WO2018203350A1 - Dispositif de gestion d'énergie, système et procédé associés - Google Patents

Dispositif de gestion d'énergie, système et procédé associés Download PDF

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WO2018203350A1
WO2018203350A1 PCT/IN2018/050276 IN2018050276W WO2018203350A1 WO 2018203350 A1 WO2018203350 A1 WO 2018203350A1 IN 2018050276 W IN2018050276 W IN 2018050276W WO 2018203350 A1 WO2018203350 A1 WO 2018203350A1
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  • the present disclosure in general relates to conservation of energy.
  • the present disclosure pertains to an electronic device for effective energy management, a system comprising the device and method for monitoring, controlling and adjusting the energy flowing to a connected appliance, without user monitoring & intervention.
  • US 9081405B2 discloses an energy management policy for a plurality of devices, wherein the devices are coupled with a first structure. The energy usage of the devices is monitored. An energy usage rule and energy usage is then compared. The energy management policy and energy usage is also compared. Based on the comparing, an instruction is generated to modify an energy usage profile of said device to correlate with the energy usage rule associated with the devices and the energy management policy, thereby enabling efficient energy management.
  • US20050043862 discloses an automatic energy management, wherein immediate automatic querying of energy users within a system of buildings for energy curtailment possibilities is provided. Such immediate, automatic querying may be answered by the energy users through artificial intelligence and/or neural network technology provided to or programmed into the energy users, and the queried energy users may respond in real-time. Those realtime computerized responses with energy curtailment possibilities may be received automatically by a data processing facility and processed in real-time.
  • the responses from queried energy users with energy curtailment possibilities may be automatically processed into a round-robin curtailment rotation which may be implemented by a computer-based control system.
  • the invention also provides for early-recognition of impending adverse energy events, optimal response to a particular energy situation, real-time analysis of energy-related data, etc.
  • US4324987A discloses a system for controlling electrical load shedding and restoring operations includes a microprocessor system, a power measuring circuit, and a plurality of load switching relays controlled by the microprocessor system to electrically connect controlled loads of a residence to, and electrically disconnect the controlled loads from, a power line in accordance with priorities associated with the controlled loads.
  • the system is operated to electrically disconnect or shed, in order of increasing priority, as many of the controlled loads as is necessary to cause the total power delivered to the residence to be less than a selected power limit, to compute power availability numbers which represent amounts of power which can be additionally consumed by the residence without exceeding the selected power limit, to restore, in order of decreasing priority, as many previously shed controlled loads as possible without exceeding the selected power limit, and to shed, in order of increasing priority, as many controlled loads presently electrically connected to the power line as is necessary to allow restoring of higher priority, previously shed controlled loads.
  • the selected power limit is manually settable by means of a switch which is read by the microprocessor system.
  • WO201 1 106915A1 discloses an intelligent home energy source management control system based on cloud computing which includes a field controller for field controlling each energy consumption device of intelligent home according to user defined parameters, an energy consumption parameters collector for collecting parameters related to energy consumption of each energy consumption device, a cloud computing management control platform for adjusting a field control mode in which the field controller controls each energy consumption device according to collected parameters related to energy consumption of each energy consumption device and user defined parameters, a power line networking module for communicating with each other.
  • EP1372238A1 discloses a system that facilitates and implements energy savings decisions by a home owner.
  • the system will increase the energy and cost efficiency of an energy supply network by providing a mechanism to reduce the peak level of energy demand.
  • a controller in logical communication with energy consuming appliances responds to request for energy from energy consuming appliances and devices by permitting or curtailing energy supply to the appliances or devices based on evaluation of a plurality of logical considerations.
  • the controller may be operated to provide energy to fewer than all of the energy requesting appliances to reduce the energy demand on an energy supply source, including the instantaneous peak demand.
  • WO2012095870A2 discloses a method and system for effective management of energy consumption by household appliances, using a home energy information gateway.
  • the invention provides a method and system for an efficient and economic home energy information gateway which can provide the energy consumption information and communication interface through a set top box like gateway device on the existing display device such as television thereby reducing extra display medium cost.
  • the invention provides a method and system for managing energy consumption effectively by monitoring, controlling and displaying energy usage of household appliances by way of collecting smart meter data and generating user friendly reports and graphs.
  • An object of the present disclosure is to provide a combination of electronic hardware and associated system and method that will allow end users to set the maximum limit of Money to be spent, per connected appliance, for a specified interval.
  • This innovative system comprising a device and method for monitoring, controlling and adjusting the energy is henceforth referred to as "Energy Governor”.
  • Another object of the present disclosure is to provide 24x7 safety monitoring for short circuit prevention, and fire safety, for all connected electronic loads/appliances.
  • Another object of the present disclosure is to provide a more reliable and useful system that will be monitoring and controlling appliances 24x7, 365 days, making on the spot load adjustments and execution plan changes, based on financial targets set or selected by the end user wish over a period of time.
  • Another object of the present disclosure is to provide a device which can be housed and integrated within any system and works as one built unit. Once configured, energy governor, is capable of working offline too, without need for internet, to achieve the interval based financial targets as set by end user.
  • Another object of the present disclosure is to provide a device and the system comprising such device, wherein said device is functioning by employing Internet of the things (loT) technology and intelligence which enables centralized analytic reporting and remote configuration.
  • LoT Internet of the things
  • Another object of the present disclosure is to provide a device and the system comprising such device, wherein said device enables automatic adjustment to the load use, to meet user specific monetary targets without user intervention and avoid manual and iterative process.
  • Another object of the present disclosure is to provide an intelligent automatic device and system which understands and monitors the consumption and usages of energy by the connected appliances.
  • Another object of the present disclosure is to provide an intelligent automatic device and system that controls the consumption and usage of energy to provide best monetary saving options to the end user.
  • Another object of the present disclosure is to provide an intelligent automatic device, system comprising said device and a method that monitors and senses the excess or undesirable energy consumption and acts upon itself as per the parameters set by the end user to control the undesirable excess energy consumption.
  • Another object of the present disclosure is to provide an intelligent automatic device and system that will enable the end users to set maximum energy usage parameters, maximum cost parameters for appliances, and subscribe to system generated events and receive alert via emails / messages etc. at any point in time.
  • Another object of the present disclosure is to enable the users to set monetary targets for each energy governor device for example Rupees per appliance per interval (From-Time until To-Time) or hour / day / week / month / quarter / year, electricity per appliance per interval (From-Time until To-Time) or hour / day / week / month / quarter / year.
  • the invention is achieved by employing a smart load monitoring and controlling system that consists of 3 logical units.
  • the purpose, in general, of smart load monitoring and controlling system is to monitor; analyze the end user preferences vis-a-vis live and forecasted energy patterns; make automated - on the spot load adjustment and control plan; and execute the same to achieve an intelligent balance between user comfort, energy savings & preventive maintenance based on financial targets - over an interval of time - set by the end user.
  • the present invention is not limited to the preferred embodiments described herein below.
  • an energy governor device configured to automatically regulate energy consumption and usage of connected one or more appliances, the device comprising a first logical unit configured to receive one of more energy control parameters for the connected one or more appliances, a second logical unit connected to the one or more appliances to monitor and analyse energy usage of the connected one or more appliances and a third logical unit connected to the first logical unit and the second logical unit, wherein the third logical unit analyses the inputs received from the first logical unit and the second logical unit and creates and executes a load management policy for on spot adjusting the energy consumption for the connected one or more appliances to manage and achieve the user-defined energy control parameters automatically.
  • an energy governor device configured to automatically regulate energy consumption and usage of connected one or more appliances, the device comprising a first logical unit configured to receive one of more energy control parameters for the connected one or more appliances, a second logical unit connected to the one or more appliances to monitor and analyse energy usage of the connected one or more appliances and a third logical unit connected to the first logical unit and the second logical unit, wherein the third logical unit analyses the inputs received from the first logical unit and the second logical unit and creates and executes a load management policy for on spot adjusting the energy consumption for the connected one or more appliances to manage and achieve the user-defined energy control parameters automatically, wherein said one or more appliances are connected through wire or wireless.
