EP2476984B1 - Appareil de réfrigération et/ou de congélation - Google Patents

Appareil de réfrigération et/ou de congélation Download PDF

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EP2476984B1
EP2476984B1 EP12000221.7A EP12000221A EP2476984B1 EP 2476984 B1 EP2476984 B1 EP 2476984B1 EP 12000221 A EP12000221 A EP 12000221A EP 2476984 B1 EP2476984 B1 EP 2476984B1
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Michael Schick
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D29/00—Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25B—REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS
    • F25B2600/00—Control issues
    • F25B2600/02—Compressor control
    • F25B2600/025—Compressor control by controlling speed
    • F25B2600/0251—Compressor control by controlling speed with on-off operation
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25B—REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS
    • F25B2600/00—Control issues
    • F25B2600/02—Compressor control
    • F25B2600/025—Compressor control by controlling speed
    • F25B2600/0253—Compressor control by controlling speed with variable speed
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25B—REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS
    • F25B2600/00—Control issues
    • F25B2600/07—Remote controls

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  • the present invention has the object, a cooling and / or freezer of the type mentioned in such a way that a local vote of energy consumption and / or energy production is possible.
  • the invention also includes the case that the refrigerator and / or freezer according to the invention by means of at least one communication system directly or indirectly to one or more other devices and / or to one or more energy producers or energy management units energy-related data and namely the predicted power consumption of the refrigerator and / or freezer for a certain time and / or for a certain period of time.
  • the invention covers only the case where the communication system operates bi-directionally, that is to say that data is sent or received from and to the refrigerator and / or freezer and / or the further units which are connected by means of the communication system.
  • the refrigerator and / or freezer may adjust its actual or future power consumption accordingly increase or return to the photovoltaic system, so that they get an overview of the use of their performance.
  • Decentralized energy producers or a preferably decentralized energy management unit can thus make the currently generated energy available to other devices. If another device requires more energy than is available in the network, the at least one refrigerator and / or freezer can reduce its power on request. In this case, which is also not part of the present invention, the refrigerator and / or freezer would be informed via the communication system that one or more other devices require comparatively much energy, whereupon the refrigerator and / or freezer according to the invention its own power consumption, for example by changing the switching points and / or running time or standing time or relative duty cycle of the refrigeration unit or the compressor changes.
  • the invention also encompasses the case that, for example, before the start of a refrigeration cycle, the refrigerator and / or freezer according to the invention inquires at one or more energy producers or the energy management centers of the conditions for which energy is available. The refrigerator and / or freezer may then select based on this energy-related information, for example, a power generator according to the selected criterion and possibly report the planned power consumption to the power generator or to the energy management center. This planned power consumption can be stored in the device itself and / or in another unit.
  • this example is not part of the present invention. In the following, other examples are mentioned which are not to be found in the dependent claims and therefore are not part of the present invention.
  • This predicted power consumption of the cooling device or cooling devices according to the invention can then be planned accordingly in the generation of energy.
  • setting or reporting the power consumption also means the case that not only the level of power is set or reported, but also the type of energy production or other data related to performance and / or energy related to Operation of the refrigerator and / or freezer according to the invention is required or planned.
  • the present refrigerator and / or freezer optimizing the energy use can be carried out specifically according to the customer's specifications. For example, it is conceivable that preferably inquiries or offers with low energy costs or, for example, environmentally friendly energy generation, ie low CO 2 emissions, are taken into account.
  • the device may be designed so that preferably this power is used to operate the refrigerator and / or freezer.
  • this power is used to operate the refrigerator and / or freezer.
  • the energy-related data include the energy price and / or the type of energy production and / or the CO 2 emissions associated with the energy production and / or the power requirement reported by one or more other devices.
  • the communication of the device via the communication system can be wired (PLC, EIB, KNX, EEBus or the like), or wirelessly (WLAN, WiFi, Bluetooth, ZigBee or the like).
  • the refrigerator and / or freezer may have a communication device that allows it to contact one or more other devices or one or more gateways, such as a router. In this way, it is possible that the device can also access data via the Internet or perform data communication with other devices or with energy producers and / or energy management centers.
  • the device has a forecasting unit or is in communication with such a unit, wherein this forecasting unit is designed such that it generates a prognosis about the future power consumption and preferably about the temporal course of the power consumption of the device.
  • the temperature profile at the temperature sensor which can be basically designed as an air and / or evaporator sensor, during the cooling in the term and / or during the heating in the dwell time of Refrigeration units or the compressor can be determined and stored.
  • the temperature curve during the cooling phase depends on the selected speed of the compressor. It is possible and encompassed by the invention to recognize this dependency in the determination of the temperature profiles as a distinguishing feature. It can thus be stored for one, several or each speed level or for each speed different approximation curves.
  • the forecasting unit is designed such that switching points are determined on the basis of the predicted power consumption and / or on the basis of said mathematical function, to which the compressor is switched on or off. It is thus possible that the refrigerator and / or freezer may preferably estimate at any time when a certain temperature will be reached and when the refrigeration unit could be switched on or off. Thus, possible switching corridors can be determined. On the basis of this information, the device can now use the forecasting unit to estimate a power consumption, preferably in the near future, preferably within the next 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 45 minutes, within the next hour or up to three or more hours.
  • this information that is to say the expected power consumption of the refrigerator and / or freezer according to the invention to other participants, that is at least one power generator and / or at least one energy management center to report that with the refrigeration in question - And / or freezer preferably via the communication system or via the gateway in connection.
  • messages or sent data of the refrigerator and / or freezer can be transmitted either on request or from the device itself, that is by broadcast.
  • the communication system is designed such that the refrigerator and / or freezer receives a message by means of the communication system of one or more other devices and / or one or more energy suppliers or energy management centers, the one Proposal includes, which relates to the amount of power consumption of the refrigerator and / or freezer at a particular time or for a certain period, and that the refrigerator and / or freezer according to the invention is designed such that it determines by means of said forecasting unit, which temperature is present at said time or in the said period and based on the switch-on value and / or the switch-off value and / or the duty cycle and / or the switch-off and / or the duty cycle of the compressor or the refrigeration unit leaves unchanged or changed.
  • the device receives the proposal via the data line from another device, an energy supplier or via a gateway to consume as little or as much power as possible now or at a certain time in the near future.
  • the device can then determine, based on the mathematical functions, which temperature will be present at that time at the one or more temperature sensors.
  • the input and / or switch-off value or other parameters such as the switch-on duration, the switch-off duration or the relative switch-on duration, in such a way that the proposal uses as little or as much power as possible, completely or partially.
  • a refrigerator and / or freezer can thus z.
  • the control or regulation of the refrigeration unit is underlying, manipulate and, where appropriate, with a corresponding offset to achieve a shift, shortening or lengthening the operating time of the refrigeration unit or the compressor.
  • This feedback can be done, for example, to the power generator, to the energy management center and / or to one or more other devices that are connected via the communication system with the refrigerator and / or freezer according to the invention.
  • the refrigerator and / or freezer is designed such that it requests by means of the communication system at one or more power generators or energy management centers, at what conditions energy is available, and that the refrigerator and / or freezer according to the invention is designed that it based on and based on prognostic data, the switch-on and / or the switch-off value or the other above-mentioned parameters (duty cycle, switch-off, relative duty) of the compressor leaves unchanged or changed.
  • the refrigerator and / or freezer can determine when the refrigeration unit should be switched on based on the measured value (s) of the temperature sensors.
  • the refrigerator and / or freezer may then decide whether to start up or shut down the refrigeration unit as planned, or sooner or later.
  • the refrigerator and / or freezer according to the invention reports its predicted power consumption and / or its duration to the gateway and / or the selected power generator, whereby the required power for the device can be reserved.
  • the device is designed such that it was the decision of whether the switch-on and / or the switch-off or a switch-on or switch-off was changed, and / or the predicted power consumption by means of the communication system z. B. to one or more other devices and / or energy producers and / or energy management units reports.
  • the device can furthermore be designed in such a way that, based on the values currently measured and / or in the past by means of the temperature sensor (s), it determines the currently stored cold and communicates it on request by means of the communication system. It is conceivable, for example, to determine the currently stored cold in the form of watt-hours and to report back on request from the gateway of other devices or from the energy supplier or an energy management center.
  • the refrigerator and / or freezer is designed such that it determines the maximum period of time without power consumption on the basis of the current and / or in the past by means of the or the temperature sensor and on request by means of the communication system Gateway, other connected devices or the utility or an energy management center reports.
  • the refrigerator and / or freezer is designed such that user-side requirements for the cooling capacity have a higher priority than performance requirements of other devices.
  • the communication system comprises at least one communication module which is directly or indirectly in communication with the refrigerator and / or freezer and which is preferably designed such that the refrigerator and / or freezer can be retrofitted to the communication module.
  • the present invention further relates to a system comprising one or more power consuming devices and one or more power suppliers and / or energy management units communicating with each other through one or more data links, wherein at least one of the power consuming devices is provided by a cooling and cooling device / or freezer according to one of claims 1 to 14 is formed.
