US 12,339,020 B1
Smart controls for hybrid refrigeration cycles
Barry Richard Brooks, Pilot Hill, CA (US)
Filed by Barry Richard Brooks, Pilot Hill, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 20, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/989,373.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/613,468, filed on Dec. 21, 2023.
Int. Cl. F24F 11/47 (2018.01); F24F 11/38 (2018.01); F24F 11/52 (2018.01); F24F 11/63 (2018.01); F24F 110/10 (2018.01)
CPC F24F 11/47 (2018.01) [F24F 11/38 (2018.01); F24F 11/52 (2018.01); F24F 11/63 (2018.01); F24F 2110/10 (2018.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for controlling a hybrid space-conditioning system (HSCS), wherein the HSCS comprises a two-phase fluid circuit and an energy-exchange resource connected in parallel to the two-phase fluid circuit, the method comprising:
tracking operating characteristics for the two-phase fluid circuit and the energy-exchange resource;
receiving a temperature forecast for a subsequent time interval;
using the tracked operating characteristics and the temperature forecast to determine a predicted watt usage for the subsequent time interval and a beneficial time interval in the subsequent time interval during which the two-phase fluid circuit is predicted to operate with high efficiency;
using the two-phase fluid circuit to charge the energy-exchange resource during the beneficial time interval;
reducing the watts used by the HSCS by leveraging the charged-energy-exchange resource during an inefficient interval in the subsequent time interval during which the two-phase fluid circuit is predicted to operate inefficiently.