Patent Publication Number: US-11032978-B2

Title: Climate control system for indoor horticulture

Description:
BACKGROUND 
     Growing plants indoor on a large scale requires constant monitoring and control of the indoor plant environment. In particular, one must maintain target conditions of temperature and dew point in order to ensure plant health. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     In one aspect this disclosure relates to an indoor plant growing system. The indoor plant growing system includes an air supply system and a refrigeration system. The air supply system includes a source of return air, a damper, an air supply fan, a cooling coil and a reheat coil. The refrigeration system includes a compressor, a three-way valve, a condenser coil, as well as the cooling coil and said reheat coil included in the air supply system. The reheat coil is positioned in parallel with said condenser in said refrigeration system downstream of said cooling coil in said air supply system. Additionally, the indoor plant growing system includes a controller configured to manage the operation of the air supply system and the refrigeration system, a plant environment and positioned within the plant environment is a dry bulb temperature sensor, and a dew point sensor. The dry bulb temperature sensor and dew point sensor provide data to the controller. 
     In another aspect, this disclosure relates to a method for maintaining the dry bulb temperature, dew point and enthalpy within an indoor plant growing environment within an accepted range of set point values. The method includes the steps of: 
     establishing a set point value for the dry bulb temperature of the indoor plant growing environment and establishing an accepted range above and below the dry bulb temperature set point value; 
     establishing a set point value for the dew point of the indoor plant growing environment and establishing an accepted range above and below the dew point set point value; 
     establishing a set point value for the enthalpy of the indoor plant growing environment and establishing an accepted range above and below the enthalpy set point value; 
     monitoring the dry bulb temperature of the indoor plant growing environment with a dry bulb temperature sensor; 
     monitoring the dew point of the indoor plant growing environment with a dew point sensor; 
     providing the monitored values of dry bulb temperature and dew point to a controller and said controller calculating the enthalpy of the indoor plant growing environment; 
     providing said indoor plant growing environment with an air supply system and a refrigeration system; 
     using the controller to manage the operation of the air supply system and said refrigeration system to maintain the dry bulb temperature within the accepted range above and below the dry bulb temperature set point value; 
     using the controller to manage the operation of the air supply system and said refrigeration system to maintain the dew point within the accepted range above and below the dew point set point value; and, 
     using the controller to manage the operation of the air supply system and said refrigeration system to maintain the enthalpy within the accepted range above and below the enthalpy set point value. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  depicts the configuration of the air flow system of an environmental control system of the present invention. 
         FIG. 2  depicts the refrigeration control system of an environmental control system of the present invention. 
         FIG. 3  provides a process flow diagram of the logic used by the controller which manages operation of the environmental control system. 
         FIG. 4  provides an exemplary psychrometric chart for operation of an environmental control system. 
         FIG. 5  depicts a climate control system for growing plants indoor. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     The climate control system  100  disclosed herein utilizes a controller  10  to manage the operation of an air supply system  20  and a refrigeration system  30  associated with a plant growing room  5  or building. As depicted in  FIG. 5 , air supply system  20  and refrigeration system  30  are associated with room  5  or building used for growing plants, referred to herein as the plant environment  5 . Ducts, not shown, provide fluid communication between air supply system  20  and refrigeration system  30  and plant environment  5 . Although the following discussion refers to a single air supply system  20  and a single refrigeration system  30 , climate control system  100  may include more than one of each system  20 ,  30  and the number of components in each system  20 ,  30  will be determined by the size of plant environment  5 . For example, a 15 ton refrigeration system  30  may require a single compressor  36 . However, a 60 ton refrigeration system  30  will typically require four compressors  36 . 
     Air supply system  20  includes an air source  22  of return air from plant environment  5  and/or outside air, a damper  24 , an air supply fan  26 , a cooling coil  32  and a reheat coil  34 . Refrigeration system  30  includes components common to air conditioning systems. As used herein, supply air refers to air that has passed through climate control system  100  exiting through air supply fan  26  and entering plant environment  5 . Return air, provided by air source  22 , refers to either air from outside of plant environment  5  and/or air removed from plant environment  5  and returned to climate control system  100 . Thus, air source  22  provides return air from either source or a mixture of air from the outside of the plant environment  5  and air recycled from plant environment  5 . 
