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AssigneeHitachi, Ltd.
InventorsHirotaka Takahashi, Tsutomu Kawamura
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The purpose of the present invention is to minimize impact on the comfort of people in a room and to achieve energy conservation in heat-source functions in an energy network comprising a plurality of heat-source functions that generate cold water and/or warm water, and a plurality of air-conditioning functions that obtain an air-conditioning effect by consuming the cold water and/or warm water generated by the heat-source functions. Disclosed is an energy network comprising a plurality of heat-source functions that generate thermal energy, and a plurality of air-conditioning functions that obtain an air-conditioning effect by consuming the thermal energy generated by the heat-source functions, wherein the energy network comprises: a first control function that selectively starts or stops the heat-source functions; and a second control function that controls the output of the air-conditioning functions. When the first control function starts or stops the heat-source function(s), the second control function controls the total load of the plurality of air-conditioning functions to a desired magnitude.
A thermal demand adjustment device for an energy network, the energy network including a plurality of heat-source devices, a fluid path, and a plurality of air conditioners to which heat from the plurality of heat-source devices is transmitted through the fluid path, in which the plurality of heat-source devices are operated as a number of units according to a number of operating units notification signal and operated so as to set fluid in the fluid path to a predetermined value, and the plurality of air conditioners are operated to exchange thermal energy with the fluid path so as to approach an instruction value, the thermal demand adjustment device is configured to:
A thermal demand adjustment method for an energy network including a plurality of heat-source devices, a fluid path, and a plurality of air conditioners to which heat from the plurality of heat-source devices is transmitted through the fluid path, in which the plurality of heat-source devices are operated as a number of units according to a number of operating units notification signal and operated so as to set fluid in the fluid path to a predetermined value, and the plurality of air conditioners are operated to exchange thermal energy with the fluid path so as to approach an instruction value, the method comprising:
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