US 12,331,949 B1
Systems and methods for controlling heating, ventilation, cooling, and potable hot water delivery
Evan D. Green, Vista, CA (US); and Stephen J. Horne, El Granada, CA (US)
Assigned to HARVEST THERMAL, INC., Kensington, CA (US)
Filed by HARVEST THERMAL, INC., Kensington, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 12, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/978,775.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/609,548, filed on Dec. 13, 2023.
Int. Cl. F24F 11/64 (2018.01); F24F 5/00 (2006.01); F24F 11/47 (2018.01); F24H 7/00 (2022.01); F24H 15/168 (2022.01)
CPC F24F 11/64 (2018.01) [F24F 5/0003 (2013.01); F24F 5/0017 (2013.01); F24F 11/47 (2018.01); F24H 7/00 (2013.01); F24H 15/168 (2022.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
receiving, by a control unit, at least one input signal indicating thermal energy requirements associated with an Air Conditioning and Potable Hot Water (ACPH) system;
in response to the at least one input signal, generating, by the control unit an operating scheme corresponding to the thermal energy requirements, wherein generating the operating scheme comprises:
monitoring a State of Charge (SoC) of a thermal store associated with the Air Conditioning and Potable Hot Water (ACPH) system,
receiving at least one input related to operating factors, and
determining a set of parameters comprising an operating efficiency, an operating capacity, and a charging rate of a plurality of thermal energy systems associated with the ACPH system;
selectively operating, by the control unit, the thermal store and the plurality of thermal energy systems based on the operating scheme for generating a thermal outcome corresponding to the thermal energy requirements, wherein the thermal store and the plurality of thermal energy systems are selectively operated based at least on receipt of at least one control signal from the control unit; and
facilitating, by the control unit, the supply of the thermal outcome corresponding to the thermal energy requirements for at least space conditioning and potable hot water delivery, wherein the thermal outcome is supplied via a thermal outcome supplying unit associated with the plurality of thermal energy systems.