Remote maintenance server, total maintenance system including the remote maintenance server and method thereof
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional remote total maintenance systems are unable to efficiently reduce energy consumption across multiple control sites, lacking a power-saving feature for integrated management of energy consumption.
Innovation Solution
A remote maintenance server and method that control the operation rate, set temperature, and compression capacity of air conditioners to minimize power consumption, enabling intuitive and efficient energy-saving functions across multiple control sites.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional building management systems are used to control facilities in one building, then the control function is achieved, but the system cannot efficiently manage and reduce energy consumption across multiple control sites
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple control sites into a single integrated remote total maintenance system. The central control server consolidates management of air conditioners across multiple buildings and sites, enabling unified energy management. This combining approach allows the system to optimize energy consumption globally across all sites rather than managing each site independently, thus achieving both multi-site adaptability and energy efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The remote total maintenance system is designed with universal functionality to manage diverse facilities (air conditioners, power systems, lighting) across different building types and locations. The system can simultaneously control multiple indoor units, outdoor units, and various energy-consuming devices, providing a multi-functional platform that adapts to different control sites while maintaining energy optimization capabilities.
2Reliability
If air conditioners operate at high capacity to meet cooling demands, then comfort is maintained, but power consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts air conditioner operation based on real-time conditions. The control server continuously monitors cooling demands, outdoor temperatures, and power consumption data, then dynamically optimizes the operation of multiple indoor and outdoor units. This dynamic control allows the system to maintain reliable cooling performance while adapting power consumption levels to actual needs, avoiding unnecessary high-capacity operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes operational parameters of air conditioners to optimize the balance between cooling performance and power consumption. By adjusting parameters such as compressor capacity, fan speeds, and temperature setpoints based on environmental conditions and usage patterns, the system maintains effective cooling while reducing energy consumption during periods of lower demand.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a remote total maintenance system is implemented to manage multiple control sites, then integrated management is achieved, but the system lacks specific power-saving control features
Solution Approach 1:
The remote total maintenance system incorporates feedback mechanisms that continuously monitor power consumption data from multiple control sites and use this information to optimize energy management. The control server receives real-time data on energy usage, cooling demands, and operational status, then adjusts control strategies accordingly. This feedback loop enables the system to achieve both integrated management across sites and improved energy efficiency through data-driven decision making.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-cooling or pre-heating spaces before peak demand periods, or by proactively adjusting operational parameters to prevent excessive power consumption. The control server analyzes usage patterns and environmental forecasts to take advance actions that reduce overall energy consumption while maintaining comfort levels, thus achieving both integrated management and energy savings.
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AI summary
The present disclosure discloses a remote maintenance server for remotely maintaining at least one maintenance point provided with an air conditioner having a plurality of indoor units performing air conditioning and at least one outdoor unit connected to the indoor units to drive the indoor units, the remote maintenance server including a display unit configured to display a maintenance screen for maintaining the at least one maintenance point, and a controller configured to control at least one of at least one of an operation rate for the plurality of indoor units, a set temperature, and a compression capacity of a compressor contained in the air conditioner according to a control setting value, and control the display unit to display control information which is information associated with at least one of a control status and a control result in which at least one of the control setting value, the operation rate, the set temperature and the compression capacity is controlled in a first region on the maintenance screen.