ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, ENERGY MANAGEMENT METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, AND SERVER

• US 20140257583A1
• Filed: 01/31/2014
• Published: 09/11/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: WADA, Takahisa, KUBOTA, Kazuto, MATSUE, Kiyotaka, SUYAMA, Akihiro, TANIMOTO, Tomohiko, TAIRA, Hiroshi, KATAYAMA, Kyosuke
• Application Number:
  US14/169,861
• Publication Number:
  US 20140257583A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/291
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply

Abstract

According to an embodiment, energy management system manages energy of customer, having vehicle with battery, and a power generator. Energy management system includes estimator, creator, and controller. Estimator estimates demand of customer to obtain demand estimated value, and estimates power production amount of power generator to obtain production amount estimated value. Creator creates discharge strategy capable of maximizing differential between electricity purchase loss and electricity selling profit using push up effect of sold electricity amount by discharging battery under constraint for use of battery. Controller controls discharge of the battery based on actual values of demand, production amount, and discharge strategy.

Claims

1. An energy management system for managing energy of a customer, including a connector connected to a vehicle including an on-vehicle battery and capable of sending/receiving power to/from the on-vehicle battery, and a power generation unit configured to generate power derived from renewable energy, comprising:

an estimation unit configured to estimate a demand of the energy of the customer to obtain a demand estimated value and estimate a production amount of the power of the power generation unit to obtain a production amount estimated value;

a creation unit configured to create a discharge strategy capable of maximizing a balance obtained by subtracting an electricity purchase loss from an electricity selling profit using a push up effect of a sold electricity amount by discharge of the on-vehicle battery based on the demand estimated value and the production amount estimated value under a constraint for use of the on-vehicle battery; and

a control unit configured to control discharge of the on-vehicle battery based on an actual value of the demand, the actual value of the production amount, and the discharge strategy.

2. The energy management system of claim 1, further comprising a user interface configured to accept a designation of a period during which the vehicle is connected to the connector and a designation of a remaining battery level of the on-vehicle battery at an end of the period,

wherein the creation unit creates the discharge strategy under the constraint that meets the designated period and remaining battery level, and

the control unit charges the on-vehicle battery, which has been discharged based on the discharge strategy, based on a charge value that reflects a unit price of charge.

3. The energy management system of claim 1, wherein the creation unit

calculates an estimated value of a discharge value that is a sum of a cancel amount of the electricity purchase loss when the demand estimated value is covered by discharge of the on-vehicle battery and the electricity selling profit based on the production amount estimated value for each unit period within a reference period,

calculates the estimated value of a discharge value rate that is a value obtained by dividing the estimated value of the discharge value by a discharge amount of the on-vehicle battery for each unit period, and

creates the discharge strategy that distributes the discharge amount of the on-vehicle battery to each unit period in descending order of the estimated value of the discharge value rate.

4. The energy management system of claim 3, wherein the creation unit

specifies the unit period in which the sum of the demand estimated value is not less than a dischargeable amount of the on-vehicle battery when the demand estimated value during the period in which the on-vehicle battery is connected to the connector is added sequentially from the unit period with the large estimated value of the discharge value rate, and

defines the estimated value of the discharge value rate in the specified unit period as a threshold, and

the control unit

calculates the actual value of the discharge value rate that is a value obtained by dividing the sum of the cancel amount of the electricity purchase loss when the actual value of the demand is covered by discharge of the on-vehicle battery and the electricity selling profit based on the actual value of the production amount by the discharge amount, and

discharges the on-vehicle battery when the actual value of the discharge value rate is not less than the threshold.

5. The energy management system of claim 1, further comprising a local server provided in the customer and a cloud server connected to the local server via a network,

the cloud server comprising a notification unit configured to notify the local server of the discharge strategy via the network, the estimation unit, and the creation unit and

the local server comprising the control unit, and a reception unit configured to receive the notified discharge strategy.

6. An energy management method of managing energy of a customer including a connector connected to a vehicle including an on-vehicle battery and capable of sending/receiving power to/from the on-vehicle battery, and a power generation unit configured to generate power derived from renewable energy, comprising:

estimating a demand of the energy of the customer to obtain a demand estimated value;

estimating a production amount of the power of the power generation unit to obtain a production amount estimated value;

creating a discharge strategy capable of maximizing a balance obtained by subtracting an electricity purchase loss from an electricity selling profit using a push up effect of a sold electricity amount by discharge of the on-vehicle battery based on the demand estimated value and the production amount estimated value under a constraint for use of the on-vehicle battery; and

controlling discharge of the on-vehicle battery based on an actual value of the demand, the actual value of the production amount, and the discharge strategy.

