Control system of air conditioning system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9366453-B2
Application number	US-201013575323-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 12, 2010
Priority date	Feb 12, 2010
Publication date	Jun 14, 2016
Grant date	Jun 14, 2016

Abstract

To obtain a control system of an air conditioning system capable of easily confirming a set content of an interlocking control. A simulation device that generates simulation operation information simulating an interlock operation of facility devices based on interlock settings information, a display controller that makes a display device display a layout plan and the simulation operation information in accordance with the display of the facility devices in the layout plan.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A display control system of an air conditioning system that controls an operation of a plurality of facility devices including at least an air conditioner, the control system of an air conditioning system comprising:
a storage device that stores a single or multiple of pieces of interlock settings information that is information for interlockingly control the facility devices and that stores information on a layout plan that indicates an arrangement of the facility devices in a conditioned space;
a simulation device that generates simulation operation information in which an interlock operation of the facility devices is simulated based on the interlock settings information;
a display device; and
a display controller that makes the display device display the layout plan, and that makes the display device display the simulation operation information in accordance with a display of the facility devices in the layout plan; wherein
the display controller causes the display device to display an indication for a displayed facility device, which is one of the facility devices in a building, when the displayed facility device serves as an interlock source device or an interlock destination device, and display another indication different from the indication for the displayed facility device when the displayed facility device does not serve as the interlock source device or the interlock destination device.

2. The display control system of an air conditioning system of claim 1 , wherein
the interlock settings information includes
information on an interlock condition, which is information on a condition to perform an interlocking control,
information on an interlocking source device that is one of the facility devices that sets the interlock condition,
information on an interlock destination device that is one of the facility devices that is a subject of the interlock control, and
information on the interlock operation for operating the interlock destination device when the interlock source device satisfies the interlock condition, and

the display controller
makes the display device display at least one of the interlock condition, the interlock source device, the interlock destination device, and the interlock operation in accordance with the display of the facility devices in the layout plan.

3. The display control system of an air conditioning system of claim 1 , wherein
the simulation device
generates the simulation operation information based on arbitrary interlock settings information among the multiple pieces of interlock settings information, and
generates simulation operation information that has simulated the interlock operation of the facility devices based on the operation status of the facility devices device, which is based on the generated simulation operation information, and other interlock settings information, and

the display controller
makes the display device display the generated simulation operation information in accordance with the display of the facility devices in the layout plan.

4. The display control system of an air conditioning system of claim 2 , wherein
the simulation device
simulates the interlock operation of the facility devices based on arbitrary interlock settings information among the multiple pieces of interlock settings information, and
when the operation status of a simulated facility device, which is simulated by the simulation device, satisfies an interlock condition of another interlock settings information, the simulation of the interlock operation of the facility devices on the basis of the interlock settings information is repeated.

5. The display control system of an air conditioning system of claim 1 , further comprising
an input device that receives a control that makes the simulation device simulate the operation of the facility devices, wherein
the simulation device
simulates the operation of each facility device based on the control that has received by the input device, and
generates simulation operation information that has simulated the interlock operation of the facility devices based on the interlock settings information and the operation status of a simulated facility device which is simulated by the simulation device, and

the display controller
makes the display device display the simulation operation information in accordance with the display of the facility devices in the layout plan.

6. The display control system of an air conditioning system of claim 5 , wherein
the input device
further receives the control that makes the simulation device simulate the operation of the facility devices and information on elapsed time to simulate the control,

the simulation device
simulates the operation of the facility devices in accordance with the elapsed time on the basis of the control and information on the elapsed time received by the input device, and

each time the operation status of the simulated facility device, which is simulated by the simulation device, changes, the simulation device generates simulation operation information that has simulated the interlock operation of the facility devices based on the operation status of the simulated facility device and the interlock settings information, and
the display controller
makes the display device display the generated simulation operation information in accordance with the display of the facility devices in the layout plan.

7. The display control system of an air conditioning system of claim 2 , wherein
the display controller,
when an arbitrary facility device among the plurality of facility devices is either the interlock source device or the interlock destination device, makes the display device display information indicating that the arbitrary facility device is related to an interlocking control and display the interlock settings information of the arbitrary facility device.

8. The display control system of an air conditioning system claim 2 , wherein
the simulation device
simulates the interlock operation of the facility devices based on arbitrary interlock settings information among the multiple pieces of interlock settings information, and
when the operation status of a simulated facility device, which is simulated by the simulation device, satisfies an interlock condition of another interlock settings information, repeats the simulation of the interlock operation of the facility devices on the basis of the interlock settings information, and

the display controller
makes the display device display a display indicating that there is an incorrect setting, when there is an overlap of the interlock settings information that has simulated the interlocking operation.

9. The display control system of an air conditioning system claim 2 , wherein
the simulation device
simulates the interlock operation of the facility devices based on arbitrary interlock settings information among the multiple pieces of interlock settings information, and
when the operation status of a simulated facility device, which is simulated by the simulation device, satisfies an interlock condition of another interlock settings information, repeats the simulation of the interlock operation of the facility devices on the basis of the interlock settings information, and

the display controller
makes the display device display a display indicating that there is an incorrect setting, when a time period of the interlock operation exceeds a predetermined time period or when a repeated number of times of the interlock operation exceeds a predetermined number of times.

10. The display control system of an air conditioning system of claim 2 , wherein

Assignees

• Ogura Kazutaka
• Tamura Kazuya
• Noguchi Osamu
• Nakasuji Yoshito
• Sato Yasushi
• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Ogura Kazutaka
• Tamura Kazuya
• Noguchi Osamu
• Nakasuji Yoshito
• Sato Yasushi

Classifications

• F24F11/52 Primary

  Indication arrangements, e.g. displays · CPC title

• F24F11/30 Primary

  for purposes related to the operation of the system, e.g. for safety or monitoring · CPC title

• F24F2011/0091

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• F24F2011/0094

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• F24F11/0086 Primary

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic