Gateway AC Battery Payment Control System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Mid-to-low income users face challenges in affording and maintaining independent electricity power sources due to high purchasing costs and lack of financial assistance, leading to difficulties in paying for leased, rented, or loaned systems, resulting in cumbersome loan collection processes.
Innovation Solution
An independent electrical power supply system with a gateway AC battery and central control unit that determines payment status based on time credit, ensuring uninterrupted power supply if the credit is above a threshold and disconnecting it if below, using signals to manage AC-DC power conditioning units and circuit breakers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If financial assistance is provided to mid-to-low income users for purchasing local power sources, then users can afford independent power supply systems, but collection of loan amounts becomes cumbersome and challenging
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables automatic payment status monitoring and power supply control without requiring manual intervention for loan collection. The central control unit automatically detects payment status through the gateway AC battery and controls power supply accordingly, making the system self-managing regarding payment collection.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements automatic feedback loops where the central control unit continuously monitors payment status through the gateway AC battery and automatically adjusts power supply status. This closed-loop feedback mechanism eliminates the need for manual loan collection processes.
2Productivity
If automatic payment monitoring and power supply control is implemented, then payment collection efficiency is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The central control unit performs multiple functions including payment status monitoring, power supply control, and system management through a single integrated device. The gateway AC battery serves both as power storage and as the interface for payment status communication, reducing the need for separate dedicated components.
Solution Approach 2:
The system combines payment monitoring and power supply control functions into a unified automated process. The gateway AC battery integrates power management and payment status communication, while the central control unit consolidates multiple control operations into a single controller.
3Ease of operation
If gateway AC battery and central control unit are integrated, then power supply control based on payment status is achieved, but installation cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The gateway AC battery is designed to serve multiple functions including power storage, payment status communication, and system control interfacing. The central control unit handles multiple control tasks including payment monitoring, power supply regulation, and system management, reducing the need for separate dedicated components and lowering overall system cost.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure provides methods and systems for automatically controlling power supply from an electrical power supply system to a user location based on payment status. The method performed by a central control unit includes determining a payment status of the electrical power supply system at the user location. The payment status is determined based at least on a time credit associated with the electrical power supply system. The method further includes facilitating control of the power supply from the electrical power supply system to the user location based on determining the time credit. The power supply to the user location from the electrical power supply system is uninterrupted, if the time credit is greater than a predefined threshold value. The power supply to the user location from the electrical power supply system is disconnected, if the time credit is less than the predefined threshold value.