Network System Energy Management via Real-Time Cost Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current energy management systems lack efficiency in the generation, distribution, and use of energy sources, making it difficult to realize effective energy management.
Innovation Solution
A network system comprising energy receiving and management components that utilize energy storage units and smart metering infrastructure to optimize energy usage based on cost information, allowing for efficient production, distribution, and storage of energy.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If energy is managed without real-time cost information, then system complexity is reduced, but energy efficiency and cost optimization are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms where energy cost information is continuously monitored and fed back to the energy management component. This enables dynamic adjustment of energy consumption based on real-time pricing signals, resolving the contradiction by providing the necessary information flow to improve efficiency without requiring fundamental system redesign
Solution Approach 2:
The energy management component autonomously makes decisions about energy consumption patterns based on received cost information, without requiring complex centralized control. Each component serves itself by adjusting its operation according to pricing signals, improving efficiency while maintaining simple system architecture
2Loss of energy
If energy storage units are added to the system, then energy usage cost is reduced, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The energy storage unit charges during low-cost periods in advance, preparing energy for use during high-cost periods. This preliminary action allows the system to anticipate and prepare for future cost variations, reducing overall energy usage cost while keeping the storage mechanism relatively simple
Solution Approach 2:
The energy storage unit serves multiple functions: storing energy for cost optimization, providing backup power, and enabling load shifting. By making the storage component multi-functional, the patent reduces the need for additional separate systems, thereby limiting the increase in overall system complexity
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AI summary
A network system is provided. The network system 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; if the energy rate related information is high cost information, a function of one component constituting the energy receiving unit is limited; and an operating time or an output of the energy receiving unit is adjusted in correspondence to the limited function of one component.