Smart Electrical Container Managing Load Priorities
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Solution Overview
Problem
Domestic electrical systems face total power switch-off due to overload, which is dangerous and inconvenient, as existing containers lack means to control and manage electric loads outside the container, leading to manual disconnection and reconnection of loads.
Innovation Solution
A container with integrated controlling means, including detectors and processors, that monitor and manage electric power distribution among loads, prioritizing higher importance loads and disconnecting lower priority ones to maintain power within a set threshold, preventing total power switch-off.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If traditional containers without controlling means are used, then the structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but the system cannot automatically manage electric loads and requires manual disconnection during overload
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the container structure with controlling means (detectors, processors, and control circuitry) into an integrated unit. The controlling means are housed within the same container that holds the electrical components, creating a unified device that automatically monitors and manages electric loads without requiring separate external control systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The container equipped with controlling means automatically monitors its own electric load conditions and performs self-regulation. When overload is detected, the system automatically disconnects non-essential loads without requiring manual intervention, enabling the system to manage itself and maintain safe operating conditions continuously.
2Reliability
If the meter completely interrupts electrical current when maximum power is exceeded, then power station overload is prevented, but all electric loads are switched off including essential ones causing danger and inconvenience
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the electric loads into different categories (essential and non-essential) and applies different control strategies to each segment. When overload occurs, the system selectively disconnects only the non-essential loads while maintaining power supply to essential loads, thereby preventing total power switch-off and ensuring continuous operation of critical equipment.
Solution Approach 2:
The controlling means continuously monitor the total electric load and provide feedback to the processor. When the load approaches or exceeds the maximum threshold, the system automatically adjusts power distribution by disconnecting non-essential loads and maintaining essential loads, creating a closed-loop control system that prevents harmful total switch-off while managing power station overload conditions.
3Ease of operation
If manual disconnection of loads is required during overload, then the system structure remains simple, but user convenience deteriorates and operation becomes cumbersome
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the container housing with integrated controlling means including detectors, processors, and control circuitry. This merger creates a unified device that automatically monitors electric load conditions and performs load disconnection without requiring separate external control systems or manual user actions, thereby improving ease of operation while managing necessary complexity internally.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs automatic load management through self-service mechanisms. The controlling means continuously monitor load conditions and automatically disconnect non-essential loads when overload is detected, eliminating the need for manual user intervention and significantly improving ease of operation while the system handles complex control functions autonomously.
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AI summary
Container (2) for housing electrical components for automatizing the operation of electric loads (4, 5, 6, 7) for domestic use, comprising a recess (8) containing one or more electrical wirings (15) for the power supply, controlling means (17) to control the power supply of at least part of said one or more electrical wirings (15), said container (2) further comprising at least one input line of electric power, as well as one or more electric loads (4, 5, 6, 7) connected to said one or more wirings (15) and constrained, or integrated, to said container (2), said container comprising at least one line outputting from said container to supply said at least one electric load to said housing container, characterized in that said controlling means (17) comprise at least one detector (17a) of the electric power absorbed individually by at least one of said loads, and at least one processor (17b) to control the supply of electric power to at least one of said loads (4, 5, 6, 7), depending on the detection of the power absorbed by each of said loads.