  • an energy governor device configured to automatically regulate energy consumption and usage of connected one or more appliances, the device comprising a first logical unit configured to receive one of more energy control parameters for the connected one or more appliances, a second logical unit connected to the one or more appliances to monitor and analyse energy usage of the connected one or more appliances and a third logical unit connected to the first logical unit and the second logical unit, wherein the third logical unit analyses the inputs received from the first logical unit and the second logical unit and creates and executes a load management policy for on spot adjusting the energy consumption for the connected one or more appliances to manage and achieve the user-defined energy control parameters automatically and wherein said logical units are continuously communicative and simultaneously perform real time adjustment and management of power consumption without human intervention.
  • an energy governor device configured to automatically regulate energy consumption and usage of connected one or more appliances as mentioned in above embodiment further comprising one or more sensors, wherein said sensor is Current Sensor which is configured to sense the unexpected variations in energy consumption decide if the load should continue to operate, or shut down.
  • an energy governor device configured to automatically regulate energy consumption and usage of connected one or more appliances as mentioned in above embodiment further comprising one or more sensors, wherein said sensor is PCB temperature sensor which is configured to sense the temperature increase and beyond a tolerance, it temporarily shuts down the one or more load that is causing the problem.
  • an energy governor device configured to automatically regulate energy consumption and usage of connected one or more appliances as mentioned in above embodiment further comprising one or more sensors, wherein said sensor is Ambient Temperature which is configured to sense and not only inform to end user about the "real" room temperature, it also a primary input for automatic climate control and energy savings.
  • an energy governor device configured to automatically regulate energy consumption and usage of connected one or more appliances as mentioned in above embodiment further comprising one or more sensors, wherein sensors like room temperature, humidity, C02, lux level or more sensors are enabled to take intelligent decisions.
  • an energy governor device configured to automatically regulate energy consumption and usage of connected one or more appliances as mentioned in above embodiment further comprising an emergency switch to enable manual operation in case of available interfaces fail.
  • an energy governor device configured to automatically regulate energy consumption and usage of connected one or more appliances as mentioned in above embodiment, wherein said device is configured to function in offline or online mode.
  • an energy governor device configured to automatically regulate energy consumption and usage of connected one or more appliances as mentioned in above embodiment, wherein said device is adapted to adjust and manage the energy consumption based on either pre-set financial budget or, per schedule based, or a combination thereof.
  • an intelligent energy monitoring and controlling system configured to automatically regulate energy consumption of appliances, the system comprising one or more appliances, an energy governor device connected to the one or more appliances, the energy governor device is having a first logical unit configured to receive one of more energy control parameters for the connected one or more appliances, a second logical unit connected to the one or more appliances to monitor and analyse energy usage of the connected one or more appliances and a third logical unit connected to the first logical unit and the second logical unit, wherein the third logical unit analyses the inputs received from the first logical unit and the second logical unit and creates and executes a load management policy for on spot adjusting the energy consumption for the connected one or more appliances to manage and achieve the user-defined energy control parameters automatically and an Optional analytics server connected to the energy governor device, wherein the analytics server aggregates the executed outcomes of the third logical unit to enable data analytics, Al inputs & outputs, Data mining, intelligent load control & forecasting of load management decisions by the energy governance devices and wherein the server
  • an intelligent energy monitoring and controlling system configured to automatically regulate energy consumption of appliances, the system comprising one or more appliances, an energy governor device connected to the one or more appliances, the energy governor device is having a first logical unit configured to receive one of more energy control parameters for the connected one or more appliances, a second logical unit connected to the one or more appliances to monitor and analyse energy usage of the connected one or more appliances and a third logical unit connected to the first logical unit and the second logical unit, wherein the third logical unit analyses the inputs received from the first logical unit and the second logical unit and creates and executes a load management policy for on spot adjusting the energy consumption for the connected one or more appliances to manage and achieve the user-defined energy control parameters automatically and an analytics server connected to the energy governor device, wherein the analytics server aggregates the executed outcomes of the third logical unit to enable intelligent forecasting of load management decisions by the energy governance device, wherein said system is enable to function in offline or online.
