JP2006292279A - Display device for air conditioning system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a guide for an energy-saved operation method of an air conditioning facility to a user by displaying the relation of operating state and energy-saving effect so as to be recognizable at a glance. <P>SOLUTION: This display device for an air conditioning system displays, on the same screen, pattern graphs such as circle graphs or bar graphs showing the relation between a control state by an adjusting means of the air conditioning system and an energy saving effect obtained by adjustment of the adjusting means. For example, a pattern graph showing the relation between air supply quantity and inverter frequency, a pattern graph showing the relation between air supply quantity and power consumption, and a pattern graph showing an energy saving quantity are displayed on the same screen. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention belongs to the technical field of a display device for evaluation data relating to an air conditioning system. More specifically, it belongs to the technical field of BEMS (building energy management system) that assists the adjustment work by making it possible to easily grasp the relationship between the operation status and the energy saving effect in the air conditioning system.

  Conventionally, energy saving has been screamed in air conditioning systems and other fields, and systems for realizing energy saving have been constructed. However, it is difficult for the user of the system to understand the operation method (or operation method) for saving energy from the display content of the display device, or the operation method for saving energy is not displayed on the display device. was there. For this reason, even in an air conditioning system that actually saves energy, there is a problem in that it is operated without realizing energy saving as designed. In order to solve this problem, proposals have been made in recent years for methods for performing performance verification (commissioning) using BEMS.

For example, in Patent Document 1 (hereinafter referred to as the conventional apparatus 1), consumption states of various energy such as electric power, steam, air, and target values of energy consumption are displayed using icons, graphs, tables, etc. An energy monitoring system is disclosed in which the achievement status of energy and the operation status of equipment can be grasped at a glance. The conventional device 1 compares the energy consumption amount and the target value of energy usage, defines predetermined display items for achievement, and displays the energy usage graph and the operation status of the device on the same screen. is there. The conventional apparatus 1 is intended for a general energy system, and there is no description of the specific contents of the air conditioning system, and it cannot be said that this is a known technique that is particularly useful for energy saving of the air conditioning system.
Published patent publication, JP 2002-175172 (energy monitoring system)

Patent Document 2 (hereinafter referred to as the conventional apparatus 2) discloses an evaluation monitoring apparatus that centrally manages and analyzes energy amounts of a plurality of buildings equipped with facilities such as air conditioning. The conventional apparatus 2 compares the model of the energy consumption used as a reference with the actual measured value of the energy consumption, calculates and evaluates the energy saving rate, and at the same time, monitors the energy saving evaluation and monitoring of the building so that the failure and cause of the control state can be pursued. It relates to the device. Therefore, in the conventional apparatus 2, the main display screen only discloses a display screen example of the correlation between the model and the measured value and the energy saving evaluation result for each building. The relationship is not disclosed. In addition, no special consideration is given to make the display method easy to understand.
Published patent publication, JP2003-216715 (building energy saving evaluation monitoring device)

  In addition, there are documents that disclose energy evaluation methods and display devices, but none of them are displayed so that the relationship between the operating status and the energy saving effect in the air conditioning system can be grasped at a glance. The applicant has filed an application related to the present invention.

  As described above, the present invention displays the relationship between the operation status and the energy saving effect in the air conditioning system so that it can be grasped at a glance, and guides the operation method (adjustment method) for saving energy in the air conditioning equipment. It is an issue to provide.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention employs the following means. That is,
According to the first aspect of the present invention, in a display device of an air conditioning system, as an adjustment assisting means for the air conditioning system, the relationship between the control status by the adjusting means and the energy saving effect obtained by adjusting the adjusting means is represented by a pie chart, a bar graph, etc. It is characterized by the fact that it is displayed on the same screen as a graphic graph.

  The invention according to claim 2 is the graphic graph showing the relationship between the air supply amount and the inverter frequency, the graphic graph showing the relationship between the air supply amount and the power consumption, and the graphic graph showing the energy saving amount. Is displayed on the same screen.

