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FilterCue

HVAC Filter Loading Trend

Trends air-filter loading from the register: as filters load, airflow drops and vent-flutter band signatures shift — replacing calendar-based filter changes with condition-based ones.

Readiness Research concept

A frontier proposal with a validation plan, not an implemented detector.

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This is a research concept, not an implemented detector. Show its physics and validation plan without generating synthetic claims.

Intended capability

Research whether the field could support this proposed outcome: Trends air-filter loading from the register: as filters load, airflow drops and vent-flutter band signatures shift — replacing calendar-based filter changes with condition-based ones.

This describes the intended outcome. Readiness is research concept, evidence is class C, and a catalog mapping or recording is not proof of this outcome at a real site.

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01 The physics

Vent grille and duct-walls flutter at airflow-dependent frequencies (5-40Hz, the proven airpath observable); loading filters reduce flow, shifting flutter center-frequency and energy monotonically. A slow drift observable, ideal for CUSUM statistics.

02 Shared processing path

Edge Doppler summary on register-adjacent links -> flutter-line center + energy per HVAC-on cycle (cycle gating from the machine band) -> CUSUM drift vs post-change baseline -> filter-loading index with change recommendation.

This is a capability design path. Components may be shared with other catalog entries; it is not presented as a unique algorithm.

03 Validation plan

Own-hardware on two systems across one full filter lifecycle each vs differential-pressure sensor ground truth; report correlation of the index vs delta-P and detection of the artificial 50%-blocked test.

04 Commercial hypothesis

For facilities/home: 'Change filters when the airflow says so, not when the calendar does.'