US 11,852,340 B2
Systems and methods of configuring a heating system
Joey Krueger, Oxnard, CA (US); Jorge Miguel Gamboa Revilla, Oxnard, CA (US); Hiram Osuna, Oxnard, CA (US); Bo Gao, Camarillo, CA (US); Bryan Perales, Oxnard, CA (US); and Danilo Aguilar, Oxnard, CA (US)
Assigned to Rheem Manufacturing Company, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by Rheem Manufacturing Company, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Mar. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/217,038.
Prior Publication US 2022/0316704 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. F23N 5/24 (2006.01); F23N 3/06 (2006.01); F23N 3/08 (2006.01)
CPC F23N 5/242 (2013.01) [F23N 3/06 (2013.01); F23N 3/082 (2013.01); F23N 2225/04 (2020.01); F23N 2231/10 (2020.01); F23N 2231/20 (2020.01); F23N 2235/04 (2020.01); F23N 2235/10 (2020.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method of configuring a heating system comprising a plurality of combustion-type heating devices, the method comprising:
receiving operating pressure data from one or more pressure sensors in a flue of one of the combustion-type heating devices of the plurality of combustion-type heating devices and a vent system of the heating system, the vent system being fluidly connected to each of the plurality of combustion-type heating devices, the operating pressure data f rom each of the one or more pressure sensors being indicative of a pressure at a corresponding location in the vent system;
receiving operating temperature data from one or more temperature sensors in the flue of one of the combustion-type heating devices of the plurality of combustion-type heating devices and the vent system of the heating system, the operating temperature data from each of the one or more temperature sensors being indicative of a pressure at a corresponding location in the vent system;
comparing the operating pressure data to stored operational pressure data indicative of operational pressure ranges indicative of permissible operating parameters associated with preventing backflow of flue gases into the one of the combustion-type heating devices of the plurality of combustion-type heating devices;
comparing the operating temperature data to stored operational temperature data indicative of operational temperature ranges indicative of permissible operating parameters associated with preventing backflow of flue gases into the one of the combustion-type heating devices of the plurality of combustion-type heating devices; and
outputting instructions for a damper to at least partially open or at least partially close based at least in part on the operating pressure data and, the stored operational pressure data, the operating temperature data, and the stored operational temperature data.