  The invention described in claim 3 is the same as that of the invention described in claim 1 except that the graphic graph showing the energy saving effect by the outside air cooling is the same as the graphic graph displaying the outside air state and the return air state on the air diagram. It is characterized by being displayed on the screen.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the third aspect of the present invention, the screen showing the energy saving effect by the outside air cooling is a graphic showing the trend of the outside air temperature, the amount of heat treated by the cooling coil, and the trend of the amount of heat treated by the outside air cooling. It is characterized by displaying graphs simultaneously.

  The invention described in claim 5 is the same as that described in claim 1, except that the graphic graph showing the relationship between the carbon dioxide gas concentration in the air-conditioning target space and the amount of outside air introduced is the same as the graphic graph showing the energy saving effect due to the introduction of outside air. It is characterized by being displayed on the screen.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the first to fifth aspects of the present invention, when the air conditioning system uses a plurality of air conditioners, the control status and energy saving effect for each air conditioner. It is possible to display.

The invention according to claim 7 is the invention according to claims 1 to 6, wherein the display of the energy saving effect is a current status display, a trend display for each past time, a trend display for each past week, or Including the trend display for each past month.

The invention according to claim 8 is the invention according to claims 1 to 7, wherein the trend graph display using a large number of measurement point data uses a random number to display the display position of the measurement point data on one coordinate axis. It is characterized in that the measurement points are displayed so that the measurement points are roughly distributed with a slight displacement.

In the present invention, the relation between the control status of the air conditioning equipment adjusting means and the energy saving effect obtained by adjusting the adjusting means is constituted by a graphic graph such as a pie chart or a bar graph and displayed on the same screen. By performing the adjustment work with reference to the screen, it is possible to easily achieve an adjustment that can provide a large energy saving effect.

  FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 shows a functional block diagram of a computer in this apparatus. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a system configuration example of the target air conditioning equipment. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of the measuring instrument and control device of the system. 5 to 7 show examples in which the relation between the control status by the adjusting means of the air conditioning equipment and the energy saving effect obtained by adjusting the adjusting means is easily understood by a graphic graph such as a pie chart or a bar graph. 8 and 9 are diagrams showing screen display examples in the present embodiment.

In FIG. 1, a display device (monitor) 11 and a printer 12 are connected to the output side of a computer 10 that executes various processes. Input means such as a keyboard 13 and a mouse 14 are connected to the input side of the computer 10. A database (memory) 9 is connected to the bus line of the computer 10. Further, the controllers 17 (1) and 17 (N) of the air conditioning systems 16 (1),... 16 (N) are connected to the computer 10 via the gateway 15. As the air conditioning system 16, for example, as shown in FIG. 3, an air conditioning facility in which an air conditioning target is controlled separately in an interior zone 18 and a perimeter zone 19 will be described below.

In FIG. 3, the interior zone 18 is an area designed as a person is present, and the perimeter zone 19 is an area designed as a person is absent (for example, an area close to a window). The interior zone 18 is provided with an outside air fan 21 and an outside air variable air volume controller (hereinafter referred to as outside air VAV) 22 in the (outward) air passage 20 in order to take in outside air and supply fresh air. 19 only circulates air and does not introduce outside air. The air that has passed through the outside air VAV 22 is mixed with the return air that has passed through the damper 30, air-conditioned by the cold water coil 23, the heating coil 24, and the humidifier 25, then blown by the air supply fan 26, and the amount of air passing through the branched air path is Controlled by the interior VAV 27, air conditioned air is blown into the interior zone 18 from the air outlets 18a, 18b,. A part of the air inside the interior zone 18 is returned by the return air fan 28 and the damper 30, and part of the air is discharged from the damper 29 to the atmosphere.

