A monitoring system for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system of a building includes a monitoring device installed at the building, a monitoring server located remotely from the building, and a review server. The monitoring device measures an aggregate current supplied to components of the HVAC system and transmits current data based on the measured aggregate current. The monitoring server receives the transmitted current data and, based on the received current data, assesses whether failures have occurred in first and second components of the HVAC components. The monitoring server generates a first advisory in response to determining that the failure has occurred in the first component. The review server provides the first advisory to a technician for review and, in response to the technician verifying that the failure has occurred, transmits a first alert.

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Hvac system remote monitoring and diagnosis

A monitoring system for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system of a residence includes a monitoring device installed at the residence and a server located remotely from the residence. The monitoring device measures an aggregate current supplied to a plurality of components of the HVAC system and transmits current data based on the measured aggregate current. The server receives the transmitted current data and, based on the received current, assesses whether a failure has occurred in a first component of the plurality of components of the HVAC system and assesses whether a failure has occurred in a second component of the plurality of components of the HVAC system.

Residential solutions hvac monitoring and diagnosis

A portable system for subatmospheric pressure therapy in connection with healing a surgical wound, includes a wound dressing dimensioned for positioning relative to a wound bed of a subject, a portable subatmospheric pressure mechanism dimensioned to be carried or worn by the subject and a container for collecting exudates from the wound bed removed under the subatmospheric pressure supplied by the subatmospheric pressure mechanism. The portable subatmospheric pressure mechanism includes a housing, a subatmospheric pressure source disposed within the housing and in fluid communication with the wound dressing to supply subatmospheric pressure to the wound dressing and a power source mounted to or within the housing for supplying power to actuate the subatmospheric pressure source.

Portable wound therapy system

A real-time monitoring system that monitors various aspects of the operation of a refrigerant-cycle system is described. In one embodiment, the system includes a processor that measures power provided to the refrigerant-cycle system and that gathers data from one or more sensors and uses the sensor data to calculate a figure of merit related to the efficiency of the system. In one embodiment, the sensors include one or more of the following sensors: a suction line temperature sensor, a suction line pressure sensor, a suction line flow sensor, a hot gas line temperature sensor, a hot gas line pressure sensor, a hot gas line flow sensor, a liquid line temperature sensor, a liquid line pressure sensor, a liquid line flow sensor. In one embodiment, the sensors include one or more of an evaporator air temperature input sensor, an evaporator air temperature output sensor, an evaporator air flow sensor, an evaporator air humidity sensor, and a differential pressure sensor. In one embodiment, the sensors include one or more of a condenser air temperature input sensor, a condenser air temperature output sensor, and a condenser air flow sensor, an evaporator air humidity sensor. In one embodiment, the sensors include one or more of an ambient air sensor and an ambient humidity sensor.

Air filter monitoring system

An apparatus and method for controlling the operation of a reciprocating compressor are capable of preventing distortion of a current applied to the reciprocating compressor by generating a current amplitude value for compensating a difference value between a stroke reference value of the reciprocating compressor and a stroke estimate value and outputting the current amplitude value in a form of a sine wave to the reciprocating compressor. The apparatus for controlling an operation of a reciprocating compressor generates a current amplitude value for compensating a difference value between a stroke reference value and a stroke estimate value of the reciprocating compressor and outputs the current amplitude value in a sine wave form to the reciprocating compressor.

Apparatus and method for controlling operation of reciprocating compressor

A linear compressor control apparatus including a position detecting unit to detect the position of a piston and a compensation unit to compensate for output distortion of the position sensor The compensation unit compensates for output distortion of the position sensor, caused by internal temperature of the linear compressor and load variation Further, the compensation unit separates a high frequency signal and a DC signal from the output of the position detecting unit, and simultaneously performs position and temperature detecting operations using the separated high frequency signal and the DC signal

Apparatus and method of controlling linear compressor

A rotor for use in an electrical mechanism comprises a core in which there are formed first slots extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to a radius of the core. A plurality of second slots is formed in the core, the second slots extending from respective ends of the first slots, whereby there is provided a plurality of pairs of adjacently disposed second slots. The second slots of each pair extend from different first slots and converge toward one another in a direction toward an outer periphery of the core. Permanent magnets are disposed in the first and second slots.

Rotor core having slots for receiving permanent magnets

Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for controlling a linear compressor. The linear compressor control apparatus has a collision detection unit, a control unit, and a compressor driving unit. The collision detection unit detects a collision of a piston with a valve due to the operations of the linear compressor. The control unit determines whether the collision of the piston occurs on the basis of an output signal from the collision detection unit, and resets maximum amplitude data of the piston of the linear compressor when the collision occurs. The compressor driving unit controls the maximum amplitude of the piston of the linear compressor under the control of the control unit.

Equipment and method for controlling linear compressor

A procedure is provided for defrosting an inverter-driven air conditioning unit where the rime on the outdoor heat exchanger is melted off. First, it is determined whether the temperature measured by a sensor on an outdoor duct is appropriate for the initiation of defrosting and then a four way valve is adjusted to block the flow of cooling medium so that the defrost cycle can commence. Next, the defrost condition is evaluated and the compressor drive frequency and heating element phase are changed so that the defrosting takes a preset time dependent on the measured temperature. The defrosting process is then monitored continuously with adjustments in these two parameters if necessary. ADVANTAGE - Defrost time determined by measured temperature of outdoor duct.

Defrosting of inverter-driven air conditioning plant - using outdoor measured temperature to initiate defrost, with compressor frequency controlled to give constant defrost time

Tae-Duk Kim

Papers

Apparatus and method of controlling linear compressor

Rotor core having slots for receiving permanent magnets

Equipment and method for controlling linear compressor

Defrosting of inverter-driven air conditioning plant - using outdoor measured temperature to initiate defrost, with compressor frequency controlled to give constant defrost time

Apparatus for controlling a linear compressor and preventing the collision of a piston with a valve in the compressor