COMPONENT FOR NETWORK SYSTEM

• US 20130197703A1
• Filed: 06/27/2011
• Published: 08/01/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Boyoung Seo, Han S.U. Jung, Junho Ahn
• Inventors: Ahn, Junho, Kim, Yanghwan, Lee, Koonseok, Jung, Hansu, Lee, Hoonbong, Son, Jinhwan, Seo, Boyoung
• Application Number:
  US13/806,583
• Publication Number:
  US 20130197703A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/286
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/28 Supervision thereof, e.g. detecting power-supply failure by out of limits supervision
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/64 The condition being economic, e.g. tariff based load management
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/144 Demand-response operation of the power transmission or distribution network
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/381 Dispersed generators
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/46 Controlling of the sharing of output between the generators, converters, or transformers
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/3225 Demand response systems, e.g. load shedding, peak shaving
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/222 Demand response systems, e.g. load shedding, peak shaving
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 50/10 Energy trading, including energy flowing from end-user application to grid

Abstract

Provided is a component for a network system.

Claims

1. A component capable of communicating with a network system, comprising:

a control part that receives information comprising energy information or additional information except for the energy information; and

at least one power consumption unit controlled by the control part and that consumes energy to perform an operation based on a target value or a target state,

wherein the control unit controls the target value or the target state based on the information comprising energy information or additional information except for the energy information.

2. The component according to claim 1, wherein the target value or the target state comprises one of a temperature, a humidity value, an operation revolutions per minute (RPM) of the power consumption unit, an operation time of the power consumption unit, and an operation rate of the power consumption unit.

3. The component according to claim 1, wherein when the control unit recognizes a high price section based on the information, the control unit varies the target value or the target state such that an energy usage amount or energy charge of the at least one power consumption unit in the high price section is smaller than an energy usage amount or energy charge of the at least one power consumption unit in a low price section.

4. The component according to claim 3, wherein the target value or target state, varied by the control unit in the high price section, is changed by the control unit to an original target value or original target state when the control unit recognizes the low price section.

5. The component according to claim 1, wherein the at least one power consumption unit comprises a plurality of power consumption units;

and

when the control unit recognizes the information as high price section, the control unit controls the plurality of consumption units such that a sum of power of the power consumption units in a high price section is smaller than the sum of power of the power consumption units in a low price section.

6. The component according to claim 5, wherein the power consumption units perform the same function.

7. The component according to claim 5, wherein while the power consumption units are simultaneously operated, when the control unit recognizes the high price section, the control unit turns off at least one of the power consumption units in the high price section, or decreases power thereof in the high price section.

8. The component according to claim 5, wherein while the power consumption units are simultaneously operated, when the control unit recognizes the high price section, the control unit decreases power of each of the power consumption units.

9. The component according to claim 8, wherein the control unit decreases respective power amount of the power consumption units by a same amount or decreases respective power ratio of the power consumption units by a same ratio.

10. The component according to claim 8, wherein the control unit decreases respective power amount of the power consumption units by a different amount or decreases respective decreased power ratio of the power consumption units by a different ratio.

11. The component according to claim 5, wherein when the control unit recognizes the high price section, the control unit turns the power consumption units alternately turned on/off in the high price section.

12. The component according to claim 5, wherein when the control unit recognizes the high price section, the control unit turns off a power consumption unit having high power consumption and maintains or turns on a power consumption unit having low power consumption.

13. The component according to claim 5, wherein while the control unit operates the plurality of power consumption units, when the control unit recognizes the high price section, the control unit continues to operate at least one of the power consumption units related to a current operation mode of the component, and the control unit turns off.

14. The component according to claim 5, wherein the power consumption units are same or different in type.

15. The component according to claim 1, further comprising a communication device that communicates with another component,

wherein the energy information or the additional information is received from an outside through the communication device.

16. The component according to claim 3, wherein the control unit increases the target value by a preset ratio or a preset value.

17. The component according to claim 3, wherein the control unit decreases the target value by a preset ratio or a preset value.

18. The component according to claim 5, wherein at least one of the plurality of power consumption units perform a different function.