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US 10,241,881 B2Granted
Energy services recommendation engine
AssigneeSchneider Electric USA, Inc.
InventorsJacques Roland van Campen, Daniel J. Wall, Paul James Tindale
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Abstract
A combination of one or more monitoring devices and a central processor at a hosted service gathers data from a customer site, identifies energy system events of interest, and analyzes the energy system event of interest to determine and recommend or implement vendor services designed to increase energy savings and/or energy system reliability.
Claims22
An energy service monitor and recommendation system comprising:
- one or more energy system monitoring devices in communication with an energy consuming device or system and configured to monitor parameters of power delivered to or consumed by the energy consuming device or system;
- and
- a central processing unit in communication with the energy system monitoring devices and configured to:
- receive data regarding the parameters of power from the energy system monitoring devices operating in accordance with a first mode of operation;
- determine if the central processing unit is capable of diagnosing potential problems with the energy consuming device or system based on the data regarding the parameters of power;
- in response to determining the data regarding the parameters of power is insufficient to allow the central processing unit to diagnose the potential problems with the energy consuming device or system, instruct the energy system monitoring devices to change from operating in accordance with the first mode of operation to operating in accordance with a second mode of operation in which the energy system monitoring devices are configured to collect data regarding a different parameter of power in addition to the data regarding the parameters of power when operating in accordance with the first mode of operation;
- receive additional data regarding the parameters of power from the energy system monitoring devices operating in accordance with the second mode of operation;
- analyze the data regarding the parameters of power and the additional data to determine if the energy consuming device or system is performing in accordance with a predetermined acceptable manner;
- in response to determining the energy consuming device or system is not performing in accordance with the predetermined acceptable manner, identify problems with the energy consuming device or system and determine actions to take to resolve the identified problems;
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- communicate instructions to the energy system monitoring devices to automatically implement the actions to resolve the problems with the energy consuming device or system,
- wherein the energy system monitoring devices are responsive to the instructions to automatically implement the actions to resolve the identified problems with the energy consuming device or system, and the energy system monitoring devices are responsive to instructions from the central processing unit to provide follow-up data regarding the parameters of power of the energy consuming device or system to obtain and provide the follow-up data to the central processing unit, and
- wherein the central processing unit is responsive to the follow-up data to determine if the parameters of power are within a normal or expected operating range, indicating that the identified problems have been resolved, and in response to determining the parameters of power are within the normal or expected operating range, the central processing unit instructs the energy system monitoring devices to return to operating in accordance with the first mode of operation.
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A method for providing energy management services comprising:
- monitoring a plurality of parameters of power delivered to or consumed by an energy consuming device or system using one or more energy system monitoring devices in communication with the energy consuming device or system;
- receiving, at a centralized computer system, data regarding a first parameter of power of the plurality parameters of power from the energy system monitoring devices operating in accordance with a first monitoring mode;
- determining if the centralized computer system is capable of diagnosing potential problems with the energy consuming device or system based on the data regarding the first parameter of power;
- in response to determining that the data regarding the first parameter of power is insufficient to allow the centralized computer system to diagnose the potential problems with the energy consuming device or system, instructing the energy system monitoring devices to change from operating in accordance with the first monitoring mode to operating in accordance with a second monitoring mode in which the energy system monitoring devices are configured to collect data regarding a different parameter of power in addition to the data regarding the first parameter of power;
- receiving, at the centralized computer system, data regarding the different parameter from the energy system energy system monitoring devices operating in accordance with the second monitoring mode;
- analyzing the data regarding the first and different parameters of power to determine if the energy consuming device or system is performing in accordance with a predefined acceptable manner;
- in response to determining the energy consuming device or system is not performing in accordance with a predefined acceptable manner, identifying problems with the energy consuming device or system and determine actions to take to resolve the identified problems;
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- communicating instructions to the energy system monitoring devices to automatically implement the actions to resolve the identified problems with the energy consuming device or system,
- wherein the energy system monitoring devices are responsive to the instructions to automatically implement the actions to resolve the identified problems with the energy consuming device or system, and the energy system monitoring devices are responsive to instructions from the central processing unit to provide follow-up data regarding the parameters of power of the energy consuming device or system to obtain and provide the follow-up data to the central processing unit, and
- wherein the central processing unit is responsive to the follow-up data to determine if the parameters of power are within a normal or expected operating range, indicating that the identified problems have been resolved, and in response to determining the parameters of power are within the normal or expected operating range, the central processing unit instructs the energy system monitoring devices to return to operating in accordance with the first monitoring mode.
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An energy service monitor and recommendation system comprising:
- one or more energy system monitoring devices in communication with an energy producing device or system and configured to monitor parameters of power produced by the energy producing device or system;
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- a central processing unit in communication with the energy system monitoring devices and configured to:
- receive data regarding the parameters of power from the energy system monitoring devices operating in accordance with a first mode of operation;
- determine if the central processing unit is capable of diagnosing potential problems with the energy producing device or system based on the data regarding the parameters of power;
- in response to determining the data regarding the parameters of power is insufficient to allow the central processing unit to diagnose the potential problems with the energy producing device or system, instruct the energy system monitoring devices to change from operating in accordance with the first mode of operation to operating in accordance with a second mode of operation in which the energy system monitoring devices are configured to collect data regarding a different parameter of power in addition to the data regarding the parameters of power;
- receive additional data regarding the parameters of power from the energy system monitoring devices operating in accordance with the second mode of operation;
- analyze the data regarding the parameters of power and the additional data to determine if the energy producing device or system is performing in accordance with a predetermined acceptable manner;
- in response to determining the energy producing device or system is not performing in accordance with the predetermined acceptable manner, identify problems with the energy producing device or system and determine actions to take to resolve the identified problems;
- and
- communicate instructions to the energy system monitoring devices to automatically implement the actions to resolve the identified problems with the energy producing device or system,
- wherein the energy system monitoring devices are responsive to the instructions to automatically implement the actions to resolve the identified problems with the energy producing device or system, and the energy system monitoring devices are responsive to instructions from the central processing unit to provide follow-up data regarding the parameters of power of the energy producing device or system to obtain and provide the follow-up data to the central processing unit, and
- wherein the central processing unit is responsive to the follow-up data to determine if the parameters of power are within a normal or expected operating range, indicating that the identified problems have been resolved, and in response to determining the parameters of power are within the normal or expected operating range, the central processing unit instructs the energy system monitoring devices to return to operating in accordance with the first mode of operation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.