Excess energy management for self-powered air conditioning systems
AssigneeCarrier Corporation
InventorJonathan Blake
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Abstract
An air conditioning system includes an first unit including a compressor; a controller; and one or more auxiliary DC power sources; the controller is configured to determine whether the one or more auxiliary DC power sources is producing excess power beyond a load of the first unit; when the one or more auxiliary DC power sources is not producing excess power beyond the load of the first unit, the controller supplies all power from the one or more auxiliary DC power sources to the first unit.
Claims15
An air conditioning system comprising:
- a first unit including a compressor;
- a controller;
- and
- one or more auxiliary DC power sources;
- wherein the controller is configured to determine whether the one or more auxiliary DC power sources is producing excess power beyond a load of the first unit;
- wherein when the one or more auxiliary DC power sources is not producing excess power beyond the load of the first unit, the controller supplies all power from the one or more auxiliary DC power sources to the first unit.
A method of operating an air conditioning system including an first unit including a compressor, a controller and one or more auxiliary DC power sources, the method comprising:
- determining whether the one or more auxiliary DC power sources is producing excess power beyond a load of the first unit;
- wherein when the one or more auxiliary DC power sources is not producing excess power beyond the load of the first unit, the controller supplies all power from the one or more auxiliary DC power sources to the first unit.
A computer program embodied on a computer-readable storage medium, the computer program including instructions for causing a processor to implement a process of operating an air conditioning system including a first unit including a compressor, a controller and one or more auxiliary DC power sources, the process comprising:
- determining whether the one or more auxiliary DC power sources is producing excess power beyond a load of the first unit;
- wherein when the one or more auxiliary DC power sources is not producing excess power beyond the load of the first unit, the controller supplies all power from the one or more auxiliary DC power sources to the first unit.
An air conditioning system comprising:
- a first unit including a compressor;
- a controller;
- one or more auxiliary DC power sources;
- a connection to an AC power grid;
- an energy storage device;
- a DC load;
- wherein the controller is configured to dynamically distribute power from the one or more auxiliary DC power sources to one or more of the AC power grid, the energy storage device and the DC load in response to one or more conditions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.