DEMAND RESPONSE OF DEVICES WHEN DIFFERENT DEVICES ARE BEING SIGNALED TO SHED LOAD
First Claim
1. A household energy management system and method for managing multiple appliances, comprising:
- a controller for managing power consumption of multiple appliances within a household;
a communication network connecting the controller to one or more of the utility meter and/or the demand server;
the controller maintains in a memory the managing of power consumption of the multiple appliances based on an association of one appliance to at least another appliance; and
,the controller instructs one or more appliances to shed load demand, and wherein the at least another appliance sheds load or increases load based on the associated load shed of the one appliance.
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Abstract
A household energy management system and method for managing multiple appliances is provided comprising: a central controller for managing power consumption of multiple appliances within a household, each appliance including an appliance controller; and, a communication network connecting the central controller to one or more of a utility meter and/or a demand server. The central controller maintains in a memory the managing of power consumption of the multiple appliances. The central controller instructs one or more appliances to shed load demand in response to inputs from the utility meter or demand server. Each appliance controller is configured to respond to shed load instructions from the central controller directed to it or directed to at least one other associated appliance by changing its load demand.
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1. A household energy management system and method for managing multiple appliances, comprising:
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a controller for managing power consumption of multiple appliances within a household; a communication network connecting the controller to one or more of the utility meter and/or the demand server; the controller maintains in a memory the managing of power consumption of the multiple appliances based on an association of one appliance to at least another appliance; and
,the controller instructs one or more appliances to shed load demand, and wherein the at least another appliance sheds load or increases load based on the associated load shed of the one appliance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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9. An appliance control method, comprising:
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a controller for controlling the operation of multiple appliances in a normal mode and a modified mode; the controller maintaining an association of one appliance to at least another appliance including establishing a hierarchy of an order and manner for the controller to disable, suspend, reduce, or increase one or more functions of the at least another appliance upon a reduction of load of the one appliance; and
,wherein reducing the load of the one appliance in the modified mode initiates the load shedding or load increase of the at least another appliance. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A household energy management system and method for managing multiple appliances, comprising:
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a controller for managing power consumption of Multiple appliances within a household; a communication network connecting the controller to one or more of the utility meter and/or the demand server; the controller maintaining in a memory an association of one appliance to at least another appliance including establishing a hierarchy of an order and manner for the controller to disable, suspend, reduce, or increase one or more functions of at least another appliance upon a reduction of load of one appliance one appliance to at least another appliance; and
,the controller instructs one or more appliances to shed load demand, and wherein the at least another appliance sheds load or increases load based on the associated load shed of the one appliance. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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