SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AMBIENT TEMPERATURE AT A POWER-CONSUMING SITE

• Main Authors: CHUAH CHRISTOPHER JAMES, SAKOLISH SCOT, GOTOBED MARK EDWARD, KOLASIENSKI SHANON
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 04.02.2016
• Subjects: BLASTING; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HEATING; LIGHTING; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PRINTED CIRCUITS; REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; WEAPONS

The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for controlling ambient temperature at a power-consuming site having a hybrid generator-battery power system. The generator-battery power system includes an engine-generator set and one or more DC-powered batteries that alternately share the site load. Thus, the method includes providing one or more temperature sensors communicatively coupled to a battery management system at the power-consuming site. Another step includes monitoring the ambient temperature of the power-consuming site via the one or more temperature sensors when one or more of the DC-powered batteries are discharging (i.e. when the engine-generator set is off). The method also includes sending, via the battery management system, a start-up command to the engine-generator set when the ambient temperature of the power-consuming site reaches a threshold temperature such that the engine-generator set can provide AC power to an air conditioning unit at the power-consuming site.