Control apparatus for controlling an electric facility device installed at a property
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Solution Overview
Problem
In demand-response energy consumption management systems, variations in the derivation element of incentives can result in users not earning the expected incentives, affecting the stability of power supply and user satisfaction.
Innovation Solution
A control apparatus with a control condition change unit that adjusts the preset control conditions of facility devices in response to variations in the derivation element of incentives, ensuring users earn expected incentives by dynamically changing control conditions based on incentive predictions and comfort standards, while prioritizing user preferences.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the control condition is kept preset and fixed, then the device complexity is reduced and operation is simplified, but the user cannot earn the expected incentive when the derivation element of the incentive varies during the adjustment period
Solution Approach 1:
The control condition change unit dynamically changes the control condition of the facility device when there is variation in the derivation element of the incentive during the adjustment period. This transforms the static control condition into a dynamic one that adapts to incentive variations, ensuring the user earns the expected incentive while managing complexity through automated detection and adjustment mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the control condition parameter based on variations in the incentive derivation element. When the incentive derivation element varies during the adjustment period, the control condition change unit modifies the control condition to maintain the relationship between control effort and incentive reward, thereby ensuring reliable incentive earning for the user.
2Reliability
If the control condition is changed dynamically in response to incentive variations, then the user can earn the expected incentive, but the control system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The control condition change unit operates as a feedback mechanism that monitors the derivation element of the incentive during the adjustment period. When variation is detected, the system automatically adjusts the control condition to compensate for the change, creating a closed-loop control system that ensures incentive reliability without requiring complex manual intervention.
Solution Approach 2:
The control system performs self-adjustment through the control condition change unit, which automatically detects incentive derivation element variations and modifies control conditions accordingly. This self-service capability reduces the need for external intervention and complex centralized control, thereby managing system complexity while maintaining incentive reliability.
3Reliability
If the control condition is adjusted to maintain incentive expectations, then user satisfaction is improved, but the ease of operation decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The control condition change unit automatically adjusts control conditions in response to incentive variations without requiring user intervention. The system serves itself by detecting incentive derivation element changes and modifying control parameters accordingly, thereby maintaining user satisfaction while preserving operational simplicity for the end user.
Solution Approach 2:
The control condition change unit acts as an intermediary between the incentive system and the facility device control. It translates incentive derivation element variations into appropriate control condition adjustments, shielding the user from complex control operations while ensuring they receive expected incentives, thus maintaining both satisfaction and ease of operation.
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AI summary
A control apparatus controls a facility device and is used in an energy consumption management system that grants an incentive to a user of the facility device when the facility device performs an adjustment of energy consumption for an adjustment period in response to an adjustment request. The control apparatus includes an incentive standard setting unit, a comfort standard setting unit, an incentive prediction calculation unit, a comfort prediction calculation unit, a control condition change unit, and a control unit. The control condition change unit determines whether incentive and comfort predictions are within ranges of incentive and comfort standards, and changes a preset control condition when there is variation in a derivation element of the incentive during the adjustment period. The control unit controls the facility device based on the control condition changed by the control condition change unit after the variation has occurred in the derivation element.