Method For Operating A Power Management Device, Power Management Device And Computer Program

A power management device for controlling an operational facility connected to a power supply network, wherein the maximum power level demanded and/or supplied by the controlled operational facility is at least 3 kW, wherein said power management device is configured to:

• receive, from a server device which is associated with a network operator of a power supply network or with a power supplier, an information data set that describes a coupling information item or a temporal variation of the coupling information wherein the coupling information describes a relationship between a facility load caused by the operational facility and a target variable to be optimized during an optimizing interval,
• determine a load profile which describes a predicted temporal variation of the facility load of the operational facility during the optimizing interval, by optimizing the load profile with respect to the target variable,
• provide the load profile to the server device, and
• control the operational facility in the optimizing interval based on a specified value for the facility load pre-set by the load profile for a current operating time point.

A computer program for controlling an operational facility connected to a power supply network, wherein the maximum power level demanded and/or supplied by the controlled operational facility is at least 3 kW, wherein the computer program is stored in non-transitory computer-readably media and executable by a processor associated with the power management device to:

• receive, from a server device which is associated with a network operator of a power supply network or with a power supplier, an information data set that describes a coupling information item or a temporal variation of the coupling information wherein the coupling information describes a relationship between a facility load caused by the operational facility and a target variable to be optimized during an optimizing interval,
• determine a load profile which describes a predicted temporal variation of the facility load of the operational facility during the optimizing interval, by optimizing the load profile with respect to the target variable,
• provide the load profile to the server device, and
• control the operational facility in the optimizing interval based on a specified value for the facility load pre-set by the load profile for a current operating time point.