control devices.
- individual zone dampers are used to control the zone cfrn and the supply fan speed is controlled to provide a constant supply duct static pressure.
- the supply cfm is directly controlled on the basis of a space temperature sensor.
- a minimum open position is established such that the economizer damper is never fully closed but can only be closed to a predetermined minimum position. It has been recognized that with a variable indoor flow rate as with a VAV system and other zoning systems, the fixed minimum damper position would result in insufficient ventilation air when the indoor air flow rate is decreased below the design full load airflow. To solve this problem the industry sometimes uses expensive airflow sensors that measure the actual amount of outside air that is coming through the outside air inlet and then uses the value to readjust the economizer damper minimum position accordingly to ensure that the minimum ventilation air is delivered even through the supply airflow is varying to meet the cooling load. For example for a 20 ton unit the required full load cfrn might be 8,000 cfrn.
- the ventilating air would be 1 ,600. As per the previous discussions this might be the amount of air that is obtained with a damper position of 16%. As the building load decreases the supply fan will be slowed to provide the amount of air to cool the space. If the supply air flow reduces to 4,000 cfrn then at the 16% damper position the outside air would also reduce in proportion to the supply air and the amount of outside air would reduce to around 1,000 cfm and the proper supply air would not be delivered. For the units equipped with the outside air cfrn sensor the unit controls would readjust the economizer minimum damper position to a larger position where the required 2,000 cfrn of air would be delivered.
- the minimum damper position does not remain fixed but is varied to ensure that sufficient outside air is brought in even during periods in which the VAV fan speed is reduced.
- the minimum damper position is varied as a function of the fan speed such that, generally, as the fan speed is reduced, the minimum damper position is adjusted to a further opened position.
- the minimum damper position is varied in a non-linear relationship with the variable fan speed to compensate for the typical non-linearity of the economizer dampers.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration of a rooftop air conditioning system with the present invention incorporated therein.
- FIG. 2 is a graphic illustration of the percentage of outside air in relationship to the damper position of the economizer.
- FIG. 3 is a graphic illustration of the economizer damper position in relationship to the fan speed of the system.
- Fig. 1 Shown in Fig. 1 is a typical packaged rooftop air conditioner having a condenser section 11, an evaporator section 12 and an economizer section 13.
- the condenser section 11 includes a compressor 14 for receiving refrigerant vapor from the evaporator section 12 and compressing the vapor before it is condensed.
- Also included in the condenser section 11 is a condenser coil 16 and a condenser fan 17 for passing ambient air through the condenser coil 16.
- the evaporator section 12 includes a supply fan 18 which is driven by a fan motor 19.
- the fan motor is adapted to operate at variable speeds to meet the cooling/heating requirements of the system.
- One manner of providing the variable speed is by the use of an inverter for providing variable frequency power to the fan motor 19.
- FIG. 13 is a cooling coil 21 and its associated filters 22.
- a heater 23 is placed in a downstream position from the supply fan 18.
- the supply fan 18 draws air in through the filter 22 and the cooling coil 21 where it is cooled by refrigerant passing through the cooling coil 21.
- the cooled air then passes to the supply air duct 24 from which it is distributed within the building.
- the air is passed from the supply fan 18 through the heater 23 where it is heated prior to being passed into the supply air duct 24.
- the economizer damper 29 includes an inlet air damper 30 and a linked return air damper 35, which are adjustable to selectively mix an amount of outside air coming in the outside air intake vent 26 with the portion of the return air that is flowing into the economizer section 13 from the return air duct 31. Another portion of the return air is caused to pass out the exhaust air vent by the exhaust fan 28.
- the economizer damper may, to a degree, be placed in further opened positions, as the speed of the fan motor 19 is reduced, less air, and therefore less outside air, is drawn into the evaporator section 12. Provision is therefore made to ensure that sufficient outside air is available to meet the requirements of the system. This is accomplished by way of a control 32 which senses fan speed 33 and controls the damper position 34 in response thereto in a manner to be described hereinafter.
- the first step is to define the characteristic curve for the damper position vs. the % outside air by a series of points.
- curves defining the damper position vs. % outside are not linear.
- a number of points are required to define the curve.
- a typical curve is shown in Fig. 2.
- the curve is defined by four (4) points as shown.
- Point A represents a damper position of 68% open, resulting in 80% outside air.
- point B a 47% position with 60% outside air
- point C a 39% position with 40% outside air
- point D a 14% position with 20% outside air.
- dampers will provide 0% cfrn at the 0% position and 100% cfrn at the 100% position. Between these points one can then use straight line interpolation to determine the damper position required to maintain the percentage of outside air. [0020] With the characteristic curve now defined in the unit control software one can then use the curve to adjust the outside air percentage required as a function of the indoor fan speed.
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