  • an intelligent energy monitoring and controlling system configured to automatically regulate energy consumption of appliances as mentioned according to above embodiments, wherein said logical units are continuously communicative and simultaneously perform real time adjustment and management of power consumption without human intervention and wherein said device is adapted to adjust and manage the energy consumption based on either preset financial budget , per schedule based or a combination thereof
  • an intelligent energy monitoring and controlling system configured to automatically regulate energy consumption of appliances as mentioned according to above embodiments, wherein said system is enable to aim at segregating loads as per critical/non critical, user priority driven, energy footprint driven, adjustable parameters (dimming, climate control, temperature adjustment, fan speed control , motor speed control), and adjusting these parameters on real time to achieve the target energy saving and not switch off anything randomly.
  • a method for automatically controlling energy consumption of one of more appliances comprising receiving one or more energy control parameters for the one or more appliances from a user, monitoring energy usage of the one of more appliances and automatically regulating usage of energy by the one or more appliances based on the one or more energy control parameters as defined by the user, wherein said method is performing online or offline mode.
  • Figure 1 illustrates an exemplary block diagram for an intelligent energy monitoring and controlling system to automatically regulate energy consumption and usage of connected appliances.
  • Figure 2 illustrates an embodiment of an energy governor device connected appliances.
  • Figure 3 depicts a flowchart representing a method for automatically controlling energy consumption of one of more appliances, in accordance with an embodiment of present invention.
  • Figures 4A-4B depicts a block diagram to represent an online and offline method of controlling energy consumption of appliances, in accordance with an embodiment of present invention.
  • the purpose, in general, of smart load monitoring and controlling system is to monitor, analyze, adjust and control energy flowing into a connected load - in order to conserve energy 24x7, 365 days and provide best monetary savings options to the end user.
  • this translation is based on Time Of Day tariff, government policies of the country of operation, slab rates, per unit cost of various sources of energy (solar/grid/DG etc) and wherein the process of management comprises tracking the energy target, footprint, energy history, offline & online data, the data is shared with other devices on the network in both offline (no internet) and online mode, each connected devices becomes aware of itself and surrounding devices and overall energy superset policy, further each device will execute a dynamic plan, based of all the inputs, local stored intelligence, shared intelligence, events notifications, to adjust the connected load to achieve the target.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplary block diagram for an intelligent energy monitoring and controlling system 100 to automatically regulate energy consumption and usage of connected appliances such as 101 a, 101 b, 101 c and 101 d.
  • the appliances 101 are electrical appliances such as light, fan, geyser, air conditioner, motor, heater, and so forth.
  • the appliances 101 provides inductive or resistive load that needs to be controlled.
  • the appliances 101 are connected to energy governor devices 102a and 102b.
  • the appliances are connected herein through wire or wireless, wherein the wireless includes but not limited to radio or IR.
  • the energy governor device 102 are of various types including, but not limited to, 3-pin smart plug, touch panel etc.
  • Each unit of the energy governor device 102 can be connected to one or more than one electrical appliance depending upon the type of device, such as the 3-pin smart plug type energy governor device can handle only one physically connected appliance (smart plug device has IR control and Wi-Fi radio to control multiple appliances without physical connection), however, the Touch Panel type energy governor device can control multiple appliances together.
  • the energy governor device 102 has a back-end interface connected to an analytics server 103 and a front-end interface connected to a remote device such as 104a and 104b.
  • the analytics server 103 acts as an engine for analysis and reporting and provides energy related information of electrical appliances such as their energy profiles, power factor, load parameters etc.
  • the remote device 104 is also used by a user to provide energy control parameters for the appliances 101 .
  • the device 102 performs a calibration to test each connected appliance 101 .
  • the calibration test ascertains power consumption and quality of the connected appliance 101 by comparing its power factor with known devices using proprietary algorithms from the analytics server 103. Once calibrated, the information is stored in the device 102 and is used to auto-present the "Type'Vcategory of the connected appliance 101 .
  • the energy control parameters are set in terms of monetary targets for the connected appliances 101 .
  • the control parameters are defined in terms of maximum load usage at any point in time such as daily/weekly/monthly etc.
  • the system 100 automatically governs the energy usage of the connected appliances 101 based on an end outcome that the user wants to achieve.
