Electrical energy consumption control apparatuses and electrical energy consumption control methods
First Claim
1. An electrical energy consumption control apparatus comprising:
- processing circuitry configured to receive a signal which is indicative of current of electrical energy which is consumed by a plurality of loads at a site, to compare the signal which is indicative of current of electrical energy which is consumed by the plurality of loads at the site with a desired substantially sinusoidal waveform of current of electrical energy which is received at the site from an electrical power system, and to use the comparison to control an amount of the electrical energy which is consumed by at least one of the loads of the site.
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Abstract
Electrical energy consumption control apparatuses and electrical energy consumption control methods are described. According to one aspect, an electrical energy consumption control apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to receive a signal which is indicative of current of electrical energy which is consumed by a plurality of loads at a site, to compare the signal which is indicative of current of electrical energy which is consumed by the plurality of loads at the site with a desired substantially sinusoidal waveform of current of electrical energy which is received at the site from an electrical power system, and to use the comparison to control an amount of the electrical energy which is consumed by at least one of the loads of the site.
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1. An electrical energy consumption control apparatus comprising:
processing circuitry configured to receive a signal which is indicative of current of electrical energy which is consumed by a plurality of loads at a site, to compare the signal which is indicative of current of electrical energy which is consumed by the plurality of loads at the site with a desired substantially sinusoidal waveform of current of electrical energy which is received at the site from an electrical power system, and to use the comparison to control an amount of the electrical energy which is consumed by at least one of the loads of the site. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 31, 32, 33)
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9. An electrical energy consumption control apparatus comprising:
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monitoring circuitry configured to monitor electrical energy which is received from an electrical power system at a site which includes a plurality of loads and to output signals which are indicative of the electrical energy which is received from the electrical power system at the site; and processing circuitry coupled with the monitoring circuitry and configured to receive the signals from the monitoring circuitry, to compare a desired waveform of the electrical energy received from the electrical power system at the site with respect to an actual waveform of the electrical energy received from the electrical power system at the site, and to use the comparison to control an amount of the electrical energy which is consumed by at least one of the loads of the site. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 34)
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21. An electrical energy consumption control method comprising:
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receiving electrical energy from an electrical power system at a site which includes a plurality of loads; monitoring a characteristic of the received electrical energy; generating a desired representation of the characteristic; and using the monitored characteristic of the received electrical energy and the desired representation of the characteristic, controlling an amount of the electrical energy which is consumed by at least one of the loads of the site. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 35)
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