Patent ID: 9546942
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: B01D,G01N

Claim:
1. A method for estimating energy use in an air filtration system using a preselected air filter, comprising the steps of: entering filtration system information into a computer having access to dust holding capacity versus pressure drop curves for a plurality of different air filters, wherein the filtration system information includes user experience information including change out time for a current air filter in the system; determining an estimated current energy use of the air filtration system for the current air filter in the system using the user experience information and the dust holding capacity versus pressure drop curves for the current air filter; determining an estimated proposed energy use of the air filtration system for a proposed air filter different from the current air filter using the user experience information and the dust holding capacity versus pressure drop curves for the proposed air filter; and presenting a comparison of the estimated energy use for the current air filter and for the proposed air filter on a display of the computer, as well as a proposed schedule for changing the proposed air filter; and changing out filters in the air filtration system following the proposed schedule.