Demand response management system
AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorEdward Koch
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Abstract
A demand response management system which may be implemented with demand response logic. The system may be used by utilities, independent system operators, intermediaries and others to manage operations of demand response programs relative to customers, clients, participants, and users of outputs from the utilities, independent system operators, and the like. Demand response logic of the demand response management system may provide demand signal propagation and generation from demand response events.
Claims14
A demand response management system comprising:
- an input for receiving at least one demand response (DR) event based on a grid condition of a grid;
- a computer connected to the input, the computer including a translator that translates information about the DR event into a DR signal having a level of two or more client-specified levels based on content of the information about the DR event, the computer including a table of rules for customizing a schedule of the DR event for the client, for customizing the information of the DR event for the client, and for translating information of the DR event to the level of the two or more client-specified levels based on the content of the information about the DR event;
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- an output connected to the computer, the output outputs the DR signal to a client having a DR resource connected to the grid in response to receiving at least one DR event, the level of the DR signal is configured to be translated into specific load control commands for the DR resource via DR logic, wherein the translator takes into account participation rules of the client and the received DR event to produce the DR signal.
A method for operating a demand response (DR) management system comprising:
- receiving a DR event from a utility and/or independent service operator at a computer via an input;
- translating, via a computer connected to the input, information about the DR event into a client-specified level in a DR signal with the computer based on content of the information about the DR event, the information about the DR event is independent of the client-specified level;
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- providing the DR signal to a client from the computer for translation into load control commands for the DR resource, the client-specified level in the DR signal is configured to be translated into specific load control commands for the DR resource via DR logic,
- wherein the translating the information about the DR event is according to preferences and translation rules of the client.
A mechanism for demand response management comprising:
- a computer having demand response (DR) logic;
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- a source of one or more DR events, connected to the computer;
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- wherein:
- the DR logic generates a DR signal having a level of a finite set of customer-specified levels based on content of information associated with a DR event to a customer having a DR resource, the level of the DR signal is configured to be translated into specific load control commands for the DR resource via DR logic at a facility of the customer;
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- the DR logic uses a table of rules for customizing a schedule of the DR event based on information from the customer, customizing information of the DR event based on the information from the customer, and translating the information of the DR event to the level of the finite set of customer-specified levels for the customer based on the information from the customer,
- wherein the DR logic transforms the content of the information of the DR event into the level of the finite set of levels based on translation rules in the information from the customer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.