Method of reducing the peak load of energy supply network systems and apparatus for limiting the power consumption of a consumer unit fed from an energy supply connection
First Claim
1. A method of reducing the peak load of energy supply network systems to which a number of consumer units, each of which has several consumers, are connected, whereby the power consumption of said consumer units can be limited to a predetermined limiting value, said method including the steps of:
- if the power consumption of switched-on consumers of a consumer unit exceeds said predetermined limiting value, said consumers are switched off in sequence in conformity with a preselectable coordination program until the power consumption is below said predetermined limiting value; and
utilizing a decrease in the power consumption of said consumers of said consumer unit as a trigger for switching on said consumers in a sequence determined by said preselectable coordination program.
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Abstract
A method of reducing the peak load of energy supply network systems to which a number of consumer units, each of which has several consumers, are connected. The power consumption of the consumer units can be limited to a predetermined limiting value. At least some of the consumers of a consumer unit are operated one by one in a sequence controlled by a preselectable coordination program if the power consumption of consumers that are switched on has reached the predetermined limiting value. An apparatus for limiting the power consumption of a consumer unit that includes several consumers and is fed from an energy supply connection, comprises a coordination means that is connected to separating switches which are linked to at least some of the consumers and controls the separating switches via a program in such a way that the power consumption of the energy supply connection does not surpass a predetermined limiting value. If the predetermined limiting value of the power consumption is exceeded or not reached, the means causes the separating switches to open or close in a fixed sequence that is defined by a preselectable coordination program with which the coordination means is programmed.
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10 Claims
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1. A method of reducing the peak load of energy supply network systems to which a number of consumer units, each of which has several consumers, are connected, whereby the power consumption of said consumer units can be limited to a predetermined limiting value, said method including the steps of:
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if the power consumption of switched-on consumers of a consumer unit exceeds said predetermined limiting value, said consumers are switched off in sequence in conformity with a preselectable coordination program until the power consumption is below said predetermined limiting value; and utilizing a decrease in the power consumption of said consumers of said consumer unit as a trigger for switching on said consumers in a sequence determined by said preselectable coordination program.
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2. An apparatus for limiting the power consumption of a consumer unit that includes several consumers and is fed from an energy supply connection, said apparatus comprising:
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separating switches linked to at least some of said consumers; and a coordination means that is connected to at least some of said separating switches and controls the same in conformity with a program such that power consumption from said energy supply connection does not exceed a predetermined limiting value;
in particular, when said predetermined limiting value is exceeded, said coordination means opens separating switches in a sequence determined by a preselectable coordination program with which said coordination means is programmed, and when said predetermined limiting value is not reached, said coordination means closes separating switches in a sequence determined by said coordination program, closing of separating switches being triggered by a drop in power consumption of said consumers. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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