APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DEMAND COORDINATION NETWORK CONTROL
First Claim
1. An apparatus for controlling peak demand of a resource within a facility, the apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of devices, disposed within the facility, each consuming a portion of the resource when turned on, and said each capable of performing a corresponding function within an acceptable operational margin by cycling on and off;
a network operations center (NOC), disposed external to the facility, configured to determine an energy lag for the facility based upon fine-grained energy consumption baseline data, and configured to employ said energy lag to generate a plurality of run time schedules, wherein said plurality of run time schedules coordinates run times for said each of said plurality of devices to control the peak demand of the resource, and wherein one or more of said run times start prior to when otherwise required to maintain corresponding local environments while operating within corresponding acceptable operating margins; and
a plurality of control nodes, disposed within the facility, each coupled to a corresponding one of said plurality of devices, wherein said plurality of control nodes is coupled together via a demand coordination network that is operatively coupled to said NOC, and wherein said plurality of control nodes transmits sensor data and device status to said NOC via said demand coordination network for generation of said plurality of run time schedules, and wherein said plurality of control nodes executes selected ones of said run time schedules to cycle said plurality of devices on and off.
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Abstract
An apparatus including devices, a network operations center (NOC), and control nodes. Each of the devices consumes a portion of a resource when turned on, and performs a corresponding function within an acceptable operational margin by cycling on and off. The NOC is disposed external to a facility, and determines an energy lag for the facility based upon fine-grained energy consumption baseline data. The NOC employs the energy lag to generate a plurality of run time schedules that coordinates run times for the each of the devices to control the peak demand of the resource. Each of the plurality of control nodes is coupled to a corresponding one of the plurality of devices. The plurality of control nodes transmits sensor data and device status to the NOC via the demand coordination network for generation of the plurality of run time schedules, and executes selected ones of the run time schedules to cycle the plurality of devices on and off.
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22 Claims
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1. An apparatus for controlling peak demand of a resource within a facility, the apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of devices, disposed within the facility, each consuming a portion of the resource when turned on, and said each capable of performing a corresponding function within an acceptable operational margin by cycling on and off; a network operations center (NOC), disposed external to the facility, configured to determine an energy lag for the facility based upon fine-grained energy consumption baseline data, and configured to employ said energy lag to generate a plurality of run time schedules, wherein said plurality of run time schedules coordinates run times for said each of said plurality of devices to control the peak demand of the resource, and wherein one or more of said run times start prior to when otherwise required to maintain corresponding local environments while operating within corresponding acceptable operating margins; and a plurality of control nodes, disposed within the facility, each coupled to a corresponding one of said plurality of devices, wherein said plurality of control nodes is coupled together via a demand coordination network that is operatively coupled to said NOC, and wherein said plurality of control nodes transmits sensor data and device status to said NOC via said demand coordination network for generation of said plurality of run time schedules, and wherein said plurality of control nodes executes selected ones of said run time schedules to cycle said plurality of devices on and off. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 14, 15, 16)
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9. A peak demand control system, for managing peak energy demand within a facility, the peak demand control system comprising:
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a network operations center (NOC), disposed external to the facility, configured to determine an energy lag for the facility based upon fine-grained energy consumption baseline data, and configured to employ said energy lag to generate a plurality of run time schedules, wherein said plurality of run time schedules coordinates run times for each of a plurality of devices to manage the peak energy demand, and wherein one or more of said run times start prior to when otherwise required to maintain corresponding local environments while operating within corresponding acceptable operating margins; a plurality of control nodes, disposed within the facility, each coupled to a corresponding one of said plurality of devices, wherein said plurality of control nodes are coupled together via a demand coordination network and operatively coupled to said NOC, and wherein said plurality of control nodes transmits sensor data and device status to said NOC via said demand coordination network for generation of said plurality of run time schedules, and wherein said plurality of control nodes executes selected ones of said run time schedules to cycle said plurality of devices on and off; and one or more sensor nodes, coupled to said demand coordination network, configured to provide one or more global sensor data sets to said NOC, wherein said NOC employs said one or more global sensor data sets in determining said run times. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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17. A method for controlling peak demand of a resource within a facility, the method comprising:
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via a network operations center (NOC) external to the facility, determining an energy lag for the facility based upon fine-grained energy consumption baseline data, and employing the energy lag to generate a plurality of run time schedules, wherein the plurality of run time schedules coordinates run times for each of a plurality of devices to control the peak demand of the resource, and wherein one or more of the run times start prior to when otherwise required to maintain corresponding local environments while operating within corresponding acceptable operating margins; controlling each of the plurality of devices via corresponding control nodes, wherein the each of the plurality of devices consumes a portion of the resource when turned on, and wherein the each of the plurality of devices is capable of performing a corresponding function within an acceptable operational margin by cycling on and off, and wherein the corresponding control nodes execute selected ones of the plurality of run time schedules to cycle the plurality of devices on and off; and first coupling the corresponding control nodes together via a demand coordination network that is operatively coupled to the NOC, and employing the demand coordination network to transmit sensor data and device status to the NOC for generation of the plurality of run time schedules. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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