The air inside the perimeter zone 19 is returned by the perimeter fan 31, a part of the return air is cooled by the cold water coil 32, and a part of the return air is heated by the heating coil 33, and then the perimeter from the outlets 19 a, 19 b,. The air is supplied to the perimeter zone 19 by the VAV 34. That is, cold air is supplied to a zone that requires cold air, and hot air is supplied to a zone that requires hot air. Note that hot air and cold air are not mixed.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing connections between the controller 17 (1) in the interior zone 18 and the controller 17 (2) in the perimeter zone 19 and a controller, measurement sensor, and the like. In FIG. 4, 36a, 36b, and 36c are cold water valves, heating valves, and humidification valves, and 37a, 37b, and 37c are a supply air humidity sensor, a return air temperature humidity sensor, and a CO2 concentration sensor. 38 is a cold water calorimeter. Further, 39a and 39b are cold water valves and heating valves, and 40a and 40b are supply air temperature sensors for the cold air duct and temperature sensors for the hot air duct. Here, the digital signal generated from the controller or sensor is event-driven (for example, when there is a change of 0.1 degree Celsius or more) or connected to the gateway 15 connected with the minimum transmission time (for example, about 1 minute). Sent. The gateway 15 holds the latest data. Further, the computer 10 makes a transmission request to the gateway 15 every predetermined sampling period (for example, about 10 minutes), and transmits the latest data.

Note that the transmission data includes data necessary for indicating the operation status (or control status) and data necessary for calculating the energy saving effect. In this embodiment, these data are transmitted to the computer 10 and recorded in the database 9 as data relating to the conveyance power reduction effect and data relating to the outside air introduction control effect. Here, the conveyance power refers to power for conveying air, water, etc. like a blower fan or a pump. Examples of data relating to the effect of reducing the conveyance power include, for example, the supply air volume (m3 / h) of the interior supply fan 26, the inverter output (Hz), the inverter power consumption (kWh), the operation time (h); 28 inverter output, power consumption, operation time; supply air volume of the perimeter supply fan 31, inverter output, power consumption, operation time; operation time of the interior outside air fan 21, etc.

The data related to the outside air introduction control effect includes outside air volume (m3 / h), outside air temperature (degrees Celsius), outside air humidity (%); supply air temperature, supply air humidity; return air temperature, return air humidity; , Air-humidity; heat quantity of cold water; CO2 concentration (PPM), CO2
Concentration set value: Supply air fan operation time, outside air fan operation time during cooling, cooling operation time, outside air cooling operation time, operation time by CO2 control, outside air introduction ratio data, and the like. In the above, the unit display is omitted for variables appearing after the second time.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of processing executed by the computer 10. In FIG. 2, the received 10-minute data is recorded in the database S1 as 10-minute data. Next, hourly tightening processing (average value such as temperature data, power data is a total value) is performed at every hour on the hour (that is, at 0:00) and recorded in the database S2 as time-tightening data.

When performing analysis, analysis screen selection and setting S3 are performed. The analysis menu selection menu S3-1 and the setting menu S3-2 are simultaneously displayed on the monitor 11 in consideration of operability. The analysis screen selection menu S3-1 is displayed as a run chart menu on the left side (may be upper, right, or lower depending on the screen configuration). The mouse 14 can be switched by clicking a button on the analysis screen. The setting menu S3-2 is displayed on the upper side (depending on the screen configuration, it may be on the left side, the right side, or the lower side). There are “day”, “week”, and “month” as types of display periods, and a more specific period is determined by operating the mouse 14. In addition, switching of graph display method (for example, percentage display / absolute value display), switching of data type to be displayed (for example, interior air supply fan / interior return air fan / perimeter supply air fan, outside air / return air / Perform settings required for analysis such as air / fuel supply.

Based on the setting of the period set in S3-2, the analysis result display S4 accesses the hourly closing database S2 and collects necessary data. If the type of period is “day”, the corresponding day data is collected. If the period is “week”, the data for the corresponding week is collected. If the period is “month”, data for the corresponding month is collected. Next, the collected data is analyzed on the screen designated in S3-1 based on the graph format set in S3-2 and the result is displayed.

