System and method for balancing temperature within a building

Abstract

The invention concerns a thermostatic radiator valve (TRV, 21 ), comprising an aperture to adjust a flow of heating fluid from a heat generator ( 10 ) entering a heat emitter ( 11 ) in a first room ( 101 ) based on a first TRV-defined temperature setpoint, the TRV ( 21 ) comprising: a communication link ( 31 ) to a processing unit connected to a thermostat ( 60 ) controlling the heat generator ( 10 ); an input interface configured to one or more of: allow a user to enter or acquire the first TRV-defined temperature setpoint; wherein the TRV ( 21 ) is further configured to receive from the processing unit a first aperture setting, the first aperture setting being defined as a function of a temperature configuration model available at the processing unit.

1 . A thermostatic radiator valve (TRV), comprising an aperture to adjust a flow of heat transfer fluid from a thermal energy generator entering a heat exchanger, the TRV comprising:
 a communication link to a processing unit connected to a thermostat controlling the heat generator;   an input interface configured to one or more of:
 allow a user to enter or 
 acquire a first TRV-defined temperature setpoint; 
   
       wherein the TRV is further configured to receive from the processing unit a first aperture setting, the first aperture setting being defined as a function of a temperature configuration model available at the processing unit. 
     
     
         2 . The TRV of  claim 1 , wherein the first aperture setting is further defined as a function of the first TRV-defined temperature, and/or at least a second TRV-defined temperature setpoint of at least a second TRV. 
     
     
         3 . The TRV of  claim 1 , wherein the TRV is configured to store a time schedule of TRV-defined temperature setpoints (Tr 1 , Tr 2 , Tr 3 , Tr 4 , Tr 5 ). 
     
     
         4 . The TRV of  claim 1 , further comprising a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature drop and the TRV is configured to stop the flow of heat transfer fluid from the thermal energy generator entering the heat exchanger to which it is connected. 
     
     
         5 . A processing unit connected to a thermostat controlling a thermal energy generator, comprising:
 a communication link to a thermostatic radiator valve comprising an aperture to adjust a flow of heat transfer fluid from the thermal energy generator entering a heat exchanger in a first room based on a first TRV-defined temperature setpoint,   a temperature configuration model, the processing unit being configured to send to the TRV a first aperture setting being defined as a function of the temperature configuration model.   
     
     
         6 . The processing unit of  claim 5 , wherein the first aperture setting is further defined as a function of the first TRV-defined temperature setpoint, and/or at least a second TRV-defined temperature setpoint of at least a second TRV. 
     
     
         7 . The processing unit of  claim 5 , further comprising a second communication link to the second TRV comprising an aperture to adjust a flow of heat transfer fluid from the thermal energy generator entering a second heat exchanger in a second room based on the second TRV-defined temperature setpoint,
 the processing unit being configured to send to the second TRV a second aperture setting defined as a function of the first TRV-defined temperature setpoint, the second TRV-defined temperature setpoint and the temperature configuration model, wherein the first aperture setting and the second aperture setting define an equilibrium position corresponding to the apertures of the TRVs enabling to reach the first and second TRV-defined temperature setpoints.   
     
     
         8 . A server comprising:
 a communication link to one or more buildings;   a memory having stored thereon;   a database of values of temporal sequences of environmental parameters captured from a plurality of TRVs, thermostats and sensors located in the one or more buildings;   a processing unit configured to calculate parameters of a temperature configuration model;   
       wherein the parameters are determined by a learning module receiving as input at least some of the values of temporal sequences of environmental parameters stored in the database and are distributed to at least part of the one or more buildings through the communication link. 
     
     
         9 . A method for temperature balancing using a thermostatic radiator valve in a first room comprising an aperture to adjust a flow of heat transfer fluid from a thermal energy generator entering a heat exchanger in the first room based on a first TRV-defined temperature setpoint, the TRV comprising:
 a communication link to a processing unit connected to a thermostat controlling the thermal energy generator;   an input interface configured to one or more of allow a user to enter or acquire a first defined temperature setpoint;   the method comprising the step of receiving from the processing unit a first aperture setting for the TRV, the first aperture setting being defined as a function of the temperature configuration model.