KR102038712B1 - System and Method for Managing Energy - Google Patents

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KR102038712B1
KR102038712B1 KR1020130122282A KR20130122282A KR102038712B1 KR 102038712 B1 KR102038712 B1 KR 102038712B1 KR 1020130122282 A KR1020130122282 A KR 1020130122282A KR 20130122282 A KR20130122282 A KR 20130122282A KR 102038712 B1 KR102038712 B1 KR 102038712B1
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The energy management system according to an aspect of the present invention, which can provide an energy management system on a platform basis by standardizing and quantifying tasks to which an energy management system is to be constructed, is a standard term to be used for the energy management system, and a standard code ), The standard data, at least one of Standard Attribute, General Criterion, Unit Conversion, and Pattern Code. A workbench module for setting up an energy management system by setting work information including at least one of an energy type, a target facility for checking energy usage, a target area requiring energy management, and an environmental element to be monitored; And an energy management module for analyzing the energy use efficiency of the facility or the target facilities by using measurement data obtained from sensors arranged in the field when the energy management system is set up by the workbench module. .

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Energy Management System and Energy Management Method

The present invention relates to an energy management system, and more particularly, to an energy management system of a facility such as a building or a factory and a method of constructing the same.

Recently, as facilities such as buildings or factories are enlarged and highly functionalized, various facilities such as air conditioning, energy, sanitation, lighting, electric power, crime prevention, and disaster prevention are being built together.

Here, energy equipments refer to heat sources and heat transfer facilities that produce and supply heat sources for providing services such as cooling, heating, air conditioning, ventilation, and lighting in facilities by using energy such as electricity and gas. .

These energy installations are energy-consuming facilities that account for more than about 30% of the total energy consumption of the installation. In addition, since energy installations are designed assuming full load, in most cases, the actual operating efficiency of facility energy installations operated at partial load will be different from the rated efficiency suggested in the design criteria. If plant operation continues without calibration, the plant's annual energy consumption may increase by more than 30-50%.

Therefore, in order to minimize energy waste, it is necessary to continuously monitor the actual efficiency during operation of the operating energy equipment to maintain and operate the equipment in an optimal state.

However, there is a problem in that it is not reliable for the facility operator to manually calculate the operation efficiency of the complicated and large-scale air conditioning system or related equipment whenever necessary or to diagnose the efficiency degradation of the facility from the calculated efficiency value.

Therefore, in order to solve this problem, an energy management system that automatically calculates the performance and efficiency of the facility by using the operation data of the facility measured by various sensors and provides them to the facility operator in various graph forms. This has been proposed. An example of such an energy management system is presented in Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2009-0066107.

Such an energy management system generally analyzes business and requirements of a customer who wants to build an energy management system, and designs, develops, and provides the system according to the analysis result.

However, the general energy management system has a disadvantage in that it takes a lot of time to build the system because the development resources or systems can be configured differently for each customer.

In addition, the general energy management system has a disadvantage in that additional costs and time are required for the modification of the system because the developer of the system needs to directly modify the system if it is required to modify the previously developed system according to the customer's situation.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and provides an energy management system and an energy management method capable of providing an energy management system on a platform basis by standardizing and quantifying tasks to which an energy management system should be built. Shall be.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an energy management system and an energy management method capable of shortening the time required for the construction and modification of the energy management system.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide an energy management system and an energy management method capable of providing an energy management system optimized for each customer.

Energy management system according to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, the standard term, standard code (Standard Code), Standard Attributes, General Criterion, units to be used in the energy management system Basic data including at least one of Unit Conversion and Pattern Code, facilities to be managed by energy, types of energy to be monitored, equipment to be checked for energy usage, and areas where energy management is required A workbench module for setting up an energy management system by setting work information including at least one of environmental factors to be monitored; And an energy management module for analyzing the energy use efficiency of the facility or the target facilities by using measurement data obtained from sensors arranged in the field when the energy management system is set up by the workbench module. .

Energy management system construction method according to another aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, at least one of the workbench module for BEMS, the workbench module for FEMS, the workbench module for FMS, and the workbench module for SI Providing a workbench module selection screen for selecting a bench module; And setting up the energy management system by executing a workbench module selected on the workbench module selection screen.

Energy management system according to another aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, the workbench module for setting up the element information for energy management by the four areas divided by the business and the system; And an energy management module that collects measurement data and analyzes energy use efficiency of facilities or target equipments that are subject to energy management, wherein the four areas include a basic data area and a work information area. It is characterized by.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an energy management system based on a platform by standardizing and quantifying the tasks that the energy management system needs to be built, so that it is possible to flexibly reflect the work characteristics of customers who want to build an energy management system. There is.

In addition, according to the present invention, since the energy management system is provided based on the platform, it is possible to shorten the time required for the initial construction of the system and the modification of the system.

In addition, according to the present invention can provide a variety of UI reflecting the needs of various customers can provide an energy management system optimized for each customer.

In addition, according to the present invention, since the energy management system is provided on a platform basis, the customer can directly set the environment of the energy management system according to the customer's environment, thereby maximizing the energy management level of the facility as well as the facility management level. There is.

1 is a view schematically showing the configuration of an energy management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a workbench module selection screen;
3 is a conceptual diagram illustrating the division of data regions defined by the workbench module.
4 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of the workbench module shown in FIG.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen provided by a basic data setting unit illustrated in FIG. 4.
6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen provided through the work information setting unit illustrated in FIG. 4.
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen provided through the UI setting unit illustrated in FIG. 4.
8 is a diagram illustrating another example of a screen provided through the UI setting unit illustrated in FIG. 4.
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen provided through a personalization unit illustrated in FIG. 4.
FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen provided through a modeling module illustrated in FIG. 4.
11 is a schematic illustration of the architecture of an energy management system according to one embodiment of the invention.
12 is a flowchart showing an energy management method by an energy management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The meaning of the terms described herein will be understood as follows.

Singular expressions should be understood to include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, and the terms “first”, “second”, etc. are used to distinguish one component from another. The scope of the rights shall not be limited by these terms.

It is to be understood that the term "comprises" or "having" does not preclude the existence or addition of one or more other features or numbers, steps, operations, components, parts or combinations thereof.

The term "at least one" should be understood to include all combinations which can be presented from one or more related items. For example, the meaning of "at least one of the first item, the second item, and the third item" means not only the first item, the second item, or the third item, but also two of the first item, the second item, and the third item, respectively. A combination of all items that can be presented from more than one.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Energy management systems

First, an energy management system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 11.

1 is a view schematically showing the configuration of an energy management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the energy management system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention allows an operator or a user of a facility to be energy managed to efficiently manage energy use of the facility.

Here, the term "platform" means a tangible or intangible structure designed for common use for various purposes, and means a basis for developing and manufacturing complementary derivative products or services based on common utilization factors. .

In particular, the energy management system 100 according to the present invention is provided in the form of a platform to the customer, not a system of the application form that is provided in advance for each customer, and then customized by the system setup procedure of the customer. It is a system of forms that are completed in form.

That is, the conventional general energy management system was provided after the customer's needs are completed separately for each customer, but the energy management system 100 according to the present invention is delivered to the customer until the customer completes the setup procedure, energy management The system is not defined, and once the customer completes the setup procedure, the energy management system is defined.

Accordingly, the energy management system 100 according to the present invention is provided to a customer and connected to a system operator terminal (not shown) or a business operator terminal (not shown) through an internet network or an intranet network, and inputted from a system operator or a business operator. The information is then set up and built into an energy management system optimized for the customer. After the system construction is completed in an optimized form for the customer, the energy management system 100 according to the present invention monitors and analyzes the energy efficiency of the facilities to be managed by energy and provides the result to the system user.

Here, the facility that is subject to energy management may be a building or a factory such as a hotel, a commercial building, or a campus.

Hereinafter, the configuration of the energy management system 100 according to the present invention will be described in more detail.

As shown in FIG. 1, the energy management system 100 according to the present invention includes a workbench module selection module 110, a workbench module 120, a modeling module 125, an energy management module 130, and a monitoring module. 140, an optimization module 150, a reporting module 160, and a data acquisition module 170.

First, when the workbench module selection module 110 receives a system installation request from the system operator or the business operator, the workbench module selection module provides the workbench module selection screen to the system operator or the business operator to allow the system operator or the business operator to select the workbench module selection screen. Allows you to select the appropriate workbench module for your installation.

According to this selection, the workbench module selection module 110 loads the workbench module selected by the system operator or the business operator on the workbench module selection screen among a plurality of workbench modules included in the platform.

In this case, the system operator or the business operator may select only one workbench module among the plurality of workbench modules, but may select a plurality of workbench modules. In the following description, it is assumed that a system operator or a business operator selects one workbench module among a plurality of workbench modules for convenience of description.

In one embodiment, when the workbench module selection module 110 receives a system installation request from the system operator or the business operator, the workbench module selection module 110 displays the workbench module selection screen 200 as shown in FIG. Can be provided by a business operator. In this case, the workbench module selection screen 200 includes a first selection unit 210 for selecting a workbench module for a building energy management system (BEMS) manufactured by grouping elements necessary for energy management of a building. ), A second selector 220 for selecting a workbench module for a Factory Energy Management System (FEMS), which is a grouping of elements necessary for energy management of a factory, and elements necessary for facility management. A third selection unit 230 for selecting a workbench module for a facility management system (FMS) produced by grouping, and a system integration (SI) produced by grouping elements necessary for system integration management. ) May include a fourth selector 240 for selecting a workbench module.

Next, the workbench module 120 is loaded by the workbench module selection module 110, and means a tool for allowing a system operator or a business operator to set up an energy management system according to the present invention.

In one embodiment, the workbench module 120 is a workbench module for BEMS produced by grouping the elements necessary for energy management of the building, as described above, manufactured by grouping the elements required for energy management of the factory Workbench module for FEMS, workbench module for FMS produced by grouping elements required for facility management, and workbench module for SI produced by grouping elements necessary for system integration management.

Hereinafter, for convenience of description, it will be described on the assumption that the workbench module for BEMS is loaded by the workbench module selection module 110.

Workbench module 120 according to the present invention, to flexibly accommodate the needs and work changes of various users using the energy management system, the association of the various information used in the energy management system with energy-related tasks and energy management system It is configured to include four modules for setting or registering the information included in the four areas, divided into four areas according to the degree.

In this case, as shown in FIG. 3, the four areas include a basic data area composed of information having high association with the energy management system and low association with energy-related tasks, and a high association with the energy-related tasks. The association with the service consists of a low work information area, a UI area that is highly associated with energy-related tasks, and an energy management system, and a personalization area that has low association with energy-related tasks and an energy management system.

According to this embodiment, the workbench module 120 according to the present invention, as shown in Figure 4, the basic data setting unit 410 for setting the basic data, the work information setting unit 420 for setting the work information ), A UI setting unit 430 for setting a UI, and a personalization unit 440 for setting data included in the personalization area.

First, the basic data setting unit 410 sets basic data such as terms, items, codes, tag basic information, etc. for the construction and operation of the energy management system using various data input by the system operator or the field operator. . In one embodiment, all basic data to be set may be set as metadata. Accordingly, when a new item is to be added, an item to be added may be added as a new item in the basic data, and thus the basic data may be easily added.

In one embodiment, such basic data may be divided into common data elements and facility data elements used in the energy management system. Accordingly, the basic data setting unit 410 may register common data elements used in the energy management system or register facility data elements to be used in the system. Here, the common data elements are standard terms, standard codes, standard attributes, general criteria, unit conversions, and pattern codes used in the energy management system. It may include at least one of.

In addition, the facility data element is a common facility that can be included in a facility (meaning general information about the facility), the performance code of each facility, the performance constant of each facility, and the performance index of each facility. At least one of an indicator, a facility-specific constant, a facility point unit, and a raw data refinement rule may be included.

According to this embodiment, the basic data setting unit 410 registers the standard term to be used in the energy management system according to the information input from the system operator, and then the performance code, performance constant, and performance indicator for each facility Then, the system code, system standard, and standard items are registered, and facility point units, common facility information, facility analysis pattern codes, conversion values between units, and raw data refinement rules are registered.

In the above-described embodiment, although the basic data setting unit 410 sets all the data necessary for the construction of the system according to the information input from the system operator, the basic data setting unit 410 in the modified embodiment is described. When the system operator selects to use the various data included as defaults, the various types of data included as defaults are registered as they are.

An example of a screen provided by the basic data setting unit 410 to the system operator for setting basic data is illustrated in FIG. 5. As shown in FIG. 5, the basic data setting unit 410 includes standard term management, standard item management, code management, general standard management, common facility management, facility performance index registration, facility performance index management, facility performance constant management, By providing the system operator with a screen including the constant water management, measuring point unit management, pattern code management, unit conversion value management, and RAW purification management menu for each facility, the screen provided according to the menu selected by the system operator is displayed. It registers various information input through it. In the above-described embodiment, the screen illustrated in FIG. 5 is provided to the system operator for convenience of description, but the screen provided to the system operator may be variously reconfigured according to the environment.

Referring back to FIG. 4, the business information setting unit 420 registers various types of information related to an energy business to which the energy management system according to the present invention is applied.

In one embodiment, the business information setting unit 420 registers the type of energy to be monitored in the facility, the target equipment to check the energy usage, the target area requiring energy management, and the environmental elements to be monitored. Here, the target facility refers to facilities actually installed in the corresponding facilities among the common facilities registered by the basic data setting unit 410, and the business information setting unit 420 registers specific specification information of the target facilities. .

In more detail, the business information setting unit 420 registers an energy management target (building, hospital, or factory) according to information input from a system operator or a business operator, and is included in the corresponding energy management target. Register the facilities to be managed among the facilities. Subsequently, the facility points that are to be managed are registered among the facility points modeled through the modeling module 430 which will be described later, and additionally register virtual points that are points that are not actually measured. Thereafter, the business information setting unit 420 registers an energy type to be managed, and maps the registered energy type to previously registered facility points. Thereafter, the business information setting unit 420 registers indoor and outdoor environment information and maps the registered indoor and outdoor environment information to pre-registered facility points. In addition, the business information setting unit 420 may register a scenario to be used in an emergency according to information input from a system operator or a business operator, or additionally register an alarm type to be generated according to an energy state rule.

An example of a screen provided by the work information setting unit 420 to a system operator or an on-site operator for setting work information is illustrated in FIG. 6. As shown in FIG. 6, the business information setting unit 420 includes menus such as building management, facility management, facility point inquiry, virtual point management, energy system / point mapping, indoor / outdoor environmental information management, indoor / outdoor environmental information / point mapping, and the like. By providing a screen including a to the system operator to register a variety of information input through the screen provided according to the menu selected by the system operator.

Next, the UI setting unit 430 registers a UI such as a menu or a screen used in the energy management system according to the information input from the system operator or the field operator. In one embodiment, the UI setting unit 430 sets the authority of the organization, the user, and each user in the energy management system, register a menu screen used in the energy management system, or the customer through the energy management system You can register the contents of the page to be viewed, register the components of the report provided to the customer, or register the bulletin board.

An example of a screen provided by the UI setting unit 430 to a system user for UI registration is illustrated in FIG. 7. As illustrated in FIG. 7, the UI setting unit 430 may provide a system user with a screen including a menu such as menu management, screen management, variable screen configuration, user management, authority management, and bulletin board management. Various information input through a screen provided according to a menu selected by a business operator is registered.

In particular, when the system user selects a menu called variable screen configuration from the menu of the screen shown in FIG. 7, the UI setting unit 430 provides the screen as shown in FIG. The screen may be configured such that the analysis result and the like are output in a screen of a desired form by a system operator or a business operator.

Referring back to FIG. 4, the personalization unit 440 redefines or changes various information used in the energy management system according to the preference of the system operator or the business operator. In an embodiment, the personalization unit 440 may use UI skins, portlets, and the like to configure the energy management system according to information input from the system operator or the field operator according to the preference of the system operator or the field operator. You can change the language, time zone, etc.

