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Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020

Filed:

Jan. 07, 2019
Applicant:

Johnson Controls Technology Company, Auburn Hills, MI (US);

Inventors:

Shawn A. Hern, Derby, KS (US);

Tyler P. McCune, El Dorado, KS (US);

Aneek M. Noor, Wichita, KS (US);

Drew H. Carlton, Wichita, KS (US);

Cody J. Kaiser, Wichita, KS (US);

Assignee:

Johnson Controls Technology Company, Auburn Hill, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24F 11/43 (2018.01); F24F 1/0007 (2019.01); F24F 1/009 (2019.01); F24F 11/67 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24F 11/43 (2018.01); F24F 1/009 (2019.02); F24F 1/00073 (2019.02); F24F 11/67 (2018.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed that calibrate a defrost threshold used to determine when a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system enters a defrost mode, and, more particularly, determine frost temperature differences used to determine the defrost threshold when the HVAC system is in a stable condition. A frost temperature difference is a difference between an outdoor ambient temperature and a refrigerant temperature. The HVAC system determines that it is in the stable condition by determining that a standard deviation of a current frost temperature difference from a previous frost temperature difference is below a standard deviation threshold. When the HVAC system is in the stable condition, the frost temperature differences are determined, and the defrost threshold is determined from the frost temperature differences.


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