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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2019
Johnson Controls Technology Company, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Robert D. Turney, Watertown, WI (US);
Michael J. Wenzel, Oak Creek, WI (US);
Johnson Controls Technology Company, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for controlling HVAC equipment includes using a dynamic thermal model that describes heat transfer characteristics of a building to predict a temperature of the building as a function of control inputs to HVAC equipment that operate to affect the temperature of the building. The method includes obtaining time-varying utility prices and a predicted heating or cooling load for the building and performing a predictive control process using the dynamic thermal model, the time-varying utility prices, and the predicted heating or cooling load to generate the control inputs to the HVAC equipment subject to constraints on the temperature of the building.