HIERARCHICAL IMPLICIT CONTROLLER FOR SHIELDED SYSTEM IN A GRID
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Abstract
A system or a method to at least partially steer systems, e.g. heating and/or cooling and clusters of systems, when the controller of the system is unknown or when the transfer function of the system is unknown. The steering of the energy flow, e.g. heating/cooling/electrical energy, includes providing energy to the system or the cluster of systems and preferably to manage common constraints, like capacity problems.
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40 Claims
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1-20. -20. (canceled)
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21. A retrofit external controller for controlling a system having devices consuming hot or cold thermal energy and for consuming or generating electric power supplied by an electricity distribution grid, the electricity distribution grid having constraints and target objectives, the constraints and target objectives being known to the retrofit external controller,
at least one device having an internal controller for controlling the use of the hot or cold thermal energy and for receiving parameters as input to the internal controller wherein at least one parameter is accessible to the retrofit external controller, the retrofit external controller being adapted to manipulate the at least one parameter and to supply the manipulated parameter to the internal controller to alter the behaviour of the at least one device to meet at least in part the constraints and target objectives of the electricity distribution grid, wherein the at least one manipulated parameter is an accessible external data flow, an accessible external channel, or an accessible external sensor output whose manipulation steers the internal controller.
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32. A method of controlling a system having devices consuming hot or cold thermal energy and for consuming or generating electric power supplied by an electricity distribution grid, the electricity distribution grid having constraints and target objectives, at least one device having an internal controller for controlling the use of the hot or cold thermal energy and for receiving parameters as input to the internal controller, the method comprising:
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retrofitting an external controller wherein at least one parameter is accessible to the external controller, the retrofitted external controller manipulating the at least one parameter and supplying the manipulated parameter to the internal controller to alter the behaviour of the at least one device to meet at least in part the constraints and target objectives of the electricity distribution grid, wherein the at least one manipulated parameter is an accessible external data flow, an accessible external channel, or an accessible external sensor output whose manipulation steers the internal controller. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39)
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40. A retrofit external controller for controlling a system having devices consuming a thermal energy, where said thermal energy comprises at least one member selected from the group of hot thermal energy and cold thermal energy, and for consuming or generating electric power supplied by or to an electricity distribution grid, the electricity distribution grid having constraints and target objectives, the constraints and target objectives being known to the retrofit external controller, comprising:
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at least one device having an internal controller for controlling the use of the thermal energy and for receiving parameters as input to the internal controller wherein at least one parameter is accessible to the retrofit external controller, the retrofit external controller being configured to manipulate the at least one parameter and to supply the manipulated parameter to the internal controller to alter the behaviour of the at least one device to meet at least in part the constraints and target objectives of the electricity distribution grid, and wherein the at least one manipulated parameter is an accessible external data flow, an accessible external channel, or an accessible external sensor output whose manipulation steers the internal controller.
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