An air conditioning apparatus includes an outdoor unit configured to circulate refrigerant, an indoor unit configured to circulate water, and a heat exchange device that connects the indoor unit to the outdoor unit and that is configured to perform heat exchange between the refrigerant and the water. The heat exchange device includes a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger, a first refrigerant pipe and a second refrigerant pipe that are connected to the first heat exchanger, a third refrigerant pipe and a fourth refrigerant pipe that are connected to the second heat exchanger, a first expansion valve disposed at the second refrigerant pipe, a second expansion valve disposed at the fourth refrigerant pipe, a bypass pipe that connects the second refrigerant pipe to the third refrigerant pipe, and a bypass valve disposed at the bypass pipe.

A thermostat device may use one or two temperature sensors inside the housing of the thermostat device to perform temperature compensation to determine the ambient temperature outside the housing of the thermostat device. Processing circuitry of the thermostat device may determine a current operating mode of the thermostat device out of a plurality of operating modes. The processing circuitry may also use machine learning to estimate the current and voltage of the thermostat device based on temperature differences between the two temperature sensors. The processing circuitry may determine, based at least in part on the estimated current and voltage of the thermostat device and the current operating mode of the thermostat device, an ambient temperature outside the housing of the thermostat device.

A thermostat device may use one or two temperature sensors inside the housing of the thermostat device to perform temperature compensation to determine the ambient temperature outside the housing of the thermostat device. Processing circuitry of the thermostat device may determine a current operating mode of the thermostat device out of a plurality of operating modes. The processing circuitry may also use machine learning to estimate the current and voltage of the thermostat device based on temperature differences between the two temperature sensors. The processing circuitry may determine, based at least in part on the estimated current and voltage of the thermostat device and the current operating mode of the thermostat device, an ambient temperature outside the housing of the thermostat device.

An air conditioning ventilation system comprising: air-intake portions 123 and exhaust portions 124 respectively provided in a plurality of rooms of a building; air-blowing sections 103 for sending wind to the air-intake portions 123; and a return zone 101 where air discharged from the exhaust portions 124 by the air-blowing sections 103 joins up; wherein the air-blowing sections 103 and an air conditioning section are placed in the return zone 101, a bathroom 106 and other rooms include ventilation intake portions 125 and ventilation exhaust section 126s to ventilate these room for exchanging air, the system includes a heat exchanging unit 111 which heat-exchanges confluence air of the plurality of rooms and the bathroom 106 and outside air, and discharges the air to outside of the rooms, and the outside air after the outside air exchanges heat with the confluence air is introduced into the return zone 101. The present invention provides the air conditioning ventilation system which prevents lifetime of the system from being shortened by dew condensation of a heat exchanging element while recovering heat during bath time, which prevents mold in the bathroom 106 by ventilation of the bathroom 106 for 24 hours, and which can always realize comfortable clean air living at all times by flow of air-conditioning air and flow of ventilation air in an entire house while saving energy.

An air conditioning ventilation system comprising: air-intake portions 123 and exhaust portions 124 respectively provided in a plurality of rooms of a building; air-blowing sections 103 for sending wind to the air-intake portions 123; and a return zone 101 where air discharged from the exhaust portions 124 by the air-blowing sections 103 joins up; wherein the air-blowing sections 103 and an air conditioning section are placed in the return zone 101, a bathroom 106 and other rooms include ventilation intake portions 125 and ventilation exhaust section 126s to ventilate these room for exchanging air, the system includes a heat exchanging unit 111 which heat-exchanges confluence air of the plurality of rooms and the bathroom 106 and outside air, and discharges the air to outside of the rooms, and the outside air after the outside air exchanges heat with the confluence air is introduced into the return zone 101. The present invention provides the air conditioning ventilation system which prevents lifetime of the system from being shortened by dew condensation of a heat exchanging element while recovering heat during bath time, which prevents mold in the bathroom 106 by ventilation of the bathroom 106 for 24 hours, and which can always realize comfortable clean air living at all times by flow of air-conditioning air and flow of ventilation air in an entire house while saving energy.

A computer system provides intelligent context-based control of air flow. An identity of a user and a location of the user within an area that includes one or more vents associated with a climate control system are identified. User preferences are determined based on the identity of the user. Characteristics of air flow in the area are adjusted based on the user preferences the user and the location of the user, wherein the characteristics of the air flow comprise one or more from a group of: a direction, and a flow rate. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and program product for providing intelligent context-based control of air flow in substantially the same manner described above.

A computer system provides intelligent context-based control of air flow. An identity of a user and a location of the user within an area that includes one or more vents associated with a climate control system are identified. User preferences are determined based on the identity of the user. Characteristics of air flow in the area are adjusted based on the user preferences the user and the location of the user, wherein the characteristics of the air flow comprise one or more from a group of: a direction, and a flow rate. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and program product for providing intelligent context-based control of air flow in substantially the same manner described above.

A system is provided and includes a first controller, a non-transitory computer-readable medium and a second controller. The first controller is configured to control operation of at least one compressor circuit including one or more compressors. The non-transitory computer-readable medium is configured to store instructions of a stage profiler for execution by the controller. The instructions include: determining a target system capacity profile for the at least one compressor circuit; determining system stage capacities for stages of the at least one compressor circuit; selecting some of the system stage capacities based on the target system capacity profile to provide an available system capacity profile; generating modulation information based on the available system capacity profile and a load request signal; and controlling operation of the one or more compressors based on the modulation information and according to the available system capacity profile.

A system is provided and includes a first controller, a non-transitory computer-readable medium and a second controller. The first controller is configured to control operation of at least one compressor circuit including one or more compressors. The non-transitory computer-readable medium is configured to store instructions of a stage profiler for execution by the controller. The instructions include: determining a target system capacity profile for the at least one compressor circuit; determining system stage capacities for stages of the at least one compressor circuit; selecting some of the system stage capacities based on the target system capacity profile to provide an available system capacity profile; generating modulation information based on the available system capacity profile and a load request signal; and controlling operation of the one or more compressors based on the modulation information and according to the available system capacity profile.

Systems and methods are configured to control operation of an HVAC system providing climate control for a zone of a structure. In various embodiments, a constrained optimization problem is performed to set control commands for controlling operation of the HVAC system to achieve one or more objectives while providing a supply air flow at an air temperature and a humidity ratio for the zone at a future time. For instance, the optimization problem may include a cost function having constraints based on a desired temperature setpoint and a humidity ratio for the zone. A value is set for each control command based on the performance of the constrained optimization problem to achieve at least one of the objectives and as a result, the supply air flow at the air temperature and humidity ratio is provided by the HVAC system at the future time to the zone based on the values.