Patents by Inventor Lucas Krall

Lucas Krall has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Systems and methods for energy diagnostics to identify equipment malfunctions
    Patent number: 11762010
    Abstract: A computer system that includes a processor device and a storage device is configured to determine a base load at a utility customer site using power usage data for the utility customer site, to determine a variable load at the utility customer site during a range of temperature independent days using the power usage data, and to determine a temperature dependent load at the utility customer site that exceeds the variable load and the base load using the power usage data. The computer system is further configured to assign a flag to each time interval that the temperature dependent load exceeds a power usage threshold and to determine if the utility customer site has an equipment malfunction based on a number of the flags assigned within a time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Sacramento Municipal Utility District
    Inventors: Lucas Krall, Jeffrey Paull, Yareli Herrera
  • Systems And Methods For Energy Diagnostics To Identify Equipment Malfunctions
    Publication number: 20230122964
    Abstract: A computer system that includes a processor device and a storage device is configured to determine a base load at a utility customer site using power usage data for the utility customer site, to determine a variable load at the utility customer site during a range of temperature independent days using the power usage data, and to determine a temperature dependent load at the utility customer site that exceeds the variable load and the base load using the power usage data. The computer system is further configured to assign a flag to each time interval that the temperature dependent load exceeds a power usage threshold and to determine if the utility customer site has an equipment malfunction based on a number of the flags assigned within a time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Sacramento Municipal Utility District
    Inventors: Lucas Krall, Jeffrey Paull, Yareli Herrera