Air Conditioning Load Distribution for Stable Demand Response
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing management systems for air conditioning apparatuses face challenges in stably acceding to power consumption amount adjustment requests due to fluctuations in power consumption, particularly with air conditioning units, where consumers may not adhere to predetermined reduction schedules, leading to instability in power consumption adjustments.
Innovation Solution
A management apparatus that calculates the probability of air conditioning units canceling power consumption adjustments based on current state information, including temperature data and historical data, to redistribute the adjustment burden to more reliable units, ensuring stable compliance with power consumption requests.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If predetermined power reduction schedules are established for consumers, then the power consumption amount adjustment request can be acceded, but consumers may cancel the adjustment after the request is received, leading to unstable compliance
Solution Approach 1:
The management apparatus performs preliminary actions by calculating cancellation probabilities and redistributing adjustment burdens before the power consumption adjustment period begins. This proactive approach identifies consumers likely to cancel and reallocates their adjustment burden to more reliable consumers in advance, ensuring stable compliance without requiring complex real-time monitoring during the adjustment period.
2Reliability
If error adjustment instructions are generated after consumers fail to meet reduction targets, then the power consumption amount can be corrected, but the timing is too late to prevent the occurrence of non-compliance
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of generating error adjustment instructions after consumers fail to meet targets, the management apparatus calculates cancellation probabilities in advance and redistributes adjustment burdens before the adjustment period begins. This prevents non-compliance from occurring in the first place, eliminating the need for corrective actions and avoiding time losses associated with post-facto adjustments.
3Measurement precision
If the management apparatus monitors and tracks consumer compliance in real-time, then cancellation can be detected, but the system complexity and computational burden increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The management apparatus avoids complex real-time monitoring by performing preliminary calculations of cancellation probabilities based on historical data and current states before the adjustment period. This upfront assessment identifies at-risk consumers and enables proactive redistribution of adjustment burdens, achieving accurate compliance prediction without requiring continuous real-time tracking during the adjustment period.
Data Source
AI summary
A management apparatus manages a plurality of air conditioning apparatuses based on a power consumption amount adjustment request. The management apparatus includes a distribution information generation unit and an information acquisition unit that acquires current state information for each air conditioning apparatus. The distribution information generation unit, when the power consumption amount adjustment is requested, generates distribution information used to distribute the power consumption amount adjustment request to the air conditioning apparatuses. The distribution information generation unit calculates a probability of each air conditioning apparatus canceling the power consumption amount adjustment request at a future time relative to a time point of the current state information, based on the current state information. The distribution information is updated by reducing a distribution amount to one of the air conditioning apparatuses and allocating the distribution amount to another one of the air conditioning apparatuses in one of two ways.