Method and system for organizing and optimizing electricity consumption
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsScot MacLellan, Valeria Perticara'
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Abstract
A method and system for managing power consumption by electrical appliances, is provided. One implementation involves obtaining power consumption information for a use cycle of a each of multiple appliances; and automatically scheduling a time slot for an operation cycle of a selected appliance as a function of power consumption by appliance cycles scheduled in that time slot, such that an upper limit of power consumption is not exceeded by the collective power consumption for scheduled appliance cycles in the time slot.
Claims20
A method of managing power consumption by electrical appliances, comprising:
- obtaining power consumption information for a use cycle of a each of multiple appliances;
- and
- automatically scheduling a time slot for an operation cycle of a selected appliance as a function of power consumption by appliance cycles scheduled in that time slot, such that an upper limit of power consumption is not exceeded by the collective power consumption for scheduled appliance cycles in the time slot.
An apparatus for managing power consumption by electrical appliances, comprising:
- an interface configured for obtaining power consumption information for a use cycle of a each of multiple appliances;
- and
- a scheduler configured for automatically scheduling a time slot for an operation cycle of a selected appliance as a function of power consumption by appliance cycles scheduled in that time slot, such that an upper limit of power consumption is not exceeded by the collective power consumption for scheduled appliance cycles in the time slot.
A system for managing power consumption by multiple electrical appliances, comprising:
- an interface configured for obtaining power consumption information for a use cycle of a each of multiple appliances;
- a repository configured for maintaining appliance cycle information;
- and
- a scheduler configured for automatically scheduling a time slot for an operation cycle of a selected appliance as a function of power consumption by appliance cycles scheduled in that time slot, such that an upper limit of power consumption is not exceeded by the collective power consumption for scheduled appliance cycles in the time slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.