The analysis result display S4 is updated. The update timing is updated every time any one of the screen menu S3-1 and the setting menu S3-2 is changed. Alternatively, an update button (for example, “screen update button”) may be prepared, and the update may be performed when this button is clicked with the mouse 14.

  FIG. 5 to FIG. 7 show examples in which the relation between the control status by the adjusting means of the air conditioning equipment and the energy saving effect obtained by adjusting the adjusting means is easily understood by a graphic graph such as a pie chart or a bar graph. This will be described below.

In FIG. 5, FIG. 5A shows a graph in which the relationship between the supply air volume (m 3 / h) and the inverter frequency (Hz) is plotted (for example, in units of time). From this graph, it can be understood that the inverter frequency and the supply air volume are approximately proportional and operate correctly (as in theory). Moreover, FIG. (B) shows the graph which plotted the relationship between an air supply air volume (m <3> / h) and power consumption (kWh). The power consumption is theoretically proportional to the third power of the rotation speed (or supply air volume). The figure (C) shows the comparison of the electric power used per hour when the rated maximum air volume is used and when the air volume is changed (when the fan has a variable air volume). In the figure (C), the upper white bar graph indicates the power consumption in the case of the rated maximum air flow, the white portion of the lower bar graph indicates the actual power consumption of each fan, and the hatched portion indicates the energy saving power.

Accordingly, in FIGS. 4A and 4B, time unit data at a predetermined time (for example, the time closest to the present time) is displayed with a particularly large symbol (four squares, three circles), and the power consumption during the same time is shown. If it is displayed in (C), the operation status (supply air volume, inverter frequency) at that time can be easily read, and the energy saving effect per hour at that time can be easily understood. At the same time, it can also be determined whether or not the inverter frequency is correctly set by the controller 17.

  In FIG. 6, FIG. (A) is a pie chart showing the energy saving effect by the outside air cooling in the set period. The shaded area in Fig. (A) indicates the ratio of the cooling heat quantity obtained by a predetermined calculation formula, and the obtained cooling heat quantity divided by the total cooling load (that is, the ratio of the energy saving effect due to the outside air cooling), and the white part indicates the cold water coil The ratio of the amount of cooling heat by the refrigerator) is shown. In the cooling operation, when the enthalpy of the outside air is smaller than the enthalpy of the return air, the introduction of the outside air becomes a gain, and when the enthalpy of the return air is large, it becomes a load. Therefore, the energy saving effect by the outside air cooling varies depending on the relationship between the outside air temperature humidity condition and the room condition. FIG. (B) shows these conditions, and the hatched portion in FIG. (B) indicates a standard range in which the outside air cooling is effective. For example, the latest data of temperature and humidity at each measurement point and data at each time in a set period are plotted for each item in FIG. As a result, the energy saving effect can be determined from the overlap between the actual outside air condition and the outside air cooling effective range. Note that the type of data to be plotted (contents, measurement time, etc.) may be changed as appropriate. FIG. (C) is a graph showing the progress of the cooling processing heat amount for the past day (for example, yesterday or each time average value when displaying in the month). In FIG. 3C, the curve A indicates the outside air temperature, the white portion of the bar graph indicates the cooling heat amount by the cold water, and the black portion indicates the cooling heat amount by the outside air, that is, the energy saving portion.

Air conditioning in the area where people live is regulated by CO2 concentration to maintain air cleanliness and insurance hygiene.
The outside air introduction amount is controlled by the AHU controller 17 (1) so that the concentration does not become too large. Therefore, even when the outside air cooling is a load (when energy is required to cool hot outside air), it is sometimes necessary to introduce a certain amount of outside air introduction. FIG. 7 (A) calculates the virtual energy, assuming that a certain amount (for example, the outside air of the designed maximum occupant ventilation) is 100%, and CO2
It is the figure which showed the energy-saving effect by measuring the density | concentration and carrying out the suppression control of the external air introduction amount, respectively as a ratio of external temperature control load calorie | heat amount. FIG. 7B shows the relationship between the CO2 concentration and the outside air introduction amount (air volume ratio), and the shaded area indicates the minimum outside air introduction amount (VAV measurement lower limit) and CO2.
It is the figure which showed the area | region of density setting value (800PPM). When the CO2 concentration falls below the set value, the amount of outside air introduced into the VAV 22 is reduced to reduce the amount of outside air.

