Patent ID: 7857233
Filing Date: 2010-12-28
Classification: F24D,F24F,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A method for regulating temperature in a system, the method comprising: receiving, at a building management system, information concerning stem positions of a plurality of control valves, the plurality of control valves each being associated with at least one of a plurality of terminals, each of the plurality of terminals being in communication with a supply header line of a hydronic system, the hydronic system comprising production equipment supplying a fluid to the header line; determining, based on the information concerning stem positions of the plurality of control valves, whether changes need to be made to the production equipment of the hydronic system, wherein the changes to the production equipment of the hydronic system change at least one parameter of the fluid being supplied to the supply header line of the hydronic system; and making a change to the production equipment in response to determining that changes need to be made, the change to the production equipment yielding a difference in the at least one parameter of the fluid, wherein: