KR20150118272A - Remote maintenance server, total maintenance system including the remote maintenance server and method thereof - Google Patents
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The present invention relates to a TMS (Total Maintenance System) and a remote management method for remotely managing a plurality of control areas (or control sites) provided with facilities consuming energy.
Recently, there is a need for a remote management system (TMS: Total Maintenance System) that remotely manages a plurality of control areas (control sites, management points) equipped with energy consuming facilities.
Here, the plurality of control areas may be buildings or buildings arranged at various positions.
In the case of existing buildings or buildings, automatic control systems that automatically control sub-systems (equipment or equipment) such as power, lighting, air conditioning, disaster prevention, and crime prevention installed in buildings have been expanded as facilities installed there have been modernized.
At the same time, a centralized control system such as a building management system (BMS) capable of integrally managing the subsystems as a whole is being actively developed.
However, such a building management system is concentrated in controlling functions of facilities installed in one building.
Therefore, a management system for managing the amount of energy (or electric power) to maintain, repair, and consume facilities installed in each building is required. In particular, a remote integrated management system for managing a plurality of control sites remotely and integrally I needed it.
In the conventional remote integrated management system, when a controller (or a local controller) of each control site is recognized as a different control site by a remote management server and an administrator controls facilities (e.g., a multi-air conditioner) There is a problem in that it is necessary to control the facilities sequentially by connecting them to the respective control sites.
In this specification, the present invention classifies a plurality of control areas provided with equipments into a plurality of control groups based on a classification criterion, generates a group control command in units of the classified control groups, To a corresponding control group among the plurality of control areas, and to control or manage the plurality of control areas on a group-by-group basis.
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a remote management server comprising: a communication unit for performing communication with a plurality of control areas in which facilities for consuming energy are installed; And classifying the plurality of control regions into a plurality of control groups on the basis of a classification criterion and generating a control command for managing energy consumed by at least one specific control region included in a specific control group among the plurality of control groups And a control unit for controlling the communication unit to transmit the generated control command to the at least one specific control area, wherein the at least one specific control area includes at least one specific control area To control the facility associated with the control command.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, each of the plurality of control areas may be an area corresponding to at least one of a building, a building, a store, a mall, and a school maintained, managed, and managed by the remote management server.
As an example related to the present specification, the classification criterion may include at least one of the size of the control region, the amount of power consumed by the control region, the type of the control region, the weather information corresponding to the control region, Lt; / RTI >
As an example related to the present specification, the weather information corresponding to the control region may be at least one of an average outdoor air temperature, a maximum outdoor air temperature, a minimum outdoor air temperature, a precipitation amount, a snowfall amount, and a cloudiness corresponding to the control region.
As an example related to the present specification, the type of the control area may be classified into at least one of a building, a building, a store, a shopping center, and a school.
As an example related to the present specification, the remote management server may further include an input unit for receiving a user input, and the control unit may receive the classification standard based on the user input.
As an example related to the present specification, the communication unit receives a DR (Demand Response) control request for the plurality of control areas from a power amount management system, and when the DR control request is received, Lt; / RTI >
As an example related to the present specification, the control unit may be to select the specific control group among the plurality of control groups based on the power consumption amount.
In one embodiment of the present invention, when the DR control request is received, the control unit may select a control group representing the largest amount of power consumption among the plurality of control groups as the specific control group.
As an example related to the present specification, the power management system may collect power consumption information from each of the plurality of control areas, and generate the DR control request based on the collected power consumption information.
As an example related to the present specification, the control unit may be to perform reclassification for the plurality of control areas on a user request or periodically.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the control unit may determine whether the classification states of the plurality of control regions have been changed, and perform the reclassification of the plurality of control regions when the classification state has changed.
As an example related to the present specification, the classification state may include at least one of the size of the control region, the amount of power consumed by the control region, the type of the control region, the weather information corresponding to the control region, Lt; / RTI >
As an example related to the present specification, the communication unit may acquire power consumption information from each of the plurality of control areas, and the control unit may determine whether reduction in power consumption is necessary based on the collected power consumption information, And to generate the control command when a reduction in power consumption is required.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the at least one facility is an air conditioner having a plurality of indoor units for performing air conditioning and at least one outdoor unit connected to the indoor units to drive the indoor units, The command may be an instruction to control an operation rate for the plurality of indoor units, a set temperature, and an operation frequency for the compressor included in the air conditioner.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the operation rate may be a ratio between the number of the plurality of indoor units and an indoor unit operated among the plurality of indoor units.
As an example related to the present specification, the communication unit is provided in each of the plurality of control areas, and performs communication with a local controller that controls the at least one facility, and the control unit controls the at least one To manage the facilities of the facility.
As an example related to the present specification, the communication unit may perform communication in the first communication method with the local controller, and the local controller may perform communication in the second communication method with the at least one facility.
As an example related to the present specification, the first communication method may be a mobile communication network, a TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol), a LAN, a wireless LAN, a Wi- Wireless Broadband (Wibro), and World Interoperability for Microwave Access (Wimax), and the second communication method may be RS 485.
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a remote management server comprising: a communication unit for performing communication with a plurality of control areas in which facilities for consuming energy are installed; And classifying the plurality of control areas into a plurality of control groups based on the classification criterion, generating a group control command for each of the classified control groups, and transmitting the generated group control command to a corresponding control group among the plurality of control groups Wherein the control area included in the corresponding control group includes at least one group control command related equipment among the facilities installed in the control area included in the control group based on the group control command, Lt; / RTI >
A remote management method according to the present invention for achieving the above objects is a remote management method by a remote management server that remotely maintains, maintains, and manages a plurality of control areas in which facilities consuming energy are installed, Classifying the plurality of control areas into a plurality of control groups; Generating a control command for managing energy consumed by at least one specific control region included in a specific control group among the plurality of control groups; And transferring the generated control command to the at least one specific control area, wherein the at least one specific control area includes at least one of a control of the equipment installed in the at least one specific control area based on the control command, It may be to control equipment associated with the command.
As an example related to this specification, the step of generating the control command includes: receiving a DR (Demand Response) control request for the plurality of control areas from a power management system; And generating the control command when the DR control request is received.
According to a remote management server, a remote management system including the remote management server, and a remote management method according to an embodiment disclosed herein, a plurality of control areas to be managed are classified into a plurality of control groups based on classification criteria, The group control commands are generated in units of the classified control groups and transmitted to the corresponding control groups, so that they can be optimized for each control group and can be leveled or batch controlled.