     In the configuration necessary to provide the desired control of the indoor environment necessary for healthy plant growth, refrigeration system  30  has been configured specifically to maintain the desired dry bulb temperature, dew point and enthalpy of plant environment  5 . In the configuration of the present invention, refrigeration system  30  includes a cooling coil  32 , reheat coil  34 , a compressor  36 , a three-way valve  38 , a condenser coil  42 , and a condenser coil fan  44 . Thus, as depicted in  FIGS. 1 and 2 , refrigeration system  30  shares cooling coil  32  and reheat coil  34  with air supply system  20  as the air flow route through air supply system  20  passes over or through cooling coil  32  and reheat coil  34 . In one embodiment, cooling coil  32  is divided into two portions  32   a ,  32   b  with each portion supplied with refrigerant from condenser coil  42 . Solenoid actuated valves  46   a  and  46   b  control the flow of refrigerant to each portion of cooling coil  32 . 
     Controller  10  receives data from sensors and uses the received data to manage the operation of damper  24 , compressor  36 , cooling coil  32 , three-way valve  38 , supply fan  26 , and condenser coil fan  44 . Sensors associated with controller  10  include airflow rate sensor  18 , dry bulb temperature sensor  12  located in plant environment  5 , sensed control head pressure  14  located at the input side of condenser coil  42  or output side of compressor  36  and dew point sensor  16  located in plant environment  5 . Airflow rate sensor  18  provides a differential pressure reading across supply fan  26  to permit calculation of the airflow rate of the supply air produced by climate control system  100 . 
     Controller  10  manages operation of climate control system  100  to maintain set point or target values for dry bulb temperature, dew point and enthalpy. Each set point value has an allowed accepted range for deviation above and below the designated set point value. For dry bulb temperature and dew point, the accepted range for deviation above and below the set point value may be as great as 5° F. or as small as 0.5° F. depending on the plants in plant environment  5 . Typically, the “accepted range” above and below the set point value for dry bulb temperature and dew point will be about 2° F. The accepted range for deviation above and below the set point value for enthalpy may be as great as 5 Btu/lb or as small as 0.25 Btu/lb. Typically, the accepted range for enthalpy will be about 1.5 Btu/lb. In general, the set point value for dry bulb temperature may be between about 60° F. and about 85° F. The set point value for dew point may be between about 45° F. and about 75° F. The set point value for enthalpy may be between about 20 Btu/lb and about 40 Btu/lb. For example, if the set point value for dry bulb temperature is 75° F. with an “accepted range” of 2° F., then an acceptable dry bulb temperature will be between 73° F. and 77° F. As explained in more detail below, if the dry bulb temperature is outside of the accepted range, controller  10  will control operation of climate control system  100  to bring the dry bulb temperature back into the accepted range. Each set point value and the accepted deviation range for each set point value will be entered into controller  10  by the user using a control panel, not shown, associated with climate control system  100 . 
     Sensed control head pressure allows controller  10  to determine the saturated condensing temperature of the refrigerant in refrigeration system  30 . In general, a predetermined set point will be stored in controller  10  for the control head pressure of compressor  36 . If dew point sensor  16  provides a signal indicating that the sensed control head pressure  14  is below the setpoint, then controller  10  will signal condenser coil fan  44  to slow down. If slowing of condenser coil fan  44  does not alleviate the condition, then controller  10  will begin staging off condenser coil  42 . Likewise, if the sensed control head pressure is too high, then controller  10  will signal an increase in fan speed for condenser coil fan  44 . If increasing the condenser coil fan  44  speed is insufficient, then controller  10  will signal staging on of condenser coil  42 . 
     Through use of controller  10 , climate control system  100  provides precise control over the dry bulb temperature, dew point and enthalpy characteristics of plant environment  5 . As known to those skilled in the art, the enthalpy of a system can be calculated from the known values of dry bulb temperature and relative humidity or from known values of dry bulb temperature and dew point. Additionally, those skilled in the art recognize that relative humidity can be determined from the dry bulb temperature and dew point. While those skilled in the art will be familiar with the calculation of enthalpy, the following formulas are provided for completeness. 
     Relevant psychrometric algorithms include: 
     Atmospheric Pressure
 
