
{"publication_number": "US-2012183014-A1", "abstract": "the invention provides a method and a system for controlling floor heating or climate regulating systems with long time constants . according to the invention , a flow of a fluid is provided through the floor or through a similar medium with large thermal inertia . an induced heat is determined by adding up a plurality of differences between an inlet temperature of the fluid when it enters the medium and an outlet temperature of the fluid when it leaves the medium . the temperatures are sampled with a fixed sampling time and within a fixed period of time , and a corresponding change in temperature of the medium over the fixed period of time is determined . in the future , the temperature of that medium is controlled by use of a ratio between the induced heat and the change in temperature .", "application_number": "US-201213431253-A", "description": "{ dot over ( q )