WO1998030912A3 - Method and apparatus for applying real time pricing and usage rates in a network - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for applying real time pricing and usage rates in a network Download PDF

Info

Publication number
WO1998030912A3
WO1998030912A3 PCT/US1997/022592 US9722592W WO9830912A3 WO 1998030912 A3 WO1998030912 A3 WO 1998030912A3 US 9722592 W US9722592 W US 9722592W WO 9830912 A3 WO9830912 A3 WO 9830912A3
Authority
WO
WIPO (PCT)
Prior art keywords
power
power grid
devices
strain
network
Prior art date
Application number
PCT/US1997/022592
Other languages
French (fr)
Other versions
WO1998030912A2 (en
Inventor
Glenn A Davis
David W Poche
Original Assignee
Scientific Atlanta
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Scientific Atlanta filed Critical Scientific Atlanta
Priority to AU57939/98A priority Critical patent/AU5793998A/en
Publication of WO1998030912A2 publication Critical patent/WO1998030912A2/en
Publication of WO1998030912A3 publication Critical patent/WO1998030912A3/en

Links

Classifications

    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G06Q50/00—Systems or methods specially adapted for specific business sectors, e.g. utilities or tourism
    • G06Q50/06—Electricity, gas or water supply
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02J—CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
    • H02J13/00—Circuit arrangements for providing remote indication of network conditions, e.g. an instantaneous record of the open or closed condition of each circuitbreaker in the network; Circuit arrangements for providing remote control of switching means in a power distribution network, e.g. switching in and out of current consumers by using a pulse code signal carried by the network
    • H02J13/00006—Circuit arrangements for providing remote indication of network conditions, e.g. an instantaneous record of the open or closed condition of each circuitbreaker in the network; Circuit arrangements for providing remote control of switching means in a power distribution network, e.g. switching in and out of current consumers by using a pulse code signal carried by the network characterised by information or instructions transport means between the monitoring, controlling or managing units and monitored, controlled or operated power network element or electrical equipment
    • H02J13/00028—Circuit arrangements for providing remote indication of network conditions, e.g. an instantaneous record of the open or closed condition of each circuitbreaker in the network; Circuit arrangements for providing remote control of switching means in a power distribution network, e.g. switching in and out of current consumers by using a pulse code signal carried by the network characterised by information or instructions transport means between the monitoring, controlling or managing units and monitored, controlled or operated power network element or electrical equipment involving the use of Internet protocols
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02J—CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
    • H02J3/00—Circuit arrangements for ac mains or ac distribution networks
    • H02J3/12—Circuit arrangements for ac mains or ac distribution networks for adjusting voltage in ac networks by changing a characteristic of the network load
    • H02J3/14—Circuit arrangements for ac mains or ac distribution networks for adjusting voltage in ac networks by changing a characteristic of the network load by switching loads on to, or off from, network, e.g. progressively balanced loading
    • H02J3/144—Demand-response operation of the power transmission or distribution network
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04C—ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04C2270/00—Control; Monitoring or safety arrangements
    • F04C2270/90—Remote control, e.g. wireless, via LAN, by radio, or by a wired connection from a central computer
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02J—CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
    • H02J2310/00—The network for supplying or distributing electric power characterised by its spatial reach or by the load
    • H02J2310/50—The network for supplying or distributing electric power characterised by its spatial reach or by the load for selectively controlling the operation of the loads
    • H02J2310/54—The network for supplying or distributing electric power characterised by its spatial reach or by the load for selectively controlling the operation of the loads according to a pre-established time schedule
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02J—CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
    • H02J2310/00—The network for supplying or distributing electric power characterised by its spatial reach or by the load
    • H02J2310/50—The network for supplying or distributing electric power characterised by its spatial reach or by the load for selectively controlling the operation of the loads
    • H02J2310/56—The network for supplying or distributing electric power characterised by its spatial reach or by the load for selectively controlling the operation of the loads characterised by the condition upon which the selective controlling is based
    • H02J2310/58—The condition being electrical
    • H02J2310/60—Limiting power consumption in the network or in one section of the network, e.g. load shedding or peak shaving
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02J—CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
    • H02J2310/00—The network for supplying or distributing electric power characterised by its spatial reach or by the load
    • H02J2310/50—The network for supplying or distributing electric power characterised by its spatial reach or by the load for selectively controlling the operation of the loads
    • H02J2310/56—The network for supplying or distributing electric power characterised by its spatial reach or by the load for selectively controlling the operation of the loads characterised by the condition upon which the selective controlling is based
    • H02J2310/62—The condition being non-electrical, e.g. temperature
    • H02J2310/64—The condition being economic, e.g. tariff based load management
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W84/00—Network topologies
    • H04W84/02—Hierarchically pre-organised networks, e.g. paging networks, cellular networks, WLAN [Wireless Local Area Network] or WLL [Wireless Local Loop]
    • H04W84/10—Small scale networks; Flat hierarchical networks
    • H04W84/14—WLL [Wireless Local Loop]; RLL [Radio Local Loop]
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02B—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS
    • Y02B70/00—Technologies for an efficient end-user side electric power management and consumption
    • Y02B70/30—Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies for improving the carbon footprint of the management of residential or tertiary loads, i.e. smart grids as climate change mitigation technology in the buildings sector, including also the last stages of power distribution and the control, monitoring or operating management systems at local level
    • Y02B70/3225—Demand response systems, e.g. load shedding, peak shaving
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y04—INFORMATION OR COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES HAVING AN IMPACT ON OTHER TECHNOLOGY AREAS
    • Y04S—SYSTEMS INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO POWER NETWORK OPERATION, COMMUNICATION OR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING THE ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION, MANAGEMENT OR USAGE, i.e. SMART GRIDS
    • Y04S20/00—Management or operation of end-user stationary applications or the last stages of power distribution; Controlling, monitoring or operating thereof
    • Y04S20/20—End-user application control systems
    • Y04S20/222—Demand response systems, e.g. load shedding, peak shaving
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y04—INFORMATION OR COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES HAVING AN IMPACT ON OTHER TECHNOLOGY AREAS
    • Y04S—SYSTEMS INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO POWER NETWORK OPERATION, COMMUNICATION OR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING THE ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION, MANAGEMENT OR USAGE, i.e. SMART GRIDS
    • Y04S50/00—Market activities related to the operation of systems integrating technologies related to power network operation or related to communication or information technologies
    • Y04S50/10—Energy trading, including energy flowing from end-user application to grid

