Integrated Demand Response For Energy Utilization
First Claim
1. A method for managing power consumption within a facility, comprising:
- receiving a request to reduce a total level of power consumption within the facility by a predetermined measure;
receiving a plurality of operating parameters indicative of how much power is being consumed by each of a plurality of facility systems;
determining a corresponding cost associated with a marginal power reduction for each of the plurality of facility systems using the received plurality of operating parameters;
incrementally reducing a power allocation to the facility system of the plurality of facility systems that is determined to have a lowest marginal cost of power reduction; and
repeating the steps of determining a corresponding cost and incrementally reducing power until the total level of power consumption within the facility has been reduced by the predetermined measure.
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Abstract
A method for managing power consumption within a facility includes receiving a request to reduce a total level of power consumption within the facility by a predetermined measure (S23). A plurality of operating parameters indicative of how much power is being consumed by each of a plurality of facility systems is received
(S21). A corresponding cost associated with a marginal power reduction is determined for each of the plurality of facility systems using the received plurality of operating parameters (S24). A power allocation to the facility system of the plurality of facility systems that is determined to have a lowest marginal cost of power reduction is incrementally reduced (S25). The steps of determining a corresponding cost and incrementally reducing power are repeated until the total level of power consumption within the facility has been reduced by the predetermined measure.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for managing power consumption within a facility, comprising:
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receiving a request to reduce a total level of power consumption within the facility by a predetermined measure; receiving a plurality of operating parameters indicative of how much power is being consumed by each of a plurality of facility systems; determining a corresponding cost associated with a marginal power reduction for each of the plurality of facility systems using the received plurality of operating parameters; incrementally reducing a power allocation to the facility system of the plurality of facility systems that is determined to have a lowest marginal cost of power reduction; and repeating the steps of determining a corresponding cost and incrementally reducing power until the total level of power consumption within the facility has been reduced by the predetermined measure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for managing power demand from a particular power source within a facility, comprising:
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receiving a request to reduce a total level of power demanded from the particular power source within the facility by a predetermined measure; receiving a schedule of power needs for each of a plurality of facility systems; determining a corresponding cost associated with a marginal power reduction for each of the plurality of facility systems using the received plurality of operating parameters; determining a cost associated with increasing marginal power generation; incrementally reducing the power demand from the particular power source while satisfying the received schedule of power needs for each of the plurality of facility systems by performing one of marginally reducing power for one of the plurality of facility systems and marginally increasing power generation according to a lowest determined cost; and repeating the steps of determining a corresponding cost associated with a marginal power reduction for each of the plurality of facility systems, determining a cost associated with increasing marginal power generation, and incrementally reducing power demand until the total level of power demanded from the particular power within the facility has been reduced by the predetermined measure. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for managing power consumption within a facility, comprising:
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a rules database including rules governing how to generate, store, retrieve, acquire, and allocate available power between a plurality of facility systems including power-consuming devices, power-generating devices, and power-storing devices; an orchestrator for receiving a plurality of parameters as inputs, reading the rules of the rules database, and generating a plurality of control signals for controlling the generation, storage, retrieval, acquisition, and allocation of the available power between the plurality of facility systems; and a plurality of sensors and meters located throughout the facility for generating at least some of the plurality of parameters and sending the generated parameters to the orchestrator. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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