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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2019
Johnson Controls Technology Company, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
John H. Burroughs, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Andrew J. Przybylski, Franksville, WI (US);
Matthew J. Ellis, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Mohammad N. Elbsat, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Michael J. Wenzel, Grafton, WI (US);
Tyco Fire & Security GmbH, Neuhausen am Rheinfall, CH;
Abstract
One implementation of the present disclosure is a controller for a variable refrigerant flow system. The controller includes processors and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processors, cause the processors to perform operations including identifying zones within a structure, generating zone groupings defining zone groups and specifying which of the zones are grouped together to form each of the zone groups, generating metric of success values corresponding to the zone groupings and indicating a control feasibility of a corresponding zone grouping, selecting a zone grouping based on the metric of success values, and using the selected zone grouping to operate equipment of the variable refrigerant flow system to provide heating or cooling to the zones.