Synergistic system
AssigneeIntellihot, Inc.
InventorsSridhar Deivasigamani, Sivaprasad Akasam
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Abstract
A method for controlling a system including a heat pump, a space heater, a space cooler, a thermal battery, an electrical battery and a grid access system, the method including turning on at least one of discharging of the thermal battery and discharging of the electric battery, if a hot water demand exists; turning on at least one of the heat pump, charging of the thermal battery, charging of the electric battery and discharging of the electric battery, if a space heating demand exists; turning on charging of the thermal battery, if a space cooling demand exists; and backfeeding electricity from the electric battery to a grid through the grid access system, if electricity sale is desired.
Claims13
A method for controlling a system comprising a heat pump, a space heater, a space cooler, a thermal battery, an electrical battery and a grid access system, said method comprising:
- (a) if a hot water demand exists, turning on at least one of discharging of the thermal battery and discharging of the electric battery;
- (b) if a space heating demand exists, turning on at least one of the heat pump, charging of the thermal battery, charging of the electric battery and discharging of the electric battery;
- (c) if a space cooling demand exists, turning on charging of the thermal battery;
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- (d) if electricity sale is desired, backfeeding electricity from the electric battery to a grid through the grid access system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.