US 10,122,170 B2Granted

Load adjustment sharing system and method

AssigneePhilips Lighting Holding B.V.

InventorsYao-Jung Wen, William Woody Delp

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Abstract

A method (3000) of load adjustment sharing for a space (100) including a first zone (110) and a second zone (120), and a control unit (10) for a load adjustment sharing system (1) are provided. The method comprises the steps of receiving (301) information (130) related to a load adjustment for the space, and receiving (302) environment information (113) about the first zone and environment information (123) about the second zone. Further, based on the environment information about the first zone, the environment information about the second zone and the information related to the load adjustment for the space, a load adjustment share (114) for the first zone and a load adjustment share (124) for the second zone are determined. The present invention may be utilized in buildings including a plurality of zones. The present invention is advantageous in that the load adjustment sharing is intelligently adapted to the environment circumstances in the different zones.

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Dependent claims

A method of load adjustment sharing for a space including a first zone and a second zone, wherein each zone defines a physical area within the space and each physical area includes one or more energy using loads, the method comprising:

receiving information related to a load adjustment for the space from a service provider or user input;
receiving environment information from one or more sensors in a respective zone or user input about the first zone and environment information about the second zone;
determining a load adjustment share for the first zone and a load adjustment share for the second zone based on the environment information about the first zone, the environment information about the second zone and the information related to the load adjustment for the space;
subsequently receiving information related to a load recovery adjustment for the space from the service provider or user input;
receiving new environment information from the one or more sensors in a respective zone or user input about the first zone and new environment information about the second zone;
determining a load recovery adjustment share for the first zone and a load recovery adjustment share for the second zone based on the new environment information about the first zone, the new environment information about the second zone and the information related to the load recovery adjustment for the space;
wherein the load recovery adjustment share is adapted to restore environmental conditions of each zone to a condition each had prior to the load reduction adjustment.

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A control unit for load adjustment sharing in a space having a first zone and a second zone, wherein each zone defines a physical area within the space and each physical area includes one or more energy using loads, the control unit being configured to:

receive information related to a load adjustment for the space from a service provider or user input;
receive environment information about the first zone and environment information about the second zone from one or more sensors in a respective zone or user input;
determine a load adjustment share for the first zone and a load adjustment share for the second zone based on the environment information about the first zone, the environment information about the second zone and the information related to the load adjustment for the space;
subsequently receive information related to a load recovery adjustment for the space from the service provider or user input;
receive new environment information from the one or more sensors in a respective zone or user input about the first zone and new environment information about the second zone;
determine a load recovery adjustment share for the first zone and a load recovery adjustment share for the second zone based on the new environment information about the first zone, the new environment information about the second zone and the information related to the load recovery adjustment for the space;
wherein the load recovery adjustment share is adapted to restore environmental conditions of each zone to a condition each had prior to the load reduction adjustment.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/008,398Filed 22 Mar 2012 · us provisional application
Priority: 11 Apr 2011
Published: US 2014/0021787 A123 Jan 2014
Granted: 6 Nov 2018
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

H02J 3/14
Arrangements for adjusting voltage in AC networks by changing a characteristic of the network load: by switching loads on to, or off from, the…
H02J 2103/30
Details of circuit arrangements for mains or AC distribution networks: simulating, planning, modelling, reliability check or computer assisted…
H02J 2105/54
For selectively controlling the operation of the loads: according to a non-electrical condition, e.g. temperature
Y02B 70/3225
Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies for improving the carbon…:…

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Application61/473,930Us provisional application · filed 11 Apr 2011
US 2014/0021787 A1Pre-grant publication · published 23 Jan 2014
US 10,122,170 B2This patent

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