In more detail, the personalization unit 440 may control the energy management system according to a UI skin, a layout, a portlet, a portlet order, a language, a type of time zone, and a data display type selected by a system operator or a business operator. Will be constructed.

9 shows an example of a screen provided by the personalization unit 440 to redefine the energy management system according to personal preferences to a system operator or a business operator. As illustrated in FIG. 9, the personalization unit 440 may provide a screen including a menu such as UI skin management or portlet configuration management to a system operator or a business operator, according to a menu selected by the system operator or a business operator. The UI skin or portlet of the energy management system is reconfigured according to various information input through the screen.

On the other hand, in the process of using the energy management system after the construction of the energy management system according to the present invention, the system user also re-finances the UI skin or portlet of the energy management system according to his / her preference through the personalization unit 440 described above. It can also be used by.

Referring back to FIG. 1, the modeling module 125 graphically displays the connection relationship between each facility and each facility to a system operator or a business operator for registering facility points of each facility when registering the job information by the job information setting unit 420. It provides a tool that can be expressed as a model, and model the facility points of each facility by using the information created by the system operator or field operator using the tool.

That is, the modeling module 125 registers the information of all the facilities created using the corresponding tool, defines the input-output energy used by each facility, and registers the relationship between the facilities before and after each facility and each facility. Model their installation points. In more detail, the modeling module 125 supports a P & ID-based design schematic symbol, and allows an operator to freely arrange equipment used in a general manufacturing industry such as a pump, a valve, a tank, a dust collector, a crane, and the like. Make sure In particular, the modeling module 125 according to the present invention can express the linking order of the equipment according to the process flow so that the modeling results can be used in the future energy flow analysis. In addition, the instrument information included in the facility can be set together to make it easier to know where the measurement data is collected, and to define the type and structure of data transmitted by the measurement sensors. When modeling by the modeling module 125 is completed, it is possible to immediately receive data by exporting the corresponding information to the data acquisition module 170.

In one embodiment, the modeling module 125 is activated when the Physical Modeler menu is selected on the screen shown in FIG. 6 as described above, thereby providing the screen as shown in FIG. 10 to a system operator or a business operator. Allows for graphical entry of individual installations.

As described above, in the case of the present invention, various information for the construction of the energy management system is set through the workbench module 120, and the corresponding customer is matched by matching the various information to the facilities modeled by the modeling module 125. The energy management system provided to the project will be established.

Referring back to FIG. 1, when all the information for the system construction is set by the workbench module 120, the energy management module 130 sets the facility and the facility based on the measurement data acquired by the data acquisition module 170. Analyze the energy use of the target facilities. Specifically, the energy management module 130 performs energy trend analysis of the corresponding facilities, performance analysis of the target facilities, energy comparison analysis of the target facilities, and energy statistical analysis. The energy management module 130 provides the analysis results to the optimization module 150 and the reporting module 160.

The monitoring module 140 monitors the energy use in the facility when all the information for building the system is described by the workbench module 120. In one embodiment, the monitoring module 140 may monitor the total energy usage, energy usage by usage, energy usage by each layer or zone, energy usage by system, etc. in the facility.

In one embodiment, the monitoring module 140 may monitor the energy usage in the facility using the measurement data collected by the data acquisition module 170.

In addition, the monitoring module 140 monitors the status of each facility and the indoor and outdoor environment of the facility. The monitoring module 140 provides the monitoring results to the energy management module 130, the optimization module 140, and the reporting module 160.

The optimization module 150 uses the results provided from the energy management module 130 and the monitoring module 140 to predict energy usage in the facility, and generates solutions for optimal energy use according to the predicted results. The generated result is provided to the reporting module 160.

The reporting module 160 processes the results generated by the energy management module 130, the monitoring module 140, and the optimization module 150 using various charts or graphs and provides them to the system user. The report provided by the reporting module 160 analyzes the energy usage report including the contents related to the energy use in the facility, the facility performance report including the contents related to the performance of each facility, and the energy usage pattern of the corresponding facility. Include a pattern analysis report.

Next, the data acquisition module 170 collects measurement data from the sensors installed to match each of the facilities included in the facility, and converts the collected data into a form that can be used in the energy management system to save energy. It is provided to the management module 130 and the optimization module 160 or to the monitoring module 140.

In an embodiment, the data acquisition module 170 may refine the measurement data collected from the sensors according to a predetermined refinement rule to select valid data, and use only the selected data in the energy management system. Can be converted to a form.

11 is a diagram schematically illustrating the architecture of the energy management system 100 having the configuration as described above. As shown in FIG. 11, the energy management system 100 according to the present invention may be largely composed of three layers. First, the first layer 1010 is a common technical platform layer in which components commonly used in a facility such as a building or a factory are arranged. The first layer 1010 may include an optimization engine (not shown) for optimization, an analysis / prediction engine (not shown) for energy use analysis and prediction, a data acquisition module 170 for collecting data, and the like.

Next, the second layer 1020 is a business platform layer in which components commonly used in a building or a factory are disposed in relation to energy related tasks. The second layer 1020 includes the workbench module selection module 110, the workbench module 120, the energy management module 130, the monitoring module 140, the optimization module 150, and the reporting module 160 described above. ) May be included.

Next, the third layer 1030 is an application layer in which components uniquely applied in each area of a building and a factory are disposed. That is, the third layer 1030 may include an application for implementing a BEMS, an application for implementing an FEMS, an application for implementing an FMS, and an application for implementing an SI.

How to build an energy management system

Hereinafter, an energy management method according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 12.

12 is a flowchart illustrating an energy management method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The energy management method shown in FIG. 12 is performed by an energy management system as shown in FIG.

First, as shown in FIG. 12, when an installation installation request for a system is received from a system operator or a business operator (S1100), the energy management system provides a workbench module selection screen (S1110). Here, the workbench module may be a tool for allowing a system operator and a business operator to set up an energy management system according to the present invention.

In an embodiment, the workbench module selection screen includes an icon for selecting a workbench module for a building energy management system (BEMS) manufactured by grouping elements necessary for energy management of a building, and energy of a factory. Selecting a workbench module for the Factory Energy Management System (FEMS) created by grouping the necessary elements for management.Facility Management System: Grouping the necessary elements for facility management. Icon for selecting a workbench module for a FMS), and an icon for selecting a workbench module for a system integration (SI) produced by grouping elements necessary for system integration management.

Thereafter, when any one of the plurality of workbench modules is selected by the system operator or the business operator (S1115), the energy management system displays a system setting screen according to the workbench module selected by the system operator or the business operator. Provide to the operator (S1120). In one embodiment, a system operator or a business operator may select only one workbench module from among a plurality of workbench modules, but may select a plurality of workbench modules. In the following description, it is assumed that a system operator selects one workbench module among a plurality of workbench modules for convenience of description.

In one embodiment, the system setting screen is an icon for setting basic data consisting of information that is highly related to the energy management system and lowly related to the energy-related task, an energy management system that is highly related to the energy-related task. Icon for setting low work information, icon for setting UI that is highly related to energy-related work, and energy management system, and personalization information for low association with energy-related work and energy management system. Contains an icon for setting.

First, when a system operator or a business operator selects an icon for setting basic data (S1130), the energy management system includes basic data such as terms, items, codes, and tag basic information for the construction and operation of the energy management system. Provide a menu screen for setting the system to the system operator or field operator (S1132), and sets the basic data of the energy management system using various data input by the system operator or field operator through the menu screen (S1134). .

In one embodiment, such basic data may be divided into common data elements and facility data elements used in the energy management system. Here, the common data elements are standard terms, standard codes, standard attributes, general criteria, unit conversions, and pattern codes used in the energy management system. It may include at least one of.

In addition, the facility data elements include common facilities that can be included in a facility, performance codes for each facility, efficiency constants for each facility, performance indicators for each facility, constants for each facility, and facility points. It may include at least one of a unit (Point Unit), and a Raw Data Refinement Rule.

