Manipulating environmental conditions in an infrastructure

摘要

A system and method for manipulating environmental conditions in an infrastructure containing a fluid moving device are disclosed that include identifying correlations between operational settings of the fluid moving device and environmental conditions resulting from changes to the operational settings. In addition, an environmental condition detected at a location proximate to or within the plenum following supply of fluid into the plenum by the fluid moving device is received and errors between the received environmental condition and a reference environmental condition are identified. Operational settings for the fluid moving device to achieve the reference environmental condition are determined based upon the identified correlations and errors.

主权项

1. A method for manipulating environmental conditions in an infrastructure containing a fluid moving device having a first actuator for varying a volume flow rate of fluid supplied into a plenum and a second actuator for varying a supply temperature of the fluid supplied into the plenum, said method comprising:
in a computing device, identifying correlations between operational settings of the fluid moving device and environmental condition values resulting from changes to the operational settings; receiving an environmental condition measurement detected at a location proximate to or within the plenum following supply of the fluid into the plenum by the fluid moving device; identifying errors between the received environmental condition measurement and a reference environmental condition value; determining operational settings for the fluid moving device to achieve the reference environmental condition value based upon the identified correlations and errors, wherein the operational settings for the fluid moving device include a volume flow rate set point and a supply temperature set point of the fluid supplied by the fluid moving device; and controlling one or both of the first actuator and the second actuator to vary one or both of the volume flow rate to attain the determined volume flow rate set point and the supply temperature to attain the determined supply temperature set point.