Thermal fluid conveyance manifold and operation thereof

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by a computing device cause the computing device to perform a method for controlling a thermal-fluid conveyance manifold (TFCM), wherein the TFCM comprises at least three actuatable valves and a pump that facilitate adaptively routing a thermal-energy fluid between at least two thermal mechanisms comprising a hybrid space-conditioning system (HSCS) and a thermal-energy storage system (TESS), wherein the HSCS manages a temperature in a climate-controlled space, the method comprising:

• tracking operating characteristics for the HSCS, the TESS, the climate-controlled space, and an environment in proximity to the climate-controlled space that is used as at least one of a thermal sink and a thermal source by the HSCS;
• predicting operating characteristics for the HSCS for a time interval;
• and
• using the tracked operating characteristics and the predicted operating characteristics to adaptively adjust the routing of the thermal-energy fluid through 14 the actuatable valves during the time interval to facilitate adaptive energy transfer between the HSCS and the TESS to at least one of reduce and time-shift the watts used by the HSCS to manage the temperature over the time interval.

A computing device that controls a thermal-fluid conveyance manifold (TFCM), wherein the TFCM comprises at least three actuatable valves and a pump that facilitate adaptively routing a thermal-energy fluid between a hybrid space-conditioning system (HSCS) and a thermal-energy storage system (TESS), wherein the HSCS manages a temperature in a climate-controlled space, comprising:

• a processor;
• a tracking mechanism;
• a communication mechanism;
• a storage mechanism;
• and
• a memory;
• wherein the tracking mechanism is configured to:
• track in the memory and the storage mechanism operating characteristics for the HSCS, the TESS, the climate-controlled space, and an environment in proximity to the climate-controlled space that is used as at least one of a thermal sink and a thermal source by the HSCS;
• and
• predict operating characteristics for the HSCS for a time interval;
• and
• use the tracked operating characteristics, the predicted operating characteristics, and the communication mechanism to adaptively adjust the routing of the thermal-energy fluid through the actuatable valves during the time interval to facilitate adaptive energy transfer between the HSCS and the TESS to at least one of reduce and time-shift the watts used by the HSCS to manage the temperature over the time interval.