Patent ID: 11920806
Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC F  G | IPC F  G

Claim 0:
1. A leak detection system of a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system, comprising:
a sensor comprising a detector and a processor disposed within a body of the sensor, wherein the sensor is configured to:
measure a concentration of an ultraviolet (UV) tracer in a monitored gas volume of the HVAC system;
determine a concentration of leaked refrigerant in the monitored gas volume based on the concentration of the UV tracer measured to be in the monitored gas volume;
define a corrective action output based on the concentration of the leaked refrigerant determined to be in the monitored gas volume exceeding a threshold; and
output the corrective action output to modify operation of the HVAC system.