Extensible energy management architecture
AssigneeRockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
InventorsMichael R. Keller, David A. Vasko, Philip J. Kaufman, David D. Brandt
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Abstract
An energy management system may include a plurality of industrial automation devices and a first energy agent embedded within an industrial automation device of the plurality of industrial automation devices. The first energy agent may monitor one or more energy properties that correspond to the industrial automation device. Also, the first energy agent may adjust one or more operations of the industrial automation device based at least in part on the energy properties and an energy objective.
Claims24
An energy management system, comprising:
- a plurality of industrial automation devices;
- a first energy agent embedded within an industrial automation device of the plurality of industrial automation devices, wherein the first energy agent is configured to:
- monitor one or more energy properties that correspond to the industrial automation device;
- and
- adjust one or more operations of the industrial automation device based at least in part on the energy properties and an energy objective.
An energy agent, comprising:
- a communication agent configured to communicate with one or more energy agents embedded within one or more devices in the industrial automation system;
- and
- at least one of:
- a data agent configured to acquire raw energy data that corresponds to at least one device in an industrial automation system;
- a monitor agent configured to analyze energy data that corresponds to the at least one device;
- a control agent configured to control one or more operations of the at least one device based at least in part on one or more energy objectives that correspond to the at least one device or the industrial automation system;
- and
- a visualization agent configured to generate one or more visualizations that correspond to the raw energy data or the energy data analyzed by the monitor agent.
A method, comprising:
- receiving, using a processor, an indication that a first energy agent has been coupled to a communication network coupled to a plurality of devices in an industrial automation control system, wherein the first energy agent is embedded in a first device in the industrial automation system and is configured to adjust one or more operations of the first device based at least in part on an energy objective;
- exchanging a plurality of energy profiles that corresponds to the plurality of devices with the first energy agent;
- and
- adjusting one or more operations of the plurality of devices based at least in part on the energy objective, the exchanged plurality of energy profiles, and an energy profile of the first device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.