In addition, according to the remote management server, the remote management system including the remote management server, and the remote management method according to the embodiment disclosed herein, it is possible to efficiently and rapidly control the power consumption amount by batch control in units of groups .
1 is a conceptual diagram of a remote integrated management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a remote management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a specific connection relationship between a local controller and equipment or equipment in a remote integrated management system according to an embodiment disclosed herein.
FIG. 4 is an exemplary view illustrating a connection structure between a remote management server and a plurality of local controllers in a remote integrated management system according to an embodiment disclosed herein.
5 is a configuration diagram illustrating a configuration of a remote management server according to an embodiment disclosed herein.
6 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a remote management function by a remote management system according to an embodiment disclosed herein.
7 is a flow diagram illustrating a remote management method in accordance with one embodiment disclosed herein.
8 is an exemplary diagram illustrating an external terminal connected to a remote management server according to an embodiment disclosed herein.
FIG. 9 shows a configuration in which the
The technique disclosed in this specification is applied to a remote integrated management system (a total maintenance system (TMS)) for remotely managing a plurality of control areas (control sites, management points) in which facilities consuming energy are installed, and a remote management method .
In addition, the technology disclosed in this specification can be applied to a portable device or a terminal that is connected to the remote integrated management system or the remote management server by wire or wireless, and can manage management points remotely.
The portable terminal or terminal refers to a terminal in a broad sense and may be a digital television (TV), a smart TV, a smart phone, a portable terminal, a mobile terminal, a personal computer Digital assistants (PDAs), portable multimedia player (PMP) terminals, notebook computers, wibro terminals, IPTV terminals, digital broadcasting terminals, telematics terminals, navigation terminals, AVN Video navigation) terminal, a television, a 3D television, an audio / video (A / V) system, a home theater system, an information providing center, a call center, Lt; / RTI >
The control area, control site, or management point means a management point to be maintained, managed and managed by a management object or a remote management server which must be collectively managed from a central (or main office) And schools and the like.
For example, the store may be a store, a bakery, a convenience store, or the like.
Therefore, the technology disclosed in this specification can be applied to a remote management server, a chain store management system, and a store management method for maintenance, maintenance, and energy management of facilities installed in a store.
The store is a concept including a chain store corresponding to a store organization that centrally controls a plurality of shops handling a plurality of merchandise.
Therefore, the techniques disclosed in this specification can be applied to a remote management server, a chain store management system, and a chain store management method for maintenance, maintenance and energy management for chain stores.
The remote management server or the remote management system according to an embodiment disclosed herein can mainly perform maintenance and repair functions related to equipment or equipment installed in the control area.
Therefore, the remote management server or the remote management system may monitor the facility status of the facilities to perform maintenance and repair functions for the facilities installed in the control area, And the maintenance of the failed equipment can be performed.
In addition, the remote management server or the remote management system may perform a report writing function for the facilities, an alarm function for a failed facility, and a long term data related to the status of the facilities.
The remote management server or the remote management system may also manage the energy or the amount of power consumed by the facilities.
Therefore, the remote management server or the remote management system manages the energy associated with the facilities installed in each of the plurality of management points and plays a role of an energy management system used for enhancing energy performance while maintaining a pleasant indoor environment within a plurality of management points Can also be performed.
It is noted that the technical terms used herein are used only to describe specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the scope of the technology disclosed herein. Also, the technical terms used herein should be interpreted as being generally understood by those skilled in the art to which the presently disclosed subject matter belongs, unless the context clearly dictates otherwise in this specification, Should not be construed in a broader sense, or interpreted in an oversimplified sense. In addition, when a technical term used in this specification is an erroneous technical term that does not accurately express the concept of the technology disclosed in this specification, it should be understood that technical terms which can be understood by a person skilled in the art are replaced. Also, the general terms used in the present specification should be interpreted in accordance with the predefined or prior context, and should not be construed as being excessively reduced in meaning.
Also, the singular forms "as used herein include plural referents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In this specification, the terms "comprising ", or" comprising ", etc. should not be construed as necessarily including the various elements or steps described in the specification, Or may be further comprised of additional components or steps.
Furthermore, terms including ordinals such as first, second, etc. used in this specification can be used to describe various elements, but the elements should not be limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another. For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, the first component may be referred to as a second component, and similarly, the second component may also be referred to as a first component.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals denote like or similar elements, and redundant description thereof will be omitted.
Further, in the description of the technology disclosed in this specification, a detailed description of related arts will be omitted if it is determined that the gist of the technology disclosed in this specification may be obscured. It is to be noted that the attached drawings are only for the purpose of easily understanding the concept of the technology disclosed in the present specification, and should not be construed as limiting the spirit of the technology by the attached drawings.
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Hereinafter, a remote integrated management system (or a remote management system) according to an embodiment disclosed herein will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 1 to FIG.
However, the remote integrated management system disclosed in Figs. 1 to 4 is merely exemplary and it should be understood that the techniques disclosed herein are applicable to various types of remote management systems, branch management systems, store management systems, As will be apparent to those skilled in the art.
1 is a conceptual diagram of a remote integrated management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 1 (a) is a conceptual diagram in terms of a connection relationship between components of a remote integrated management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 1 (a), a remote
The
Each of the at least one control area (field A to field D) may include the at least one
In addition, the at least one control area (field A to field D) may include a
The
Here, the state of the at least one
Here, the control setting state means a control attribute or a control parameter for the at least one
For example, when the facility is an air conditioner, the control setting, the control attribute, and the control parameter may be set based on a target temperature (or set temperature), an upper limit temperature, a lower limit temperature, .
Further, for example, when the facility is an illumination facility, the control setting, the control attribute or the control parameter may be illumination brightness or the like.
The
The
When the service center receives a request for the maintenance work, the service center can work to allow the service engineer for the maintenance work to dispatch to the control site where the specific facility is installed.
The communication between the
For example, the
Communication between the
For example, the
The
A user or an administrator of the
The
1 (b) is a conceptual diagram in terms of a geographic positional relationship between components of a remote integrated management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 1 (b), the remote
The
The at least one
The
As shown in FIG. 1 (b), the
At this time, the
The local server may be a separate server relaying the specific control region and the
At this time, the
In addition, each of the
For example, each control area refers to a management point that must be maintained, managed, and managed by a managed object or a remote management server that must be collectively managed from the central (or main office), and is a building site, a building, a store, And the like.
For example, when the control area is a store, the control area may be a chain store of a convenience store, a bakery, or the like.
