Management apparatus for air-conditioning system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9513023-B2
Application number	US-201113984972-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 16, 2011
Priority date	Mar 16, 2011
Publication date	Dec 6, 2016
Grant date	Dec 6, 2016

Abstract

A management apparatus for an air-conditioning system is obtained which can divide a layout drawing into regions for each monitored space and establish correspondence between each equipment device arranged in individual regions and its block identification information. On the basis of positional information and block information, block information for a region corresponding to an installation position is assigned to each equipment device and a plurality of equipment devices are divided for each piece of the block information to perform at least one of monitoring of status and control of an operation.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A management apparatus for an air-conditioning system, which monitors status of and controls operations of a plurality of equipment devices including at least an air-conditioning unit, comprising:
a storage device configured to store information on a layout drawing indicating a layout of one or a plurality of monitored spaces, positional information indicating an installation position of each of the equipment devices in the layout drawing, and block information having range information and block identification information, the range information dividing the layout drawing into regions for at least each of the monitored spaces and indicating a range of each of the regions, the block identification information identifying each of the regions;
a display device; and
a controller configured to
cause the display device to display the layout drawing that displays an installation position of each of the equipment devices, on a basis of the information on the layout drawing and the positional information,
assign, to each of the equipment devices, the block identification information for the region corresponding to the installation position, on a basis of the positional information and the block information, and
divide the plurality of equipment devices for each piece of the block identification information, and perform at least one of monitoring of status and control of an operation,

wherein:
the range information of the block information is information on an image in which the layout drawing is colored for each of the regions;
the block identification information of the block information is given for each color of the image; and
the controller assigns, to each of the equipment devices, the block identification information corresponding to a color of an installation position in the image.

2. The management apparatus for an air-conditioning system of claim 1 ,
wherein:
the storage device stores a plurality of pieces of the block information for a single piece of the information on the layout drawing; and
the controller selects one of the plurality of pieces of block information, and assigns, to each of the equipment devices, the block identification information for the region corresponding to the installation position, on a basis of the selected piece of block information.

3. The management apparatus for an air-conditioning system of claim 1 , comprising a data acquiring device configured to acquire status data indicating status of each of the equipment devices, wherein:
the storage device stores interlock setting information, the interlock setting information having information on an interlock condition that is a condition for performing interlock control, information on an interlock source device that is each of the equipment devices for which the interlock condition is set, information on an interlock target device that is each of the equipment devices subject to interlock control, and information on an interlock operation for operating the interlock target device when the interlock source device satisfies the interlock condition; and
when the interlock source device satisfies the interlock condition, the controller causes the interlock target device that is assigned the same block identification information as the interlock source device to operate in accordance with the information on the interlock operation.

4. The management apparatus for an air-conditioning system of claim 1 , comprising a data acquiring device configured to acquire status data indicating status of each of the equipment devices, wherein:
the layout drawing is a plan view;
the controller determines a plane area of the monitored space, on a basis of information on a distance in the monitored space per pixel of the plan view displayed on the display device; and
in accordance with the plane area of the monitored space corresponding to an installation position of each of the equipment devices that is an air-conditioning unit, the controller controls an airflow velocity of air blown by the air-conditioning unit.

5. The management apparatus for an air-conditioning system of claim 1 , comprising a data acquiring device configured to acquire status data indicating status of each of the equipment devices, wherein:
the storage device stores
block type information that identifies the monitored space corresponding to each of the regions, and
schedule setting information in which information on whether the monitored space is used or not according to at least one of time, date, and day of week is set for each piece of the block type information; and

the controller causes operation of each of the equipment devices installed in the monitored space that is not being used to stop, on a basis of the block type information and the schedule setting information.

6. The management apparatus for an air-conditioning system of claim 1 , comprising a data acquiring device configured to acquire status data indicating status of each of the equipment devices, wherein:
the controller computes, for each set of the equipment devices that are air-conditioning units to which the same block identification information is assigned, an average value of differences between set temperatures set for the air-conditioning units and an outside air temperature, on a basis of the status data; and
the controller sets the set temperatures of the air-conditioning units so that the computed value becomes smaller than a predetermined value.

7. A management apparatus for an air-conditioning system, which monitors status of and controls operations of a plurality of equipment devices including at least an air-conditioning unit, comprising:
a storage device configured to store information on a layout drawing indicating a layout of one or a plurality of monitored spaces, positional information indicating an installation position of each of the equipment devices in the layout drawing, and block information having range information and block identification information, the range information dividing the layout drawing into regions for at least each of the monitored spaces and indicating a range of each of the regions, the block identification information identifying each of the regions;
a data acquiring device;
a display device; and
a controller configured to
cause the display device to display the layout drawing that displays an installation position of each of the equipment devices, on a basis of the information on the layout drawing and the positional information,
assign, to each of the equipment devices, the block identification information for the region corresponding to the installation position, on a basis of the positional information and the block information, and
divide the plurality of equipment devices for each piece of the block identification information, and perform at least one of monitoring of status and control of an operation,

wherein the data acquiring device is configured to acquire status data indicating status of each of the equipment devices,
wherein the controller causes information related to the status data to be displayed in correspondence with display of each of the equipment devices within the layout drawing.

8. The management apparatus for an air-conditioning system of claim 7 , wherein:
the storage device stores block type information that identifies the monitored space corresponding to each of the regions; and
on a basis of the status data on each of the equipment devices that is an air-conditioning unit, the controller causes a display within the layout drawing which indicates a reaching range of air blown from an air-conditioning unit that is running, to be displayed only within the region of an installation position of the air-conditioning un

Assignees

• Ogura Kazutaka
• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Ogura Kazutaka

Classifications

• F24F11/52 Primary

  Indication arrangements, e.g. displays · CPC title

• F24F11/72

  for controlling the supply of treated air, e.g. its pressure · CPC title

• F24F11/30

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

• G05B19/41885

  characterised by modeling, simulation of the manufacturing system · CPC title

• F24F2011/0091

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic