Server Smart Meter Data Exchange for Demand Response
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for an effective method to allow consumers to appropriately control their power usage in response to demand response requests from power suppliers, as existing systems lack efficient mechanisms for real-time power reduction and incentive management.
Innovation Solution
A server and user terminal system that acquires and notifies smart meter information to determine actual power reduction and provides incentives, enabling consumers to manage their power usage effectively through smart meter data exchange and communication with power management servers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If demand response requests are sent to consumers for power reduction, then power usage can be reduced during peak periods, but there is a lack of efficient mechanisms for real-time power reduction tracking and incentive management
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary between the power supplier and consumer terminals. The server receives power reduction requests from the power supplier, forwards them to consumer terminals, collects smart meter information, determines actual power reduction amounts, and manages incentive distributions. This intermediary architecture resolves the technical contradiction by providing centralized coordination without requiring complex direct communication between all system components.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the server collects smart meter information from consumer terminals after power reduction requests, determines actual power reduction amounts based on this information, and provides feedback to both the power supplier and consumers. This feedback loop enables real-time tracking of power reduction effectiveness and facilitates incentive management, resolving the lack of efficient monitoring mechanisms.
2Measurement precision
If smart meter information is collected from consumer terminals, then actual power reduction can be accurately determined, but communication and data exchange infrastructure is required
Solution Approach 1:
The server performs multiple functions including receiving power reduction requests, communicating with consumer terminals, collecting smart meter information, determining power reduction amounts, and managing incentives. By consolidating these diverse functions into a single multi-functional server, the patent achieves accurate power reduction measurement without requiring multiple specialized communication systems or complex distributed infrastructure.
3Adaptability or versatility
If consumers are provided with incentive mechanisms for power reduction, then consumer participation in demand response increases, but incentive management and distribution systems must be established
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables consumers to automatically receive incentive notifications and perform acceptance operations through their terminals. When consumers accept incentives, the server automatically determines the incentive amount based on pre-established rules and the consumer's power reduction contribution, then distributes the incentive. This self-service mechanism increases consumer participation flexibility while minimizing the complexity of manual incentive management by automating the entire incentive distribution process.
Data Source
AI summary
A server comprises a notification unit that sends a power reduction request to a user terminal of a consumer; and a controller that acquires smart meter information sent from the user terminal when the consumer accepts the power reduction request. The smart meter information is information regarding a smart meter of a consumer facility that is a target for power reduction. The controller determines actual reduced power of the consumer facility based on the smart meter information.