US 12,235,009 B2
Air-conditioning system and air-conditioning system controller
Masafumi Tsubouchi, Aichi (JP); Ayumi Konishi, Aichi (JP); Naoyuki Funada, Aichi (JP); Takuma Aramaki, Aichi (JP); and Takaaki Nakasone, Aichi (JP)
Assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/797,752
Filed by Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Dec. 17, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/047199
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 5, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/166405, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 26, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-026725 (JP), filed on Feb. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0082958 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. F24F 11/74 (2018.01); F24F 11/00 (2018.01); F24F 3/00 (2006.01); F24F 110/20 (2018.01)
CPC F24F 11/74 (2018.01) [F24F 11/0008 (2013.01); F24F 3/001 (2013.01); F24F 2003/003 (2013.01); F24F 2003/005 (2013.01); F24F 2110/20 (2018.01); G05B 2219/2614 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air-conditioning system comprising:
a humidifier for humidifying air of an air conditioned room;
a dehumidifier for dehumidifying air of the air conditioned room;
a plurality of transfer fans for transferring air of the air-conditioned room to a plurality of rooms independent from the air conditioned room;
a plurality of dampers each disposed for a corresponding one of the rooms for independently controlling an air volume of air to be transferred to the room by a corresponding one of the transfer fans;
a system controller for controlling the humidifier, the dehumidifier and each of the dampers;
a plurality of room humidity sensors each obtaining a humidity of a corresponding one of the rooms to transmit the humidity to the system controller; and
an air-conditioned room humidity sensor for obtaining a humidity of the air-conditioned room to transmit the humidity to the system controller,
wherein the system controller includes:
an air-conditioned room humidity controller for controlling at least one of the humidifier and the dehumidifier to maintain the humidity of the air-conditioned room within a specified humidity range defined by a minimum humidity and a maximum humidity;
an air volume determiner for determining an air volume passing through each of the dampers according to the humidity of a corresponding one of the rooms obtained by a corresponding one of the room humidity sensors and the humidity of the air-conditioned room obtained by the air-conditioned room humidity sensor; and
a damper controller for controlling the air volume of air to be transferred to each of the rooms passing through a corresponding one of the dampers at the air volume determined by the air volume determiner.