Air conditioning predictive power management system and method
AssigneeEaton Intelligent Power Limited
InventorsMohd Azrin Mohd Zulkefli, Souvik Chandra, Chaitanya Ashok Baone
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Abstract
A system and method for managing a distributed energy resource (DER) within an indoor structure, the method including receiving a time window, receiving a power consumption limit, measuring an outdoor temperature, determining an indoor temperature of the indoor structure based at least on the measured outdoor temperature, the received power consumption limit, and the received time window, determining a minimum time of operation of the DER so that a power consumption of the DER is equal to or below the received power consumption limit during the received time window without compromising the quality of service controlled by the DER.
Claims7
A method of managing a distributed energy resource (DER) within an indoor structure, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a processor, a time window;
- receiving, at the processor, a power consumption limit;
- measuring an outdoor temperature;
- determining, using the processor, an indoor temperature of the indoor structure based at least on the measured outdoor temperature, the received power consumption limit, and the received time window;
- determining, using the processor, based on at least the power consumption limit and the indoor temperature over time, a minimum time of operation of the DER so as to keep the indoor temperature within an acceptable range during the time window, wherein the minimum time of operation is determined based on a power consumption of the DER being less than the power consumption limit during the minimum time of operation;
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- operating the DER based on the minimum time of operation.
A system for managing a distributed energy resource (DER) within an indoor structure, the system comprising:
- a data receiver;
- an updatable data repository functionally coupled to the data receiver;
- a display device functionally coupled to the data receiver;
- a processor operatively coupled to the data receiver, to the updatable data repository and to the display device;
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- a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, perform a set of operations comprising:
- receiving, at the data receiver, a time window;
- receiving, at the data receiver, a power consumption limit;
- measuring an outdoor temperature;
- determining, via the processor, an indoor temperature of the indoor structure based at least on the measured outdoor temperature, the received power consumption limit, and the received time window;
- determining, via the processor, based on at least the power consumption limit and the indoor temperature over time, a minimum time of operation of the DER so as to keep the indoor temperature within an acceptable range during the time window, wherein the minimum time of operation is determined based on a power consumption of the DER being less than the power consumption limit during the minimum time of operation;
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- direct operation of the DER based on the minimum time of operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.