POWER SUPPLY CONTROL DEVICE

• US 20160156195A1
• Filed: 03/28/2013
• Published: 06/02/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Chugoku Electric Power Company Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Chugoku Electric Power Company Incorporated
• Inventors: Kouno, Nobuyuki, Okubo, Norihiro, Naito, Masaki, Umakoshi, Yuji, Fujii, Seiichiro
• Application Number:
  US14/780,309
• Publication Number:
  US 20160156195A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/10 using selector switches
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/2639 Energy management, use maximum of cheap power, keep peak load low
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/60 Limiting power consumption in the network or in one section of the network, e.g. load shedding or peak shaving
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/14 by switching loads on to, or off from, network, e.g. progressively balanced loading
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 4/00 Circuit arrangements for mains or distribution networks not specified as ac or dc
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 9/06 with automatic change-over , e.g. UPS systems
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/30 Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies for improving the carbon footprint of the management of residential or tertiary loads, i.e. smart grids as climate change mitigation technology in the buildings sector, including also the last stages of power distribution and the control, monitoring or operating management systems at local level
• 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 20/248 UPS systems or standby or emergency generators

Abstract

A power supply device connected to a trunk line in a switchboard after a power source breaker is opened in response to the detection of power outage, a personal computer identifies from among loads a load to which power can be supplied within the range of output capacity of the power source supply device and connects the load identified to the trunk line. A user may assign priorities to some or all of the loads. Although the personal computer identifies the loads to be connected in order of the priority, when a total power consumption of the identified loads exceeds the limit of output capacity of the power supply device, the personal computer skips the load to be identified in order of the priority and attempts to identify a load with a lower priority.

Claims

1. A power supply control device that controls power supply from a power source device to a plurality of loads comprising:

a circuit that parallely connects the plurality of loads to the power source device;

a plurality of switches provided to the circuit, wherein the switches respectively switch between a connection and a shut off between the power source device and the plurality of loads;

a priority setting unit that assigns priorities to the plurality of loads;

a load identifying unit that repeatedly performs a load identifying process on all of the plurality of loads, wherein the load identifying process selects one load from the plurality of loads according to the priority, identifies the selected load as a connection target when a total power consumption by the selected load and a load that is already identified as a connection target is not greater than an upper output limit that is set according to an output capacity of the power source device, and does not identify the selected load as the connection target when the total power consumption by the selected load and the load that is already identified as the connection target is greater than the upper output limit; and

a changeover control unit that controls a changeover of the switch corresponding to the load that is identified as the connection target by the load identifying unit and to connect to the power source device the load that is identified as the connection target.

2. The power supply control device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a measuring unit that measures the power consumption by the loads; and

a storage unit that stores measurements of the power consumption by the loads measured by the measuring unit,

wherein the load identifying unit calculates the total power consumption using the measurements of the power consumption by the loads measured by the measuring unit and stored in the storage unit.

3. The power supply control device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a power source changeover unit that switches between connecting the loads to a power system and connecting the loads to the power source device, and

wherein the load identifying unit performs the load identifying process when the loads are shut off from the power system and are connected to the power source device by the power source changeover unit.

4. A power supply control device that controls power supply from a power source device to a plurality of loads comprising:

a circuit that parallely connects the plurality of loads to the power source device;

a plurality of switches provided to the circuit, wherein the switches respectively switch between a connection and a shut off between the power source device and the plurality of loads;

a priority setting unit that sets as prioritized loads to a number of loads of the plurality of loads, set as non-prioritized loads to a remainder of the plurality of loads and assign priorities to only the prioritized loads;

a prioritized load identifying unit that repeatedly performs a prioritized load identifying process on all prioritized loads, wherein the prioritized load identifying process selects one prioritized load according to the priority, identifies the selected prioritized load as a connection target when a total power consumption by the selected prioritized load and a prioritized load that is already identified as a connection target is not greater than an upper output limit that is set according to an output capacity of the power source device, and does not identify the selected prioritized load as the connection target when the total power consumption by the selected prioritized load and the prioritized load that is already identified as the connection target is greater than the upper output limit;

a non-prioritized load identifying unit that repeatedly performs a non-prioritized load identifying process as long as the total power consumption of the selected non-prioritized load and the load that is already identified as the connection target is not greater than the upper output limit, wherein, after performing by the prioritized load identifying unit the prioritized load identifying process on all the prioritized loads, the non-prioritized load identifying process selects one non-prioritized load in ascending order of power consumption and identifies the selected non-prioritized load as the connection target; and

a changeover control unit that controls a changeover of the switch corresponding to the loads that are identified as the connection targets by the prioritized load identifying unit and the non-prioritized load identifying unit, and to connect to the power source device the loads that are identified as the connection targets.

5. The power supply control device according to claim 4, further comprising:

a measuring unit that measures the power consumption by the loads; and

a storage unit that stores measurements of the power consumption by the loads measured by the measuring unit, and

wherein the prioritized load identifying unit and the non-prioritized load identifying unit calculate the total power consumption using the measurements of the power consumption by the loads measured by the measuring unit and stored in the storage unit.

6. The power supply control device according to claim 4, further comprising a power source changeover unit that switches between connecting the loads to a power system and connecting the loads to the power source device and

the prioritized load identifying unit and the non-prioritized load identifying unit perform the prioritized load identifying process and the non-prioritized load identifying process when the loads are shut off from the power system and are connected to the power source device by the power source changeover unit.