7. The energy management method of claim 6, further comprising:

creating the discharge strategy under the constraint that meets a period during which the vehicle is connected to the connector and a remaining battery level of the on-vehicle battery at an end of the period; and

charging the on-vehicle battery, which has been discharged based on the discharge strategy, based on a charge value that reflects a unit price of charge.

8. The energy management method of claim 6, further comprising:

calculating an estimated value of a discharge value that is a sum of a cancel amount of the electricity purchase loss when the demand estimated value is covered by discharge of the on-vehicle battery and the electricity selling profit based on the production amount estimated value for each unit period within a reference period;

calculating the estimated value of a discharge value rate that is a value obtained by dividing the estimated value of the discharge value by a discharge amount of the on-vehicle battery for each unit period; and

creating the discharge strategy that distributes the discharge amount of the on-vehicle battery to each unit period in descending order of the estimated value of the discharge value rate.

9. The energy management method of claim 8, further comprising:

specifying the unit period in which the sum of the demand estimated value is not less than a dischargeable amount of the on-vehicle battery when the demand estimated value during the period in which the on-vehicle battery is connected to the connector is added sequentially from the unit period with the large estimated value of the discharge value rate;

defining the estimated value of the discharge value rate in the specified unit period as a threshold;

calculating the actual value of the discharge value rate that is a value obtained by dividing the sum of the cancel amount of the electricity purchase loss when the actual value of the demand is covered by discharge of the on-vehicle battery and the electricity selling profit based on the actual value of the production amount by the discharge amount; and

discharging the on-vehicle battery when the actual value of the discharge value rate is not less than the threshold.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program executed by a computer, the program comprising an instruction that causes the computer to execute a method defined in claim 6.

11. A server for managing energy of a customer, including a connector connected to a vehicle including an on-vehicle battery and capable of sending/receiving power to/from the on-vehicle battery, and a power generation unit configured to generate power derived from renewable energy, comprising:

an estimation unit configured to estimate a demand of the energy of the customer to obtain a demand estimated value and estimate a production amount of the power of the power generation unit to obtain a production amount estimated value;

a creation unit configured to create a discharge strategy capable of maximizing a balance obtained by subtracting an electricity purchase loss from an electricity selling profit using a push up effect of a sold electricity amount by discharge of the on-vehicle battery based on the demand estimated value and the production amount estimated value under a constraint for use of the on-vehicle battery; and

a control unit configured to control discharge of the on-vehicle battery based on an actual value of the demand, the actual value of the production amount, and the discharge strategy.

12. The server of claim 11, further comprising a user interface configured to accept a designation of a period during which the vehicle is connected to the connector and a designation of a remaining battery level of the on-vehicle battery at an end of the period,

wherein the creation unit creates the discharge strategy under the constraint that meets the designated period and remaining battery level, and

the control unit charges the on-vehicle battery, which has been discharged based on the discharge strategy, based on a charge value that reflects a unit price of charge.

13. The server of claim 11, wherein the creation unit

calculates an estimated value of a discharge value that is a sum of a cancel amount of the electricity purchase loss when the demand estimated value is covered by discharge of the on-vehicle battery and the electricity selling profit based on the production amount estimated value for each unit period within a reference period,

calculates the estimated value of a discharge value rate that is a value obtained by dividing the estimated value of the discharge value by a discharge amount of the on-vehicle battery for each unit period, and

creates the discharge strategy that distributes the discharge amount of the on-vehicle battery to each unit period in descending order of the estimated value of the discharge value rate.

14. The server of claim 13, wherein the creation unit

specifies the unit period in which the sum of the demand estimated value is not less than a dischargeable amount of the on-vehicle battery when the demand estimated value during the period in which the on-vehicle battery is connected to the connector is added sequentially from the unit period with the large estimated value of the discharge value rate, and

defines the estimated value of the discharge value rate in the specified unit period as a threshold, and

the control unit

calculates the actual value of the discharge value rate that is a value obtained by dividing the sum of the cancel amount of the electricity purchase loss when the actual value of the demand is covered by discharge of the on-vehicle battery and the electricity selling profit based on the actual value of the production amount by the discharge amount, and

discharges the on-vehicle battery when the actual value of the discharge value rate is not less than the threshold.