Control Panel User Interface Design for air handling unit : AAVI technologies case study

Abstract

As air pollution has become a global issue, the demand for air purification equipment is increasing. The air handling units have received extensive attention in the field of air purification because of its modular hardware combination and large exhaust volume. However, as sub-system of ventilation equipment, current air handling units available in the market have no independent control system development include data visualization of pollutants in the air to meet air purification device design principle. In this study, through the hardware re-search and development project of AAVI Technologies, a well-known Finnish air purification equipment manufacturer, designed a human-computer interaction interface for the control panel of the equipment according to its typical air handling unit hardware structure and user needs in the air purification market. Through the research on the current situation of air pollution, the structure and operation principle of the hardware and the user groups targeted by the equipment, the interactive design of the control panel could implement the basic operation while also passing the usability expectations. The design results show that the interactive interface design realizes functional control, data visualization operation and safety detection of the equipment, which provides a reference for the control system practice of the air handling unit in the field of air purification.