Add/shed load control using anticipatory processes
First Claim
1. An add/shed system for adding/shedding loads to maintain the power consumption of a building below a predetermined level, said system comprising:
- a plurality of loads;
measuring means for measuring the present total power consumption of said building;
first means for shedding selected ones of said loads responsive to said measured present total power consumption of said building to maintain the present power consumption of said building below said predetermined level; and
second means for determining the anticipated future increase or decrease in power consumption of said building and for adding/shedding selected ones of said loads responsive to said measured present total power consumption of said building and said anticipated future increase or decrease in power consumption of said building for continuously maintaining the power consumption of said building below said predetermined level, wherein said second means is arranged to determine the anticipated future increase or decrease in power consumption by determining which of said loads will be required on or off during a preselected time interval and by determining which of said loads will be requested on or off during a preselected time interval.
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Abstract
There is disclosed an add/shed system and method for adding and shedding loads to maintain the power consumption of a building below the predetermined level. The system includes a plurality of loads and measures the present total power consumption of the building. Selected ones of the loads are reactively shed in response responsive to the measured total power consumption of the building to maintain the present power consumption of the building below the predetermined level. The anticipated future increase or decrease in power consumption of the building is determined and selected ones of the loads are added or shed in response responsive to the measured total power consumption of the building and the anticipated future increase or decrease in power consumption of the building for continuously maintaining the power consumption of the building below the predetermined level.
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32 Claims
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1. An add/shed system for adding/shedding loads to maintain the power consumption of a building below a predetermined level, said system comprising:
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a plurality of loads; measuring means for measuring the present total power consumption of said building; first means for shedding selected ones of said loads responsive to said measured present total power consumption of said building to maintain the present power consumption of said building below said predetermined level; and second means for determining the anticipated future increase or decrease in power consumption of said building and for adding/shedding selected ones of said loads responsive to said measured present total power consumption of said building and said anticipated future increase or decrease in power consumption of said building for continuously maintaining the power consumption of said building below said predetermined level, wherein said second means is arranged to determine the anticipated future increase or decrease in power consumption by determining which of said loads will be required on or off during a preselected time interval and by determining which of said loads will be requested on or off during a preselected time interval. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An add/shed system for adding loads by an ON command for each said load and shedding loads by an OFF command for each said load to maintain the energy consumption of a building below a predetermined level, each load being assigned to at least one of multiple types of add/shed routines, each routine controlling the adding and shedding of said loads in a different sequence, said system comprising:
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a plurality of loads; and processor means connected to said plurality of loads and adapted to be connected to a power meter for determining which of said plurality of loads should be added or shed to maintain the energy consumption of said building below said predetermined level and for determining which type of the multiple types of add/shed routines is assigned to each load, said processor means for adding or shedding each load according to its assigned routine, said processor means also including means for determining in advance of a load ON command for a given load when the adding of said given load will cause the energy consumption of said building to increase above said predetermined level. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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19. A method of adding/shedding selected ones of a plurality of loads to maintain the power consumption of a building below a predetermined level, said method including the steps of:
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measuring the present total power consumption of said building; reactively shedding selected ones of said loads responsive to said measured present total power consumption of said building to maintain the present power consumption of said building below said predetermined level; determining the anticipated future increase or decrease in power consumption of said building by determining which of said loads will be required on or off during a preselected time interval and by determining which of said loads will be requested on or off during a preselected time interval; and predictively adding/shedding selected ones of said loads responsive to said measured present total power consumption of said building and said anticipated future increase or decrease in power consumption of said building to continuously maintain the power consumption of said building below said predetermined level. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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31. An add/shed system for adding/shedding loads to maintain the power consumption of a building below a predetermined level, said system comprising:
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a plurality of loads; measuring means for measuring the present total power consumption of said building; first means for shedding selected ones of said loads responsive to said measured present total power consumption of said building to maintain the present power consumption of said building below said predetermined level; a second plurality of loads; control means for controlling the turning on and turning off of said second plurality of loads; and second means for determining the anticipated future increase or decrease in power consumption of said building and for adding/shedding selected ones of said loads responsive to said measured present total power consumption of said building and said anticipated future increase or decrease in power consumption of said building for continuously maintaining the power consumption of said building below said predetermined level wherein said second means is further arranged to alter the control of said second plurality of loads by delaying the turning on of said second plurality of loads by said control means when the turning on of said second plurality of loads would cause the power consumption of said building to exceed said predetermined level. - View Dependent Claims (32)
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