 p =Atm×(1−6.8753×10 −6   ×Z ) 5.2559  
         p=inches of Mercury   Atm=29.921299597519   Z=elevation in feet
 
Water Vapor Saturation Pressure
       

     For 311.67° R&lt;=T=&lt;491.67° R
 
 pws =exp( C   1   ÷T+C   2   +C   3   ×T+C   4   ×T   2   +C   5   ×T   3   +C   6   ×T   4   +C   7 ×ln( T ))
         T=absolute temperature, ° R=° F.+459.67   C 1 =−1.0214165×E 4      C 2 =−4.8932428×E 0      C 3 =−5.3765794×E −3      C 4 =1.9202377×E −7      C 5 =3.5575832×E −10      C 6 =−9.0344688×E −14      C 7 =4.1635019×E 0          

     For 491.67° R&lt;T=&lt;851.67° R
 
 pws =exp( C   8   ÷T+C   9   +C   10   ×T+C   11   ×T   2   +C   12   ×T   3   +C   13 ×ln( T ))
         T=absolute temperature, ° R=° F.+459.67   C 8 =−1.0440397×E 4      C 9 =−1.1294650×E 1      C 10 =−2.7022355×E −2      C 11 =1.2890360×E −3      C 12 =−2.4780681×E −9      C 13 =6.5459673×E 0  
 
Saturated Humidity Ratio
       

     
       
         
           
             
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             p=total pressure of moist air 
             f=enhancement factor 
             p ws =pressure of saturated pure water
 
Enhancement Factor
 
           
         
       
    
     f=calculated in accordance with Hyland and Wexler (1973, “The Second”) 
     Humidity Ratio 
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             t*=thermodynamic wet-bulb temperature of moist air, ° F. 
             t=dry-bulb temperature of moist air, ° F. 
             c p =specific heat of moist air, Btu/lb° F. 
             W s *=humidity ratio of moist air at saturation at thermodynamic wet-bulb temperature 
           
         
       
    
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             t*=thermodynamic wet-bulb temperature of moist air, ° F. 
             t=dry-bulb temperature of moist air, ° F. 
             c p =specific heat of moist air, Btu/lb° F. 
             W s *=humidity ratio of moist air at saturation at thermodynamic wet-bulb temperature
 
Specific Heat
 
 c   p =−2.0921943×10 −14   ×t   4 2.5588383×10 −11   ×t   3 +1.2900877×10 −8   ×t   2 +5.8045267×10 −6   ×t+ 0.23955919
 
             t=dry-bulb temperature of moist air, ° F.
 
Specific Volume
 
           
         
       
    
     
       
         
           
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             t=dry-bulb temperature of moist air, ° F. 
             W=humidity ratio of moist air, mass of water per unit mass of dry air 
             p=total pressure of moist an
 
Enthalpy
 
 h=cp×t+W ×(1061+0.444× t )
 
             t=dry-bulb temperature of moist air, ° F. 
             W=humidity ratio of moist air, mass of water per unit mass of dry air 
             c p =specific beat of moist air, Btu/lb° F.
 
Wet Bulb
 
Can be determined using an iterative calculation with reference to the Humidity Ratio function.
 
Dew Point
 
Can also be determined using an iterative calculation with reference to the Saturated Humidity Ratio function.
 