Abstract

A control system (10) is disclosed which varies the operation of consumer's devices (506, 508, 510, 512) to minimize influx currents across a power grid. Power consuming devices (506, 508, 510, 512) are scheduled (507, 509, 511, 513) in accordance with varying pricing tiers (501, 502, 503, 504). As customers schedule (507, 509, 511, 513) the operation of various devices (506, 508, 510, 512) and appliances in accordance with pricing tiers (501, 502, 503, 504), when the tiers (501, 502, 503, 504) change, the current drain on the power grid increases significantly (519). The increased strain on the power grid is the result of, for example, the startup current for electric motors which may be up to six times their normal operating current of the electric motor where this strain may produce disruptions of power to the very consumers which are requiring more power. The present invention randomizes the startup times (507', 507'', 509', 509'', 511', 511'') of the controlled devices (506, 508, 510, 512) so as to minimize the strain of the power grid as each device (506, 508, 510, 512) comes on line, i.e. is turned on.
PCT/US1997/022592 1996-12-23 1997-12-09 Method and apparatus for applying real time pricing and usage rates in a network WO1998030912A2 (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
AU57939/98A AU5793998A (en) 1996-12-23 1997-12-09 Method and apparatus using distributed intelligence for applying real time pricing and time of use rates in wide area network including a headend and subscriber

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US3383296P 1996-12-23 1996-12-23
US60/033,832 1996-12-23

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
WO1998030912A2 WO1998030912A2 (en) 1998-07-16
WO1998030912A3 true WO1998030912A3 (en) 1998-10-22

Family

ID=21872716

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
PCT/US1997/022592 WO1998030912A2 (en) 1996-12-23 1997-12-09 Method and apparatus for applying real time pricing and usage rates in a network

Country Status (4)

Country Link
US (1) US6167389A (en)
AU (1) AU5793998A (en)
TW (1) TW378299B (en)
WO (1) WO1998030912A2 (en)

Families Citing this family (95)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US6961641B1 (en) 1994-12-30 2005-11-01 Power Measurement Ltd. Intra-device communications architecture for managing electrical power distribution and consumption
US7188003B2 (en) * 1994-12-30 2007-03-06 Power Measurement Ltd. System and method for securing energy management systems
US7761910B2 (en) * 1994-12-30 2010-07-20 Power Measurement Ltd. System and method for assigning an identity to an intelligent electronic device
US7127328B2 (en) * 1994-12-30 2006-10-24 Power Measurement Ltd. System and method for federated security in an energy management system
US6751562B1 (en) 2000-11-28 2004-06-15 Power Measurement Ltd. Communications architecture for intelligent electronic devices
US6988025B2 (en) * 2000-11-28 2006-01-17 Power Measurement Ltd. System and method for implementing XML on an energy management device
US6792337B2 (en) 1994-12-30 2004-09-14 Power Measurement Ltd. Method and system for master slave protocol communication in an intelligent electronic device
US6944555B2 (en) 1994-12-30 2005-09-13 Power Measurement Ltd. Communications architecture for intelligent electronic devices
US6167389A (en) * 1996-12-23 2000-12-26 Comverge Technologies, Inc. Method and apparatus using distributed intelligence for applying real time pricing and time of use rates in wide area network including a headend and subscriber
US7216043B2 (en) * 1997-02-12 2007-05-08 Power Measurement Ltd. Push communications architecture for intelligent electronic devices
US6760746B1 (en) 1999-09-01 2004-07-06 Eric Schneider Method, product, and apparatus for processing a data request
US20040095237A1 (en) * 1999-01-09 2004-05-20 Chen Kimball C. Electronic message delivery system utilizable in the monitoring and control of remote equipment and method of same
US6357032B1 (en) * 1999-02-08 2002-03-12 International Business Machines Corporation Method and apparatus for implementing cyclic redundancy check calculation for data communications
ITBS990017A1 (en) * 1999-02-24 2000-08-24 Ica S R L Ind Contatori Acqu A TELELECTURE METHOD WITH SATELLITE TRANSMISSION FOR ELECTRICITY, WATER AND GAS METERS.
US8037168B2 (en) 1999-07-15 2011-10-11 Esdr Network Solutions Llc Method, product, and apparatus for enhancing resolution services, registration services, and search services
US6338082B1 (en) 1999-03-22 2002-01-08 Eric Schneider Method, product, and apparatus for requesting a network resource
US9141717B2 (en) 1999-03-22 2015-09-22 Esdr Network Solutions Llc Methods, systems, products, and devices for processing DNS friendly identifiers
USRE43690E1 (en) 1999-03-22 2012-09-25 Esdr Network Solutions Llc Search engine request method, product, and apparatus
US7188138B1 (en) 1999-03-22 2007-03-06 Eric Schneider Method, product, and apparatus for resource identifier registration and aftermarket services
US6300881B1 (en) * 1999-06-09 2001-10-09 Motorola, Inc. Data transfer system and method for communicating utility consumption data over power line carriers
US6832254B1 (en) * 1999-08-23 2004-12-14 Nortel Networks Limited Method and apparatus for associating an end-to-end call identifier with a connection in a multimedia packet network
USRE44207E1 (en) 1999-09-01 2013-05-07 Esdr Network Solutions Llc Network resource access method, product, and apparatus
US8251702B2 (en) * 1999-10-27 2012-08-28 Marks Jeffrey S Methods and apparatus for online auctions and market-places utilizing program terms
US7142503B1 (en) * 2000-02-11 2006-11-28 Nortel Networks Limited Communication system architecture and operating methodology providing a virtual neighborhood network
US6647015B2 (en) * 2000-05-22 2003-11-11 Sarnoff Corporation Method and apparatus for providing a broadband, wireless, communications network
US20020082748A1 (en) * 2000-06-15 2002-06-27 Internet Energy Systems, Inc. Utility monitoring and control systems
US6519509B1 (en) * 2000-06-22 2003-02-11 Stonewater Software, Inc. System and method for monitoring and controlling energy distribution
JP2002118961A (en) * 2000-10-04 2002-04-19 Sanyo Electric Co Ltd Electric power load management system
US6412293B1 (en) * 2000-10-11 2002-07-02 Copeland Corporation Scroll machine with continuous capacity modulation
US20040162642A1 (en) * 2000-11-28 2004-08-19 Marcus Gasper Thin client power management system and method
EP1263108A1 (en) * 2001-06-01 2002-12-04 Roke Manor Research Limited Community energy comsumption management
US7136725B1 (en) 2001-06-21 2006-11-14 Paciorek Ronald R Load shed notification method, product, and apparatus
US6622097B2 (en) * 2001-06-28 2003-09-16 Robert R. Hunter Method and apparatus for reading and controlling electric power consumption
US7039532B2 (en) 2001-06-28 2006-05-02 Hunter Robert R Method and apparatus for reading and controlling utility consumption
US6671586B2 (en) * 2001-08-15 2003-12-30 Statsignal Systems, Inc. System and method for controlling power demand over an integrated wireless network
US20030171851A1 (en) * 2002-03-08 2003-09-11 Peter J. Brickfield Automatic energy management and energy consumption reduction, especially in commercial and multi-building systems
US7110832B2 (en) * 2002-03-22 2006-09-19 Whirlpool Corporation Energy management system for an appliance
FR2846842A1 (en) * 2002-10-31 2004-05-07 St Microelectronics Sa ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM USING POSSIBLE DIRECT TELEVISION TRANSMISSION
US7355301B2 (en) * 2003-02-26 2008-04-08 Cannon Technologies, Inc. Load control receiver with line under voltage and line under frequency detection and load shedding
US7089089B2 (en) * 2003-03-31 2006-08-08 Power Measurement Ltd. Methods and apparatus for retrieving energy readings from an energy monitoring device
US7242114B1 (en) 2003-07-08 2007-07-10 Cannon Technologies, Inc. Thermostat device with line under frequency detection and load shedding capability
US8165969B2 (en) 2003-07-31 2012-04-24 Cisco Technology, Inc. Route optimization of services provided by one or more service providers for combined links
US7257560B2 (en) * 2003-07-31 2007-08-14 Cisco Technology, Inc. Cost minimization of services provided by multiple service providers
US7702424B2 (en) * 2003-08-20 2010-04-20 Cannon Technologies, Inc. Utility load control management communications protocol
US8156042B2 (en) 2003-08-29 2012-04-10 Starbucks Corporation Method and apparatus for automatically reloading a stored value card
US7289887B2 (en) * 2003-09-08 2007-10-30 Smartsynch, Inc. Systems and methods for remote power management using IEEE 802 based wireless communication links
US20050055432A1 (en) * 2003-09-08 2005-03-10 Smart Synch, Inc. Systems and methods for remote power management using 802.11 wireless protocols
US7346483B2 (en) * 2003-10-10 2008-03-18 Synopsys, Inc. Dynamic FIFO for simulation
WO2005048145A1 (en) * 2003-10-13 2005-05-26 Starbucks Corporation D/B/A Starbucks Coffee Company Dual card
US7225387B2 (en) * 2004-02-03 2007-05-29 International Business Machines Corporation Multilevel parallel CRC generation and checking circuit
EP1577559B2 (en) * 2004-03-15 2016-11-16 Agilent Technologies, Inc. Vacuum pumping system
US8520851B2 (en) * 2004-04-30 2013-08-27 Blackberry Limited Wireless communication device with securely added randomness and related method
CA2498686C (en) * 2005-02-28 2013-02-19 Terra Power Systems Inc. End-user electrical load controller
US7528503B2 (en) * 2005-07-22 2009-05-05 Cannon Technologies, Inc. Load shedding control for cycled or variable load appliances
US20070112694A1 (en) * 2005-11-14 2007-05-17 Sempa Power Systems Ltd. Facility energy management system
US7627401B2 (en) * 2006-02-07 2009-12-01 Glenbrook Associates, Inc. System and method for remotely regulating the power consumption of an electric appliance
FR2908940B1 (en) * 2006-11-16 2012-10-19 Cynove METHODS AND DEVICES FOR MONITORING THE ELECTRICAL POWER CONSUMED EVERY MOMENT
US7983795B2 (en) * 2007-03-08 2011-07-19 Kurt Josephson Networked electrical interface
US20090125740A1 (en) * 2007-11-09 2009-05-14 Ragan Steven M Dual programmable energy saving timer system
US7821156B2 (en) 2008-02-07 2010-10-26 International Business Machines Corporation System and methods for scheduling power usage
WO2009138574A1 (en) * 2008-05-13 2009-11-19 Cynove Methods and devices for supervising the electrical power consumed at each instant
US20100138066A1 (en) * 2008-11-14 2010-06-03 Thinkeco Power Inc. System and method of democratizing power to create a meta-exchange
US8866588B2 (en) 2008-12-04 2014-10-21 Qualcomm Incorporated Systems, methods, and computer program products for refreshing data
US8328110B2 (en) * 2009-07-08 2012-12-11 Schneider Electric USA, Inc. Electrical load disconnect device with electronic control
US8249756B2 (en) 2009-11-23 2012-08-21 International Business Machines Corporation Method, device and system for responsive load management using frequency regulation credits
US8818566B2 (en) * 2009-12-22 2014-08-26 General Electric Company Appliance demand response randomization after demand response event
US9058037B2 (en) * 2009-12-22 2015-06-16 General Electric Company Return of appliance state after demand response event
US9244445B2 (en) 2009-12-22 2016-01-26 General Electric Company Temperature control based on energy price
US8280556B2 (en) * 2009-12-22 2012-10-02 General Electric Company Energy management of HVAC system
US8352082B2 (en) 2009-12-31 2013-01-08 Schneider Electric USA, Inc. Methods and apparatuses for displaying energy savings from an HVAC system
US8326466B2 (en) * 2010-01-22 2012-12-04 Honeywell International Inc. HVAC control with utility time of day pricing support
US8185245B2 (en) * 2010-01-22 2012-05-22 Honeywell International Inc. HVAC control with utility time of day pricing support
US8538586B2 (en) * 2010-01-22 2013-09-17 Honeywell International Inc. HVAC control with utility time of day pricing support
US8204628B2 (en) * 2010-03-24 2012-06-19 Honeywell International Inc. Setpoint recovery with utility time of day pricing
US8170695B2 (en) 2010-07-16 2012-05-01 General Electric Company Appliance incorporating load selectivity without employment of smart meters
US8386087B2 (en) * 2010-08-02 2013-02-26 General Electric Company Load shed system for demand response without AMI/AMR system
US20110125337A1 (en) * 2010-08-30 2011-05-26 Vyacheslav Zavadsky Household appliance adapted to work with time of use electricity rates
KR101093376B1 (en) * 2010-09-03 2011-12-14 엘에스산전 주식회사 Method for energy management
JP5899488B2 (en) * 2010-12-13 2016-04-06 パナソニックＩｐマネジメント株式会社 Electrical equipment control device
JP5799248B2 (en) * 2011-02-25 2015-10-21 パナソニックＩｐマネジメント株式会社 Device control apparatus, device control method, and device control program
EP2700061A4 (en) 2011-04-22 2014-11-19 Expanergy Llc Systems and methods for analyzing energy usage
US20130066482A1 (en) * 2011-09-13 2013-03-14 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Apparatus and method for executing energy demand response process in an electrical power network
CN103947069B (en) 2011-09-26 2017-04-26 日本电气株式会社 Power connection control system and method
US20130116838A1 (en) * 2011-11-07 2013-05-09 General Electric Company System and device for utility management
CA2856422C (en) 2011-11-23 2019-07-02 Starbucks Corporation D/B/A Starbucks Coffee Company Apparatus, systems, and methods for brewing a beverage
JP6258861B2 (en) 2011-11-28 2018-01-10 エクスパナージー，エルエルシー Energy search engine method and system
US9528717B2 (en) 2012-02-28 2016-12-27 Cooper Technologies Company Efficiency heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning through extended run-time control
US20130274936A1 (en) * 2012-04-15 2013-10-17 Swan, Llc Broadcast energy demand systems and methods
CA2774407C (en) 2012-04-17 2013-06-25 Renewable Environmental Energy Services Inc. Rate based power management device
US9235657B1 (en) 2013-03-13 2016-01-12 Johnson Controls Technology Company System identification and model development
US9436179B1 (en) 2013-03-13 2016-09-06 Johnson Controls Technology Company Systems and methods for energy cost optimization in a building system
US9852481B1 (en) * 2013-03-13 2017-12-26 Johnson Controls Technology Company Systems and methods for cascaded model predictive control
CN103258117B (en) * 2013-04-18 2016-04-20 云南电力试验研究院（集团）有限公司电力研究院 A kind of for the tou power price computing method in intelligent micro-grid
WO2015077237A2 (en) 2013-11-20 2015-05-28 Starbucks Corporation D/B/A Starbucks Coffee Company Cooking system power management
MX2016011244A (en) 2014-03-07 2017-02-23 Starbucks Corp Dual-function card with key card functionality and stored value card functionality.

Citations (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4315212A (en) * 1978-07-06 1982-02-09 Tokyo Shibaura Denki Kabushiki Kaisha Electronic watthour meter
US4547847A (en) * 1982-06-09 1985-10-15 Amca International Corporation Adaptive control for machine tools

Family Cites Families (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE1951655A1 (en) * 1969-10-14 1971-04-22 Heinz Wendt Replacement wiper for vehicles
US4706081A (en) * 1984-12-14 1987-11-10 Vitalink Communications Corporation Method and apparatus for bridging local area networks
JPH02184198A (en) * 1989-01-10 1990-07-18 Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd Terminal equipment interface
JPH02184199A (en) * 1989-01-10 1990-07-18 Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd Terminal equipment interface
US5282127A (en) * 1989-11-20 1994-01-25 Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. Centralized control system for terminal device
US5673252A (en) * 1990-02-15 1997-09-30 Itron, Inc. Communications protocol for remote data generating stations
US5708963A (en) * 1995-02-24 1998-01-13 Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. Method and apparatus for using satellites for reverse path communication in direct-to-home subscription information systems
US6167389A (en) * 1996-12-23 2000-12-26 Comverge Technologies, Inc. Method and apparatus using distributed intelligence for applying real time pricing and time of use rates in wide area network including a headend and subscriber

Patent Citations (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4315212A (en) * 1978-07-06 1982-02-09 Tokyo Shibaura Denki Kabushiki Kaisha Electronic watthour meter
US4547847A (en) * 1982-06-09 1985-10-15 Amca International Corporation Adaptive control for machine tools

