US 12,222,135 B2
Methods and systems for predictive heated water provision
Peter Konowalczyk, London (GB)
Assigned to OCTOPUS ENERGY HEATING LIMITED, London (GB)
Appl. No. 18/276,005
Filed by OCTOPUS ENERGY HEATING LIMITED, London (GB)
PCT Filed Feb. 7, 2022, PCT No. PCT/IB2022/051074
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 4, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/168042, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 11, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2101678 (GB), filed on Feb. 7, 2021; application No. 2109593 (GB), filed on Jul. 2, 2021; application No. 2109594 (GB), filed on Jul. 2, 2021; application No. 2109596 (GB), filed on Jul. 2, 2021; application No. 2109597 (GB), filed on Jul. 2, 2021; application No. 2109598 (GB), filed on Jul. 2, 2021; application No. 2109599 (GB), filed on Jul. 2, 2021; application No. 2109600 (GB), filed on Jul. 2, 2021; and application No. 2111082 (GB), filed on Aug. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0093907 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. F24H 15/152 (2022.01); F24D 19/10 (2006.01); F24H 15/174 (2022.01)
CPC F24H 15/152 (2022.01) [F24D 19/1054 (2013.01); F24H 15/174 (2022.01); F24D 2200/12 (2013.01); F24D 2220/044 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method of predictively preparing a water provision system installed in a building, the water provision system comprising a heat pump configured to transfer thermal energy from outside the building to a thermal energy storage medium inside the building and a control module configured to control operation of the heat pump, the control module having executing thereon a first machine learning algorithm, MLA, having previously been trained to determine a correlation between cold water usage and a subsequent heated water demand, the water provision system being configured to provide water heated by the thermal energy storage medium to an occupant of the building at one or more water outlets, the method being performed by the control module and comprising:
receiving first sensor data indicating cold water usage at a first water outlet;
determining whether the cold water usage at the first water outlet is correlated to a subsequent heated water demand at a second water outlet by inputting the first sensor data to the first MLA; and
upon determining that the cold water usage at the first water outlet is correlated to a subsequent heated water demand at a second water outlet, preparing the water provision system for delivering heated water.