Market-based temperature control system and method
April 1, 2023. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesAutomatic control system for a building Energy management control apparatus Auction-based control system for energy resource management in a building Environmental condition control and energy management system and method Apparatus and method for trading electric energy Market-based control system for controlling object motion with smart matter Environmental condition control and energy management system and method Patent #: 6216956 InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 10405307 filed on 04/01/2003US Classes:236/49.3, Electrically actuated62/178, Diverse control or response62/259.2, With electrical component cooling705/37, Trading, matching, or bidding700/296, Time based control (e.g., real time or duty cycle)165/238, Means storing set point for particular time of day (e.g., clock thermostat, etc.)236/47, HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURE ALTERNATE700/295, Power allocation management (e.g., load adding/shedding)62/229By external cooled gasExaminersPrimary: Norman, MarcForeign Patent References
International ClassesF24F 700F24F 1102 AbstractA temperature control system and method uses a market-based approach to control the temperature of regions within an unpartitioned space, such as a computer data center. Market agents may be associated with regions of the data center that may contain one or more heat-generating processor racks. Prices for the thermal resources may be established. The market agents may generate bids for thermal resources to be delivered to the respective regions. The bids may be based in part on differences between the measured temperatures and the target temperatures of the regions. Sets of the market agents are assigned to control of sets of thermal resources. Delivery of the thermal resources to the regions is controlled by the market agents. | |
