JP2013240131A - Management device and management system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce user confusion.SOLUTION: A management device 1, used together with a power meter 2 and a measuring device 3, manages the use of power in a customer 7. The power meter 2 measures a total power use amount at the customer 7, and transmits the total power use amount to an upper-level device. The measuring device 3 measures a total power use amount separately from the power meter 2, by a power distribution line 93 extracted from the power meter 2 to the load side. The management device 1 includes an acquisition unit 11, a communication unit 12, a correction unit 13 and an output unit 14. The acquisition unit 11 acquires the measured value of the measuring device 3 from the measuring device 3. The communication unit 12 communicates with the power meter 2 to receive the measured value of the power meter 2 from the power meter 2. The correction unit 13 performs correction in a manner to make the measured value acquired by the acquisition unit 11 coincident with the measured value received by the communication unit 12. The output unit 14 outputs the total power use amount to a display device 4 so as to allow the display device 4 to display the total power use amount after corrected by the correction unit 13.

Description

  The present invention relates to a management apparatus that manages use of a supply medium supplied from a supply company by a consumer, and a management system using the management apparatus.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a system that measures the amount of power used by a consumer is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1). The system described in Patent Document 1 measures the main power amount supplied via the main breaker and the branch electric power amount supplied via each branch breaker as the amount of power used by the consumer. Each power amount as a measurement result is displayed on the display device.

  On the other hand, apart from the system as described above, a power meter that measures the amount of power used by the consumer is installed in order for the power company to collect a power charge from the consumer.

JP 2009-130983 A

  By the way, in recent years, a technology for enabling communication between the system described in Patent Document 1 and a power meter has been developed. Thereby, it becomes possible for the said system to acquire the measured value of an electric power meter.

  However, due to the measurement accuracy of each of the conventional system and the power meter described in Patent Document 1, the measured values of the power consumption may not match between the system and the power meter. For this reason, when the conventional system described in Patent Document 1 displays the measured value of the own system and the measured value of the power meter on the display device, there is a problem that the user who sees the display content is confused. .

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a management apparatus capable of reducing user confusion and a management system using the management apparatus.

  The management device of the present invention includes a meter that measures the total amount of use of a supply medium supplied from a supplier company at a consumer and transmits the total amount of use to a host device, and a distribution line drawn from the meter to the load side And a management device that manages the use of the supply medium at the consumer, and obtains a measurement value of the measurement device from the measurement device, A communication unit that communicates with the meter and receives a measurement value of the meter from the meter; a correction unit that corrects the measurement value acquired by the acquisition unit and the measurement value received by the communication unit; and And an output unit that outputs the total usage amount after being corrected by the correction unit.

  In this management device, the acquisition unit is configured to measure, for each branch circuit branched by the customer's distribution board, a second measurement device that measures a usage amount due to a load connected to the branch circuit. The measurement value of the measurement device is acquired, and the correction unit corrects the measurement value of the second measurement device acquired by the acquisition unit according to the correction amount with respect to the total usage amount, and the output unit It is preferable to output the usage amount of each branch circuit after being corrected by the correction unit.

  In this management apparatus, it is preferable that the output unit displays a value after being corrected by the correction unit on a display device.

  The management apparatus includes an abnormality determination unit that determines an abnormality when an absolute value of a difference between the measurement value acquired by the acquisition unit and the measurement value received by the communication unit is larger than a predetermined threshold value. It is preferable.

  The management system according to the present invention includes the management device and a display device that displays a value after being corrected by the correction unit.

  According to the management device and the management system of the present invention, it is possible to reduce the user's confusion due to the presence of different values for the usage amount at the consumer.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the management system which concerns on embodiment. It is the schematic which shows the whole embodiment.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, a management device 1 that manages the use of power (supply medium / resources) in a customer 7 is used together with a power meter 2 and a measurement device 3. A display device 4 is connected to the management device 1. In addition, a distribution board 5 is installed in the consumer 7, and a plurality of load devices 6 are connected to the distribution board 5. In the present embodiment, the management device 1, the power meter 2, the measurement device 3, the display device 4, and the distribution board 5 constitute a management system. Further, the management device 1 and the plurality of load devices 6 constitute a HEMS (Home Energy Management System) network 91 (see FIG. 2) as a network on the customer 7 side. In addition, although this embodiment demonstrates the case where the consumer 7 is a detached house, even if the consumer 7 is not only a detached house, for example, each dwelling unit of a housing complex, an office, a factory, etc. Good.