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
AU5793998A (en) 1998-08-03
TW378299B (en) 2000-01-01
WO1998030912A2 (en) 1998-07-16
US6167389A (en) 2000-12-26

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
WO1998030912A3 (en) Method and apparatus for applying real time pricing and usage rates in a network
AU711943B2 (en) Apparatus for and method of evenly distributing an electrical load across a three-phase power distribution network
WO1998048498A3 (en) Energy management method and apparatus
EP1240709B8 (en) Time rate of change motor start circuit
WO2002069471A8 (en) Method, system and computer program for load management
AU2860095A (en) Transmission line power controller with a continuously controllable voltage source responsive to a real power demand and a reactive power demand
IL130085A0 (en) Apparatus for and method of evenly distributing an electrical load across an n-phase power distribution network
DE68919329T2 (en) INTEGRATED GENERATOR GROUP CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD.
DE50112083D1 (en) METHOD FOR CONNECTING MULTIPLE WELDING EQUIPMENT AND WELDING DEVICE THEREFOR
CN115360731A (en) Three-phase imbalance adjusting method and system
WO2000060487A8 (en) Credit prequalification and granting system and method
EP0803956A3 (en) System and method for the optimisation and management of electrical energy consumption in industrial plants
CA2187991A1 (en) Method and Apparatus for Controlling Static Electronic Components for Phase Switching in a Three-Phase Brushless Electric Motor
EP1340988A3 (en) Method and device for measuring the impedance in an electrical energy supply network
AU4862197A (en) Three-phase current regulator with interrupt-performed phase control
EP0877470A3 (en) Method and device for power control of an electric load connected to an AC supply network
Mirza Usage of CLPU curve to deal with the cold load pickup problem
EP0651593A3 (en) Control device for an appliance consuming electric power.
MXPA01010846A (en) Agile mode for modbus network protocol.
EP0818945A3 (en) Electrical regulating device for controlling a load current
US6646846B2 (en) Apparatus and method for staged power load transfer
Tosato et al. The problems posed by voltage supply dips to industrial power electronic loads
FR2393365A1 (en) PROCESS FOR REGULATING THE ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIED BY AN ALTERNATIVE CURRENT NETWORK TO A CONSUMER AND DEVICE FOR APPLYING THE PROCESS
ES2108608A1 (en) System of measurement and control for high voltage three- phase isolating switches.
JPH0833205A (en) Distributed power supply system interconnection system and control method therefor

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
AK Designated states

Kind code of ref document: A2

Designated state(s): AL AM AT AU AZ BA BB BG BR BY CA CH CN CU CZ DE DK EE ES FI GB GE GH HU IL IS JP KE KG KP KR KZ LC LK LR LS LT LU LV MD MG MK MN MW MX NO NZ PL PT RO RU SD SE SG SI SK SL TJ TM TR TT UA UG UZ VN YU ZW AM AZ BY KG KZ MD RU TJ TM

AL Designated countries for regional patents

Kind code of ref document: A2

Designated state(s): GH GM KE LS MW SD SZ UG ZW AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LU MC NL

DFPE Request for preliminary examination filed prior to expiration of 19th month from priority date (pct application filed before 20040101)
AK Designated states

Kind code of ref document: A3

Designated state(s): AL AM AT AU AZ BA BB BG BR BY CA CH CN CU CZ DE DK EE ES FI GB GE GH HU IL IS JP KE KG KP KR KZ LC LK LR LS LT LU LV MD MG MK MN MW MX NO NZ PL PT RO RU SD SE SG SI SK SL TJ TM TR TT UA UG UZ VN YU ZW AM AZ BY KG KZ MD RU TJ TM

AL Designated countries for regional patents

Kind code of ref document: A3

Designated state(s): GH GM KE LS MW SD SZ UG ZW AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LU MC NL

REG Reference to national code

Ref country code: DE

Ref legal event code: 8642

122 Ep: pct application non-entry in european phase