Patent ID: 8919659
Filing Date: 2014-12-30
Classification: F24D,F25B,G05D,G06Q,Y02A,Y02B

Abstract:
1. A heating system which receives a supply of electricity from a power supplier through a first power system and a second power system of which an electricity rate is lower than an electricity rate of the first power system, and maintains a temperature of a target within a predetermined range, said heating system comprising: a heat generator that generates heat, using the electricity supplied through the second power system; a heat storage that stores the heat generated by said heat generator; a heat radiator that radiates the heat stored in said heat storage; and a controller that controls, upon receiving the supply of electricity through the first power system, a radiation amount of the heat radiated from said heat radiator so as to maintain the temperature of the target within the predetermined range, and an amount of the heat generated by said heat generator, wherein when a signal is received from the power supplier, said controller causes said heat generator to generate additional heat during a period of time from when the signal is received to when the supply of electricity through the second power system is stopped, the signal indicating that the supply of electricity through the second power system is to be stopped after an elapse of a predetermined period of time, the additional heat being required while the supply of electricity through the second power system is being suspended.