SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODELING OF TARGET INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ENERGY MANAGEMENT IN DISTRIBUTED-FACILITIES

• US 20150120073A1
• Filed: 12/12/2013
• Published: 04/30/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Carrier Corporation (Carrier Global Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Wipro Limited
• Inventors: GHOSH, Sudipta, MANDAL, Subhasis, MEGHANI, Ravi, SRIVASTAVA, Rohit
• Granted Patent: US 10,380,705 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/291
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply

Abstract

This disclosure relates to modeling of target infrastructure for energy management in distributed-facilities. In one embodiment, an energy management modeling method is disclosed, comprising: obtaining customer facility information and a customer business type; obtaining energy management industry standard information related to the customer business type; generating a baseline customer knowledge base, based on the obtained energy management industry standard information; obtaining facility historical operational information and operational policy information; generating a first energy operational model using the customer facility information, the baseline customer knowledge base, the facility historical operational information, and the operational policy information; generating a mapping of energy sources to asset systems, using the first energy operational model; generating an optimized energy operational model using the mapping of the energy sources to asset systems, wherein the optimized energy operational model utilizes an objective function of cost, energy consumption, and emission; and providing the optimized energy operational model.

Claims

1. An energy management modeling method, comprising:

obtaining customer facility information and a customer business type;

obtaining energy management industry standard information related to the customer business type;

generating a baseline customer knowledge base, based on the obtained energy management industry standard information;

obtaining facility historical operational information and operational policy information;

generating a first energy operational model using the customer facility information, the baseline customer knowledge base, the facility historical operational information, and the operational policy information;

generating a mapping of energy sources to asset systems, using the first energy operational model;

generating an optimized energy operational model using the mapping of the energy sources to asset systems, wherein the optimized energy operational model utilizes an objective function of cost, energy consumption, and emission;

wherein the optimized energy operational model includes one or more operational parameters or operation thresholds; and

providing the optimized energy operational model.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the customer facility information is associated with a distributed facility.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the customer facility information includes at least one of:

organization functional data;

location data;

service specification data;

operational policy data;

facility asset data;

service consumption profile data;

energy source data;

electricity flow data;

gas flow data;

water flow data;

air flow data;

or historical operational data.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining part of the customer facility information from at least one of;

a configuration management module configured to obtain customer distributed-facility configuration user data;

a policy management module configured to obtain at least one of;

energy operations, or service specification-related policy data;

or

an administration module configured to enable authorized-user modification of at least one of;

customer distributed-facility spatial model data;

the operational policy data;

or the service specification data.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the mapping of the energy sources to the asset systems further comprises:

identifying service consumption area assets and metered service areas;

associating each identified service consumption area asset with one of more of the metered service areas;

identifying service assets systems associated with the service consumption area assets, based on service types of service assets and location information for the service assets;

determining location sites for the service asset systems; and

determining energy flow information for the service asset systems.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining at least a portion of the energy management industry standard information from an industry energy knowledge base.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more operational parameters or operation thresholds includes at least one of:

an operational policy set-point;

a customer location site-specific set-point;

an equipment specific set-point;

a utility-specific set-point;

or an operating schedule.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

estimating the one or more operational parameters or operation thresholds using the objective function of cost, energy consumption, and emission.

9. An energy management modeling system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing processor-executable instructions comprising instructions for;

obtaining customer facility information and a customer business type;

obtaining energy management industry standard information related to the customer business type;

generating a baseline customer knowledge base, based on the obtained energy management industry standard information;

obtaining facility historical operational information and operational policy information;

generating a first energy operational model using the customer facility information, the baseline customer knowledge base, the facility historical operational information, and the operational policy information;

generating a mapping of energy sources to asset systems, using the first energy operational model;

generating an optimized energy operational model using the mapping of the energy sources to asset systems, wherein the optimized energy operational model utilizes an objective function of cost, energy consumption, and emission;

wherein the optimized energy operational model includes one or more operational parameters or operation thresholds; and

providing the optimized energy operational model.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the customer facility information is associated with a distributed facility.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the customer facility information includes at least one of:

organization functional data;

location data;

service specification data;

operational policy data;

facility asset data;

service consumption profile data;

energy source data;

electricity flow data;

gas flow data;

water flow data;

air flow data;

or historical operational data.

