DEMAND RESPONSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

• US 20140324507A1
• Filed: 07/09/2014
• Published: 10/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Koch, Edward
• Granted Patent: US 9,183,522 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7.22
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/90332 Natural language query formulation or dialogue systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063116 Schedule adjustment for a person or group
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06312 Adjustment or analysis of established resource schedule, e.g. resource or task levelling, or dynamic rescheduling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply

Abstract

A demand response management system which may be implemented with demand response logic. The system may be used by utilities, independent system operators, intermediaries and others to manage operations of demand response programs relative to customers, clients, participants, and users of outputs from the utilities, independent system operators, and the like. Demand response logic of the demand response management system may provide demand signal propagation and generation from demand response events.

Claims

1. A demand response management system comprising:

a computer;

an input connected to the computer for providing at least one demand response (DR) event;

a first customizer that modifies, as needed, one or more schedules of the DR event to fit a schedule of a client;

a second customizer that modifies, as desired or required by the client, information about the DR event;

a translator that translates, as desired or required by the client, information of the DR event into to another form; and

an output connected from the computer for providing one or more DR signals to a client; and

wherein;

the computer comprises the first and second customizers, and the translator; and

a DR signal comprises information, if any, about the one or more customized schedules of the DR event, customized information about the DR event, and/or translated information about the DR event into another form.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer comprises DR logic which provides an operational basis for the first and second customizers, and the translator.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more schedules of the DR event are customized according to participation rules of the client.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein information about a DR event is customized according to one or more variables.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the one or more variables comprise an item or items selected from a group consisting of bids, sheds, prices, demands, and usage.

6. The system of claim 3, wherein the information about the DR event is translated according to preferences and/or translation rules of the client.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising a table of rules for customizing a schedule of the DR event for the client, for customizing information of the DR event for the client, and for translating information of the DR event to a form appropriate for the client.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein:

the rules are in a form of Boolean equations; and

if all the conditions of a rule are true, then a predetermined operation is effected.

9. A demand response management system comprising:

one or more demand response (DR) events from a utility and/or independent service operator to a computer having an input;

a customizer for modifying a schedule of the one or more DR events to conform as needed to a schedule of a client and/or for modifying information about the one or more DR events;

a translator for translating information about the one or more DR events into a client-specified level in one or more DR signals; and

an output of the computer for providing the one or more DR signals incorporating the schedule of the one or more DR events as modified, information about the one or more DR events as modified, and/or information as translated for the client.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the modifying a schedule of the one or more DR events is according to participation rules of the client.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the modifying information about the one or more DR events is according to bids, sheds, prices, usage, and demand.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the translating the information about the DR events is according to preferences and translation rules of the client.

13. A mechanism for demand response management comprising:

a computer having demand resource (DR) logic;

a source of one or more DR events, connected to the computer; and

a DR resource of a customer, connected to the computer; and

wherein;

the DR logic generates a DR signal with information associated with a DR event from the source;

the DR logic transforms information associated with the DR event into a specific form for automation equipment of the DR resource for easier consumption by the customer of the information associated with the DR event;

information associated with the DR event is translated into a finite set of levels; and

the levels are translated by the DR logic into load control commands.

14. The mechanism of claim 13, wherein the finite set of levels comprises normal, moderate and high.

15. The mechanism of claim 13, wherein:

the information associated with the DR event is customized according to one or more variables; and

the one or more variables comprise an item or items selected from a group consisting of bids, schedules, sheds, prices, demands, and usage.

16. The mechanism of claim 13, wherein:

a schedule of the DR event is customized for the customer; and

the price in the DR signal is customized for the customer.

17. The mechanism of claim 16, wherein the schedule of the DR event is customized according to participation rules of the customer.

18. The mechanism of claim 16, further comprising:

a table of rules for customizing the schedule of the DR event for the customer, for customizing the price in the DR signal for the customer, or for customizing information associated with the DR event for the customer; and

wherein;

the rules are in a form of Boolean equations; and

if all the conditions of a rule are true, then a predetermined operation for customizing is effected.

19. The mechanism of claim 13, wherein feedback can be received from the customer to the computer for further customizing of information associated with the DR event or the schedule of the DR event as needed or requested by the customer.

20. The mechanism of claim 13, further comprising a utility/independent service operator connected to the computer.