Energy Management Network System with Real-Time Rate Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current energy management systems lack efficiency in managing energy generation, distribution, and usage, leading to challenges in optimizing energy consumption and reducing costs.
Innovation Solution
A network system comprising an energy receiving unit and an energy management unit that receives energy information to control energy usage based on real-time energy rates, limiting high-cost functions and optimizing low-cost operations, enabling efficient energy production, distribution, and storage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of energy
If energy management is performed without real-time energy rate information, then system complexity is reduced, but energy usage cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments energy management into two independent modules: an energy receiving unit that executes control actions and an energy management unit that provides intelligence through RFID communication. This segmentation allows the receiving unit to remain simple while the management unit handles complex real-time rate processing, resolving the contradiction between simplicity and cost-effectiveness.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces RFID communication as an intermediary mechanism between the energy receiving unit and the energy management unit. This intermediary enables automatic exchange of energy rate information without requiring complex integrated systems, allowing cost optimization through real-time data while maintaining system simplicity through standardized communication protocols.
2Loss of energy
If real-time energy rate control is implemented, then energy usage cost is reduced, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the control architecture into a simple energy receiving unit and an intelligent energy management unit connected via RFID. This segmentation concentrates the complexity in the management unit that processes real-time rates, while the receiving unit remains simple in structure, achieving cost reduction without excessive device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The energy receiving unit automatically receives and responds to energy rate information from the management unit without requiring complex manual intervention or integrated processing. This self-service mechanism reduces the complexity burden by automating the control loop through standardized RFID communication.
3Loss of energy
If high-cost energy functions are limited, then energy usage cost is reduced, but productivity decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts energy consumption based on real-time energy rate information received through RFID communication. When rates are low, the system increases energy consumption for non-critical functions; when rates are high, it limits consumption. This dynamic adjustment resolves the contradiction by making productivity flexible rather than fixed.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes operational parameters of energy-consuming devices based on received energy rate information. The energy management unit modifies control parameters such as operation timing, power levels, or operational modes to optimize the balance between energy cost and productivity requirements.
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AI summary
A network system is provided. The network includes: at least one component selected from an energy receiving unit receiving energy and an energy management unit managing the energy receiving unit. The energy receiving unit or the energy management unit receives energy rate related information; an energy usage amount or a usage rate of when the component is controlled on the basis of at least the energy rate related information is less than that of when the component is controlled without the basis of at least energy rate related information; and if the energy rate related information is high cost information, a function of one component constituting the energy receiving unit is limited and a function of another component constituting the energy receiving unit is performed.