Patent ID: 11864510
Assignee: TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC.
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  F  Y | IPC A

Claim 16:
17. A method of conditioning air in an indoor agricultural space divided into grow rooms that are independent and distinct, using an installation with a first plurality of air handling units that supplies conditioned air to a first common plenum for a first of the grow rooms, and a second plurality of air handling units that supplies conditioned air to a second common plenum for a second of the grow rooms, the first common plenum and the second common plenum being separate and distinct from one another, the method comprising:
operating first air handling units in respective ones of the first plurality of air handling units and the second plurality of air handling units in a cooling mode; and as the first air handling units are operated in the cooling mode,
operating second air handling units in respective ones of the first plurality of air handling units and the second plurality of air handling units in a heating mode;
mixing the conditioned air supplied by the first plurality of air handling units, and the conditioned air supplied by the second plurality of air handling units; and
moving the conditioned air as mixed by the first plurality of air handling units to the first of the grow rooms via the first common plenum, and the conditioned air as mixed by the second plurality of air handling units to the second of the grow rooms via the second common plenum.