US Patent Issued to Trane International on June 24 for "HVAC system for indoor agriculture" (California, Minnesota, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,468, issued on June 24, was assigned to Trane International Inc. (Davidson, N.C.).

"HVAC system for indoor agriculture" was invented by Michael Sean Day (Sacramento, Calif.), Aaron E. Opatz (Maple Grove, Minn.) and Lane A. Liudahl (Holmen, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Multiple air handling units feeding into a common air distribution system are used to provide both latent and sensible temperature control. When dehumidification without sensible cooling is required, different air handling units feeding into a common distribution system may be operated in different modes so that both cooling and reheating are occurring simultaneo...