  • the energy governor device 102 aggregates the energy related information of the connected appliances 101 from the analytics server 1 03 at multiple levels for further analytics, trends & forecasting to make intelligent load management decisions for the appliances 101 as per the user-defined energy control parameters. This gives the users a fully intelligent system with artificial intelligence working in the background.
  • the system 100 adjusts the load parameters such as switch on/off, set thermostat, parallelly constantly monitoring and doing analytics w.r.t. how much money is being spent on use, based on slab rates / day night rates / DG / Solar etc. of the appliance 101 .
  • the energy governor device 102 finds the right use, at right time, based on the analytics gathered from the analytics server 103, and automatically makes load management policy to achieve Rs. 500/- for the entire month. In case the device is offline, it continues to act on the intra device communication, available parameters and local intelligence to achieve the monetary goals.
  • the system 100 operates using artificial intelligence that enables monitoring and manipulation of energy consumption in real time. Artificial intelligence is used to evaluate, identify the best source in real time and near future, forecast and/or control energy consumption patterns of the appliances 101 . From the system comprising artificial intelligence, control signals may be sent to deploy agreed-upon energy- saving strategies at the device (energy user) level.
  • Figure 2 illustrates details of the energy governor device 102.
  • the energy governor device 102 includes a first logical unit 201 .
  • the first logical unit 201 is an Internet of Things (IOT) Interface unit.
  • the first logical unit 201 provides necessary communication technology for end users to identify and configure the energy governor device 102.
  • the first logical unit 201 comprises a WIFI enabled hardware and firmware, that can either connect to Internet or connect directly to any WIFI mobile device (tablet / laptop / mobile) even without internet. If connected to internet, the first logical unit 201 periodically sends data to the analytics server 103 and receives commands or configuration parameters over Internet.
  • the first logical unit 201 can still communicate with other WIFI devices connected on the same network. It can work in offline mode.
  • the energy governor device 102 can communicate to other governor devices to accumulate more intelligence that is utilized for analytics and forecasting to energy usage as a combination target, instead of just individual target.
  • the first logical unit 201 could be used stand alone like a 3-pin plug adaptor, or extension cable or also interfaced directly with Original Equipment Manufacturer's (OEM's) of appliances like air conditioners, heaters, geysers etc.
  • OEM's Original Equipment Manufacturer's
  • the primary purpose of first logical unit 201 is to enable end- user interaction with the energy governor device 102 and define energy control parameters.
  • the first logical unit 201 includes a front-end interface that acts as an input and transfers the energy control parameter data to specific energy governor.
  • the front-end interface of the first logical unit 201 is a mobile application or website.
  • the front-end interface shows the energy usage data of all the connected appliances 101 .
  • the Ul is used by the end user to access different energy governors on the same network, and enter, select or set parameters for different types of appliances connected to these energy governor devices and their specific functions that directly affect the energy consumption.
  • the end user can make the selection or enter the parameters based on money to be spent per appliance or combination of appliances, rooms, floors buildings etc., or as per interval of the use of appliance or as per functions like lighting, air conditioning, heating etc.
  • the first logical unit 201 is connected to a second logical unit 202 and a third logical unit 203.
  • the second logical unit 202 is an energy monitor unit.
  • the second logical unit 202 analyses and monitors the energy usage of the connected appliance 101 24x7, all 365 days and keeps communicating the monitored data back to the first logical unit 201 .
  • the second logical unit 202 is also connected to the third logical unit 203.
  • the third logical unit 203 is an energy control unit.
  • the third logical unit 203 is customised as per the type of the appliances whilst enabling the control of the appliances with precision.
  • the third logical unit 203 analyses the inputs from the second logical unit 202 and the first logical unit 201 to intelligently and very precisely create & execute a load management policy as per the connected appliance 101 to achieve user defined monetary targets automatically, over a period of user defined time, without any end user intervention.
  • the disclosed logical units according to the present invention are continuously communicative and simultaneously perform real time adjustment and management of power consumption without human intervention. Further, once these logical units are configured, can operate independently too - without internet, without a network, in an offline-mode.