           
         
       
    
     With reference to  FIGS. 1 and 2 , the configuration of climate control system  100  places reheat coil  34  in a parallel position relative to condenser coil  42 ; however, with reference to the flow of supply air, reheat coil  34  is located after cooling coil  32 . Thus, manipulation of three-way valve  38  by controller  10  allows climate control system  100  to efficiently return heat to the supply air after it has passed through cooling coil  32 . This configuration improves control over the dew point value of the supply air and the final dry bulb temperature of plant environment  5 . 
     In general, increasing the speed of compressor  36  will lower the temperature of cooling coil  32  resulting in a lower enthalpy in the supply air. If the enthalpy is too high and an increase in compressor speed does not sufficiently lower the enthalpy of plant environment  5  and only a portion  32   a  or  32   b  of cooling coil  32  is currently active, then controller  10  will activate the appropriate solenoid actuated valve  46   a  or  46   b  to open and stage on the remaining portion  32   a  or  32   b  of cooling coil  32  to further lower the enthalpy of supply air. When staging on the remaining portion of cooling coil  32 , controller  10  will typically increase the speed of supply fan  26 . 
     Conversely, if the enthalpy of plant environment  5  is too low, then controller  10  will lower compressor speed. The compressor speed reduction will raise the temperature of cooling coil  32  resulting in an increase in dry bulb temperature and/or dew point of the supply air. 
     Control over dry bulb temperature is provided by reheat coil  34 . If plant environment  5  is at a lower temperature than desired, then heat supplied by reheat coil  34  may be added to the supply air to increase air temperature. If plant environment  5  has an enthalpy that is too high, then control of cooling coil  32  through increase of compressor  36  speed will increase the refrigeration capacity of the system and as a result will lower the enthalpy in plant environment  5 . Subsequent use of the reheat coil  34  will return the overcooled supply air to the desired temperature. Management of reheat coil  34  is controlled by controller  10  actuating three-way valve  38 . Thus, controller  10  uses three-way valve  38  to control the flow of refrigerant to both condenser coil  42  and reheat coil  34  thereby managing overall temperature of plant environment  5 . 
     If, according to the dry bulb temperature sensor, plant environment  5  is too cold, i.e. the temperature is lower than the accepted range for the dry bulb temperature and the situation cannot be remedied by addition of more heat to reheat coil  34  and/or reduction of compressor speed, then controller  10  will direct either solenoid actuated valve  46   a  or  46   b  to close thereby removing refrigerant from the corresponding portion  32   a  or  32   b  of cooling coil  32 . Additionally, in one embodiment damper  24  is a two-part damper which can be managed to block air flow to a portion of cooling coil  32 . Thus, in an overcooling situation, either portion  24   a  or  24   b  of damper  24  may close to preclude air flow over a portion of cooling coil  32 . Generally, if section  32   a  of cooling coil  32  is no longer receiving refrigerant due to the deactivation of solenoid actuated valve  46   a , then damper  24   a  will close blocking airflow to section  32   a . Likewise, if solenoid actuated valve  46   b  closes then damper  24   b  will close blocking airflow to section  32   b  of cooling coil  32 . 
       FIG. 3  provides an example of the process logic used by controller  10 . As reflected by  FIG. 3 , controller  10  manages operation of climate control system  100  by operation of three-way valve  38 , supply fan  26  and compressor  36 . Portion A of  FIG. 3  provides the logic for control of dry bulb temperature. For example at A 1 , if the dry bulb temperature determined by dry bulb temperature sensor  12  is within an accepted range, then controller  10  will maintain the present settings for reheat coil  34  by maintaining three-way valve  38  at its current position A 2 . However, if controller  10  at A 1  determines that the dry bulb temperature is outside of the accepted set point range, then the process moves to A 3 . At A 3 , if the dry bulb temperature is above the target set point by more than the accepted range, then controller  10  will direct three-way valve  38  to incrementally close A 4  thereby lowering reheat coil temperature. Conversely, if the dry bulb temperature is below the target set point by more than the accepted range, then controller  10  will direct three-way valve  38  to incrementally open A 5  thereby increasing reheat coil temperature. Thus, controller  10  continuously monitors the dry bulb temperature sensor  12  and as necessary continues the incremental adjustment of three-way valve  38  to maintain dry bulb temperature within the accepted range of the set point. 