The
At this time, the
Each of the at least one
The facility is a facility (or a subsystem) provided in the control area, for example, an air conditioner, a ventilator, an air conditioner, a fan, a boiler, a cooling tower, a pump, a temperature / humidity sensor, , Power equipment, refrigerator, freezer, showcase, fire system, and the like.
In addition, the above equipment may mean, for example, a cooling tower, a pump, a temperature sensor, and the like in the case of using a cooling tower system.
According to the embodiment disclosed herein, the
Here, the specific period may be designated or set by a user.
In addition, the specific period may be one that can be specified in units of one day, one week, or one month.
For example, the
According to one embodiment, the
The specific classification criteria may be plural. Therefore, when there are a plurality of specific classification criteria, classification into at least one group may be performed based on the above-described multi-dimensional clustering technique.
The sorting criterion may be a sorting criterion according to an area characteristic (characteristic for a control site or a management point) for the at least one control area 11-19.
According to one embodiment, the region characteristic may include at least one of a static property and a dynamic property of the control region.
Wherein the static attribute comprises at least one of the size of the at least one control region 11-19, the position of the at least one region 11-19, and the equipment installed in (or provided in) the at least one region 11-19. Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > and / or < / RTI >
For example, the attribute of the size of the at least one
For example, the attribute of the position of the at least one
Further, for example, the facility capacity for the facility may mean the number of lights, the lighting power consumption, the number of air conditioners, the air conditioner capacity, the number of refrigeration facilities, and the capacity of refrigeration facilities.
In addition, the dynamic property may be weather information corresponding to a point (or a region) where the at least one
For example, the dynamic property may include at least one of an average outdoor air temperature, a maximum outdoor air temperature, a minimum outdoor air temperature, a precipitation amount, a snowfall amount, and a cloudiness corresponding to a point (or region) where the at least one
More specifically, the
For example, the
In this case, each of the first group to the third group may include at least one control area corresponding thereto.
According to one embodiment, the classification criteria may be plural.
For example, the classification criterion may include a plurality of classification criteria related to the static attribute and the dynamic attribute of the control region described above.
In this case, the
The multidimensional clustering technique may have various schemes.
For example, the multi-dimensional clustering technique is a K-means clustering technique.
The K-means clustering scheme selects a number k of clusters and a criterion from a plurality of data sets, classifies the clusters corresponding to the criterion into a cluster, Or clustering).
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various other clustering techniques may be applied to the techniques disclosed herein.
According to one embodiment, the classification into the at least one group can be done by various requests.
For example, the
In addition, for example, the
Also, for example, the
The
This is because, in the case of the static attribute, classification may be performed only at the time of registration of the new control area, which is not a temporally frequently changing or changing classification standard.
In addition, the
This is because, in the case of dynamic attributes, periodic classification may be necessary since the property has a characteristic that changes in units of one day.
Finally, the
2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a remote management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2, a remote management system (or remote integrated management system) 10 according to an embodiment includes a
The facility 200 ', 200' 'is a subsystem that constitutes the
The apparatuses 300 'and 300' 'may be, for example, a cooling tower, a pump, a temperature sensor, or the like in the case of a cooling tower system.
The
The
Here, the first local controller 100 'and the second local controller 100' 'may refer to local controllers provided at different control areas, control sites, or management points, respectively.
According to an embodiment disclosed herein, the
To this end, the
The control area, control site, or management point means a management point to be maintained, managed and managed by a management object or a remote management server which must be collectively managed from a central (or main office) And schools and the like.
Here, the building or building means a building to be controlled, and may mean a shopping mall, a convenience store, a store, a house, an office, an office building, a factory building, a schoolhouse, or a hospital building.
The
The local controllers 100 'and 100' 'are responsible for maintaining, repairing, controlling and managing the facilities 200' and 200 '' within the control area, and may be referred to as ACP (Advanced Control Platform) have.
The local controllers 100 'and 100' 'communicate with each other and exchange information with the
The
The local controller 100 '' 100 '' may include a microcontroller 100 '' for controlling, managing or monitoring the facility 200 ', 200' 'or the equipment 300' or 300 '', for example, Lt; / RTI >
In other words, the local controllers 100 'and 100' 'are connected to the
Accordingly, the local controller 100 ', 100' 'may be adapted to monitor or control the air conditioning and other facilities installed in the control area, Output signal of the input /
Specifically, the local controllers 100 'and 100' 'are connected between the
And the local controller 100 ', 100' 'may transmit the execution result to the
The local controllers 100 'and 100' 'may further include a display unit as a means for displaying the execution result on the user screen.
The
According to one embodiment disclosed herein, the communication network may include various communication protocols.
For example, the
Also, according to one embodiment, the
For example, the local controllers 100 'and 100' 'may be connected to each other based on RS 485 of the facilities 200' and 200 ''.
3 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a specific connection relationship between a local controller and equipment or equipment in a remote integrated management system (or remote management system) according to one embodiment disclosed herein.
Referring to FIG. 3, the
The
In addition, an air conditioner, a cooler, a heating device such as an air conditioner, a lighting device, and a security device may be installed inside the control point or control area 30 '.
In addition, a plurality of
At this time, the indoor units 154_1, 151_1, and 151_2, the outdoor unit 154_2, the refrigerator 152_3, the showcase 152_2, the warming room 152_1, the calculator 153_1, and the lighting unit 151_3 may be installed in the store.
The plurality of indoor units 154_1, 151_1, and 151_2 may air-condition the indoor units, and the plurality of indoor units may be operated together or independently according to the indoor air-conditioning load.
The air conditioner may further include units such as a ventilator, an air purifier, a dehumidifier, and a humidifier in addition to the indoor unit and the outdoor unit. Hereinafter, an indoor unit and an outdoor unit will be described. Is not limited to the drawings.
Here, the indoor unit includes an indoor heat exchanger (not shown), an indoor unit fan (not shown), an expansion valve (not shown) to which refrigerant supplied is expanded, and a plurality of sensors (not shown).
The outdoor unit includes a compressor (not shown) for receiving and compressing refrigerant, a heat exchanging outdoor heat exchanger (not shown) for exchanging refrigerant and outdoor air, an accumulator (not shown) for extracting gas refrigerant from the supplied refrigerant, And a four-way valve (not shown) for selecting the flow path of the refrigerant according to the heating operation.
At least one lighting device 151_3 is installed and controlled by a connected switch.