  The load device 6 is an electrical device that operates by consuming electric power. Examples of the load device 6 include equipment such as an air conditioner, a lighting device, and a housing information panel, and home appliances such as a television and a refrigerator.

  The management apparatus 1 of this embodiment receives the measurement value of the power meter 2 from the power meter 2 by communication, acquires the measurement value of the measurement apparatus 3 from the measurement apparatus 3, and measures the measurement value of the measurement apparatus 3 and the measurement of the power meter 2. Correct the values so that they match, and output the corrected values. Hereinafter, details of the management device 1, the power meter 2, the measurement device 3, the display device 4, and the distribution board 5 will be described.

  First, the power meter 2 will be described. The power meter 2 is an electronic power meter so-called smart meter having a communication function. This electric power meter 2 is installed in a consumer 7 for an electric power company (supplier company / resource supplier) to collect electric power charges, and demand for electric power supplied from the electric power company 8 (see FIG. 2). The total power usage at the house 7 is measured, and meter reading information including the total power usage is transmitted to the host device 81 (see FIG. 2). The power meter 2 includes a communication unit 21 having a communication function for communicating with other devices, and a measurement unit 22 having a measurement function for measuring power usage. The communication unit 21 and the host device 81 of the power company 8 construct a communication network 92 for performing remote meter reading on the power usage acquired by the communication unit 21.

  In the communication network 92 shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of communication units 21 and a host device 81 are connected to a multi-unit that enables communication with a parent device (not shown) by using the other communication unit 21 for relaying communication. Radio signals are transmitted and received by hop communication. That is, in the communication network 92, communication is performed directly or indirectly between each communication unit 21 and the parent device. A communication unit 21 that cannot directly communicate with the parent device is connected to another communication unit 21 within a communicable distance. Communication is performed with the parent device by sequentially relaying communication packets. In the case of the communication unit 21 that cannot communicate directly with the parent device, the communication route between the communication unit 21 and the parent device is determined in consideration of the communication quality between the communication units 21 that perform direct communication among a plurality of candidates. It is determined.

  The host device 81 is, for example, a management server operated by the power company 8 or a service provider company entrusted by the power company 8. The host device 81 collects meter reading information of each customer 7. The host device 81 can acquire not only meter reading information but also information other than meter reading information from each communication unit 21.

  The measurement unit 22 shown in FIG. 1 includes an electric energy measuring unit 23 that measures the total electric power consumption at the consumer 7 and an open / close inserted into the distribution line 93 from the electric power company 8 (see FIG. 2) to the consumer 7. And a relay 24 as a device. The power amount measuring unit 23 is inserted into the distribution line 93 from the power company 8 to the customer 7, and the amount of power supplied from the power company 8 to the customer 7 side, that is, the total power usage at the customer 7 is calculated. The instantaneous value of voltage and current is calculated. That is, the power amount measuring unit 23 obtains the power consumption by integrating the instantaneous values of the voltage and current, and obtains the power usage amount for each predetermined time (for example, 30 minutes) by integrating the obtained power consumption. The power consumption is output to the communication unit 21 as a meter reading result. The distribution line 93 in the measurement unit 22 is connected to a pole transformer (not shown) on the supply side, and connected to the distribution board 5 on the demand side. The relay 24 opens and closes the distribution line 93 from the power company 8 to the customer 7 side, for example, in accordance with an instruction from the host device 81 of the power company 8.

  The communication unit 21 includes a communication unit 25 that communicates with the management apparatus 1 and a control unit 26 that controls each unit of the power meter 2. Although not shown, the communication unit 21 includes a second communication unit that performs wireless communication with the other communication unit 21, and a third communication unit that performs wireless communication with a maintenance terminal for road meter reading (not illustrated). It has. The communication unit 25 transmits various types of information including meter reading information to the management device 1 and receives information held by the management device 1 from the management device 1. The second communication unit transmits meter reading information to another communication unit 21 or relays meter reading information from another communication unit 21. The third communication unit transmits meter reading information to the maintenance terminal at the time of road meter reading.

  The communication unit 21 acquires the meter reading result of the measurement unit 22 every predetermined time (for example, 30 minutes). The communication unit 21 transmits the meter reading result acquired from the measuring unit 22, that is, the power usage amount at the customer 7, to the host device 81 of the power company 8 as meter reading information. The meter reading information is transmitted to the host device 81 by multi-hop communication directly or via the communication unit 21 on the host side.

  The management apparatus 1 and the communication unit 21 communicate using a communication path 94 that does not belong to either the HEMS network 91 (see FIG. 2) or the communication network 92 (see FIG. 2). Between the management device 1 and the communication unit 21, the power usage acquired by the communication unit 21, the reduction target of the power usage notified from the higher-level device 81 to the communication unit 21, and the management device 1 and the communication unit 21 are shared. Communication of information to be performed. Note that the communication path 94 may be either a wireless communication path or a wired communication path. When a wired communication path is employed as the communication path 94, it is preferable to perform power line communication (PLC) in which the distribution line 93 that supplies power to the customer 7 is also used as the communication path 94.

  A plurality of wireless channels used for wireless communication are set in a predetermined frequency band, and the communication unit 21 performs wireless communication using at least one of the wireless channels. When the management device 1 and the communication unit 21 perform wireless communication, a wireless channel used for wireless communication between the management device 1 and the communication unit 21 is used in the wireless channel used in the HEMS network 91 or the communication network 92. It may be the same as one of the radio channels or may be different from both.

  Next, the distribution board 5 will be described. The distribution board 5 distributes AC power to the load device 6 of the consumer 7. The distribution board 5 includes a main breaker 51 and a plurality of branch breakers 52. The main breaker 51 outputs AC power from the power company 8 (see FIG. 2) to each branch breaker 52. The branch breaker 52 supplies power from the main breaker 51 to the load device 6.

  Next, the measuring device 3 will be described. The measuring device 3 includes a first measuring unit 31 that measures the total amount of power used by the customer 7, and a control unit 33 that controls the entire measuring device 3 separately from the power meter 2. The first measurement unit 31 measures the total power consumption at the customer 7 using a current transformer that detects a current flowing in the main circuit on the input side of the main circuit breaker 51. That is, the first measuring unit 31 measures the total power usage amount in the distribution line 93 drawn from the power meter 2 to the load device 6 side. The control unit 33 outputs the measurement value of the first measurement unit 31 to the management device 1. In the example of FIG. 1, the measurement device 3 is provided separately from the distribution board 5, but the measurement device 3 may be provided integrally with the distribution board 5. The measuring device 3 may be provided integrally with the management device 1 or may be provided separately.

  Next, the management device 1 will be described. The management device 1 manages the power usage of the load device 6. The management device 1 includes, for example, a computer (including a microcomputer) on which a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and a memory are mounted as main components, an acquisition unit 11, a communication unit 12, a correction unit 13, and the like. And an output unit 14.

  The acquisition unit 11 has an interface unit for receiving information from the measurement device 3, and acquires a measurement value of the measurement device 3 (total power usage at the customer 7) from the measurement device 3.

  The communication unit 12 has an interface unit that communicates with the power meter 2 and receives meter reading information from the power meter 2 through communication. That is, the communication unit 12 receives the measurement value of the power meter 2 from the power meter 2.

  The correction unit 13 corrects the measurement value acquired by the acquisition unit 11 and the measurement value received by the communication unit 12 to coincide with each other. That is, the correction unit 13 performs correction so that the difference between the measurement value of the measurement device 3 and the measurement value of the power meter 2 is eliminated with respect to the total power consumption at the consumer 7. For example, when the measurement value of the measurement device 3 and the measurement value of the power meter 2 do not match, the correction unit 13 replaces the measurement value of the measurement device 3 with the measurement value of the power meter 2. Thereby, when the power meter 2 has a function of displaying its own measurement value as it is, the value corrected by the correction unit 13 and the value displayed on the power meter 2 can be matched.

  The output unit 14 outputs usage information including the total power usage amount to the display device 4 in order to cause the display device 4 to display the total power usage amount corrected by the correction unit 13.

  The display device 4 is, for example, a control viewer, acquires usage information from the output unit 14 of the management device 1, and displays the total power usage included in the usage information. That is, the display device 4 displays the total power consumption after being corrected by the correction unit 13. When the measurement value of the measurement device 3 is replaced with the measurement value of the power meter 2, the total power usage amount displayed by the display device 4 can be matched with the total power usage amount displayed by the power meter 2. The control viewer is installed in the consumer 7 and is a device that displays the state of the load device 6 of the consumer 7 and the like.

  By the way, the measuring device 3 is provided with the 2nd measurement part 32 which measures the electric power consumption by the load apparatus 6 connected to the said branch circuit for every branch circuit branched by the distribution board 5. FIG. The second measuring unit 32 is provided in one-to-one correspondence with the branch breaker 52, and uses the current transformer that detects the current flowing in the branch circuit on the output side of the corresponding branch breaker 52. The amount of power used by the load device 6 connected to is measured. The control unit 33 outputs the measurement value of each second measurement unit 32 to the management device 1.

  In the management device 1, the acquisition unit 11 acquires the measurement value (the power usage amount of each branch circuit) of the measurement device 3 from the measurement device 3.

  The correction unit 13 corrects the power usage amount of each branch circuit acquired by the acquisition unit 11 in accordance with the correction amount with respect to the total power usage amount at the consumer 7. That is, when the measured value of the power meter 2 is a% larger than the measured value of the measuring device 3 with respect to the total power consumption (when the measured value of the power meter 2 = measured value of the measuring device 3 × (100 + a) / 100) The correction unit 13 increases the power consumption of each branch circuit by a%. For example, when the measured value of the power meter 2 is 4% larger than the measured value of the measuring device 3 with respect to the total power consumption (when the measured value of the power meter 2 = measured value of the measuring device 3 × 1.04), the correction is performed. The unit 13 increases the power consumption of each branch circuit by 4%.

  The output unit 14 outputs usage information including the power usage amount of each branch circuit to the display device 4 so that the power usage amount of each branch circuit after being corrected by the correction unit 13 is displayed on the display device 4.

  In addition, the management device 1 determines an abnormality when the absolute value of the difference between the measurement value acquired by the acquisition unit 11 and the measurement value received by the communication unit 12 with respect to the total power usage is greater than the threshold value. A part 15 is further provided. That is, when the absolute value of the difference between the measured value of the measuring device 3 and the measured value of the power meter 2 is greater than the threshold with respect to the total power consumption, the abnormality determination unit 15 determines that an abnormality has occurred. . The threshold value is determined in advance to a value larger than the measurement variation between the power meter 2 and the measuring device 3. Examples of the abnormality determined by the abnormality determination unit 15 include an abnormality of the measuring device 3, an abnormality of the power meter 2, and an abnormality of the management device 1.

  Next, the operation of the management system according to this embodiment will be described. First, the power meter 2 measures the total power usage at the customer 7, and the management device 1 receives the measured value (total power usage) of the power meter 2 by communication. Apart from the above, the management device 1 acquires the measurement values (total power consumption, power consumption of each branch circuit) of the measurement device 3. Then, the management apparatus 1 correct | amends so that the measured value of the measuring device 3 and the measured value of the electric power meter 2 may correspond with respect to the total electric power consumption. In addition, the management device 1 corrects the measurement value, which is the power usage amount of each branch circuit, according to the correction amount of the total power usage amount. Thereafter, the management device 1 outputs usage information including the corrected power usage (total power usage, power usage of each branch circuit) to the display device 4. The display device 4 acquires usage information from the management device 1 and displays the power usage amount included in the usage information.

