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US 2026/0074544 A1Published application
Combined thermal electrical storage system
AssigneeCarrier Corporation
InventorHui Xu
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Abstract
A system includes an air conditioning system associated with a building and at least one energy storage device including a thermally regenerative battery. A controller is configured to supply power from at least one of an AC power grid and the thermally regenerative battery to one or more components of the air conditioning system.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- an air conditioning system associated with a building;
- at least one energy storage device including a thermally regenerative battery;
- and
- a controller configured to supply power from at least one of an AC power grid and the thermally regenerative battery to one or more components of the air conditioning system.
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A method of operating an air conditioning system, the method comprising:
- determining whether a user has agreed to reduce an energy usage;
- upon determining that the user has agreed to reduce the energy usage, at least partially powering one or more components of the air conditioning system using at least one energy storage device including a thermally regenerative battery;
- and
- upon determining that the user has not agreed to reduce the energy usage, powering one or more components of the air conditioning system using an AC power grid.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.