The refrigerator 152_3 or the showcase 152_2 is used to store foods by keeping the inside at a set temperature.
The showcase 152_2 exposes the cold air according to the cooling cycle so that the internal temperature is lowered.
The warming room 152_1 maintains the internal temperature at a predetermined temperature or higher so that the inside of the object is kept warm.
Also, the calculator 153_1 manages money and issues receipts.
The facility equipment installed at such a spot can be managed by the local controller 100 (or the branch point controller) in the management point or the control area, and information on the data and the power consumption per device in the operation state of each device can be managed.
The
The
The
At this time, a unique account is assigned to each branch (or each branch) in the
The
Here, the control data may be a broad concept including the facility control schedule or facility management schedule described above.
The facility control schedule may include information on a time-dependent setting value of the control attribute or control parameter for the facilities described above.
The facility management schedule is a schedule for maintaining or repairing the facilities, and may include information on maintenance schedules of the facilities, past history, and the like.
The facility management schedule is for managing the amount of electric power consumed by the facilities. The facility management schedule includes information on setting values of the control attributes or control parameters for managing the amount of electric power consumed by the facilities to a certain level or less .
The
In addition, the
The
In addition, the local controller of each control area can access the
At this time, IDs having different rights are allocated to the
The
The
Also, the
At this time, data of the management point corresponding to the connection account can be transmitted regardless of the type of the connected terminal.
FIG. 4 is an exemplary diagram specifically illustrating a connection structure between a remote management server and a plurality of local controllers in a remote integrated management system (or remote management system) according to an embodiment disclosed herein.
Referring to FIG. 4, a remote integrated management system according to an embodiment disclosed herein includes a plurality of control areas, a control site or
In addition, each of the plurality of
The local controllers 100_1 to 100_3 may perform a role of a gateway for converting various information or communication data according to a remote communication protocol and transmitting or receiving the converted information to the
In this case, the local controllers 100_1 to 100_3 may include a protocol conversion unit (not shown) for converting the various information or communication data according to a remote communication protocol.
According to the modified embodiment, the remote integrated management system according to the embodiment disclosed herein may separately include a gateway (not shown) performing a role of a router.
In this case, the gateway may be disposed between the
The
Here, the device management screen may be any one of a screen related to air conditioner information, refrigeration information, power use information, facility information, failure history information, failure setting information, and energy use detailed information.
The remote management system may further include a terminal (40) connected to the remote management server (1) via a network and receiving and displaying the device management data from the remote management server (1).
The plurality of
The facility or devices 110_1 to 110_3 include an air conditioner, a refrigerator, a freezer, a shelf, and the like arranged in the plurality of
The
The status data may include information on room temperature in the case of an air conditioner, information on a room temperature in the case of a refrigerator, a freezer, and a shelf.
The status data may include not only the current temperature but also the humidity and the flow rate.
In addition, since the facilities or devices 110_1 to 110_3 include facilities in a control area such as a watt-hour meter, the status data may include power consumption and total power consumption (or energy usage) of the facilities or devices 110_1 to 110_3 And the like.
The plurality of
Also, the local controllers 100_1 to 100_3 may transmit data for remotely controlling or managing the facilities or devices 110_1 to 110_3 from the
The
Also, the
Accordingly, the
Also, the
The work disclosed herein In the embodiment Description of remote management server according to
The remote management server according to an embodiment disclosed herein below may be implemented as a part or a combination of the configurations or steps included in the above embodiments or a combination of the embodiments, Duplicate portions can be omitted for the sake of clarity of the embodiment of the server.
Therefore, in the following, description of the remote management server duplicated with the contents of the above-described remote management system may be omitted.
The remote management server according to an embodiment disclosed herein classifies the plurality of control areas into a plurality of control groups based on a communication section that communicates with a plurality of control areas in which facilities for consuming energy are installed, Generating a control command for managing energy consumed by at least one specific control region included in a specific control group among the plurality of control groups and for transmitting the generated control command to the at least one specific control region, And a control unit for controlling the communication unit.
Here, the at least one specific control area may be a facility that is associated with the control command among facilities installed in the at least one specific control area based on the control command.
Further, the remote management server according to an embodiment disclosed herein may include a communication unit that communicates with a plurality of control areas in which facilities for consuming energy are installed, and a plurality of control groups into a plurality of control groups A control unit for generating a group control command for each of the classified control groups and controlling the communication unit to transmit the generated group control command to a corresponding one of the plurality of control groups, The control area included in the group control command may control equipment related to the group control command among the facilities installed in the control area included in the control group based on the group control command.
According to an embodiment, each of the plurality of control areas may be an area corresponding to at least one of a building, a building, a store, a shopping mall, and a school maintained, managed, and managed by the remote management server.
According to an embodiment, the classification criterion may include at least one of a size of the control area, an amount of power consumed by the control area, a type of the control area, weather information corresponding to the control area, It may be a related standard.
According to an embodiment, the weather information corresponding to the control area may be at least one of an average outdoor air temperature, a maximum outdoor air temperature, a minimum outdoor air temperature, a precipitation amount, a snowfall amount, and a cloudiness corresponding to the control area.
According to an embodiment, the type of the control area may be at least one of a building, a building, a store, a shopping center, and a school.
According to an embodiment, the remote management server may further include an input unit for receiving a user input.
In this case, the control unit may receive the classification criterion based on the user input.
According to an embodiment, the communication unit may receive a DR (Demand Response) control request for the plurality of control areas from the power management system.
In this case, the control unit may generate the control command when the DR control request is received.
According to an embodiment, the control unit may select the specific control group among the plurality of control groups based on the power consumption amount.
According to an embodiment, when receiving the DR control request, the control unit may select a control group representing the largest amount of power consumption among the plurality of control groups as the specific control group.
According to one embodiment, the power management system may collect power consumption information from each of the plurality of control areas, and generate the DR control request based on the collected power consumption information.
According to an embodiment, the control unit may perform the reclassification for the plurality of control areas on a user request or periodically.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the control unit may determine whether the classification states of the plurality of control areas have been changed, and perform the reclassification of the plurality of control areas when the classification state is changed.
According to an embodiment, the classification state may include at least one of the size of the control region, the amount of power consumed by the control region, the type of the control region, the weather information corresponding to the control region, It may be in an associated state.
According to an embodiment, the communication unit may obtain power consumption information from each of the plurality of control areas.
In this case, the control unit may determine whether reduction of the power consumption is required based on the collected power consumption information, and generate the control command when the reduction of the power consumption is required.
According to an embodiment, the at least one facility may be an air conditioner having a plurality of indoor units for performing air conditioning and at least one outdoor unit connected to the indoor units to drive the indoor units.
In this case, the control command may be a command for controlling an operation rate for the plurality of indoor units, a set temperature, and an operation frequency for the compressor included in the air conditioner.
According to an embodiment, the operation rate may be a ratio between the number of the plurality of indoor units and an indoor unit operated among the plurality of indoor units.
According to an embodiment, the communication unit may communicate with a local controller provided in each of the plurality of control areas and controlling the at least one facility.
In this case, the control unit may manage the at least one facility through the local controller.
According to an embodiment, the communication unit may perform communication using the first communication method with the local controller.
According to one embodiment, the local controller may be for communicating with the at least one facility in a second communication manner.
Here, the first communication method may be a wireless communication method using a mobile communication network, a TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet protocol), a LAN (Local Area Network), a wireless LAN, a Wi-Fi, a Wireless Broadband And World Interoperability for Microwave Access (Wimax).
The second communication method may be RS 485.
5 is a configuration diagram illustrating a configuration of a remote management server according to an embodiment disclosed herein.
Referring to FIG. 5, the
In addition, according to one embodiment, the
In addition, the
The components shown in Fig. 5 are not essential, so that the
Hereinafter, the components will be described in order.
However, the parts overlapping with those related to the
The communication unit 1_3 may be responsible for communicating with at least one
Each of the at least one
In this case, the communication unit 1_3 may communicate with the
That is, the communication unit 1_3 is provided in each of the at least one
Here, each of the at least one
The at least one
Also, according to an embodiment, the communication unit 1_3 may acquire information on the energy usage amount (or the power consumption amount) of each of the at least one
For example, the communication unit 1_3 may communicate with the
As described above, the
Here, the specific period may be one that can be specified in units of one day, one week, or one month.
The communication unit 1_3 can communicate with the
Also, the
Here, the first communication method may be a wireless communication method using a mobile communication network, a TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet protocol), a LAN (Local Area Network), a wireless LAN, a Wi-Fi, a Wireless Broadband And World Interoperability for Microwave Access (Wimax).
The second communication method may be RS 485.
According to one embodiment, the communication unit 1_3 may receive a DR (Demand Response) control request for the at least one
In this case, the controller 1_4 may generate the control command when the DR control request is received.
The power management system may be a system operated by a power company. For example, the power company may be a Korean power company in Korea.
In brief, DR (Demand Response, Demand Response, Demand Management) is a system derived by the necessity of establishing effective energy policy in an energy consuming society.
Demand manager DR has the advantage of contributing to the saving of national energy resources while at the same time reducing the cost by stabilizing power demand and stabilizing power supply and demand.
According to one embodiment, demand management may include midnight power utilization for peak load suppression, maximum demand power control, direct load control, remote control air conditioners, and time-based pricing.
Demand response or demand management refers to the use of electricity by the end consumer in a way that deviates from everyday consumption patterns in response to price or monetary compensation or instructions from the utility.
Generally, utility companies can provide monetary rewards to end consumers to reduce power consumption to cope with high wholesale market prices or threats to system reliability.
According to one embodiment, the demand response or demand management system is a system in which electricity demand is peaked and electricity charges are paid in such a manner that an expensive charge is paid during times when electricity usage is required to be reduced, There may be time-by-day differential pricing that drives end consumers to voluntarily reduce electricity consumption by economic motivation.
In addition, the demand response and demand management system is a system operator who has to balance the real-time supply-demand balance of the nation's power system by providing a certain incentive directly to the final consumer who reduces the use of electricity in a time period when electricity demand reaches peak, There may be an incentive payment scheme that leads to reduced consumption.
Therefore, the DR control request may be a power consumption control or management request for the at least one
According to another embodiment, the communication unit 1_3 communicates with a data center server (not shown) that collects information on the energy usage amount from the at least one
Here, the data center server may be a component corresponding to the power management server included in the power management system described above.
Therefore, the communication unit 1_3 may acquire the power consumption information directly from each of the at least one
According to one embodiment, the
According to another embodiment, the power management system generates the DR control request based on the power consumption information collected by the power management system, and the
The controller 1_4 may control the components included in the
The controller 1_4 may classify the at least one
The at least one group or group may be referred to as a control group, a management group, a control group, or a management group.
The controller 1_4 may generate a control command for managing energy consumed by at least one specific control region included in the specific control group among the at least one control group.
Further, the communication unit 1_3 may be controlled to transmit the generated control command to the at least one specific control area.
In this case, the at least one specific control area may be for controlling equipment related to the control command among facilities installed in the at least one specific control area based on the control command.
In other words, the control unit 1_4 classifies the plurality of control regions into a plurality of control groups based on the classification criteria, generates a group control command in units of the classified control groups, And control the communication unit to transmit the control command to the corresponding one of the plurality of control groups.
Here, the control area included in the control group may control the equipment related to the group control command among facilities installed in the control area included in the control group, based on the group control command.
Each of the at least one
According to one embodiment, the classification criterion is related to at least one of the size of the control region, the amount of power consumed by the control region, the type of the control region, the weather information corresponding to the control region, and the position of the control region It may be the standard.
Here, the type of the control area may be classified into at least one of a building, a building, a store, a shopping center, and a school.
The weather information corresponding to the control region may be at least one of an average outdoor air temperature, a maximum outdoor air temperature, a minimum outdoor air temperature, a precipitation amount, a snowfall amount, and a cloudiness corresponding to the control region.
The location of the control area may be latitude, longitude, GPS location, or geographical address.
At least one group or group that is initially generated may be manually or automatically selected based on the static information (e.g., scale, position, type, type, GPS position information, etc.) It can be configured automatically.
However, when the dynamic property (for example, weather information of the control site) for the at least one
The classification criterion may be preset or inputted from the outside.
To this end, the
Table 1 below is a table showing examples of classification criteria according to the embodiment disclosed in this specification.
According to Table 1, the classification criterion may be a scale (m 2 ) of a control region or a control site, a position (address), a GPS position, and a criterion related to a type.
For example, when the control sites are 'Dongbaek Middle School', 'Gwacheon High School', and 'Shindong Sea', and the classification standard is the type of the control site, the control unit 1_4 controls the control site Dongbaek Middle School 'and' Gwacheon High School 'can be classified into the first control group and the' Shindong Sea 'can be classified into the second control group.
According to one embodiment, the classification criteria may be plural.
In this case, the controller 1_4 may classify the at least one control region into the at least one group or group according to the plurality of classification criteria by applying the multi-dimensional clustering technique.
With reference to Table 1, for example, the classification criteria may be the scale (or size) and type of the control site. In this case, the control unit 1_4 can classify control sites having a control site size of 2000 to 3000 m2 and a control site type as a school into one group. In the case of Table 1, the control site included in the one group may be 'Gwacheon High School'.
The control unit 1_4 determines at least one standard characteristic corresponding to the classification criterion and classifies the at least one control region or the control site into the at least one group based on each of the at least one standard characteristic Lt; / RTI >
In addition, the control unit 1_4 may be configured to determine whether each of the at least one control region belongs to which standard characteristic among the at least one standard characteristic, and to determine the at least one control region based on the determination result, It can be classified as a group.
In addition, the at least one group corresponds to each of the at least one standard characteristic, and the control unit (1_4) is configured to determine whether the region characteristic for each of the at least one control region corresponds to any one of the at least one standard characteristic , And to generate the at least one group by including each of the at least one control region in a group corresponding to a closer standard characteristic.
The classification criterion may be a classification criterion according to region characteristics of the at least one control region.
Here, the region characteristic may include at least one of a static property and a dynamic property of the control region.
For example, the static attribute may be at least one of a size, a size of the at least one area, a position of the at least one area, and a facility capacity for a facility installed in the control area.
Also, for example, the dynamic attribute may be weather information at a location where the at least one control area is located.
Specifically, for example, when the standard characteristic corresponding to the third control group has a scale of 2500 m 2 and the standard characteristic corresponding to the fourth control group has a scale of 5000 m 2 , the area characteristic of the 'Gwacheon High School' 2 , the 'Gwacheon High School' can be classified into the third control group.
As described above, the communication unit 1_3 can receive a DR (Demand Response) control request for the plurality of control areas from the power management system.
The power management system may be a system operated by a power company such as KEPCO.
The controller 1_4 may generate the control command when the DR control request is received.
Also, the control unit 1_4 can select the specific control group from a plurality of control groups classified on the basis of the power consumption amount.
According to an exemplary embodiment, when the DR control request is received, the controller 1_4 may select a control group representing the largest amount of power consumption among the plurality of control groups as the specific control group.
According to an embodiment, the power management system may collect power consumption information from each of the plurality of control areas, and generate the DR control request based on the collected power consumption information.
Also, according to one embodiment, the controller 1_4 may perform reclassification for the plurality of control areas according to a user's request or periodically.
More specifically, the control unit 1_4 may determine whether the classification states of the plurality of control regions have been changed, and perform the reclassification of the plurality of control regions when the classification state is changed.
Here, the classification state may mean a static property or a dynamic property for the control region described above.
For example, the classification state may be a state related to at least one of the size of the control region, the amount of power consumed by the control region, the type of the control region, the weather information corresponding to the control region, Lt; / RTI >
According to one embodiment, the communication unit 1_3 can obtain power consumption information from each of the plurality of control areas. In this case, the controller 1_4 can determine whether it is necessary to reduce the power consumption based on the collected power consumption information.
The controller 1_4 may generate the control command when it is necessary to reduce the power consumption.
According to an embodiment disclosed herein, the at least one facility may be an air conditioner having a plurality of indoor units performing air conditioning and at least one outdoor unit connected to the indoor units to drive the indoor units .
In this case, the control command may be a command for controlling an operation rate for the plurality of indoor units, a set temperature, and an operation frequency for the compressor included in the air conditioner.
Here, the operation rate may be a ratio between the number of the plurality of indoor units and an indoor unit operated among the plurality of indoor units.
For example, if the number of indoor units is 100 and the number of indoor units to be operated is 50, the operation rate may be 0.5.
According to one embodiment, the communication unit 1_3 can communicate with a local controller provided in each of the plurality of control areas and controlling the at least one facility.
In this case, the controller 1_4 may manage the at least one facility through the local controller.
Referring again to FIG. 5, the input unit 1_1 may receive a user input for controlling the
The input unit 1_1 may generate input data for controlling the operation of the
The input unit 1_1 may include a key pad, a dome switch, a touch pad (static / static), a jog wheel, a jog switch, and the like. Particularly, when the touch pad has a mutual layer structure with the display unit 1_2, it can be called a touch screen.
According to one embodiment, the
For example, the input unit 1_1 may receive a control input related to facility control on the control screen displayed by the display unit 1_2.
Also, for example, the input unit 1_1 may receive the above-described classification criteria from the user.
The display unit 1-2 displays information to be processed by the
For example, the display unit 1_2 may display a UI (User Interface) or a GUI (Graphic User Interface) related to the function provided by the
Also, the display unit 1_2 can display the processing result of the controller 1_4 on the screen.
The display unit 1_2 may be a liquid crystal display, a thin film transistor-liquid crystal display, an organic light-emitting diode, a flexible display, a three-dimensional display (3D display).
Also, there may be two or more display units 1_2 according to the implementation mode of the
(Hereinafter, referred to as a 'touch screen') having a mutual layer structure with a sensor (hereinafter, referred to as 'touch sensor') for sensing a touch operation with the display unit 1_2, It can also be used as an input device in addition to the device. The touch sensor may have the form of, for example, a touch film, a touch sheet, a touch pad, or the like.
The
For example, the storage unit 1_5 may store a program for processing and controlling the control unit 1_4 and may store input / output data (for example, user input through a user interface, control processing A process or a control result, and the like).
Specifically, the storage unit 1_5 may store information on the above-described classification criteria, information on the plurality of classified control groups and control regions included therein, and the like.
Also, the storage unit 1_5 may store the user interface screen (or the control screen).
The storage unit 1_5 may be a flash memory type, a hard disk type, an SSD (solid state disk or solid state drive), a multimedia card micro type, a card type (RAM), a static random access memory (SRAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM) A programmable read-only memory (PROM) magnetic memory, a magnetic disk, and an optical disk.
Also, the
6 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a remote management function by a remote management system according to an embodiment disclosed herein.
Referring to FIG. 6 (a), the classification criterion may be a kind of a control site.
In this case, the
The
The
When the DR control request is received, the
6B, the
The control areas and control sites (School A to School Z) included in the
For example, in the case where the facility is an air conditioner having a plurality of indoor units for performing air conditioning and at least one outdoor unit connected to the indoor units to drive the indoor units, A set temperature, and an operating frequency for the compressor included in the air conditioner.
