EVALUATING DEVICE, AND ELECTRIC POWER CONSERVATION PLANNING DEVICE AND METHOD

• US 20140358470A1
• Filed: 05/28/2014
• Published: 12/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Azbil Corporation (Azbil BioVigilant Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Azbil Corporation (Azbil BioVigilant Incorporated)
• Inventors: MIURA, Mayumi, TANAKA, Masato
• Application Number:
  US14/289,135
• Publication Number:
  US 20140358470A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/130
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 21/133 by using digital technique
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/2639 Energy management, use maximum of cheap power, keep peak load low
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/34306 Power down, energy saving
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/04 Forecasting or optimisation specially adapted for administrative or management purposes, e.g. linear programming or "cutting stock problem" market predictions or forecasting for commercial activities G06Q30/0202
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 70/10 Greenhouse gas [GHG] capture, material saving, heat recovery or other energy efficient measures, e.g. motor control, characterised by manufacturing processes, e.g. for rolling metal or metal working

Abstract

An evaluating device includes an environment information controlling portion that obtains, for each individual customer, environment information during an electric power conservation period for customers who have performed electric power conservation measures, an environment information storing portion that stores environment information obtained from the environment information controlling portion, and an environment evaluating portion that calculates, for each individual customer, an environmental degradation level indicating the level of degradation experienced by the customer during previous electric power conservation periods, based on environment information stored in the environment information storing portion.

Claims

1. An evaluating device comprising:

an environment information controlling portion that obtains, for each individual customer, environment information during an electric power conservation period for customers who have performed electric power conservation measures;

an environment information storing portion that stores environment information obtained from the environment information controlling portion; and

an environment evaluating portion that calculates, for each individual customer, an environmental degradation level indicating the level of degradation experienced by the customer during previous electric power conservation periods, based on environment information stored in the environment information storing portion.

2. The evaluating device as set forth in claim 1, wherein:

the environment evaluating portion comprise;

an environment evaluation index value deriving portion that calculates an environment evaluation index value for evaluating the environment of the customer from the environment information; and

an environmental degradation level calculating portion that evaluates whether or not the environment evaluation index value is outside of an acceptable range, and that calculates an environmental degradation level based on the evaluation result.

3. The evaluating device as set forth in claim 2, wherein:

the environmental degradation level calculating portion calculates, as the environmental degradation level, the time over which the environment evaluation index value is outside of the acceptable range extends, within the electric power conservation period, or calculate, as the environmental degradation level, an integral value of the environment evaluation index value that is outside of the acceptable range during the electric power conservation period.

4. The electric power conservation planning device comprising:

an evaluating device as set forth in claim 1; and

a customer selecting portion that selects candidate customers, to be subject to electric power conservation, in ascending order starting with the customer for which the environmental degradation level calculated by the evaluating device is smallest.

5. The electric power conservation planning device as set forth in claim 4, further comprising:

a conserved energy information storing portion that stores, for each customer, information regarding the amount of energy conserved in an electric power conservation period that has been performed, for customers who have executed electric power conservation measures in the past, wherein;

the customer selecting portion selects candidate customers sequentially starting with the customers for which the environmental degradation levels calculated by the evaluating device are the smallest, calculates, from information stored in the conserved energy information storing portion, the total energy conservation amount for all of the selected candidate customers, and repeats selection of candidate customers until the total conserved energy amount is no less than a target energy conservation amount.

6. The electric power conservation planning device as set forth in claim 4, further comprising:

an electric power conservation requesting portion that requests, from the candidate customers selected by the customer selecting portion, electric conservation; and

a request response controlling portion that cases the customer selecting portion to select an additional candidate customer when there is a candidate customer that refuses the request for energy conservation.

7. An evaluating method, comprising:

an environment information obtaining step for obtaining, for each individual customer, environment information during an electric power conservation period for customers who have performed electric power conservation measures;

an environment evaluating step for calculating, for each individual customer, an environmental degradation level indicating the level of degradation experienced by the customer during previous electric power conservation periods, based on environment information stored in the environment information obtaining step.

8. The evaluating method as set forth in claim 7, wherein:

the environment evaluating step includes;

an environment evaluation index value deriving step for calculating an environment evaluation index vain and lue for evaluating the environment of the customer from the environment information; and

an environmental degradation level calculating step for evaluating whether or not the environment evaluation index value is outside of an acceptable range, and for calculating an environmental degradation level based on the evaluation result.

9. The evaluating method as set forth in claim 8, wherein:

the environmental degradation level calculating step calculates, as the environmental degradation level, the time over which the environment evaluation index value is outside of the acceptable range extends, within the electric power conservation period, or calculates, as the environmental degradation level, an integral value of the environment evaluation index value that is outside of the acceptable range during the electric power conservation period.

10. The electric power conservation planning method, comprising:

each of the steps set forth in claim 7; and

a candidate consumer selecting step for selecting, candidate consumers to be subject to electric power conservation, sequentially from the consumers wherein the environmental degradation level is the smallest.

11. The electric power conservation planning method as set forth in claim 10, wherein:

the candidate customer selecting step includes a step for referencing a conserved energy information storing portion for storing, for each customer, information for the amounts of conserved energy within the electric power conserving periods that have been performed in the past, to calculate, from the information that is stored in the conserved energy information storing portion, the total amount of energy conserved by all of the selected candidate customers, to repeatedly select candidate customers until the total amount of energy conserved is at least target amount of served energy.

12. The electric power conservation planning method as set forth in claim 10, further comprising:

an electric power conservation requesting for requesting, from the candidate customers selected by the customer selecting step, electric conservation; and

an additional candidate customer selecting step for selecting an additional candidate customer by executing again the candidate customer selecting step if there is a candidate customer who has refused the electric power conservation request.