System and method for energy monitoring and management using a backplane
First Claim
1. An industrial automation control system, comprising:
- a waveform analyzer component configured to receive data from a plurality of sensors associated with a plurality of loads, the waveform analyzer further configured to analyze the data and determine metered data; and
a load control component configured to;
retrieve a power company billing schedule from a power company'"'"'s web page or a power company'"'"'s database, andregulate rate of energy distributed to the plurality of loads based upon the metered data and the power company billing schedule.
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Abstract
An energy monitoring and management system and method are provided herein. The system and method centralize load metering by utilizing at least one sensor for observing load characteristics (e.g., Volts, Amperes, Watts, active energy . . . ) communicatively coupled via a backplane to a waveform analyzer component of a control component. The waveform analyzer component generates metered data values after receiving input from the at least one sensor. Subsequently and if so desired, the control component can send a control signal to the load to alter the state of the load or simply reduce the power to a load. Such input, output, and processing functionality, according to an aspect of the present invention, are employed using a backplane to facilitate high-speed communication among components and to allow metered data to be centrally stored, manipulated, analyzed or communicated to other components or sub-components.
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16 Claims
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1. An industrial automation control system, comprising:
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a waveform analyzer component configured to receive data from a plurality of sensors associated with a plurality of loads, the waveform analyzer further configured to analyze the data and determine metered data; and a load control component configured to; retrieve a power company billing schedule from a power company'"'"'s web page or a power company'"'"'s database, and regulate rate of energy distributed to the plurality of loads based upon the metered data and the power company billing schedule. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for metering a load comprising:
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receiving, by an industrial automation controller, data from one or more sensors associated with one or more loads;
time-stamping the data from the one or more sensors in the industrial automation controller;storing the time stamped data in memory of the industrial automation controller; and utilizing, by the industrial automation controller, the time stamped data to meter the one or more loads to determine metered data; retrieving, by the industrial automation controller, a power company billing schedule from a power company'"'"'s web page or a power company'"'"'s database; and employing, by the industrial automation controller, an energy algorithm to regulate a rate of energy to the one or more loads based at least upon the metered data and the power company billing schedule. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause an industrial automation controller to perform operations, comprising:
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receiving, by the industrial automation controller, data from one or more sensors associated with one or more loads; time-stamping the data from the one or more sensors in the industrial automation controller; storing the time stamped data in memory of the industrial automation controller; and utilizing, by the industrial automation controller, the time stamped data to meter the one or more loads to determine metered data; retrieving, by the industrial automation controller, a power company billing schedule from a power company'"'"'s web page or a power company'"'"'s database; and employing, by the industrial automation controller, an energy algorithm to regulate a rate of energy to the one or more loads based at least upon the metered data and the power company billing schedule. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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