US 12,345,425 B2
Method of improving air cooled packaged units performance for multi-packaged-units installations
William B. Fox, Onalaska, WI (US); Gang Wang, Holmen, WI (US); John S. Hausmann, La Crosse, WI (US); and Wei Wei Liang Sun, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC., Davidson, NC (US)
Filed by TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC., Davidson, NC (US)
Filed on Aug. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/818,552.
Claims priority of application No. 202210345256.0 (CN), filed on Mar. 31, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0314021 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. F24F 11/64 (2018.01); F24F 11/30 (2018.01); F24F 11/77 (2018.01); F24F 110/12 (2018.01); F24F 110/32 (2018.01)
CPC F24F 11/30 (2018.01) [F24F 11/64 (2018.01); F24F 11/77 (2018.01); F24F 2110/12 (2018.01); F24F 2110/32 (2018.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration HVACR) system, comprising:
an array of packaged units, the packaged units being outdoor units; and
a controller configured to:
obtain an operating condition of the array of packaged units,
derive an operating pattern from the operating condition, the operating pattern including a heat map,
select one or more packaged units to be adjusted to increase efficiency of the array of packaged units based on the operating pattern, and
adjust operation of the one or more packaged units selected by the controller,
wherein the operating condition includes a shape of the array, a size of the array, a spacing between the packaged units, and an orientation of the array.