For example, the
The work disclosed herein In the embodiment Explanation of how to manage remotely
A remote management method according to an embodiment disclosed herein is a remote management method by a remote management server that remotely maintains, maintains, and manages a plurality of control areas provided with facilities for consuming energy, Comprising the steps of: classifying a plurality of control areas into a plurality of control groups; generating a control command for managing energy consumed by at least one specific control area included in a specific control group among the plurality of control groups; And transmitting a control command to the at least one specific control area.
Here, the at least one specific control area may be a facility that is associated with the control command among facilities installed in the at least one specific control area based on the control command.
According to an embodiment, each of the plurality of control areas may be an area corresponding to at least one of a building, a building, a store, a shopping mall, and a school maintained, managed, and managed by the remote management server.
According to an embodiment, the classification criterion may include at least one of a size of the control area, an amount of power consumed by the control area, a type of the control area, weather information corresponding to the control area, It may be a related standard.
According to one embodiment, the step of generating the control command further comprises the steps of: receiving a DR (Demand Response) control request for the plurality of control areas from the power management system; and when the DR control request is received, And generating an instruction.
According to one embodiment, the specific control group may be selected based on the power consumption amount.
According to one embodiment, the power management system may collect power consumption information from each of the plurality of control areas, and generate the DR control request based on the collected power consumption information.
According to an embodiment, the at least one facility is an air conditioner having a plurality of indoor units for performing air conditioning and at least one outdoor unit connected to the indoor units to drive the indoor units, May be a command for controlling an operation rate for the plurality of indoor units, a set temperature, and an operation frequency for the compressor included in the air conditioner.
According to an embodiment, the operation rate may be a ratio between the number of the plurality of indoor units and an indoor unit operated among the plurality of indoor units.
7 is a flow diagram illustrating a remote management method in accordance with one embodiment disclosed herein.
Referring to FIG. 7, a remote management method according to an embodiment disclosed herein may include the following steps.
First, the plurality of control regions may be classified into a plurality of control groups based on the classification criteria (S110).
Next, a control command for managing energy consumed by at least one specific control region included in the specific control group among the plurality of control groups may be generated (S120).
Next, the generated control command may be transmitted to the at least one specific control area (S130).
Remote management function through terminal connected with remote management server
Hereinafter, a remote management function through an external terminal connected to the remote management server according to an embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 8 to FIG.
The remote management function through the terminal according to an embodiment disclosed below may be implemented as a part or a combination of the configurations or steps included in the above embodiments or a combination of the embodiments, The redundant portion can be omitted for the sake of clarity of the remote management function through the terminal.
8 is an exemplary diagram illustrating an external terminal connected to a remote management server according to an embodiment disclosed herein.
Referring to FIG. 8, the
To this end, the
A user or an administrator of the remote integrated management system (TMS) can control the
Accordingly, the user or administrator of the remote integrated management system (TMS) can execute all of the remote management functions according to the embodiments described above through the terminal 500. [
9 is a configuration diagram illustrating a configuration of a terminal connected to a remote management server disclosed in this specification.
FIG. 9 shows a configuration in which the terminal 500 according to the embodiments disclosed herein is implemented in the form of a mobile terminal.
The terminal 500 includes a
Hereinafter, the components will be described in order.
The
For example, the wireless communication unit 310 may include a
The
The broadcast channel may include a satellite channel and a terrestrial channel. The broadcast center may be a server for generating and transmitting broadcast signals and / or broadcast-related information, or a server for receiving broadcast signals and / or broadcast-related information generated by the broadcast center and transmitting the generated broadcast signals and / or broadcast- related information. The broadcast signal may include a TV broadcast signal, a radio broadcast signal, a data broadcast signal, and a broadcast signal in which a data broadcast signal is combined with a TV broadcast signal or a radio broadcast signal.
The broadcast-related information may refer to a broadcast channel, a broadcast program, or information related to a broadcast service provider. The broadcast-related information may also be provided through a mobile communication network. In this case, it may be received by the mobile communication module 212.
The broadcast-related information may exist in various forms. For example, an EPG (Electronic Program Guide) of DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting) or an ESG (Electronic Service Guide) of Digital Video Broadcast-Handheld (DVB-H).
For example, the
The broadcast signal and / or broadcast related information received through the
The
The
The short
The
When the
The
Referring to FIG. 9, an A / V (Audio / Video)
The image frame processed by the
The
The
The
The
The
The
The
The
Some of these displays may be transparent or light transmissive so that they can be seen through. This can be referred to as a transparent display, and a typical example of the transparent display is TOLED (Transparent OLED) and the like. The rear structure of the display unit 251 may also be of a light transmission type. With this structure, the user can see an object located behind the terminal body through the area occupied by the
There may be two or
(Hereinafter, referred to as a 'touch screen') in which a
The touch sensor may be configured to convert a change in a pressure applied to a specific portion of the
If there is a touch input to the touch sensor, the corresponding signal (s) is sent to the touch controller. The touch controller processes the signal (s) and transmits the corresponding data to the control unit 280. Thus, the
A
Examples of the proximity sensor include a transmission type photoelectric sensor, a direct reflection type photoelectric sensor, a mirror reflection type photoelectric sensor, a high frequency oscillation type proximity sensor, a capacitive proximity sensor, a magnetic proximity sensor, and an infrared proximity sensor. And to detect the proximity of the pointer by the change of the electric field along the proximity of the pointer when the touch screen is electrostatic. In this case, the touch screen (touch sensor) may be classified as a proximity sensor.
Hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, the act of recognizing that the pointer is positioned on the touch screen while the pointer is not in contact with the touch screen is referred to as "proximity touch & The act of actually touching the pointer on the screen is called "contact touch. &Quot; The position where the pointer is proximately touched on the touch screen means a position where the pointer is vertically corresponding to the touch screen when the pointer is touched.
The proximity sensor detects a proximity touch and a proximity touch pattern (e.g., a proximity touch distance, a proximity touch direction, a proximity touch speed, a proximity touch time, a proximity touch position, a proximity touch movement state, and the like). Information corresponding to the detected proximity touch operation and the proximity touch pattern may be output on the touch screen.
The
The
The
In addition to the vibration, the
The
The
In some embodiments, the
In addition, the
In addition, the
The
The
The identification module is a chip for storing various information for authenticating the usage right of the terminal 500 and includes a user identification module (UIM), a subscriber identity module (SIM), a universal user authentication module A Subscriber Identity Module (USIM), and the like. Devices with identification modules (hereinafter referred to as "identification devices") can be manufactured in a smart card format. Accordingly, the identification device can be connected to the terminal 500 through the port.