Meanwhile, when a system operator or a business operator selects an icon for setting work information in S1120 (S1140), the energy management system menu screen for registering various information on energy-related business to which the energy management system is to be applied. To the system operator or field operator (S1142), and registers information on energy-related tasks of the energy management system by using various data input by the system operator or field operator through the corresponding menu screen (S1144).

In one embodiment, the information on the energy-related tasks are energy management targets (buildings, hospitals, factories, etc.), equipment information contained in the energy management targets, equipment point information, virtual point information, energy type, registered Mapping information between energy type and pre-registered facility points, indoor / outdoor environment information, indoor / outdoor environment information and mapping information between pre-registered facility points, scenario information to be used in an emergency, alarm information to be generated according to energy status rules, etc. do.

In this case, the facility point of each facility can be modeled using a tool that can graphically express the connection relationship between each facility and each facility.

Meanwhile, when the system operator or the business operator selects an icon for UI setting in S1120 (S1150), the energy management system provides a menu screen for setting the UI to be used in the energy management system to the system operator or the business operator (S1150). S1152), the UI selected by the system operator or the business operator through the corresponding menu screen is registered as the UI to be used in the energy management system (S1154).

In one embodiment, the UI registration when setting the organization, the user, and the authority of each user in the energy management system, register the menu screen used in the energy management system, or of the page that the customer browses through the energy management system You can register the content structure, register the components of the report provided to the customer, or register the bulletin board.

In the initial construction of the energy management system, such UI registration is performed by the system operator or the field operator, but after the system construction, the UI registration may be performed by the system user.

Meanwhile, when the system operator or the business operator selects an icon for personalization setting in S1120 (S1160), the energy management system redefines various information used in the energy management system according to the personal preference of the user who uses the energy management system or Provide a menu screen for changing (S1162), and change the UI skin, portlet, language, time zone, etc. constituting the energy management system according to the information input through the menu screen. (S1164).

Subsequently, it is determined whether all the settings are completed (S1170), and when all the settings are completed, it is determined that the construction of the energy management system is completed to perform the energy management task (S1180), and if there is an unset area Returning to S1120, the data of the unset area can be set. In this case, although it may be returned to S1120, it may be possible to set data of another area on the screen of the current state without returning to S1120.

Meanwhile, although FIG. 12 illustrates that the basic data setting, the work information setting, the UI setting, and the personalization setting process are performed in parallel, in the modified embodiment, the basic data setting process is performed first, followed by the work information setting process. After the work information setting process is performed, the UI setting process or the personalization setting process may be performed.

As such, the energy management system according to the present invention is provided in the form of a platform to the customer because it is not an application-type system that is provided in advance for each customer, and is then provided by the customer's system setup procedure. It is built with a customized energy management system.

That is, the conventional general energy management system is provided by completing a separate system for each customer to accommodate the needs of the customer, but the energy management system according to the present invention is delivered to the customer until the customer completes the setup procedure energy management system This is not defined and the energy management system is defined when the customer completes the setup procedure.

On the other hand, in the energy management system according to the present invention performs the energy management task, the energy management system monitors the energy use in the facility to analyze the current state of energy use in the facility, based on the analysis results in the facility By predicting energy use, it is possible to generate solutions for optimal energy use based on the predicted results. In addition, monitoring results, energy usage analysis results, and solutions for optimal energy use may be provided to system users using various charts or graphs.

In the above description, the energy management system has been described as being implemented as a physical system, but this is just one example, and the energy management system is programmed with each function and mounted in a server or a computer, and execution of a program by the server or the computer. It can also be implemented through.

In this case, a program for implementing an energy management system is stored in a computer-readable recording medium such as a hard disk, a CD-ROM, a DVD, a ROM, a RAM, or a flash memory.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention described above may be embodied in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features thereof.

Therefore, it is to be understood that the embodiments described above are exemplary in all respects and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is shown by the following claims rather than the detailed description, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalent concepts should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention. do.

