KR20130041618A - System and method for managing energy - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An energy managing system and an energy managing method are provided to prevent a waste of resources by analyzing energy production information and use information to supply energy. CONSTITUTION: An information receiving unit receives energy production information. An analyzing unit analyzes the energy production information. An energy receiving unit receives energy from a first consumer. An energy storage unit(240) stores energy from the first consumer. An energy supply unit(250) supplies the stored energy to a second consumer. [Reference numerals] (210) Information receiving unit; (220) Analysis unit; (230) Energy receiving unit; (240) Energy storage unit; (250) Energy supply unit; (260) Expense information generating unit; (270) Information transmitting unit; (280) Control unit;

Description

Energy management system and energy management method {SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING ENERGY}

The present invention relates to an energy management system, and more particularly, to an energy management system that efficiently manages energy in consideration of information on energy production produced at a consumer and information on energy use used at a consumer.

In general, a power company supplies power to a consumer such as a house or a building, and the supplied consumer pays a cost corresponding to the power consumption to the power company. In other words, in the past, the power supply was unidirectional because consumers could not produce power on their own.

In addition, energy service providers, including utilities, are currently collecting energy information limited to the energy consumption of power consumers by manual inspection by manual readers, and use the collected information only for billing electricity.

However, in recent years, the number of consumers, such as solar houses, which can generate electricity by themselves, is increasing. Since the power supply is made in one direction, there is a problem that some consumers who produce the power by themselves do not use the surplus power efficiently.

Therefore, there is a need for a study on an energy supply system called a smart grid capable of bidirectional information exchange between energy service providers and power consumers.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an energy management system and an energy management method for efficiently managing energy in consideration of information on energy production of consumers and energy usage of consumers that can produce energy on their own.

According to an embodiment of the present invention to achieve the above object, a system for managing the energy of the plurality of consumers connected to a plurality of consumers with a renewable energy generating module, the information on the energy use of the plurality of consumers And an information receiver for receiving information about energy production; An analysis unit for analyzing the information on the energy use of the plurality of consumers and the information on the energy production; An energy receiving unit receiving energy from a first one of the plurality of consumers based on an analysis result of the analysis unit; An energy storage unit for storing energy supplied from the first customer; An energy supply unit supplying the stored energy to a second user of the plurality of customers based on an analysis result of the analysis unit; And a controller configured to control the information receiver, the analyzer, the energy receiver, the energy storage, and the energy supply.

According to an embodiment of the present invention to achieve the above object, a method of managing energy through a system for managing the energy of the plurality of consumers connected to a plurality of consumers provided with a renewable energy generation module, Receiving information about a consumer's energy usage, and information about energy production; Analyzing the information on energy usage and the energy production of the plurality of consumers; Receiving energy from a first customer of the plurality of customers based on an analysis result of the analysis unit; Storing energy supplied from the first recipient; And supplying the stored energy to a second audience among the plurality of consumers based on the analysis result of the analysis unit.

The energy management system and the energy management method according to an embodiment of the present invention have an advantage of efficiently utilizing surplus energy of a customer who can produce energy by itself.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the energy management system may effectively utilize resources to supply energy by analyzing energy production information and usage information of a plurality of consumers.

In addition, according to one embodiment of the present invention, there is an effect that the cost is reduced because the energy management system connected to the plurality of consumers without analyzing the energy analysis module for each customer individually, integrated analysis of energy production and energy use. .

1 is a block diagram illustrating an energy management method through an energy management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram of an energy management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of managing energy through the energy management system of FIG. 2.
4 is a view for explaining a method of analyzing the energy usage and energy production of the consumer.

Hereinafter, an energy management system and an energy management method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

1 is a block diagram illustrating an energy management method through an energy management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown, the energy management system 200 is connected to the plurality of consumers 100 through a network and power lines. That is, the energy management system 200 may exchange energy and information with the plurality of consumers 100.

In the present specification, the customer refers to a consumer who needs a power source or a power supply. For example, houses, buildings, etc. may be examples of customers. In addition, the plurality of consumers 100 may be provided with an electronic device requiring a predetermined power consumption.

At least one of the plurality of consumers 100 may be provided with a renewable energy generation module to produce energy by itself. Renewable energy is pollution-free energy that can replace fossil fuels and nuclear power, and can generally mean a component of alternative energy. Renewable energy may include solar energy, wind energy, and the like. In addition, the renewable energy generation module may include a wind energy generation module, a solar energy generation module and the like.

In addition, the energy management system 200 may supply energy to at least one of the plurality of consumers 100 or receive energy from at least one of the plurality of consumers 100. In the present specification, energy may be converted into electric power form. In addition, the energy herein may include energy and amount of energy per unit time. That is, the unit of energy to be supplied to the consumer may be represented by W or may be represented by Wh.