When the terminal 500 is connected to an external cradle, the interface unit may be a path through which the power from the cradle is supplied to the terminal 500, or various command signals input from the cradle by the user are transmitted to the terminal . The various command signals input from the cradle or the power source may be operated as a signal for recognizing that the terminal is correctly mounted on the cradle.
The controller 280 typically controls the overall operation of the terminal. For example, voice communication, data communication, video communication, and the like. The
The
The
The
Although the present invention discloses a mobile terminal connected to the
Description of the above-described technology will be outlined. When there is a need to collectively control the operation of the multi-type air conditioner or the temperature setting in the case of multiple control site facilities, for example, In the past, there has been a problem in that a remote integrated management system has to be connected to each site and controlled in units of indoor units. However, the technology disclosed in the present specification can be applied to a system that can collectively control multi- There are advantages.
According to a remote management server, a remote management system including the remote management server, and a remote management method according to an embodiment disclosed herein, a plurality of control areas to be managed are classified into a plurality of control groups based on classification criteria, The group control commands are generated in units of the classified control groups and transmitted to the corresponding control groups, so that they can be optimized for each control group and can be leveled or batch controlled.
In addition, according to the remote management server, the remote management system including the remote management server, and the remote management method according to the embodiment disclosed herein, it is possible to efficiently and rapidly control the power consumption amount by batch control in units of groups .
The scope of the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed herein, and the present invention can be modified, changed, or improved in various forms within the scope of the present invention and the claims.
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Classifying the plurality of control areas into a plurality of control groups based on a classification criterion,
Generating a control command for managing energy consumed by at least one specific control region included in a specific control group among the plurality of control groups,
And a control unit for controlling the communication unit to transmit the generated control command to the at least one specific control area,
Wherein the at least one specific control area comprises:
And controls equipment related to the control command among the facilities installed in the at least one specific control area based on the control command.
Wherein the remote management server is an area corresponding to at least one of a building, a building, a store, a shopping mall, and a school maintained, managed, and managed by the remote management server.
Wherein the control information is a reference related to at least one of a size of the control area, an amount of power consumed by the control area, a type of the control area, weather information corresponding to the control area, and a position of the control area.
Wherein the control server is at least one of an average outdoor air temperature, a maximum outdoor air temperature, a minimum outdoor air temperature, a rainfall amount, a snowfall amount, and a cloudiness corresponding to the control area.
A remote management server that is divided into at least one of a building, a building, a store, a mall, and a school.
Further comprising an input unit for receiving a user input,
Wherein,
And receives the classification reference based on the user input.
Receiving a DR (Demand Response) control request for the plurality of control areas from a power management system,
Wherein,
When the DR control request is received,
And generates the control command.
And selects the specific control group from among the plurality of control groups based on the power consumption amount.
When the DR control request is received,
And selects a control group representing the largest amount of power consumption among the plurality of control groups as the specific control group.
Collecting power consumption information from each of the plurality of control areas,
And generates the DR control request based on the collected power consumption information.
And performs reclassification for the plurality of control areas according to a user request or periodically.
Judges whether a classification state of the plurality of control areas has been changed,
When the classification status is changed,
And performs reclassification for the plurality of control areas.
Wherein the status is related to at least one of the size of the control area, the amount of power consumed by the control area, the type of the control area, the weather information corresponding to the control area, and the position of the control area.
Acquiring power consumption information from each of the plurality of control areas,
Wherein,
Based on the collected power consumption information, determines whether reduction in power consumption is necessary,
If a reduction in the power consumption is required,
And generates the control command.
An air conditioner comprising: a plurality of indoor units for performing air conditioning; and at least one outdoor unit connected to the indoor units to drive the indoor units,
The control command includes:
Wherein the controller is a command for controlling an operation rate for the plurality of indoor units, a set temperature, and an operation frequency for the compressor included in the air conditioner.
And a ratio between the number of the plurality of indoor units and an indoor unit operated among the plurality of indoor units.
And a local controller provided in each of the plurality of control areas and controlling the at least one facility,
Wherein,
Wherein the remote management server manages the at least one facility through the local controller.
Performing communication with the local controller in a first communication manner,
The local controller comprising:
Wherein the remote management server communicates with the at least one facility in a second communication manner.
A mobile communication network, a transmission control protocol / Internet protocol (TCP / IP), a local area network (LAN), a wireless LAN, a Wi-Fi, a wireless broadband (Wibro), and a World Interoperability for Microwave Access ), ≪ / RTI >
The second communication method includes:
Remote management server that is RS 485.
Classifying the plurality of control areas into a plurality of control groups based on a classification criterion,
Generates a group control command on the basis of the classified control group,
And a control unit for controlling the communication unit to transmit the generated group control command to a corresponding one of the plurality of control groups,
Wherein the control region included in the corresponding control group includes:
And controls the equipment related to the group control command among the facilities installed in the control area included in the corresponding control group based on the group control command.
Classifying the plurality of control regions into a plurality of control groups based on a classification criterion;
Generating a control command for managing energy consumed by at least one specific control region included in a specific control group among the plurality of control groups; And
And transferring the generated control command to the at least one specific control area,
Wherein the at least one specific control area comprises:
And controlling the facility related to the control command among the facilities installed in the at least one specific control area based on the control command.
Wherein the remote management server is an area corresponding to at least one of a building, a building, a store, a shopping mall, and a school maintained, managed, and managed by the remote management server.
Wherein the control information is a criterion related to at least one of the size of the control area, the amount of power consumed by the control area, the type of the control area, the weather information corresponding to the control area, and the position of the control area.
Receiving a DR (Demand Response) control request for the plurality of control areas from a power management system; And
And when the DR control request is received, generating the control command.
Wherein said method is selected based on power consumption.
Collecting power consumption information from each of the plurality of control areas,
And generates the DR control request based on the collected power consumption information.
An air conditioner comprising: a plurality of indoor units for performing air conditioning; and at least one outdoor unit connected to the indoor units to drive the indoor units,
The control command includes:
Wherein the controller is an instruction to control an operation rate for the plurality of indoor units, a set temperature, and an operation frequency for the compressor included in the air conditioner.
Wherein the ratio between the number of the plurality of indoor units and the indoor unit operated among the plurality of indoor units.
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