US 12,264,828 B2
Air quality control and disinfection system
Clay G. Nesler, Milwaukee, WI (US); Kirk H. Drees, Cedarburg, WI (US); Matthew J. Deloge, Mequon, WI (US); Jonathan D. Douglas, Mequon, WI (US); Timothy C. Gamroth, Dousman, WI (US); Michael J. Wenzel, Oak Creek, WI (US); Robert D. Turney, Watertown, WI (US); Mohammad N. ElBsat, Milwaukee, WI (US); Joseph F. Mann, Waukesha, WI (US); Matthew J. Ellis, Milwaukee, WI (US); Serdar Suindykov, Shizuoka (JP); James Burke, Milwaukee, WI (US); Thomas M. Seneczko, Milwaukee, WI (US); David S. Eidson, Franklin, WI (US); Ganesh Kalpundi, Milwaukee, WI (US); Renee Clair, Milwaukee, WI (US); Anza D'Antonio, Milwaukee, WI (US); and Mark L. Ziolkowski, New Berlin, WI (US)
Assigned to Tyco Fire & Security GmbH, Neuhausen am Rheinfall (CH)
Filed by Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP, Milwaukee, WI (US)
Filed on Jul. 13, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/927,318.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/047,119, filed on Jul. 1, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/046,376, filed on Jun. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/873,631, filed on Jul. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0010701 A1, Jan. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. F24F 11/64 (2018.01); F24F 3/14 (2006.01); F24F 8/10 (2021.01); F24F 11/00 (2018.01); F24F 11/39 (2018.01); F24F 11/46 (2018.01); F24F 11/61 (2018.01); F24F 11/72 (2018.01); G05B 13/04 (2006.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01); G16H 50/30 (2018.01); F24F 8/22 (2021.01); F24F 110/64 (2018.01); F24F 110/65 (2018.01); F24F 110/70 (2018.01); F24F 110/74 (2018.01); F24F 120/10 (2018.01); F24F 120/20 (2018.01); F24F 140/60 (2018.01)
CPC F24F 11/0001 (2013.01) [F24F 3/14 (2013.01); F24F 8/10 (2021.01); F24F 11/39 (2018.01); F24F 11/46 (2018.01); F24F 11/61 (2018.01); F24F 11/64 (2018.01); F24F 11/72 (2018.01); G05B 13/041 (2013.01); G05B 19/042 (2013.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01); G16H 50/30 (2018.01); F24F 8/22 (2021.01); F24F 2110/64 (2018.01); F24F 2110/65 (2018.01); F24F 2110/70 (2018.01); F24F 2110/74 (2018.01); F24F 2120/10 (2018.01); F24F 2120/20 (2018.01); F24F 2140/60 (2018.01); G05B 2219/25011 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2614 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method in a building management system (BMS) performed by one or more processors, the method comprising:
receiving health risk data from a health agency, the health risk data indicating new cases of an infectious disease in a geographic area of a building and comprising an identification of the infectious disease in the geographic area of the building;
determining a building-specific health risk level comprising a probability of infection for at least one space in the building based on both (i) the health risk data for the geographic area of the building, a quanta generation rate for the infectious disease, and (ii) building-specific information comprising occupancy data for the building and a control strategy for the at least one space in the building comprising an outdoor air ventilation rate; and
controlling equipment to perform at least one of an air handling action or a disinfection action in the building based on the building-specific health risk level.