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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 1990
Filed:
Jan. 27, 1989
James I Bartels, Hudson, WI (US);
Michael J Seidel, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Paul A Schimbke, Shorewood, WI (US);
Honeywell Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus control firing rate in a heating system to compensate for thermal mass characteristics of the heating system. The thermal mass characteristics of the heating system are derived from heating system identification information. A weighted control response factor is selected which is representative of load characteristics of a load type affecting firing rate control and which is representative of desired control tightness. The firing rate is varied, based on the weighted control response factor and the thermal characteristics, to match the heating system, the load type being controlled and the desired control tightness for optimum control.