US 11,739,967 B1
System and method for evaluating air conditioner performance at part-load conditions
Rob Craft, Mount Pleasant, SC (US); and Kevin Muldoon, Goshen, KY (US)
Assigned to KENTUCKIANA CURB COMPANY, INC., Louisville, KY (US)
Filed by Kentuckiana Curb Company, Inc., Louisville, KY (US)
Filed on Dec. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/84,215.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/292,178, filed on Dec. 21, 2021.
Int. Cl. F24F 11/63 (2018.01); F24F 11/74 (2018.01); F24F 11/80 (2018.01); F24F 140/50 (2018.01)
CPC F24F 11/63 (2018.01) [F24F 11/74 (2018.01); F24F 11/80 (2018.01); F24F 2140/50 (2018.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for simulating air conditioner performance at part-load conditions, comprising:
a device, including a processor and a memory;
wherein the device receives a selection of one or more sets of condition parameters of at least one heating, air conditioning, and ventilation (HVAC) device;
wherein the one or more sets of condition parameters include at least one set of condition parameters indicating a part-load condition for the at least one HVAC device;
wherein the device receives a selection of one or more part load components for the at least one HVAC device;
wherein the device determines whether the one or more part-load components meet one or more preestablished criteria;
wherein, if the one or more part-load components are determined to be sufficient, the device generates operating parameters for the at least one HVAC device at each of the one or more sets of condition parameters;
wherein the device does not generate the operating parameters if the one or more part-load components are not determined to be sufficient; and
wherein the operating parameters include, but are not limited to, a leaving air dew point temperature, a leaving air dry bulb temperature, and/or a leaving air wet bulb temperature for each of the at least one HVAC device; and
wherein the device receives functional parameters for the at least one HVAC device including a number of rows of an evaporator coil of the at least one HVAC device, a number of fins per inch (FPI) for the evaporator coil, a face area of the evaporator coil, a first subcooling level, a last subcooling level, an interval between subcooling levels, an additional amount of liquid subcooling, a degradation factor, a superheat temperature, and/or a wattage of the at least one HVAC device.