In addition, the energy management system 200 may receive a predetermined energy from the energy production system 300. That is, the energy management system 200 may receive energy from the consumer 100 and the energy production system 300, store energy, and supply energy to the consumer who needs energy.

2 is a block diagram illustrating an energy management system 200 related to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown, the energy management system 200 is an information receiving unit 210, analysis unit 220, energy receiving unit 230, energy storage unit 240, energy supply unit 250, cost information generation unit 260 ), An information transmitter 270, a controller 280, and the like.

The information receiver 210 may receive various kinds of information. For example, the information receiver 210 may receive information on energy use of the consumer, information on energy production, information on an energy use request, and the like.

The information on energy use may include information on energy use already used for a predetermined period of time, and information on future energy use. In addition, the information about energy use may also include time information about energy use used (or used) at a particular point in time.

In addition, the information on the energy production may include information on the energy production previously produced and information on the expected energy production.

The information receiving unit 210 may receive the information on the energy use and energy production directly from the customer, or may receive from the server (not shown) that manages the information on the energy use or energy production.

The analyzer 220 may analyze the information on energy usage and the information on energy production received by the receiver 210. The analysis unit 220 may analyze the information on the energy use and the information on the energy production, and generate a result of how much surplus energy is generated at which consumer and how much energy is required at which consumer. In addition, the analysis unit 220 may analyze the energy requirement and the energy supply time point in the customer.

Hereinafter, for convenience, a consumer supplying energy to the energy management system 200 is called a first recipient, and a consumer receiving energy from the energy management system 200 is called a second recipient. The first acceptor and the second acceptor may be in plural. In addition, the first customer and the second customer may be fixedly present or may vary fluidly.

The energy receiver 230 may receive surplus energy from the first customer based on the analysis result of the analyzer 220. Surplus energy means the energy produced by the consumer less the energy required by the consumer. That is, it can be defined as "surplus energy = energy produced-energy required". Therefore, when the surplus energy is + (plus) means that energy is left, and when the surplus energy is-(minus), it means that additional energy is needed.

The energy storage unit 240 may store the energy supplied from the first customer. In this case, the energy storage unit 240 may further store the energy supplied from the energy production system 300.

The energy supply unit 250 may supply energy to the second customer based on the analysis result of the analysis unit 220. The energy supply unit 250 may supply as much energy as necessary at the second customer in consideration of the use schedule.

The cost information generator 260 may generate cost information to be deposited to the first customer in consideration of the amount of energy supplied from the first customer. In addition, the cost information generator 260 may generate cost information to be billed to the second customer in consideration of the amount of energy supplied to the second customer.

The information transmitter 270 may transmit various information. For example, the cost information generated by the cost information generator 260 may be transmitted to the first or second payer.

The controller 280 may include an information receiver 210, an analyzer 220, an energy receiver 230, an energy storage unit 240, an energy supply unit 250, a cost information generator 260, and an information transmitter 270. ), You can control the overall function performed in the

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of managing energy of a customer through the energy management system 200 shown in FIG. 2.

The information receiving unit 210 may receive information on energy usage of the consumer and information on energy production of the consumer (S310).

The analysis unit 220 may analyze the information on the energy use and the information on the energy production (S320).

4 is a view for explaining a method of analyzing the energy usage and energy production of the consumer.

As shown in the figure, the customer 1 may have a residual amount of energy because the amount of energy production is greater than the amount of use, and may supply some or all of the remaining amount to the energy management system 200. In addition, since the customer 2 has less energy production than the usage amount, the customer 2 needs to receive energy from the energy management system 200.

In addition, the analyzer 220 may analyze the energy use schedule information based on the information on the energy use.

The energy receiver 230 may receive surplus energy from the first customer based on the information analyzed by the analyzer 220 (S330). The surplus energy supply may be performed at predetermined intervals, or may be made at a time point previously agreed with the energy management system 200 and the first customer.

The supplied surplus energy is stored in the energy storage unit 240 (S340).

In addition, the energy supply unit 250 may supply energy stored in the energy storage unit 240 to the second recipient (S350). In this case, the energy supply unit 250 may supply energy in consideration of the energy use schedule information of the second customer. The energy use schedule information of the second customer may be information extracted based on the analysis result of the analyzer 220. That is, the amount of energy supplied to the second customer and the time point of supplying the energy may be made based on the analysis result of the analyzer 220. For example, if the amount of energy used by the second customer is 5,000 Wh, and the analysis results show that the time required for energy use is extracted to 9 am on January 1, 2011, the energy supply unit 250 may perform in January 2011. Prior to 9 am on the day, 5,000 Wh of energy can be supplied to the second customer.