     Portion B of  FIG. 3  provides the logic used by controller  10  for managing operation of supply fan  26  to provide control over the dew point within plant environment  5 . As indicated in  FIG. 3 , when the dew point is within an accepted range B 1 , then controller maintains the current fan speed for supply fan  26  B 2 . However, if controller  10  at A 1  receives data from dew point sensor  16  indicating that the dew point is outside of the accepted set point range, then the process moves to B 3 . At B 3 , if the dew point is above the accepted range, then controller  10  will reduce the fan speed B 4  of supply fan  26  thereby lowering air flow into plant environment  5 . However, if at B 3  the controller receives data from dew point sensor  16  indicating that the dew point is below the accepted range, then controller  10  will increase fan speed of supply fan  26  B 5  thereby allowing the dew point to increase. Thus, controller  10  continuously monitors the data provided by dew point sensor  16  and as necessary adjusts the speed of supply fan  26  to maintain the dew point within the accepted range of the set point. 
     Portion C of  FIG. 3  provides the logic used by controller  10  for managing the enthalpy within plant environment  5  through control of compressor  36 . Control of compressor  36  manages the temperature of cooling coil  32 . If at C 1  the enthalpy value is within the accepted range, then the speed of compressor  36  is maintained at the current speed C 2 . However, if the enthalpy value is above the accepted range, then at C 3  controller  10  will direct compressor  36  to increase speed thereby lowering the temperature of cooling coil  32  C 4 . Conversely, if the enthalpy value is below the accepted range, then at C 3  controller  10  will direct compressor  36  to decrease speed C 5  thereby increasing the temperature of cooling coil  32 . Controller  10  continuously monitors the data provided by dew point sensor  16  and dry bulb temperature sensor to determine the enthalpy value within plant environment  5  and adjusts the speed of compressor  36  as needed to maintain the enthalpy value is within the accepted range of the enthalpy set point. 
     With continued reference to the FIGS., examples of the operation of climate control system  100  will further explain the configuration and function of climate control system  100 . 
       FIG. 4  provides an exemplary psychrometric chart for operation of an environmental control system. In this example, the dry bulb temperature set point is 75° F., the dew point set point is 50° F. and the enthalpy set point is 26.0 Btu/lb as represented by lines A, B and C respectively on  FIG. 4 . The accepted range for dry bulb temperature set point is 1° F., for the dew point set point is 1° F. and for the enthalpy set point is 1 Btu/lb. 
     For this first example, dry bulb temperature is 82° F., dew point temperature is 58° F. and enthalpy is 31.0 Btu/lb. Thus, each sensed and calculated value is greater than the upper limit of the respective accepted range. Therefore, controller  10  will direct operation of compressor  36  to increase operational speed thereby lower the temperature of cooling coil  32  to bring the enthalpy value down within the accepted range. Additionally, controller  10  will direct supply fan  26  to decrease speed thereby reducing air flow through plant environment  5  to permit a decrease in the dew point within plant environment  5 . Finally, controller  10  will direct three-way valve  38  to begin to close in order to lower the temperature of reheat coil  34  to bring the dry bulb temperature value down within the accepted range. 
     For this second example, dry bulb temperature is 70° F., dew point temperature is 58° F. and enthalpy is 28.1 Btu/lb. Thus, the enthalpy and dew point values are greater than the upper limit of the respective accepted range and the dry bulb temperature is lower than the lower limit of the accepted range. Therefore, controller  10  will direct operation of compressor  36  to increase operational speed thereby lower the temperature of cooling coil  32  to bring the enthalpy value down within the accepted range. Additionally, controller  10  will direct supply fan  26  to decrease speed thereby reducing air flow through plant environment  5  to permit a decrease in the dew point within plant environment  5 . Finally, controller  10  will direct three-way valve  38  to begin to open in order to increase the temperature of reheat coil  34  to bring about an increase in the dry bulb temperature to within the accepted range. 
