US 12,268,184 B2
Agricultural building environmental control system
Shawn Engstrom, Willmar, MN (US); Bradley Bowen, Gentry, AR (US); Zur Fabian, Atlanta, GA (US); Benjamin Davis, Connelly Springs, NC (US); and Donald Wright, Harrington, DE (US)
Assigned to Diversified Agriculture, LLC
Appl. No. 18/253,578
Filed by Diversified Agriculture, LLC, Eatontown, NJ (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 19, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/060126
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 18, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/109293, PCT Pub. Date May 27, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/116,532, filed on Nov. 20, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/116,514, filed on Nov. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0016115 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. F24H 15/204 (2022.01); A01K 1/00 (2006.01); F24H 15/238 (2022.01); F24H 15/242 (2022.01); F24H 15/254 (2022.01); F24H 15/262 (2022.01); F24H 15/36 (2022.01); F24H 15/395 (2022.01); F24H 15/429 (2022.01); F24H 15/443 (2022.01); F24H 15/345 (2022.01)
CPC A01K 1/0076 (2013.01) [A01K 1/0052 (2013.01); F24H 15/204 (2022.01); F24H 15/238 (2022.01); F24H 15/242 (2022.01); F24H 15/254 (2022.01); F24H 15/262 (2022.01); F24H 15/36 (2022.01); F24H 15/395 (2022.01); F24H 15/429 (2022.01); F24H 15/443 (2022.01); F24H 15/345 (2022.01)] 48 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An environmental control system for controlling environmental conditions of an open interior of an agricultural building, the system comprising:
a main controller; and
a plurality of zone systems, each configured to control environmental conditions within one of a plurality of zones within the open interior, each zone system comprising:
at least one environmental control device selected from the group consisting of a heating device and an exhaust fan;
a temperature sensor configured to output a temperature signal indicating a temperature within the zone; and
a smart hub configured to control the at least one environmental control device of the corresponding zone based on low and high setpoint temperatures for the zone issued by the main controller and the temperature signal issued by the temperature sensor of the zone;
wherein the main controller is configured to prevent activation of an environmental control device in one of the zones by the smart hub based on an operating condition of an environmental control device in another zone.