Device for detecting blockage of air filter mesh

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016117907-A1
Application number	US-201614986715-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 3, 2016
Priority date	Aug 30, 2014
Publication date	Apr 28, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A device for detecting blockage of an air filter mesh, including: an air inlet, an air outlet, an air duct, a fan or a wind wheel, a blower motor, an air filter mesh, and a controller. The controller includes a main control board including: a microprocessor, an inverter circuit, and a motor operation parameter detecting circuit. The air filter mesh is disposed in the air duct. The motor operation parameter detecting circuit inputs a real time operation parameter into the microprocessor, and the output terminal of the microprocessor controls the inverter circuit. A function module of the microprocessor calculates a detected air volume according to the real time operation parameter. When the detected air volume is smaller than a preset air volume, the microprocessor determines that the air filter mesh is obstructed and outputs a signal to an alarm circuit to trigger an alarm.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A device for detecting blockage of an air filter mesh, the device comprising:
a) an air inlet; b) an air outlet; c) an air duct; d) a fan or a wind wheel; e) a blower motor, the blower motor comprising: a rotating shaft, a permanent magnetic rotor assembly, a stator assembly, and a housing assembly; the stator assembly comprising a stator core and a coiling winding; f) an air filter mesh; and g) a controller, the controller comprising a main control board comprising: a microprocessor, an inverter circuit, and a motor operation parameter detecting circuit; the inverter circuit comprising an output terminal; the microprocessor comprising an output terminal and a function module for calculating an air volume; wherein the air filter mesh is disposed in the air duct; the blower motor drives the fan or the wind wheel to rotate to allow the air to enter the air duct via the air inlet, pass through the air filter mesh, and exit the air duct via the air outlet; the blower motor is a motor body excluding a controller; the permanent magnetic rotor assembly and the stator assembly form magnetic coupling; the coiling winding is wound on the stator core; the output terminal of the inverter circuit is connected to the coil winding; the motor operation parameter detecting circuit inputs a real time operation parameter into the microprocessor, and the output terminal of the microprocessor controls the inverter circuit; the function module calculates a detected air volume according to the real time operation parameter; and when the detected air volume is smaller than a preset air volume, the microprocessor determines that the air filter mesh is obstructed and outputs a signal to an alarm circuit to trigger an alarm.

2 . The device of claim 1 , being a split air conditioner, a cabinet air conditioner, a window air conditioner, a multi-connected air conditioner, a wind pipe air conditioner, a commercial coil air conditioner, a ceiling air conditioner, a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning system, a living air device, an air cleaner, or a soot absorber.

3 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the real time operation parameter of the motor comprises: a phase current and a rotor position signal; or a bus current and a rotor position signal; or a bus current, a bus voltage, and a rotor position signal.

4 . The device of claim 3 , wherein a function for calculating the air volume is Q=F(POWER, n), in which, POWER represents an input power of the motor and is calculated by the bus current and the bus voltage of the motor, n represents a rotational speed of the motor and is calculated by the rotor position signal.

5 . The device of claim 1 , wherein
the blower motor operates in a mode of constant air volume control; the microprocessor firstly measures a real time power to determine whether the real time power reaches a rated power; when the real time power reaches the rated power and a difference between the detected air volume and the preset air volume reaches a certain value, the alarm is triggered; and when the difference between the detected air volume and the preset air volume is within a permitted range, the alarm is not triggered.

6 . The device of claim 2 , wherein
the blower motor operates in a mode of constant air volume control; the microprocessor firstly measures a real time power to determine whether the real time power reaches a rated power; when the real time power reaches the rated power and a difference between the detected air volume and the preset air volume reaches a certain value, the alarm is triggered; and when the difference between the detected air volume and the preset air volume is within a permitted range, the alarm is not triggered.

7 . The device of claim 3 , wherein
the blower motor operates in a mode of constant air volume control; the microprocessor firstly measures a real time power to determine whether the real time power reaches a rated power; when the real time power reaches the rated power and a difference between the detected air volume and the preset air volume reaches a certain value, the alarm is triggered; and when the difference between the detected air volume and the preset air volume is within a permitted range, the alarm is not triggered.

8 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the blower motor operates in a mode of constant torque control, and when a difference between the detected air volume and the preset air volume reaches a certain value, it is determined that the air filter mesh is obstructed and the alarm is triggered.

9 . The device of claim 2 , wherein the blower motor operates in a mode of constant torque control, and when a difference between the detected air volume and the preset air volume reaches a certain value, it is determined that the air filter mesh is obstructed and the alarm is triggered.

10 . The device of claim 3 , wherein the blower motor operates in a mode of constant torque control, and when a difference between the detected air volume and the preset air volume reaches a certain value, it is determined that the air filter mesh is obstructed and the alarm is triggered.

11 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the blower motor operates in a mode of constant rotational speed control, and when a difference between the detected air volume and the preset air volume reaches a certain value, it is determined that the air filter mesh is obstructed and the alarm is triggered.

12 . The device of claim 2 , wherein the blower motor operates in a mode of constant rotational speed control, and when a difference between the detected air volume and the preset air volume reaches a certain value, it is determined that the air filter mesh is obstructed and the alarm is triggered.

13 . The device of claim 3 , wherein the blower motor operates in a mode of constant rotational speed control, and when a difference between the detected air volume and the preset air volume reaches a certain value, it is determined that the air filter mesh is obstructed and the alarm is triggered.

14 . The device of claim 2 , wherein the main control board is a control board of the air conditioning system; and the microprocessor of the main control board is connected to a compressor and an expansion valve via an interface circuit for controlling the compressor and the expansion valve.

15 . The device of claim 14 , wherein the alarm circuit is an audio alarm circuit or a photoelectric alarm circuit.

16 . The device of claim 15 , wherein the alarm circuit comprises a liquid crystal display; and the microprocessor outputs a signal to the liquid crystal display to indicate that the air filter mesh is obstructed in the form of characters or figures.

17 . The device of claim 3 , wherein the motor body further comprises a Hall circuit for detecting a rotor position signal.

Assignees

• Zhongshan Broad Ocean Motor Co

Inventors

• Wang Jizhong
• Zhou Yiqiao
• Zhang Zheng
• Zhang Xiansheng
• Sun Hairong
• Zhao Yong

Classifications

• F24F11/63

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• G01D5/142

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• G01N2015/084

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• G01N15/082

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• G08B21/182 Primary

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