     For this third example, dry bulb temperature is 63° F., dew point temperature is 53° F. and enthalpy is 24.5 Btu/lb. Thus, the enthalpy and dry bulb temperature values are lower than the lower limit of the respective accepted range and the dew point is higher than the upper limit of the accepted range. Therefore, controller  10  will direct operation of compressor  36  to decrease compressor speed thereby allowing the temperature of cooling coil  32  to increase which will result in an increase of the enthalpy value within plant environment  5  to the accepted range. Additionally, controller  10  will direct three-way valve  38  to begin to open in order to increase the temperature of reheat coil  34  to bring about an increase in the dry bulb temperature to within the accepted range. Finally, controller  10  will direct supply fan  26  to decrease speed thereby reducing air flow through plant environment  5  to permit a decrease in the dew point within plant environment  5 . 
     For this fourth example, dry bulb temperature is 68° F., dew point temperature is 42° F. and enthalpy is 22.5 Btu/lb. Thus, each value is lower than the lower limit of the respective accepted range. Therefore, controller  10  will direct operation of compressor  36  to decrease compressor speed thereby allowing the temperature of cooling coil  32  to increase which will result in an increase of the enthalpy value within plant environment  5  to the accepted range. To increase the dew point within plant environment  5 , controller  10  will direct supply fan  26  to increase speed thereby increasing air flow through plant environment  5 . Finally, controller  10  will direct three-way valve  38  to begin to open in order to increase the temperature of reheat coil  34  to bring about an increase in the dry bulb temperature to within the accepted range. 
     For this fifth example, dry bulb temperature is 80° F., dew point temperature is 38° F. and enthalpy is 24.5 Btu/lb. Thus, the enthalpy and dew point values are lower than the lower limit of the respective accepted range and the dry bulb temperature is higher than the upper limit of the accepted range. Therefore, controller  10  will direct supply fan  26  to increase speed thereby increasing air flow through plant environment  5  to lower the dew point within plant environment  5 . Additionally, controller  10  will direct three-way valve  38  to begin to close in order to lower the temperature of reheat coil  34  to bring the dry bulb temperature value down within the accepted range. Finally, controller  10  will direct operation of compressor  36  to decrease compressor speed thereby allowing the temperature of cooling coil  32  to increase which will result in an increase of the enthalpy value within plant environment  5  to the accepted range. 
     For this sixth example, dry bulb temperature is 87° F., dew point temperature is 45° F. and enthalpy is 27.8 Btu/lb. Thus, the enthalpy and dry bulb temperature values are higher than the upper limit of the respective accepted range and the dew point is lower than the lower limit of the accepted range. Therefore, controller  10  will direct operation of compressor  36  to increase operational speed thereby lowering the temperature of cooling coil  32  to bring the enthalpy value down within the accepted range. Additionally, controller  10  will direct three-way valve  38  to begin to close in order to lower the temperature of reheat coil  34  to bring the dry bulb temperature value down within the accepted range. Finally, controller  10  will direct supply fan  26  to increase speed thereby increasing air flow through plant environment  5  to increase the dew point within plant environment  5 . 
     In each of the above examples, controller  10  will continue to monitor the dry bulb temperature sensor  12 , the dew point sensor  16  and to calculate the enthalpy of plant environment  5  based on the monitored values. Controller  10  will continuously monitor the sensed values and calculated values and adjust the operation of compressor  36 , supply fan  26  and three-way valve  38  to maintain the respective values in the accepted range of the selected set points. Additionally, as noted above, when manipulation of these components is insufficient, controller  10  may further manage the operation of solenoid actuated valves  46   a ,  46   b  and dampers  24   a ,  24   b  to manage dry bulb temperature and/or enthalpy through increasing the temperature of cooling coil  32 . 
     Other embodiments of the present invention will be apparent to one skilled in the art. As such, the foregoing description merely enables and describes the general uses and methods of the present invention. Accordingly, the following claims define the true scope of the present invention.