IP Library Granted Patent US 11,143,418
Granted Patent B2
US 11,143,418 · App. 16/374,109 · Granted Oct 12, 2021

System and method for controlling a variable-speed appliance circulator

Inventors: Aaron Smith (Lake Bluff, IL); Neil Butt (New Carlisle, IN)
Assignee: The Marley Company LLC
F24D19/1012F24D12/02F24D17/0078F24D19/1051F24F5/0003F25B25/005G05D7/0629F25B2600/13G05B2219/2614
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,143,418
App. No.
16/374,109
Granted
Oct 12, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure pertains to a system configured to prepare and use prediction models for classifying images. Some embodiments may: obtain, via a system return temperature sensor, a system return temperature; obtain, via an appliance return temperature sensor, an appliance return temperature; and responsive to a determination that the appliance return temperature is greater than the system return temperature by at least a first threshold amount, decrease, via a hardware processor, a speed of the appliance pump.

Claims (40)

1. A method for controlling an appliance pump, the method comprising:

obtaining, via a system return temperature sensor, a system return temperature;

obtaining, via an appliance return temperature sensor, an appliance return temperature; and

responsive to a determination that the appliance return temperature is greater than the system return temperature by at least a first threshold amount, decreasing, via a hardware processor, a speed of the appliance pump until a flow in a secondary loop matches a flow in a primary, system loop.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein an appliance and the appliance pump are piped as the secondary loop utilizing a hydraulic separation device.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the appliance is a boiler.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the appliance is a chiller.

5. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

responsive to a determination that a temperature change of a fluid in the appliance at an energy input of the appliance breaches a threshold, increasing, via the hardware processor, the speed of the appliance pump.

6. The method of claim 2 , wherein the hydraulic separation device is a pair of closely-spaced tees.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

obtaining, via a system supply temperature sensor, a system supply temperature;

obtaining, via an appliance supply temperature sensor, an appliance supply temperature; and

responsive to a determination that the appliance supply temperature is greater than the system supply temperature by at least a second threshold amount, increasing, via the hardware processor, the speed of the appliance pump.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the speed is increased relative to a speed of a system pump.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the appliance pump is a variable-speed appliance circulator.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the speed is decreased relative to a speed of a system pump.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the system pump is a variable-speed system circulator.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method is implemented on-board an appliance in a controller without using a third-party device.

13. A method for controlling an appliance pump, the method comprising:

obtaining, via a system supply temperature sensor, a system supply temperature;

obtaining, via an appliance supply temperature sensor, an appliance supply temperature; and

responsive to a determination that the appliance supply temperature is greater than the system supply temperature by at least a threshold amount, increasing, via a hardware processor, a speed of the appliance pump until a flow in a secondary loop matches a flow in a primary, system loop.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein an appliance and the appliance pump are piped as the secondary loop utilizing a hydraulic separation device.

15. A system for controlling an appliance pump, comprising:

an appliance;

a system return temperature sensor;

an appliance return temperature sensor; and

a processor coupled to a storage device storing instructions that, when executed, cause configure the processor to perform the following operations:

obtain, via the system return temperature sensor, a system return temperature;

obtain, via the appliance return temperature sensor, an appliance return temperature; and

responsive to a determination that the appliance return temperature is greater than the system return temperature by at least a first threshold amount, decrease a speed of the appliance pump until a flow in a secondary loop matches a flow in a primary, system loop.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the appliance and the appliance pump are piped as the secondary loop utilizing a hydraulic separation device.

17. The system of claim 15 , further comprising:

a system supply temperature sensor; and

an appliance supply temperature sensor,

wherein the processor is further caused to:

obtain, via the system supply temperature sensor, a system supply temperature;

obtain, via the appliance supply temperature sensor, an appliance supply temperature; and

responsive to a determination that the appliance supply temperature is greater than the system supply temperature by at least a second threshold amount, increase the speed of the appliance pump.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 18, 2021
From: THE MARLEY-WYLAIN COMPANY, LLC
To: THE MARLEY COMPANY LLC
Reel/Frame 057211/0064 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 18, 2021
From: THE MARLEY-WYLAIN COMPANY
To: THE MARLEY-WYLAIN COMPANY, LLC
Reel/Frame 057212/0304 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 29, 2019
From: SMITH, AARON; BUTT, NEIL
To: THE MARLEY-WYLAIN COMPANY
Reel/Frame 049017/0331 →
Continuity (1)
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