Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Central plant control system, method, and controller with multi-level granular and non-granular asset allocation
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Application No.: US16415170Application Date: 2019-05-17
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Publication No.: US10955800B2Publication Date: 2021-03-23
- Inventor: John H. Burroughs , Andrew J. Przybylski , Michael J. Wenzel , Matthew J. Ellis
- Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
- Applicant Address: US MI Auburn Hills
- Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
- Current Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Auburn Hills
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- Main IPC: G05B13/04
- IPC: G05B13/04 ; F24F11/49 ; H04L12/28 ; G05B19/418 ; G05B15/02

Abstract:
Granular assets of a building are identified. Each granular asset represents one or more devices of that operate to produce, consume, or store resources in the building. General assets are defined by grouping the granular assets into groups. A non-granular optimization is performed to determine a non-granular allocation of the resources among the general assets. Non-granular allocation defines an amount of each of the resources consumed, produced, or stored by each of the general assets at each time step in a time period. A granular optimization is performed for each general asset to determine a granular allocation of the resources among the granular assets. The granular allocation defines an amount of each resource consumed, produced, or stored by the granular assets at each time step in the time period. The equipment of the building are operated to consume, produce, or store the amount of each resource defined by granular allocation.
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