100: energy management system 110: workbench module selection module
120: workbench module 130: energy management module
140: monitoring module 150: optimization module
160: reporting module 170: data acquisition module

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A workbench selection module for loading a workbench module selected by a system operator or a business operator among a plurality of workbench modules;
The work loaded by the workbench selection module to set basic data to be used in the energy management system and work information to which the energy management system is applied according to information input from the system operator or the business operator to set up the energy management system; Bench modules; And
When the energy management system is set up by the workbench module includes an energy management module for analyzing the energy utilization efficiency of the facility or the target equipment using the measurement data obtained from the sensors placed in the field,
The basic data includes at least one of a standard term, a standard code, a standard attribute, a standard criterion, a unit conversion, and a pattern code.
The work information includes at least one of a facility to be managed by energy, a type of energy to be monitored, a facility to check energy usage, a target area where energy management is required, and an environmental element to be monitored. system. The method of claim 1,
The basic data includes general information of the facilities that can be installed in the facility, the performance code of each facility, the efficiency constant of each facility, the performance indicator of each facility, the constant for each facility, the facility And at least one of a point unit and a raw data refinement rule. The method of claim 1,
The business information further includes at least one of facility point of the target facility, virtual point of the target facility, energy system / facility point mapping, indoor / outdoor environment information / facility point mapping. The method of claim 1,
The workbench module,
At least one of a user's authority to use the energy management system, a menu screen used in the energy management system, a page content provided to the user on the energy management system, a report configuration provided to the user, and a bulletin board when setting up the energy management system. Energy management system, characterized in that further setting. The method of claim 1,
The workbench module,
And at least one of a UI skin, a portlet, a language, and a time zone configuring the energy management system when setting up the energy management system. The method of claim 1,
When the system is set up by the workbench module, the system operator or the business operator provides a tool for graphically representing a target facility, a connection relationship between target facilities, and facility points of the target facilities, and uses the tool. Energy management system, characterized in that it further comprises a modeling unit for modeling the target facility by using the input information. delete The method of claim 1,
The workbench module,
A workbench module for the Building Energy Management System (BEMS), in which the elements necessary for energy management of the building are grouped;
A workbench module for a Factory Energy Management System (FEMS) in which elements necessary for energy management of a factory are grouped;
A workbench module for the Facility Management System (FMS), in which elements required for facility management are grouped; And
An energy management system comprising at least one of the workbench modules for system integration (SI) in which elements necessary for system integration management are grouped. In the energy management method performed by the energy management system,
Providing a workbench module selection screen for selecting at least one workbench module among a workbench module for BEMS, a workbench module for FEMS, a workbench module for FMS, and a workbench module for SI; And
Executing the workbench module selected on the workbench module selection screen and setting basic data to be used for the energy management system and work information to which the energy management system is applied according to information input by a system operator or a business operator to manage the energy; Setting up the system,
The basic data includes at least one of standard terms, standard codes, standard items, general criteria, unit conversions, and pattern codes,
The work information includes at least one of facilities to be managed by energy, types of energy to be monitored, equipment to be checked for energy usage, a region to which energy management is required, and environmental elements to be monitored. Way. The method of claim 9,
The step of setting up,
Setting at least one of a user's authority to use the energy management system, a menu screen used in the energy management system, a page content provided to the user on the energy management system, a report configuration provided to the user, and a bulletin board; And
And setting at least one of a UI skin, a portlet, a language used, and a time zone constituting the energy management system. The method of claim 10,
The step of setting up,
Providing a tool for graphically representing a target facility, connection relationships between target facilities, and facility points of the target facilities to the system operator or the business operator; And
And modeling the target facility by using the information input by using the tool. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for performing the energy management method according to any one of claims 9 to 11. A workbench selection module for loading a workbench module selected by a system operator or a business operator among a plurality of workbench modules;
A workbench loaded by the workbench selection module and setting up an energy management system according to information input by the system operator or the business operator with element information for energy management divided into four areas according to a business and a system. module;
A workbench selection module for selecting and loading a workbench module selected by a user among the plurality of workbench modules; And
According to the set-up, the energy management module for collecting the measurement data, and analyzes the energy utilization efficiency of the facilities or target facilities that are subject to the energy management,
The four areas include a basic data area to be used in the energy management system and a work information area to which the energy management system is to be applied.
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