Patent ID: 11898803
Assignee: AGENCY FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH SINGAPORE DISTRICT COOLING PTE LTD
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  G  Y | IPC F  G

Claim 7:
8. A method of operating a cooling plant system, the method comprising,
providing one or more cooling towers;
coupling one or more thermal energy storage systems to the one or more cooling towers;
coupling one or more electrical energy storage systems to the one or more thermal energy storage systems;
selectively providing electrical energy to the one or more thermal energy storage systems using the one or more electrical energy storage systems;
coupling an energy storage and scheduling control system to the one or more thermal energy storage systems and the one or more electrical energy storage systems; and
controlling operations of the one or more thermal energy storage systems and the one or more electrical energy storage systems using a scheduling of the operations per time slot, the operations including the step of selectively providing electrical energy to the one or more thermal energy storage systems.