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AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsJunghwan LYU, Heekyung KIM, Wookjin PARK, Soyeon KO
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A central control apparatus includes: a controller that performs control over facilities or equipment; and a display unit that displays information processed by the controller on the screen, wherein the central control apparatus further includes a communication unit that communicates with a meteorological office server, and the controller includes: a data collection module that collects predicted environmental data about a target control area through the communication unit; a system setting module that sets information about at least one facility within the target control area; and an energy usage simulation module that models the facility based on based on the facility information and simulates the power consumption of the facility model according to a control scenario, the energy usage simulation module including an energy reduction calculation module for calculating the energy reduction of the facility or target control area based on a simulation result of the power consumption of the facility model according to a combination of at least one control scenario.
A control apparatus comprising:
A facility control method comprising:
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Systems controlled by a computer: electric
Involving the use of models or simulators: using a predictor
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This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119 to Korean Application No 10-2014-0136895 filed on Oct. 10, 2014, whose entire disclosure is hereby incorporated by reference.
1. Field
The present invention relates to a central control apparatus for controlling facilities, a facility control system, and a facility control method, and more particularly, to a central control apparatus capable of simulating the power consumption of facilities, a facility control system, and a facility control method.
The embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the following drawings in which like reference numerals refer to like elements wherein:
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the configuration of a facility control system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the configuration of a central control apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;
The technologies disclosed in this specification are applicable to a central control apparatus (or central control server) for controlling facilities and a facility control system comprising the same.
Herein, a facility control system may be a building automation system that is set up in a building for the control of facilities installed in that building. Especially, the facility control system may be a building management system (BMS). That is, the building automation system is a concept that includes a factory automation system, without being limited to a particular type of automation system. In this specification, the building automation system may be a building automation system, particularly for controlling facilities installed in a building.
Also, the facility control system may be a building energy management system (BEMS) used to maintain a pleasant indoor environment and increase energy performance by providing the energy management of facilities installed in a building.