Active Regenerative Heating and Cooling

Abstract

Embodiments are directed to obtaining a specification comprising at least one requirement associated with a heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system, and based on the specification, configuring a control system to control a movement of fluid back and forth across at least one regenerator device of the HVAC system and a mixing of the fluid with ambient air.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method comprising:
 obtaining a specification comprising at least one requirement associated with a heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system; and   based on the specification, configuring a control system to control a movement of fluid back and forth across at least one regenerator device of the HVAC system and a mixing of the fluid with ambient air.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 causing the HVAC system and the control system to be deployed; and   monitoring the performance of the HVAC system.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , further comprising:
 adjusting at least one parameter associated with at least one of the HVAC system and the control system based on the monitoring.   
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one regenerator device is coupled to a first valve on a first side of the at least one regenerator device the method further comprising:
 configuring the control system to control a state of the first valve in order to control the movement of the fluid and the mixing of the fluid.   
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the at least one regenerator device is coupled to a second valve on a second side of the at least one regenerator device, the method further comprising:
 configuring the control system to alternate between opening and closing the first and second valves, wherein at any given point M. time one of the first and second valves is commanded to open and the other of the first and second valves is commanded to close.   
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one regenerator device is coupled to a first turbine fan on a first side of the at least one regenerator device and a second turbine fan on a second side of the at least one regenerator device, the method further comprising:
 configuring the control system to control at least one of a speed, phase, and position of each of the first and second fans in order to control the movement of the fluid and the mixing of the fluid.   
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one regenerator device comprises a first regenerator device and a second regenerator device, the method further comprising:
 configuring the control system so as to cause the first and second regenerator devices to be substantially one-hundred eighty degrees out of phase with respect to one another regarding an oriented direction of the movement of the fluid across the first and second regenerator devices.   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one regenerator device is coupled to a first pump on a first side of the at least one regenerator device and a second pump on a second side of the at least one regenerator device, and wherein the first pump is associated with a first vent and the second pump is associated with a second vent, the method further comprising:
 configuring the control system to control a state of the first and second vents in order to control the movement of the fluid and the mixing of the fluid.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the first pump is associated with a first check and the second pump is associated with a second check. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , further comprising:
 configuring the control system to control a state of the first and second checks in order to control the movement of the fluid and the mixing of the fluid.   
     
     
         11 . A system comprising:
 a heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system comprising at least one regenerator device; and   a control system configured to control a movement of fluid back and forth across the at least one regenerator device and a mixing of the fluid with ambient air.   
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 a first valve coupled to a first side of the at least one regenerator device; and   a second valve coupled to a second side of the at least one regenerator device,   wherein the control system is configured to control a state of the first and second valves in order to control the movement of the fluid and the mixing. of the fluid.   
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 12 , wherein the control system is configured to command the first and second valves to be alternately opened and closed, wherein at any given point in time one of the first and second valves is commanded to open and the other of the first and second valves is commanded to close. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 a first turbine fan coupled to the at least one regenerator device on a first side of the at least one regenerator device; and   a second turbine fan coupled to the at least one regenerator device on a second side of the at least one regenerator device,   wherein the control system is configured to control at least one of a speed, phase, and position of each of the first and second fans in order to control the movement of the fluid and the mixing of the fluid.   
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the at least one regenerator device comprises a first regenerator device and a second regenerator device, and wherein
 the control system is configured to cause the first and second regenerator devices to be substantially one-hundred eighty degrees out of phase with respect to one another regarding an oriented direction of the movement of the fluid across the first and second. regenerator devices.   
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 a first pump coupled to the at least one regenerator device on a first side of the at least one regenerator device; and   a second pump coupled to the at least one regenerator device on a second side of the at least one regenerator device,   wherein the first pump is associated with a first vent, and   wherein the second pump is associated with a second vent, and   
       wherein the control system is configured to control a state of the first and second vents in order to control the movement of the fluid and the mixing of the fluid. 
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 16 , wherein the first pump is associated with a first check and the second pump is associated with a second check. 
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 17 , wherein the control system is configured to control a state of the first and second checks in order to control the movement of the fluid and the mixing of the fluid.