PEAKPOWER ENERGY MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL SYSTEM METHOD AND APPARATUS

• US 20100033277A1
• Filed: 08/10/2009
• Published: 02/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: EnSite Power, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Intelligent Power, Inc. (Blue Earth Inc.)
• Inventors: Davis, Edward L.
• Granted Patent: US 8,396,678 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 335/205
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 13/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 23/19 characterised by the use of electric means G05D23/1393 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/22 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 11/00 Circuit arrangements for providing service supply to auxiliaries of stations in which electric power is generated, distributed or converted
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00002 characterised by monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00004 characterised by the power network being locally controlled
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00024 by means of mobile telephony
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00028 involving the use of Internet protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/12 The local stationary network supplying a household or a building
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/14 The load or loads being home appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/60 Limiting power consumption in the network or in one section of the network, e.g. load shedding or peak shaving
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/003 Load forecast, e.g. methods or systems for forecasting future load demand
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/14 by switching loads on to, or off from, network, e.g. progressively balanced loading
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 30/60 Planning or developing urban green infrastructure
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/30 Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies for improving the carbon footprint of the management of residential or tertiary loads, i.e. smart grids as climate change mitigation technology in the buildings sector, including also the last stages of power distribution and the control, monitoring or operating management systems at local level
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/3225 Demand response systems, e.g. load shedding, peak shaving
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 90/20 Smart grids as enabling technology in buildings sector smart grids supporting the management or operation of end-user stationary applications in general, or like technologies with no associated climate change mitigation effect Y04S20/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/00 Management or operation of end-user stationary applications or the last stages of power distribution; Controlling, monitoring or operating thereof
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/222 Demand response systems, e.g. load shedding, peak shaving
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/242 : Home appliances
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/244 : the home appliances being or involving heating ventilating and air conditioning [HVAC] units
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 40/126 : using wireless data transmission

Abstract

An integrated Energy Management and/or Control System method and apparatus that continually monitors power consumption on each piece of equipment 24/7 and performs detailed analyses of energy consumption curves including derivatives and compares data to historical data on the same equipment as well as going online and acquiring manufacturers specs and comparing to that as well as the same model number equipment in the same or other locations, in order to detect anomalies, abnormal energy consumption or provide early warning of equipment failures.

Claims

1. An Energy Management and/or Control Current or Power Sensor comprising means for installing the sensor module inside standard Electrical Panels next to the circuit breakers which is capable of transmitting and receiving data and/or control signals over the wires that it is monitoring via contactless inductive or capacitive means, or via sub-GigaHertz Wireless means, and optionally extracting enough power to power the sensor module using power from the power lines it'"'"'s monitoring via said inductive or capacitive means.

2. An Energy Management and/or Control System comprising means to detect and provide early warning of equipment high energy usage or failure, by performing statistical analysis on the energy consumption data and comparing to historical data or comparing it to other equipment of the same model number or type or comparing it to the equipment manufacturer'"'"'s specs.

6. An Energy Management and/or Control System in claim 2 comprising means to remotely update firmware in the sensors via the Internet either directly or through a local Gateway device.

7. An Energy Management and/or Control System in claim 2 comprising means for a local gateway device to collect data from many local sensors including temperature sensors, and/or humidity sensors and/or pressure sensors, and/or gas flow sensors and/or water flow sensors and/or liquid flow sensors;

and either process the data locally or forward it over the internet to a central server for further processing, analysis, and/or decision making.

8. An Energy Management and/or Control System in claim 2 comprising means for a central server which monitors and collects data from many gateway devices at different locations, which processes and analyzes various sensors through said gateway modules including temperature sensors, and/or humidity sensors and/or pressure sensors, and/or gas flow sensors and/or water flow sensors and/or liquid flow sensors.

3. A Permanent Magnet based Multi-pole, Multi-Throw Relay apparatus comprising means to magnetically detent at every throw position requiring no electrical energy to be applied in order to remain in any detent position where Multi includes one or more.

4. A Single Pole Double Throw relay as in claim 3 requiring only a pulse to change from one position to the other. The magnet holds it in detent at any position. No electrical energy is required to hold it in any position.

5. The permanent magnets in claim 3 consisting of Samarium Cobalt (SmCo), Aluminum Nickel Cobalt (AlNiCo) Neodymium Iron Boron (NdFeB) or any other magnetic material with a working temperature above 200 degrees and a Curie temperature above 300 degrees C.