  • the single figure shows the networking of several devices that are placed in different households and are each communicatively connected by a router.
  • three households, household A, household B, household C, are in a data connection via routers to the Internet.
  • each of the households in the example shown here are two household appliances, which can be formed for example by refrigerators and / or freezers and at least represent electricity consumers.
  • At least one of the devices shown by a refrigerator and / or freezer is formed, which receives energy-related data from other devices via the communication system, which includes the Internet in the embodiment, for example, the request, the least possible power to consume because the requesting device currently has a comparatively high power requirements.
  • the refrigerator and / or freezer according to the invention which is in at least one of the illustrated households, can now check whether it can meet this requirement, for example by changing the on and / or off values of the compressor or by a change the runtime, the off times or the duty cycle of the compressor.
  • the refrigerating and / or freezing appliance in question changes its power consumption and may, for example, report this to the other appliances and / or to one or more energy producers and / or energy management units.
  • the refrigerator and / or freezer in question has a prognosis unit, by means of which it can determine which temperature is present at which time or period in the device. It can then change on and off values based on this mathematical function or prognosis to achieve a shift, shortening or extension of the operating time of the refrigeration unit, and the resulting changed projected power consumption, for example, to other devices or power generators and / or energy management units report back.
  • This feedback can contain, for example, the information that the device will consume less energy for a certain period of time, which is then available to other devices, but at a later time has an increased energy intake, which then of other devices, with the cooling according to the invention - and / or freezer are networked, must / must be considered.
  • the refrigerator and / or freezer according to the invention z. B. request before the start of a refrigeration cycle even at energy producers or at an energy management center, at what conditions energy is available and based on it optimize its power consumption or power consumption. Due to the predicted power consumption, it is possible that the refrigerator and / or freezer reports the predicted power consumption to the energy producer or energy management centers, so that this can be planned accordingly in the generation of energy. Such a predicted power consumption can be stored, for example, in the system according to the invention, such. In an energy management unit, the power generator and / or other power consumers.
  • an active load management by decentralized and regional load balancing of consumers and producers can be realized.
  • the entire system organizes itself and to the effect that a balance between power consumption and power generation is maintained, with preferably can be dispensed with additional central components.

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  1. Appareil de réfrigération et/ou de congélation avec au moins un groupe frigorifique, avec au moins une sonde de température servant à déterminer la température dans au moins une zone de l'appareil de réfrigération et/ou de congélation ainsi qu'avec au moins une unité de commande ou de régulation, qui active et/ou désactive le groupe frigorifique en fonction de la ou des valeurs de température mesurées par la sonde de température, dans lequel l'appareil de réfrigération et/ou de congélation présente au moins un système de communication ou est en communication avec au moins un système de communication, dans lequel le système de communication est réalisé de telle manière que l'appareil de réfrigération et/ou de congélation reçoit des données concernant l'énergie et/ou la puissance directement ou indirectement d'un ou de plusieurs autres appareils et/ou d'un ou de plusieurs producteur(s) d'énergie et/ou d'une ou de plusieurs unité(s) de gestion d'énergie et/ou les transmet à ceux-ci, et dans lequel l'appareil de réfrigération et/ou de congélation, de préférence l'unité de commande ou de régulation, est réalisé de telle manière que la puissance absorbée de l'appareil de réfrigération et/ou de congélation est réglée en fonction desdites données reçues et/ou est notifiée au moyen du système de communication, dans lequel l'appareil dispose d'une unité de pronostic ou est en communication avec une unité de pronostic, qui est réalisée de telle manière qu'elle créée un pronostic sur la puissance absorbée au future et de préférence sur le déroulement temporel de la puissance absorbée au futur, caractérisé en ce que la puissance absorbée futur est transmises aux producteurs d'énergie et/ou aux unités de gestion d'énergie.
  2. Appareil de réfrigération et/ou de congélation selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que les données concernant l'énergie comprennent le prix de l'énergie et/ou le type et/ou le volume ou la quantité de production d'énergie et/ou l'émission de CO2 lié à la production d'énergie et/ou le besoin en puissance, notifié par un ou plusieurs autres appareils.
  3. Appareil de réfrigération et/ou de congélation selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le système de communication est réalisé de telle manière que la communication est effectuée de manière filaire, en particulier par PLC, EIB, KNX, EEBus ou similaire, ou sans fil, en particulier par WLAN, WiFi, Blutooth, ZigBee ou similaire et/ou que le système de communication comprend au moins un routeur, au moyen duquel une communication de données est possible par Internet.
