Power saving system, power saving device, air conditioner control method, and recording medium
AssigneeMitsubishi Electric Corporation
InventorHajime IKEDA
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Abstract
A power saving device causes an air conditioner to perform a power saving operation. The power saving device includes a normal charge calculator to predict power consumption based on information indicating an operating state acquired by an operating state acquirer and calculate a normal charge based on the predicted power consumption and a trend of an electric rate predicted by an electric rate predictor, and a saving charge calculator to predict, based on the acquired information indicating the operating state, saving power-consumption in a power saving mode and calculate a saving charge based on the predicted saving power-consumption and the trend of the electric rate predicted by the electric rate predictor.
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A power saving device for causing an air conditioner to perform a power saving operation, the power saving device comprising:
- a processor
- to acquire information indicating an electric rate for a predetermined period including a current time,
- to predict, based on the acquired information indicating the electric rate for the predetermined period, a trend of an electric rate for a prediction period from the current time,
- to acquire, from a controller included in the air conditioner, information indicating an operating state of each component in the air conditioner;
- to calculate, based on the predicated trend of the electric rate, a normal charge for the air conditioner operated in the operating state for the prediction period, and
- to predict, based on the acquired information indicating the operating state, saving power-consumption for the air conditioner operated in a power saving mode and calculate, based on the predicted saving power-consumption and the predicted trend of the electric rate, a saving charge for the air conditioner operated in the power saving mode for the prediction period.
An air conditioner control method, comprising:
- acquiring, with a computer to control a controller included in an air conditioner, information indicating an electric rate for a predetermined period including a current time;
- predicting, with the computer, a trend of an electric rate for a prediction period from the current time based on the information indicating the electric rate for the predetermined period;
- acquiring, with the computer, information indicating an operating state of each component in the air conditioner from the controller included in the air conditioner;
- calculating, with the computer, based on the predicted trend of the electric rate, a normal charge for the air conditioner operated in the operating state for the prediction period;
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- predicting, with the computer, saving power-consumption for the air conditioner operated in a power saving mode based on the acquired information indicating the operating state, and calculating a saving charge for the air conditioner operated in the power saving mode for the prediction period based on the predicted saving power-consumption and the predicted trend of the electric rate.
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program, the program causing a computer to control a controller included in an air conditioner to perform operations comprising:
- acquiring information indicating an electric rate for a predetermined period including a current time;
- predicting a trend of an electric rate for a prediction period from the current time based on the acquired information indicating the electric rate for the predetermined period;
- acquiring information indicating an operating state of each component in the air conditioner from the controller included in the air conditioner;
- calculating a normal charge for the air conditioner operated in the operating state for the prediction period based on the predicted power consumption and the predicted trend of the electric rate;
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- predicting saving power-consumption for the air conditioner operated in a power saving mode based on the acquired information indicating the operating state, and calculating a saving charge for the air conditioner operated in the power saving mode for the prediction period based on the predicted saving power-consumption and the predicted trend of the electric rate.
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