SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING ELECTRIC POWER CONSUMPTION

• US 20170108886A1
• Filed: 10/10/2016
• Published: 04/20/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Advanced Digital Broadcast SA (Advanced Digital Broadcast Holdings SA)
• Original Assignee: Advanced Digital Broadcast SA (Advanced Digital Broadcast Holdings SA)
• Inventors: CICHONSKI, Dariusz
• Application Number:
  US15/289,214
• Publication Number:
  US 20170108886A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/39361 Minimize time-energy cost
• CPC Class Codes: G05F 1/66 Regulating electric power
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00004 characterised by the power network being locally controlled
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00028 involving the use of Internet protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/14 The load or loads being home appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/64 The condition being economic, e.g. tariff based load management
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/14 by switching loads on to, or off from, network, e.g. progressively balanced loading
• 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: Y02B 90/20 Smart grids as enabling technology in buildings sector smart grids supporting the management or operation of end-user stationary applications in general, or like technologies with no associated climate change mitigation effect Y04S20/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/00 Management or operation of end-user stationary applications or the last stages of power distribution; Controlling, monitoring or operating thereof
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/222 Demand response systems, e.g. load shedding, peak shaving
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/242 Home appliances
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 50/10 Energy trading, including energy flowing from end-user application to grid

Abstract

A method for managing electric power consumption of a client device, the method being characterized in that it comprises the steps of: receiving (701) a request to start an operating program associated with an energy consumption plan comprising at least one step; exchanging (703) data with an external device, regarding the operation request as well as the selected energy consumption plan of the device; receiving (705) a modified energy consumption plan wherein said modified energy consumption plan has been set by taking into account energy consumption plan of at least one other device as well as a maximum power consumption limit; and executing (707) said at least one step of the energy consumption plan.

Claims

1. A method for managing electric power consumption of a client device, the method being characterized in that it comprises the steps of:

receiving (701) a request to start an operating program associated with an energy consumption plan comprising at least one step;

exchanging (703) data with an external device, regarding the operation request as well as the selected energy consumption plan of the device;

receiving (705) a modified energy consumption plan wherein said modified energy consumption plan has been set by taking into account energy consumption plan of at least one other device as well as a maximum power consumption limit; and

executing (707) said at least one step of the energy consumption plan.

2. The method according to claim 1 characterized in that said client device is an Internet of Things device.

3. The method according to claim 1 characterized in that the request to start an operating program and/or said modified energy consumption plan, comprises deferred run settings.

4. The method according to claim 1 characterized in that the step of exchanging (703) and receiving (704) is executed by communicating with an energy suppliers (131, 132) server.

5. The method according to claim 1 characterized in that the step of exchanging (703) and receiving (704) is executed by communicating with a smart meter (210).

6. The method according to claim 1 characterized in that said modified energy consumption plan comprises at least one step, the duration of which has been decreased while increasing peak power consumption.

7. The method according to claim 1 characterized in that said modified energy consumption plan comprises at least one step, the duration of which has been increased while decreasing peak power consumption.

8. The method according to claim 1 characterized in that said modified energy consumption plan comprises at least one step, the start time of which has been modified.

9. A computer program comprising program code means for performing all the steps of the computer-implemented method according to claim 1 when said program is run on a computer.

10. A computer readable medium storing computer-executable instructions performing all the steps of the computer-implemented method according to claim 1 when executed on a computer.

11. A method for managing electric power consumption of at least two client devices, by a server, the method being characterized in that it comprises the steps of:

receiving (910) data from at least two external devices, regarding their operation request as well as the selected energy consumption plan, comprising at least one step, of the device;

based on these data, obtaining (922) a definition of the identified selected energy consumption plans of the at least two external devices;

modifying an energy consumption plan (925) taking into account a power consumption limit for a given group of the at least two external devices;

transmitting (911) a modified energy consumption plan to each of the least two external devices.

12. The method according to claim 11 characterized in that each step of an energy consumption comprises properties defining whether it is allowed to modify its run time and/or its delay with respect to other steps.

13. The method according to claim 11 wherein the step of obtaining (922) a definition of the identified selected energy consumption plans of the at least two external devices comprises transmitting a request for data from devices'"'"' manufacturer based on respective identifiers of the least two external devices and receiving requested data from the respective device'"'"'s manufacturers systems.

14. A computer program comprising program code means for performing all the steps of the computer-implemented method according to claim 11 when said program is run on a computer.

15. A computer readable medium storing computer-executable instructions performing all the steps of the computer-implemented method according to claim 11 when executed on a computer.