Autonomous Load Management Entity for Peak Demand Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for managing energy consuming loads lack simplicity and often require negotiation among loads or centralized control, making it challenging to effectively control peak energy demand without complex rules or systems.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that allow for independent decision-making about the enablement state of energy consuming loads using shared information, enabling adjustments to duty cycles without negotiation, facilitating load management to optimize energy demand and reduce peak consumption.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If centralized control or negotiation among loads is used to manage energy demand, then peak energy demand can be controlled, but the system complexity and difficulty of operation increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the energy management system into independent load management entities, where each load or consumer operates autonomously based on its own energy consumption patterns and incentives, eliminating the need for centralized control while still achieving peak demand management through distributed decision-making
Solution Approach 2:
Each load management entity independently monitors its own energy consumption, calculates its own load management actions based on received incentives, and executes control decisions without requiring negotiation or centralized coordination, thereby simplifying the overall system architecture
2Reliability
If centralized control or negotiation among loads is used to manage energy demand, then peak energy demand can be controlled, but the ease of operation decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system is segmented into independent load management entities that each handle their own control operations autonomously, eliminating the operational burden of centralized coordination and negotiation while maintaining effective peak demand control through distributed autonomy
Solution Approach 2:
Each load management entity independently executes control decisions based on its own energy consumption data and received incentives, making the system easier to operate by removing the need for complex inter-entity negotiation and centralized management overhead
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AI summary
A method and an apparatus for managing an energy consuming load in a group of energy consuming loads by generating sets of load state data from the loads, making enablement state decisions for one or more loads using the sets of load state data, and implementing the enablement state decisions. The apparatus for managing an energy consuming load in a group of energy consuming loads, includes a transmitter, a receiver, a processor for processing sets of load state data to make an enablement state decision for the load, and a controller for implementing the enablement state decision and the method for managing an enablement state of an energy consuming load, includes a step of assigning an assigned duty cycle to the load, determining a load enabled utilization value for the load, and adjusting the assigned duty cycle using the load enabled utilization value.