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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2017
Computime, Ltd., Wanchai, HK;
Philip John Smith, Guangdong, CN;
Wai-Leung Ha, Hong Kong, CN;
Dean Richard Jepson, Cluj-Napoca, RO;
Chung-Ming Cheng, Hong Kong, CN;
Kwok Wa Kenny Kam, Hong Kong, CN;
Hao-Hui Huang, Guangdong, CN;
Dick Kwai Chan, Hong Kong, CN;
Hong Bin Liao, Shenzhen, CN;
Computime Ltd., New Territories, HK;
Abstract
A self-adjusting balance valve controller controls water flow through a hydronic emitter in a heating and/or cooling temperature control system. The valve controller obtains a measured temperature differential between an inlet and an outlet of the hydronic emitter and determines a displacement of a coupling pin from the measured temperature differential. The valve controller then instructs a driving mechanism to move, through a coupling mechanism, the coupling pin to adjust a valve that results in a desired water flow through the hydronic emitter. The valve controller may maintain a stable temperature differential at a desired differential value, which may be obtained through a user interface or from a memory device. Moreover, the desired differential value may vary with different times of operation or temperature control situations.