Method of power demand control with time dependent target
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1. A method of limiting the power demand of a plant facility having controllable and non-controllable loads by switching said controllable loads during successive demand periods and selectively in accordance with a pre-established priority list, comprising the steps of:
- assigning at the beginning of a given demand period a predetermined demand limit to be met at the end of said given demand period;
recording the actual demand at the end of said given demand period;
assigning for a subsequent demand period a demand limit other than said predetermined demand limit, said other demand limit being equal to said recorded actual demand when said actual demand differs from said predetermined demand limit by a predetermined amount;
predicting a demand at the end of any demand period and deriving a demand error by reference to the assigned demand limit with said predicted demand; and
switching said controllable loads during the demand period to minimize said error.
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The invention relates to power demand control of a number of loads in a plant facility in order to keep the power within a demand limit at the end of a demand period. During the billing period the invention provides for a demand limit floating up and/or down over the demand periods, and means is provided to dampen control action whenever the demand limit would tend to oscillate up and down over the successive demand periods.
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1. A method of limiting the power demand of a plant facility having controllable and non-controllable loads by switching said controllable loads during successive demand periods and selectively in accordance with a pre-established priority list, comprising the steps of:
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assigning at the beginning of a given demand period a predetermined demand limit to be met at the end of said given demand period; recording the actual demand at the end of said given demand period; assigning for a subsequent demand period a demand limit other than said predetermined demand limit, said other demand limit being equal to said recorded actual demand when said actual demand differs from said predetermined demand limit by a predetermined amount; predicting a demand at the end of any demand period and deriving a demand error by reference to the assigned demand limit with said predicted demand; and switching said controllable loads during the demand period to minimize said error. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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