In addition, the energy usage schedule information of the second customer may be information on an energy use request time received from the second customer. The energy use request may be received by the information receiver 210. The energy use request may be received directly from the second customer, or may be received from a customer terminal (not shown) living in the second recipient.

Meanwhile, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the cost information generator 260 may generate information on the settlement cost in consideration of the amount of energy supplied from the first customer and the amount of energy supplied to the second customer. . The cost information generator 260 generates cost information to be deposited to the first customer in consideration of the amount of energy supplied from the first customer, and costs information to be charged to the second customer in consideration of the amount of energy supplied to the second customer. Can be generated. Based on the generated cost information, the energy management system 200 may process a cost for supplying or using energy with the first customer and the second customer (S360).

The energy management method of the customer through the energy management system 200 described above has an advantage that the surplus energy of the customer that can produce energy on its own can be efficiently utilized.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the energy management system may effectively utilize resources to supply energy by analyzing energy production information and usage information of a plurality of consumers.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, cost is reduced because the energy management system 200 connected to the plurality of consumers is integrated without analyzing the energy analysis module for each customer. It works.

The above-described energy management method can be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed by various computer means and recorded in a computer-readable recording medium. In this case, the computer-readable recording medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. On the other hand, the program instructions recorded on the recording medium may be those specially designed and configured for the present invention or may be available to those skilled in the art of computer software.

The computer-readable recording medium includes a magnetic recording medium such as a magnetic medium such as a hard disk, a floppy disk and a magnetic tape, an optical medium such as a CD-ROM and a DVD, a magnetic disk such as a floppy disk, A magneto-optical media, and a hardware device specifically configured to store and execute program instructions such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like.

The recording medium may be a transmission medium such as an optical or metal wire, a waveguide, or the like including a carrier wave for transmitting a signal specifying a program command, a data structure, or the like.

In addition, program instructions include not only machine code generated by a compiler, but also high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware devices described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.

The energy management system and the energy management method described above are not limited to the configuration and method of the embodiments described above, but the embodiments may be all or part of each of the embodiments so that various modifications may be made. It may be configured in combination.

100: customer
200: energy management system
210: information receiving unit
220: energy receiving unit
240: energy storage
250: energy supply
260: cost information generation unit
270: information transmission unit
280: control unit
300: energy production system

Claims (12)

A system for managing energy of a plurality of consumers connected to a plurality of consumers having a renewable energy generation module,
An information receiver configured to receive information on energy use of the plurality of consumers and information on energy production;
An analysis unit for analyzing the information on the energy usage and the energy production of the plurality of consumers;
An energy receiving unit receiving energy from a first one of the plurality of consumers based on an analysis result of the analysis unit;
An energy storage unit for storing energy supplied from the first customer;
An energy supply unit supplying the stored energy to a second user of the plurality of customers based on an analysis result of the analysis unit; And
And an information control unit, the analysis unit, the energy receiving unit, the energy storage unit, and a control unit for controlling the energy supply unit. The method of claim 1,
The control unit is characterized in that for supplying the energy in consideration of the energy usage schedule information of the second customer. 3. The method of claim 2,
The energy use schedule information of the second customer includes at least one of information extracted based on an analysis result of the analysis unit and information on an energy use request time received from the second customer. . The method of claim 1,
The energy management system further comprises a cost information generation unit for generating information on the settlement cost in consideration of the amount of energy supplied from the first customer and the amount of energy supplied to the second customer. The method of claim 1,
The regenerative energy generating module includes at least one of a solar energy generating module and a wind energy generating module. The method of claim 1,
And the information on energy use of the plurality of consumers includes at least one of information on energy use previously used for a predetermined period of time, and information on expected energy use. A method of managing energy through a system for managing energy of a plurality of consumers connected to a plurality of consumers equipped with a renewable energy generation module,
Receiving information on energy usage of the plurality of consumers, and information on energy production;
Analyzing the information on energy usage and the energy production of the plurality of consumers;
Receiving energy from a first customer of the plurality of customers based on an analysis result of the analysis unit;
Storing energy supplied from the first recipient; And
And supplying the stored energy to a second of the plurality of consumers based on the analysis result of the analysis unit. The method of claim 7, wherein
And supplying the stored energy to the second customer is performed in consideration of energy use schedule information of the second customer. The method of claim 8,
The energy usage schedule information of the second customer includes at least one of information extracted based on an analysis result of the analysis unit and information on an energy use request time received from the second customer. . The method of claim 7, wherein
The energy management method further comprises generating information on a settlement cost in consideration of the amount of energy supplied from the first customer and the amount of energy supplied to the second customer. The method of claim 7, wherein
The regenerative energy generating module comprises at least one of a solar energy generating module and a wind energy generating module. The method of claim 7, wherein
The energy management information of the plurality of consumers comprises at least one of the information on the energy use previously used for a predetermined period, and the information on the future energy use.

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