Automated demand response gateway
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1. A method for an automated demand response (ADR) gateway that reduces an electrical load in a facility having a building automation system, the method comprising:
- receiving a demand response message associated with a demand response event via a computer connected to a network, the demand response message identifying at least a duration of a demand response event and a target power level for the demand response event;
determining a first demand group to activate at the start of the demand response event, where more than one demand group exist;
activating the first demand group for a maximum timer period to achieve a first power saving;
activating a second demand group upon expiration of a delay time when the first demand group fails to meet the target power level for the demand response event; and
further starting a duty cycle timer at a start of a duty cycle period associated with the activation of the first demand group, and resetting the duty cycle timer upon expiration and reactivating the first demand group if it has been deactivated prior to the duty cycle timer expiring.
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Abstract
A system and method for reducing an electrical load in a facility or building with an automated demand response server having a hierarchical grouping of demand stages and demand groups with associated timers that control the shedding of load in order to achieve the appropriate level of load reduction and ramping up devices in a controlled manner upon the expiration of a demand response event.
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1. A method for an automated demand response (ADR) gateway that reduces an electrical load in a facility having a building automation system, the method comprising:
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receiving a demand response message associated with a demand response event via a computer connected to a network, the demand response message identifying at least a duration of a demand response event and a target power level for the demand response event; determining a first demand group to activate at the start of the demand response event, where more than one demand group exist; activating the first demand group for a maximum timer period to achieve a first power saving; activating a second demand group upon expiration of a delay time when the first demand group fails to meet the target power level for the demand response event; and further starting a duty cycle timer at a start of a duty cycle period associated with the activation of the first demand group, and resetting the duty cycle timer upon expiration and reactivating the first demand group if it has been deactivated prior to the duty cycle timer expiring. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An automated demand response (ADR) gateway that reduces an electrical load in a facility having a building automation system, comprising:
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a client in a computer with a processor connected to a network in receipt of a demand response message that is associated with a demand response event, the demand response message identifying at least a duration of a demand response event and a target power level for the demand response event; a memory with a first demand group that is activated by the processor at a start of the demand response event, where more than one demand group exist in the memory; a first power reduction achieved by execution of the first demand group, where the execution occurs until expiration of a maximum time timer; and a second demand group in the memory that is activated by the processor upon expiration of a delay time timer when the first demand group fails to meet the target power level for the demand response event; and further includes a duty cycle timer that is started at a start of a duty cycle period that is associated with the activation of the first demand group, where the duty cycle timer is restarted upon expiration and the first demand group is reactivated if it has been deactivated prior to the duty cycle timer expiration. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A tangible, non-transitory computer readable media containing instructions, when executed by a processor result in a method for an automated demand response (ADR) gateway that reduces an electrical load in a facility having a building automation system, comprising instructions for:
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receiving a demand response message associated with a demand response event via a computer connected to a network, the demand response message identifying at least a duration of a demand response event and a target power level for the demand response event; determining a first demand group to activate at the start of the demand response event, where more than one demand group exists; activating the first demand group for a maximum time period to achieve a first power reduction; activating a second demand group upon expiration of a delay time when the first demand group fails to meet the target power level for the demand response event; and further starting a duty cycle timer at the start of a duty cycle period associated with the activation of the first demand group, and resetting the duty cycle timer upon expiration and reactivating the first demand group if it has been deactivated prior to the duty cycle timer expiring. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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