Patents by Inventor Man Tzou

Man Tzou has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for evaluating and optimizing performance of chiller system
    Patent number: 7567888
    Abstract: A method of evaluating and optimizing performance of a chiller system includes the following steps. Determine a number of activated chillers, a number of activated cooling towers, and the lowest outlet temperature of cooling water of a cooling tower as an operating settings. By developing evaluating models, sequentially determine a temperature of the cooling water entering the chillers, a total power consumption of chillers, a total power consumption of the cooling towers, and a total power consumption of pumping cooling water. Then, determine a total power consumption of the system by the sum of the total power consumption of the chillers, the total power consumption of the cooling towers, and the total power consumption of pumping cooling water. Through the above method, the system total power consumptions under different operating settings are evaluated, so as to determine an optimized operating setting to optimize the performance of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Wen-Yao Chang, Tzxy-Chui Wang, Wu-Hsiung Fu, Man Tzou
  • Method for evaluating and optimizing performance of chiller system
    Publication number: 20080162077
    Abstract: A method of evaluating and optimizing performance of a chiller system includes the following steps. Determine a number of activated chillers, a number of activated cooling towers, and the lowest outlet temperature of cooling water of a cooling tower as an operating settings. By developing evaluating models, sequentially determine a temperature of the cooling water entering the chillers, a total power consumption of chillers, a total power consumption of the cooling towers, and a total power consumption of pumping cooling water. Then, determine a total power consumption of the system by the sum of the total power consumption of the chillers, the total power consumption of the cooling towers, and the total power consumption of pumping cooling water. Through the above method, the system total power consumptions under different operating settings are evaluated, so as to determine an optimized operating setting to optimize the performance of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Wen-Yao Chang, Tzxy-Chui Wang, Wu-Hsiung Fu, Man Tzou