Patent ID: 11953243
Assignee: TYCO FIRE & SECURITY GMBH
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 6:
7. The chiller system of claim 1, comprising a plurality of fan coil units disposed in parallel relative to a flow of the refrigerant, wherein the plurality of fan coil units includes the fan coil unit, wherein a first variable number of fan coil units of the plurality of fan coil units is configured to receive the refrigerant from the mechanical-cooling circuit and a second variable number of fan coil units of the plurality of fan coil units is configured to receive the refrigerant from the free-cooling circuit in response to a hybrid-cooling operation of the chiller system, wherein the fan coil unit of the plurality of fan coil units is included in the first variable number of fan coil units in response to first operating conditions, and wherein the fan coil unit of the plurality of fan coil units is included in the second variable number of fan coil units in response to second operating conditions different than the first operating conditions.