  4. Appareil de réfrigération et/ou de congélation selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que l'unité de pronostic est configurée de telle manière qu'elle détermine, à l'aide d'une évolution de température dans le temps mesurée au moyen de la ou des sondes de température, une fonction mathématique, qui représente l'évolution de température probable dans le futur.
  5. Appareil de réfrigération et/ou de congélation selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que le groupe frigorifique présente au moins un compresseur, qui peut fonctionner à des vitesses de rotation différentes et qu'au moins une fonction mathématique propre de ce type est créée pour au moins deux, de préférence pour toutes les vitesses de rotation.
  6. Appareil de réfrigération et/ou de congélation selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé en ce que l'unité de pronostic est configurée de telle manière que sont déterminés, à l'aide de la puissance absorbée pronostiquée et/ou à l'aide de la fonction mathématique, un ou plusieurs points de commutation, lors desquels le compresseur est activé et/ou désactivé.
  7. Appareil de réfrigération et/ou de congélation selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le système de communication est réalisé de telle manière que l'appareil de réfrigération et/ou de congélation reçoit au moyen du système de communication d'un ou de plusieurs autres appareils et/ou d'un ou de plusieurs fournisseurs d'énergie ou d'une ou de plusieurs centrales de gestion d'énergie, un notification, qui comprend une proposition, qui concerne l'importance de la puissance absorbée de l'appareil de réfrigération et/ou de congélation à un moment défini ou pour une période de temps définie, et que l'appareil de réfrigération et/ou de congélation est réalisé de telle manière qu'il détermine au moyen de l'unité de pronostic la température, qui sera présente au moment évoqué ou dans la période de temps évoquée et qui, sur cette base, laisse inchangée ou modifie la valeur d'activation et/ou la valeur de désactivation et/ou la durée d'activation et/ou de désactivation et/ou la durée d'activation relative du compresseur.
  8. Appareil de réfrigération et/ou de congélation selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'appareil de réfrigération et/ou de congélation est réalisé de telle manière qu'il demande, au moyen du système de communication, pour un ou plusieurs producteurs d'énergie ou une ou plusieurs centres de gestion d'énergie les conditions, auxquelles de l'énergie est mise à disposition, et que l'appareil de réfrigération et/ou de congélation est réalisé de telle manière qu'il détermine au moyen de l'unité de pronostic la température, qui est présente à un moment défini ou dans une période de temps définie et qui, sur cette base, laisse inchangée ou modifie la valeur d'activation et/ou la valeur de désactivation et/ou la durée d'activation et/ou de désactivation et/ou la durée d'activation relative du compresseur.
  9. Appareil de réfrigération et/ou de congélation selon la revendication 7 ou 8, caractérisé en ce que l'appareil est réalisé de telle manière qu'il notifie la décision pour savoir si la valeur d'activation et/ou la valeur de désactivation ou la durée d'activation ou de désactivation ont été modifiées et/ou la puissance absorbée pronostiquée et/ou la durée de ladite absorption de puissance au moyen du système de communication.
  10. Appareil de réfrigération et/ou de congélation selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'appareil de réfrigération et/ou de congélation est configuré de telle manière qu'il détermine, à l'aide des valeurs mesurées de manière instantanée et/ou du passé au moyen de la ou des sonde(s) de température, le froid stocké de manière instantanée et le communique sur demande ou de manière automatisée au moyen du système de communication.
  11. Appareil de réfrigération et/ou de congélation selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'appareil de réfrigération et/ou de congélation est configuré de telle manière qu'il détermine, à l'aide des données mesurées actuellement et/ou dans le passé au moyen de la ou des sonde(s) de température, le laps de temps maximal sans compter la puissance absorbée et le notifie sur demande ou de manière automatisée au moyen du système de communication.
  12. Appareil de réfrigération et/ou de congélation selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'appareil de réfrigération et/ou de congélation est réalisé de telle manière que des demandes côté utilisateur en puissance frigorifique de l'appareil de réfrigération et/ou de congélation présentent une priorité plus importante que des demandes de puissance d'autres appareils.
  13. Appareil de réfrigération et/ou de congélation selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le système de communication comprend au moins un module de communication, qui est relié directement ou indirectement à l'appareil de réfrigération et/ou de congélation et qui est réalisé de préférence de telle manière que l'appareil de réfrigération et/ou de congélation peut être rééquipé du module de communication.
  14. Système comprenant un ou plusieurs appareil(s) consommant du courant ainsi qu'un ou plusieurs fournisseur(s) d'énergie, qui communiquent entre eux par une ou plusieurs liaisons de donnée(s), caractérisé en ce qu'au moins un des appareils consommant du courant est formé par un appareil de réfrigération et/ou de congélation selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 13.
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