Intermediate Apparatus for Demand Response Allocation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Consumers with small energy demands face limited opportunities to participate in demand response programs, leading to a lack of motivation and restricted adjustable energy consumption, as existing systems are inefficient in compiling and allocating demand adjustments across multiple lower-level apparatuses.
Innovation Solution
An intermediate apparatus manages multiple lower-level apparatuses, receiving individual adjustable energy consumption notifications, calculating a total adjustable amount, and allocating demand adjustments based on predefined orders or priorities to ensure fair participation in demand response programs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If demand response adjustment is imposed on consumers with large energy demand, then the adjustable amount of demand is increased, but consumers with small energy demand have few opportunities to participate and lose incentive motivation
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the demand response management into multiple hierarchical levels: higher-level apparatus (power company), intermediate apparatus (building management), and lower-level apparatus (apartment management). This segmentation allows aggregation of small individual demands into larger collective adjustable amounts while ensuring each segment receives fair allocation opportunities through the rotation mechanism.
Solution Approach 2:
The intermediate apparatus acts as a mediator between the higher-level apparatus and lower-level apparatuses. It compiles individual adjustable amounts from multiple lower-level apparatuses, calculates total adjustable amount, and manages the rotation-based allocation system, thereby enabling small demand consumers to participate fairly while achieving sufficient total adjustment.
2Device complexity
If demand adjustment is allocated to fewer lower-level apparatuses, then the allocation process is simplified, but the number of participants in demand response is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The intermediate apparatus pre-calculates and stores the rotation order of lower-level apparatuses before demand adjustment requests are received. This preliminary preparation of the allocation sequence simplifies the real-time allocation process while enabling systematic inclusion of multiple participants in the demand response program.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the intermediate apparatus manages and rotates allocation among multiple lower-level apparatuses, then participation fairness is improved, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The rotation order is predetermined and stored in the intermediate apparatus before allocation occurs. This preliminary setup of the allocation sequence simplifies the actual allocation operation while ensuring fair rotation among multiple lower-level apparatuses, balancing fairness with system simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The intermediate apparatus automatically manages the rotation-based allocation without requiring manual intervention. The system self-regulates the allocation process by sequentially selecting lower-level apparatuses according to the pre-established rotation order, reducing operational complexity while maintaining fairness.
Data Source
AI summary
An intermediate apparatus manages a plurality of lower-level apparatuses, and includes an individual adjustable amount receiving unit, a memory unit storing lower-level apparatus management information, a total adjustable amount calculation unit, a demand adjustment request receiving unit, an allocation unit, and an individual request unit sending an individual demand adjustment request to the lower-level apparatus. The individual adjustable amount receiving unit receives notification of an individual adjustable amount from each of the lower-level apparatuses. The total adjustable amount calculation unit calculates a total adjustable amount being a total of the individual adjustable amounts of the plurality of lower-level apparatuses. The demand adjustment request receiving unit receives a demand adjustment request from a higher-level apparatus. The allocation unit allocates a demand adjustment amount to die lower-level apparatus according to a prescribed order based on the lower-level apparatus management information, based on the demand adjustment request.