IP Library Granted Patent US 11,859,846
Granted Patent B2
US 11,859,846 · App. 17/318,877 · Granted Jan 2, 2024

Cost savings from fault prediction and diagnosis

Inventors: Priti Shinde (Vambori, IN); Kathiresan Rajagopal (Kalyan West, IN); Abu Bakr Khan (Franklin, WI); Young M. Lee (Old Westbury, NY)
Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
F24F11/63G05B19/042G06N20/10G06Q50/06
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Patent No.
US 11,859,846
App. No.
17/318,877
Granted
Jan 2, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) fault prediction system for a building including a processing circuit including a processor and memory, the memory having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the processing circuit to receive HVAC data relating to a plurality of HVAC components, the HVAC data indicating performance of the plurality of HVAC components, generate, based on the received HVAC data, a univariate prediction model and a multivariate prediction model, generate, using the received HVAC data, one or more predicted operational parameters for the plurality of HVAC components corresponding to a future time period, and execute at least one of the univariate prediction model or the multivariate prediction model on the one or more predicted operational parameters to predict a HVAC fault associated with at least one of the plurality of HVAC components to occur during the future time period.

Claims (34)

1. A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) fault prediction system for a building, comprising one or more processors and one or more memory devices, the one or more memory devices having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

receive HVAC data relating to a plurality of HVAC components, the HVAC data indicating performance of the plurality of HVAC components;

generate, based on the HVAC data, a univariate prediction model and a multivariate prediction model;

generate, using the HVAC data, one or more predicted operational parameters for the plurality of HVAC components corresponding to a future time period;

execute at least one of the univariate prediction model or the multivariate prediction model on the one or more predicted operational parameters to predict a HVAC fault associated with at least one of the plurality of HVAC components to occur during the future time period; and

cause a change in operations of the plurality of HVAC components to prevent the predicted HVAC fault, the change comprising at least one of maintenance or repair, adjustment of a setpoint used by at least one of the plurality of HVAC components, or disabling at least one of the plurality of HVAC components.

2. The HVAC fault prediction system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to calculate an amount of energy consumption associated with the predicted HVAC fault based at least in part on the one or more predicted operational parameters.

3. The HVAC fault prediction system of claim 2 , wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to calculate a cost saving associated with the predicted HVAC fault based on the amount of energy consumption calculated.

4. The HVAC fault prediction system of claim 3 , wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to display the predicted HVAC fault to a user via a display device based on the calculated cost saving associated with the predicted HVAC fault, where predicted HVAC faults with high cost savings are emphasized over predicted HVAC faults with low cost savings.

5. The HVAC fault prediction system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to compare a cost associated with the change to a cost associated with the predicted HVAC fault to determine whether to initiate the change.

6. The HVAC fault prediction system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to populate a fault diagnosis matrix using the univariate prediction model and the multivariate prediction model and map one or more entries of the fault diagnosis matrix to a fault diagnosis to determine a cause of the predicted HVAC fault.

7. The HVAC fault prediction system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to compare a predicted setpoint of the one or more predicted operational parameters to a predicted operational parameter associated with the predicted setpoint of the one or more predicted operational parameters to classify the predicted HVAC fault as at least one of a high zone temperature fault or a low zone temperature fault.

8. One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

receive data relating to a plurality of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) components, the data indicating performance of the plurality of HVAC components;

generate, based on the data, a univariate prediction model and a multivariate prediction model;

generate, using the data, one or more predicted operational parameters for the plurality of HVAC components corresponding to a future time period;

execute at least one of the univariate prediction model or the multivariate prediction model on the one or more predicted operational parameters to predict a HVAC fault associated with at least one of the plurality of HVAC components to occur during the future time period; and

cause a change in operations of the plurality of HVAC components to prevent the predicted HVAC fault, the change comprising at least one of maintenance or repair, adjustment of a setpoint used by at least one of the plurality of HVAC components, or disabling at least one of the plurality of HVAC components.

9. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums of claim 8 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to calculate an amount of energy consumption associated with the predicted HVAC fault based at least in part on the one or more predicted operational parameters.

10. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums of claim 9 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to calculate a cost saving associated with the predicted HVAC fault based on the amount of energy consumption calculated.

11. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums of claim 10 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to display the predicted HVAC fault to a user based on the calculated cost saving associated with the predicted HVAC fault, where predicted HVAC faults with high cost savings are emphasized over predicted HVAC faults with low cost savings.

12. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums of claim 8 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to compare a cost associated with the change to a cost associated with the predicted HVAC fault to determine whether to cause the change generate.

13. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums of claim 8 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to populate a fault diagnosis matrix using the univariate prediction model and the multivariate prediction model and map one or more entries of the fault diagnosis matrix to a fault diagnosis to determine a cause of the predicted HVAC fault.

14. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums of claim 8 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to compare a predicted setpoint of the one or more predicted operational parameters to a predicted operational parameter associated with the predicted setpoint of the one or more predicted operational parameters to classify the predicted HVAC fault as at least one of a high zone temperature fault or a low zone temperature fault.

15. A building management system (BMS), comprising a processing circuit including a processor and memory, the memory having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the processing circuit to:

receive data relating to a plurality of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) components, the data indicating performance of the plurality of HVAC components;

generate, based on the data, a univariate prediction model and a multivariate prediction model;

generate, using the data, one or more predicted operational parameters for the plurality of HVAC components corresponding to a future time period;

execute at least one of the univariate prediction model or the multivariate prediction model on the one or more predicted operational parameters to predict a HVAC fault associated with at least one of the plurality of HVAC components to occur during the future time period;

calculate an amount of energy consumption associated with the predicted HVAC fault based at least in part on the one or more predicted operational parameters; and

cause performance of an action based on the predicted HVAC fault, the action comprising at least one of maintenance or repair to prevent the predicted HVAC fault, adjustment of a setpoint used by at least one of the plurality of HVAC components, or disabling of at least one of the plurality of HVAC components.

16. The building management system (BMS) of claim 15 , wherein the instructions further cause the processing circuit to calculate a cost saving associated with the predicted HVAC fault based on the amount of energy consumption calculated.

17. The building management system (BMS) of claim 16 , wherein the instructions further cause the processing circuit to display the predicted HVAC fault to a user based on the calculated cost saving associated with the predicted HVAC fault, where predicted HVAC faults with high cost savings are emphasized over predicted HVAC faults with low cost savings.

18. The building management system (BMS) of claim 15 , wherein the data include chiller data indicating performance of a plurality of chillers, wherein the univariate prediction model and the multivariate prediction model include a single chiller prediction model and a cluster chiller prediction model, and wherein predicting the HVAC fault includes predicting a chiller fault with at least one of the single chiller prediction model or the cluster chiller prediction model.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 18, 2024
From: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP
To: TYCO FIRE & SECURITY GMBH
Reel/Frame 066957/0796 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Oct 16, 2023
From: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
To: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP
Reel/Frame 065234/0534 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Nov 17, 2021
From: SHINDE, PRITI; RAJAGOPAL, KATHIRESAN; KHAN, ABU BAKR; LEE, YOUNG M.
To: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
Reel/Frame 058142/0464 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation In Part 16198456 · Nov 21, 2018
Continuation In Part 16198416 · Nov 21, 2018
Continuation In Part 16198377 · Nov 21, 2018
Provisional Application 62685618 · Jun 15, 2018
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