Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Control apparatus
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Application No.: US14914605Application Date: 2014-07-02
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Publication No.: US10530154B2Publication Date: 2020-01-07
- Inventor: Chikara Maeda
- Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Global IP Counselors, LLP
- Priority: JP2013-176638 20130828
- International Application: PCT/JP2014/067624 WO 20140702
- International Announcement: WO2015/029586 WO 20150305
- Main IPC: H02J3/14
- IPC: H02J3/14 ; G05B13/02 ; H02J3/38

Abstract:
A control apparatus includes a receiving unit, a demand response unit, a power consumption fluctuation unit, a fluctuation-amount-estimation unit and an adjustment control execution unit. The receiving unit receives a demand pertaining to power consumption sent from an energy management apparatus. The demand response unit executes a demand-response control in order to adjust total power consumption of a plurality of devices set up in a property in accordance with the demand. The power consumption fluctuation unit executes a non-demand-response control in order to cause total power consumption to fluctuate regardless of the demand. The fluctuation-amount-estimation unit estimates a power consumption that will fluctuate due to the non-demand-response control during the demand-response control. The adjustment control execution unit executes an adjustment control in order to adjust power consumption of any facility device based on an amount of fluctuation in power consumption as estimated by the fluctuation-amount-estimation unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160218507A1 CONTROL APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2016-07-28
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