12. The system of claim 9, the memory further storing instructions for:

obtaining part of the customer facility information from at least one of;

a configuration management module configured to obtain customer distributed-facility configuration user data;

a policy management module configured to obtain at least one of;

energy operations, or service specification-related policy data;

or

an administration module configured to enable authorized-user modification of at least one of;

customer distributed-facility spatial model data;

the operational policy data;

or the service specification data.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the instructions for generating the mapping of the energy sources to the asset systems further comprise instructions for:

identifying service consumption area assets and metered service areas;

associating each identified service consumption area asset with one of more of the metered service areas;

identifying service assets systems associated with the service consumption area assets, based on service types of service assets and location information for the service assets;

determining location sites for the service asset systems; and

determining energy flow information for the service asset systems.

14. The system of claim 9, the memory further storing instructions for:

obtaining at least a portion of the energy management industry standard information from an industry energy knowledge base.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein the one or more operational parameters or operation thresholds includes at least one of:

an operational policy set-point;

a customer location site-specific set-point;

an equipment specific set-point;

a utility-specific set-point;

or an operating schedule.

16. The system of claim 15, the memory further storing instructions for:

estimating the one or more operational parameters or operation thresholds using the objective function of cost, energy consumption, and emission.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing energy management modeling instructions comprising instructions for:

obtaining customer facility information and a customer business type;

obtaining energy management industry standard information related to the customer business type;

generating a baseline customer knowledge base, based on the obtained energy management industry standard information;

obtaining facility historical operational information and operational policy information;

generating a first energy operational model using the customer facility information, the baseline customer knowledge base, the facility historical operational information, and the operational policy information;

generating a mapping of energy sources to asset systems, using the first energy operational model;

generating an optimized energy operational model using the mapping of the energy sources to asset systems, wherein the optimized energy operational model utilizes an objective function of cost, energy consumption, and emission;

wherein the optimized energy operational model includes one or more operational parameters or operation thresholds; and

providing the optimized energy operational model.

18. The medium of claim 17, wherein the customer facility information is associated with a distributed facility.

19. The medium of claim 17, wherein the customer facility information includes at least one of:

organization functional data;

location data;

service specification data;

operational policy data;

facility asset data;

service consumption profile data;

energy source data;

electricity flow data;

gas flow data;

water flow data;

air flow data;

or historical operational data.

20. The medium of claim 17, further storing instructions for:

obtaining part of the customer facility information from at least one of;

a configuration management module configured to obtain customer distributed-facility configuration user data;

a policy management module configured to obtain at least one of;

energy operations, or service specification-related policy data;

or

an administration module configured to enable authorized-user modification of at least one of;

customer distributed-facility spatial model data;

the operational policy data;

or the service specification data.

21. The medium of claim 17, wherein the instructions for generating the mapping of the energy sources to the asset systems further comprise instructions for:

identifying service consumption area assets and metered service areas;

associating each identified service consumption area asset with one of more of the metered service areas;

identifying service assets systems associated with the service consumption area assets, based on service types of service assets and location information for the service assets;

determining location sites for the service asset systems; and

determining energy flow information for the service asset systems.

22. The medium of claim 17, further storing instructions for:

obtaining at least a portion of the energy management industry standard information from an industry energy knowledge base.

23. The medium of claim 17, wherein the one or more operational parameters or operation thresholds includes at least one of:

an operational policy set-point;

a customer location site-specific set-point;

an equipment specific set-point;

a utility-specific set-point;

or an operating schedule.

24. The medium of claim 23, further storing instructions for:

estimating the one or more operational parameters or operation thresholds using the objective function of cost, energy consumption, and emission.