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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2013
Optimum Energy Llc, Seattle, WA (US);
Ian Robert Dempster, Seattle, WA (US);
Benjamin Paul Erpelding, San Diego, CA (US);
Thomas Bennett Hartman, Georgetown, TX (US);
Chelsey Ann MacNeill, Barton City, MI (US);
OPTIMUM ENERGY LLC, Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
An air unit includes a coil located in an air stream of the air unit. The air stream has an air flow direction. An air temperature sensor is located in the air stream of the air unit and is further located downstream, relative to the air flow direction, of the coil. A smart valve is in fluid communication with the coil and in electronic communication with the air temperature sensor. The smart valve is operable to control an amount of water flow through the coil. The smart valve receives a temperature setpoint signal, and the smart valve is programmed to modulate a valve position of a smart valve actuator based on the temperature setpoint signal and based on a signal from the air temperature sensor.