US 11,809,153 B1
System for optimizing thermal energy generation from multiple energy sources
Jordan Kearns, Cambridge, MA (US); and Christian Fitch Briere, Cambridge, MA (US)
Assigned to Antora Energy, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed by Antora Energy, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/707,041.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/167,684, filed on Mar. 30, 2021.
Int. Cl. G05B 19/042 (2006.01); F01K 23/02 (2006.01); G06Q 50/06 (2012.01)
CPC G05B 19/042 (2013.01) [F01K 23/02 (2013.01); G06Q 50/06 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2639 (2013.01); Y02E 20/30 (2013.01); Y02E 40/70 (2013.01); Y02E 70/30 (2013.01); Y04S 10/14 (2013.01); Y04S 50/16 (2018.05)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for generating thermal energy from a plurality of different energy sources, the system comprising:
a combustion-powered thermal energy source having at least one combustion heater, each combustion heater having a combustion-based thermal output capacity;
an electric-powered thermal energy source having at least one electric heater, each electric heater having an electric-based thermal output capacity; and
a controller configured to calculate a cost of thermal energy and dispatch either or both of the combustion-powered thermal energy source and the electric-powered thermal energy source, the cost of thermal energy is calculated based upon (a) at least one of: a forecast of future energy prices, an electricity demand model; a carbon cost model; and a marginal cost of utilizing the combustion-powered thermal energy source or the electric-powered thermal energy source and (b) a system storage capacity,
wherein the system storage capacity is determined based on a storage capacity of a thermal energy store and information measured by an output fluid temperature sensor, an output fluid pressure sensor, and a building envelope temperature sensor.