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APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE ENERGY USAGE OF AN APPLIANCE

  • US 20160233678A1
  • Filed: 04/21/2016
  • Published: 08/11/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/04/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An appliance configured to perform a cycle of operation comprising:

  • a treating chamber for receiving an article for treatment according to the cycle of operation; and

    a controller configured to implement the cycle of operation on the article in the treating chamber, the controller comprising;

    a processor; and

    a non-transitory storage medium storing machine readable instructions that when executed by the processor causes the controller to at least;

    determine a recovery cost for the appliance as the energy cost of interrupting the cycle of operation and completing the cycle of operation at a later time, determine a continued operation cost as the energy cost needed to continue the cycle of operation without interruption, including determining a normal operation cost, which is the cost of continuing the cycle of operation without interruption in a normal mode, and determining a reduced power operation cost, which is the cost of continuing the cycle of operation without interruption in a reduced power mode;

    compare the recovery cost to the continued operation cost, including comparing the recovery cost to the normal operation cost and comparing the recovery cost to the reduced power operation cost; and

    set a time in the cycle of operation to interrupt the cycle of operation so long as the recovery cost is less than the continued operation cost.

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