Control device for controlling facility equipment
First Claim
1. A control device for controlling facility equipment comprising:
- a receiving unit including a network interface, the receiving unit being configured to receive time-of-use unit price information of an energy to be supplied to the facility equipment during a predetermined period;
a controller including a processor and a memory, the controller being programmed to includea first decision unit programmed to decide a first time slot in which an index that includes a factor of an energy unit price approaches a peak in the predetermined period based on the time-of-use unit price information;
a second decision unit programmed to decide a second time slot prior to the first time slot and a third time slot subsequent to the first time slot in the predetermined period; and
an adjustment control unit programmed to execute an energy adjustment control to adjust an energy consumption of the facility equipment so thatan amount of suppression of the energy consumption in the third time slot is equal to or lower than an amount of the suppression of the energy consumption in the first time slot, andan amount of the suppression of the energy consumption in the second time slot is lower than the amount of the suppression of the energy consumption in the third time slot,the first decision unit being further configured to delay a starting time of the first time slot by a predetermined interval when the first time slot as decided would start at a starting time of the predetermined period, thereby lowering the amount of the suppression of the energy consumption at the starting time of the predetermined period.
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Abstract
The control device controls facility equipment and includes a receiving unit, first and second decision units and an adjustment control unit. The receiving unit receives time-of-use unit price information of an energy supplied to the facility equipment. The first decision unit decides a first time slot in which an index that includes a factor of an energy unit price approaches a peak in a first period based on the time-of-use unit price information. The second decision unit decides a second time slot prior to the first time slot and a third time slot subsequent to the first time slot in the first period. The adjustment control unit executes an energy adjustment control to adjust an energy consumption of the facility equipment so that an amount of suppression of the energy consumption is higher in the first time slot than in the second and the third time slots.
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12 Claims
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1. A control device for controlling facility equipment comprising:
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a receiving unit including a network interface, the receiving unit being configured to receive time-of-use unit price information of an energy to be supplied to the facility equipment during a predetermined period; a controller including a processor and a memory, the controller being programmed to include a first decision unit programmed to decide a first time slot in which an index that includes a factor of an energy unit price approaches a peak in the predetermined period based on the time-of-use unit price information; a second decision unit programmed to decide a second time slot prior to the first time slot and a third time slot subsequent to the first time slot in the predetermined period; and an adjustment control unit programmed to execute an energy adjustment control to adjust an energy consumption of the facility equipment so that an amount of suppression of the energy consumption in the third time slot is equal to or lower than an amount of the suppression of the energy consumption in the first time slot, and an amount of the suppression of the energy consumption in the second time slot is lower than the amount of the suppression of the energy consumption in the third time slot, the first decision unit being further configured to delay a starting time of the first time slot by a predetermined interval when the first time slot as decided would start at a starting time of the predetermined period, thereby lowering the amount of the suppression of the energy consumption at the starting time of the predetermined period. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A control device for controlling facility equipment comprising:
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a receiving unit including a network interface, the receiving unit being configured to receive a plurality of items of time-of-use unit price information regarding energy to be supplied to the facility equipment during a predetermined period, each of the items of time-of-use unit price information being received from a different power company; a controller including a processor and a memory, the controller being programmed to include a first decision unit programmed to determine a cheapest time-of-use energy unit price based on the plurality of items of time-of-use unit price information for the period of time and decide a first time slot in which an index approaches a peak in the predetermined, period, the index including a factor of the cheapest time-of-use energy unit price; a second decision unit programmed to decide a second time slot prior to the first time slot and a third tune slot subsequent to the first tune slot in the predetermined period; and an adjustment control unit programmed to execute an energy adjustment control to adjust an energy consumption of the facility equipment so that an amount of suppression of the energy consumption is higher in the first time slat than in the second and the third time slots, the first decision unit being further configured to delay a starting time of the first time slot by a predetermined interval when the first time slot as decided would start at a starting time of the predetermined period, thereby lowering the amount of the suppression of the energy consumption at the starting time of the predetermined period.
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