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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2014
Steffes Corporation, Dickinson, ND (US);
Paul J. Steffes, Dickinson, ND (US);
Thomas P. Steffes, Dickinson, ND (US);
Steffes Corporation, Dickinson, ND (US);
Abstract
A power control system that includes a plurality of electrical appliances and a controller. Each of the electrical appliances includes an energy storage device comprising a heat storage medium, a heater, and a temperature sensor. The heater is configured to heat the storage medium at a heating rate. The temperature sensor produces a temperature signal that is indicative of a temperature of the heat storage medium. The controller adjusts the heating rate of each energy storage device from a first heating rate to a second heating rate based on the temperatures of the heat storage mediums of the other energy storage devices.