Power Demand Baseline Display for Demand Response Visibility
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing technologies do not provide users with a visual display of changes in electric power demand caused by buying and selling of electric power, making it difficult for users to recognize how much power demand will be restricted during demand response requests.
Innovation Solution
An electric power information generation device that includes a first screen generation unit to display predicted changes in electric power demand without a demand response request and changes during a demand response request period, allowing users to visualize and understand demand adjustments.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If demand response mechanisms are implemented to balance electric power supply and demand, then electric power consumption patterns can be adjusted, but users cannot visually recognize the extent of power demand restriction
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates visual copies (graphs and displays) of electric power demand data to make invisible changes visible. The system generates graphical representations showing predicted power demand curves and actual demand curves, allowing users to see the extent of demand restriction without adding physical complexity to the power system itself.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary information processing system that sits between the demand response mechanism and the user. This intermediary translates raw power demand data into visual displays, mediating the information flow and making the effects of demand response visible without requiring direct modification of the power infrastructure.
2Loss of information
If detailed power demand data is collected and processed, then users can recognize demand changes, but information processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the essential information needed for user understanding from the complex power demand data. The system selectively displays key elements such as predicted vs. actual demand curves, demand response effects, and summary statistics, rather than processing and presenting all available data, thereby reducing information processing complexity while maintaining visibility of demand changes.
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AI summary
The present invention, in an aspect thereof, has an object to enable the user to readily recognize increases and decreases in an electric power demand in a demand response request event. A server (1) includes a baseline screen generation unit (151) that generates screen display information for displaying a baseline screen showing: a predicted change with time in an electric power demand in a prescribed period in absence of a demand response request; and a change with time in an electric power demand in a demand response request period in accordance with a demand response request.