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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2012
Jiachuan Wang, Chaper Hill, NC (US);
Chaohong Cai, Weatogue, CT (US);
Ahmad M. Mahmoud, Bolton, CT (US);
Junqiang Fan, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Richard L. Martin, Cicero, NY (US);
John F. Boardman, Manchester, CT (US);
Timothy C. Wagner, East Hartford, CT (US);
Jiachuan Wang, Chaper Hill, NC (US);
Chaohong Cai, Weatogue, CT (US);
Ahmad M. Mahmoud, Bolton, CT (US);
Junqiang Fan, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Richard L. Martin, Cicero, NY (US);
John F. Boardman, Manchester, CT (US);
Timothy C. Wagner, East Hartford, CT (US);
CARRIER CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A system for controlling an absorption chiller includes feedback control loops determining adjustments to system cooling and heating capacities and a controller for simultaneously adjusting positions of an energy input valve, a hot water valve, and a chilled water valve. The controller adjusts valves based on desired adjustments to system cooling and heating capacities and performance maps characterizing relationships between cooling capacity and heating capacities and valve positions. A method for controlling an absorption chiller includes the step of obtaining a performance map characterizing heat energy input to cooling and heating loops as functions of valve positions. To obtain the map, the hot water valve is held in a substantially constant position while the chilled water valve is modulated. Similarly, the hot water valve is modulated while the chilled water valve is held in a substantially constant position.