US 12,493,271 B2
Apparatus and method for providing a cloud controlled, grid optimizing selective filtered fresh air source using existing or new ducting
Kirk Mills, Cameron Park, CA (US); and Kimberley Mills, Cameron Park, CA (US)
Assigned to CentraVent, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US)
Filed by CentraVent, LLC, Cameron Park, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/097,027.
Application 18/097,027 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/855,070, filed on Jun. 30, 2022, granted, now 12,152,794.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/289,770, filed on Dec. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0205159 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. G05B 19/042 (2006.01)
CPC G05B 19/042 (2013.01) [G05B 2219/2614 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A central ventilation green cooling system comprising:
a transition box with a dual position damper and actuator coupled between an existing Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) unit having a supply plenum and an existing evaporative coil in a structure, the supply plenum of the existing HVAC unit being coupled to a plurality of new or existing HVAC supply ducts, the plurality of new or existing HVAC supply ducts coupled to a plurality of new or existing ceiling supply vents within a structure, and the plurality of new or existing ceiling supply vents having access to air inside of the structure;
a selective fan or vent cooling system installed in the structure, the selective fan or vent cooling system including a first controller;
a control board coupled to the HVAC unit and the selective fan or vent cooling system, the control board configured to control the operation of the dual position damper and actuator, the HVAC unit, and the selective fan or vent cooling system;
a selective filtered fresh air sourcing system installed in the structure, the selective filtered fresh air sourcing system including a second controller;
a mobile software application in wireless data communications with the first and second controllers, the mobile application also in data communications with a plurality of internet-connected data sources via an internet cloud interface, the internet-connected data sources including power grid monitoring sites, solar array sites, weather data sites,
the mobile software application configured to control the selective fan or vent cooling system and the selective filtered fresh air sourcing system based on power grid loading information and solar array generation capacity information obtained from the internet-connected data sources.