Demand Response Management System Signal Propagation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current demand response management systems lack efficient mechanisms for propagating and generating demand signals, managing load control operations, and integrating with customer facilities, leading to suboptimal resource allocation and utilization in utility and independent system operator environments.
Innovation Solution
A demand response management system (DRMS) with embedded demand response logic that utilizes computers and connections to manage demand response programs, propagate and generate signals, and transform grid conditions into load control commands, enabling direct communication with customer facilities and load control mechanisms.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If demand response management systems use traditional signal propagation mechanisms, then system implementation is simpler, but signal propagation efficiency and demand response event management capability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a demand response management system as an intermediary layer between utility systems and customer facilities. This DRMS manages demand response events, generates appropriate signals, and propagates them through the network to load control mechanisms, improving signal propagation efficiency while centralizing complexity management.
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments demand response management into distinct functional components: event management, signal generation, signal propagation, and load control. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently, improving overall productivity without proportionally increasing overall system complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If demand response systems implement comprehensive load control mechanisms, then resource allocation improves, but system complexity and difficulty of operation increases
Solution Approach 1:
The demand response management system implements self-service capabilities where the system automatically manages demand response events, generates signals, and propagates them without requiring manual intervention. This maintains high adaptability for resource allocation while improving ease of operation through automation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-configuring demand response events, load control mechanisms, and signal propagation paths before actual demand response events occur. This preparation work improves resource allocation adaptability while simplifying operational complexity during actual events.
3Reliability
If the system integrates directly with customer facilities and load control mechanisms, then demand response effectiveness improves, but device complexity and integration difficulty increases
Solution Approach 1:
The demand response management system serves as an intermediary that integrates with customer facilities and load control mechanisms through standardized interfaces. This intermediary role improves demand response effectiveness by enabling direct communication while managing integration complexity within the DRMS itself.
4Productivity
If traditional demand response systems are used without dedicated management logic, then implementation cost is lower, but signal propagation and generation capability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The demand response management system is designed as a multi-functional platform that handles event management, signal generation, signal propagation, and load control through a single integrated system. This universality improves signal generation capability while avoiding the need for multiple separate systems, thereby controlling overall cost.
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AI summary
A demand response management system which may be implemented with demand response logic. The system may be used by utilities, independent system operators, intermediaries and others to manage operations of demand response programs relative to customers, clients, participants, and users of outputs from the utilities, independent system operators, and the like. Demand response logic of the demand response management system may provide demand signal propagation and generation from demand response events.