  8 and 9 show examples of display screens according to the present embodiment. FIG. 8 is a screen display example for confirming the conveyance power reduction effect, and FIG. 9 is a screen display example for confirming the outside air introduction amount control effect. As described above, in this embodiment, (1) the graphic graph showing the relationship between the air supply amount and the inverter frequency, the graphic graph showing the relationship between the air supply amount and power consumption, and the graphic graph showing the energy saving amount are the same. The effect that the means for reducing the conveyance power can be easily understood because it can be displayed on the screen, and (2) the graphic graph showing the energy saving effect of the outside air cooling, the display on the air diagram of the data (FIG. 6B) (Similar display) and a graphic graph of the time variation of the cooling heat quantity can be displayed on the same screen, so that an effect of easily understanding the means for reducing the energy consumption when the outside air is introduced can be obtained.

  The embodiments and examples of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration is not limited to the examples, and there are design changes and the like without departing from the gist of the present invention. Are also included in the present invention.

The apparatus structure of Embodiment 1 which implemented this invention is shown. 3 illustrates a processing example of the computer according to the first embodiment. The air-conditioning system of this embodiment is shown. The relationship between the control apparatus of this embodiment and a measuring device is shown. Shows inverter frequency, power consumption, and energy saving effect. Shows air diagram, heat of treatment, and energy saving effect. The relationship between the CO2 concentration and the energy saving effect is shown. The example of a screen display (conveyance power relation) of this embodiment is shown. The example of a screen display of this embodiment (related to outside air introduction amount control) is shown.

Explanation of symbols

9 External storage device 10 Computer 11 Display device 15 Gateway 16 Air conditioning system 17 Controller 18 Interior zone 19 Perimeter zone

Claims (8)

In the air-conditioning system display device, as the adjustment assisting means for the air-conditioning system, the relationship between the control status by the adjusting means and the energy saving effect obtained by adjusting the adjusting means is displayed on the same screen as a graphic graph such as a pie chart or bar graph A display device for an air-conditioning system. The graphic graph showing the relationship between the air supply amount and the inverter frequency, the graphic graph showing the relationship between the air supply amount and power consumption, and the graphic graph showing the energy saving amount are displayed on the same screen. A display device of the air conditioning system described. 2. The air conditioning system according to claim 1, wherein a graphic graph showing an energy saving effect by the outside air cooling, and at least a graphic graph displaying the state of the outside air and the state of the return air on the air diagram are displayed on the same screen. Display device. The air conditioning according to claim 3, wherein the screen showing the energy saving effect by the outside air cooling simultaneously displays a trend of the outside air temperature, a processing heat amount by the cooling coil, and a graphic graph showing a trend of the processing heat amount by the outside air cooling. System display device. 2. The air conditioning system according to claim 1, wherein a graphic graph showing the relationship between the carbon dioxide gas concentration in the air-conditioning target space and the outside air introduction amount, and a graphic graph showing the energy saving effect by introducing the outside air are displayed on the same screen. Display device. 6. When the air conditioning system uses a plurality of air conditioners, the control status and the energy saving effect can be displayed on the display device of each air conditioner. The display apparatus of the air conditioning system of Claim 1. The display of the energy saving effect includes a current status display, a trend display for each past time, a trend display for each past week, or a trend display for each past month. The display device for an air conditioning system according to any one of 6. The trend graph display using a large number of measurement point data is characterized by using a random number to displace the display position of the measurement point data with respect to one coordinate axis by a minute amount so that the measurement points are displayed in a coarse distribution. The display apparatus of the air conditioning system of any one of Claims 1-7 to do.

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