  According to the present embodiment described above, the management device 1 corrects the total power usage measured by the measurement device 3 and the total power usage measured by the power meter 2 so as to match the corrected power usage. Output the total power consumption. Thereby, the management apparatus 1 of this embodiment can reduce a user's confusion compared with the case where a different value exists about the total electric power consumption in the consumer 7. FIG.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, the management device 1 corrects the power usage amount of each branch circuit in the correction unit 13 according to the correction amount with respect to the total power usage amount. Thereby, since the management apparatus 1 of this embodiment can match the power usage of each branch circuit with the total power usage, there is a contradiction between the total power usage and the power usage of each branch circuit. Does not occur.

  Furthermore, according to the present embodiment, the management device 1 causes the display device 4 to display values (total power usage, power usage of each branch circuit) after correction by the correction unit 13. Thereby, the management apparatus 1 of this embodiment can reduce the confusion of the user who looked at the display content compared with the case where the display apparatus 4 displays an uncorrected value.

  In addition, according to the present embodiment, when two measured values (total power consumption) that should originally be the same value are different from the measurement accuracy variation of the power meter 2 and the measuring device 3, for example, the power meter 2 or the measurement It can be detected easily and early that the device 3 is abnormal.

  If it is allowed to change the measurement value of the power meter 2, as an example of correction for matching the measurement value of the measurement device 3 with the measurement value of the power meter 2, the correction unit 13 The measured value may be replaced with the measured value of the measuring device 3. As another example of the correction, the correction unit 13 may use an average value of the measurement value of the measurement device 3 and the measurement value of the power meter 2 as a new total power usage amount.

  The display device 4 is not limited to the control viewer, and may be a portable information terminal or a television that can communicate with the management device 1. When the display device 4 is a portable information terminal, the management device 1 may transmit usage information including the corrected power usage amount to the portable information terminal via the network.

  Further, in this embodiment, the case where the supply company is the power company 8 and the supply medium is electric power has been described. However, even when gas, water, heat, or the like other than electric power is used as the supply medium, the same as in the present embodiment. Technology can be applied. The consumer 7 to which the supply medium is supplied is provided with a meter as a measuring device for measuring the usage amount of the supply medium.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Management apparatus 11 Acquisition part 12 Communication part 13 Correction | amendment part 14 Output part 15 Abnormality judgment part 2 Electric power meter 3 Measuring apparatus 4 Display apparatus 7 Consumer 8 Electric power company (supply company)
81 Host device 93 Distribution line

Claims (5)

Measure the total usage amount of the supply medium supplied by the supplier at the consumer and measure the total usage amount with a meter that sends the total usage amount to the host device and a distribution line drawn from the meter to the load side A management device that is used together with a measuring device to manage use of the supply medium at the consumer,
An acquisition unit for acquiring a measurement value of the measurement device from the measurement device;
A communication unit that communicates with the meter and receives measurement values of the meter from the meter;
A correction unit that corrects the measurement value acquired by the acquisition unit to match the measurement value received by the communication unit;
An output unit that outputs the total usage amount corrected by the correction unit. The said acquisition part is a measured value of the said 2nd measuring device from the 2nd measuring device which measures the usage-amount by the load connected to the said branch circuit for every branch circuit branched by the said distribution board of the said consumer. Get
The correction unit corrects the measurement value of the second measurement device acquired by the acquisition unit according to the correction amount with respect to the total usage amount,
The management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the output unit outputs a usage amount of each branch circuit after being corrected by the correction unit.   The management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the output unit causes a display device to display a value after correction by the correction unit.   An abnormality determination unit is provided that determines an abnormality when an absolute value of a difference between the measurement value acquired by the acquisition unit and the measurement value received by the communication unit is larger than a predetermined threshold value. The management apparatus of any one of Claims 1-3. A management device according to claim 3;
And a display device that displays the value after being corrected by the correction unit.

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