  • the first logical unit 201 is connected to a sensor board 204.
  • the sensor board 204 senses the heat of the connected appliance 101 and its wire and also senses the temperature of the room in which the appliance 101 and the energy governor device 102 are functioning.
  • the sensor board 204 includes a current sensor.
  • This current sensor looks out for unexpected variations in energy consumption of the connected appliance 101 .
  • This data acts as an input to preventive maintenance and fault tolerance algorithms. These algorithms decide if the load should continue to operate or shut down (and user notified) to prevent any mishap.
  • the sensor board 204 includes a PCB temperature sensor.
  • the PCB temperature sensor looks out for temperature increase, and beyond a tolerance, it temporarily shuts down the appliance 101 (one or more) that is causing the problem. End user is notified through the first logical unit 201 for maintenance, listing the possible causes and rectification suggestions.
  • the sensor board 204 includes an ambient temperature sensor.
  • a high quality ambient temperature sensor not only gives information to end user about the "real" room temperature, it also a primary input to our Al algorithms for automatic climate control and energy savings. For example:
  • the second logical unit 202 i.e. the Energy Monitor Unit is connected to the Air Conditioner (AC) for all 365 days, 24x7 and keeps monitoring the energy usage of the AC.
  • the Energy Monitor Unit keeps communicating the energy usage data to the IOT Interface Unit (the first logical unit 201 ) and to the Energy Control Unit (the third logical unit 203).
  • the front-end interface of the IOT Interface Unit displays the energy consumption and the cost consumption of the AC to the end user.
  • the end user can set a monetary target for this AC, for a desired interval.
  • the IOT Interface Unit transfers the parameters to the Energy Monitor Unit and the Energy Control Unit.
  • the third logical unit 203 i.e. the Energy Control Unit analyses the inputs from the Energy Monitor Unit and the IOT Interface Unit to intelligently and very precisely create and execute a load management policy by adjusting and controlling the fan speed, the cooling temperature, humidity and / or any other special features available to that connected AC to achieve the targets for the entire month, automatically.
  • the Energy Control Unit thus achieves the end user defined monetary targets automatically without any end user intervention and transfers the result data to the IOT Interface Unit.
  • the primary objective is to enable the end user to use energy governor, to set expense per connected appliance for a chosen interval.
  • the energy governor as described in this invention acts as a Central Hub for the end user to understand and make decisions towards energy conservation. Once the end user decides and sets the parameters, the system then takeover to make all intelligent adjustments to control and constantly monitor the energy flowing to any electrical or electronic appliances that is connected to the system, in order to achieve the budget and interval target set by user.
  • the device or the system as described in this invention is an Intelligent, internet connected or offline, smart load monitoring and controlling electronic system.
  • the end user can attach this system to their lights, fans, air conditioners, geysers, motors, and any such type of resistive or inductive loads. It can be used across anywhere including commercial real estate, residential real estate, schools, universities, industries.
  • the system can be used where ever there is a requirement for controlling and monitoring the loads or appliances, be it inductive or resistive.
  • the hardware develops some electronic faults in PCB, and the available interfaces fail to operate the load, there is a provision to override the onboard microcontroller, to manually switch on the load(s) by using an emergency switch located on the sensor board 204.
  • the device according to the present invention is adapted to take care of the user comfort zone, while reducing energy footprints by segregating loads as per critical/non-critical, user priority driven, energy footprint driven, adjustable parameters (dimming, climate control, temperature adjustment, fan speed control, motor speed control) and adjust these parameters instead of switching off anything randomly, just to achieve energy savings.
  • the system by monitoring and controlling the energy, enables the end user to allocate a monetary value to each connected load based on interval of use. Such interval of use can be hourly, daily, weekly, monthly or quarterly etc.
  • interval of use can be hourly, daily, weekly, monthly or quarterly etc.
  • Figure 3 depicts a flowchart representing a method for automatically controlling energy consumption of one of more appliances by an energy governor device, in accordance with an embodiment of present invention.
  • the energy governor device receives energy control parameters from users.
  • the energy control parameters are related to the appliances connected to the energy governor device.
  • the energy governor device monitors the energy usage of the connected appliances.
  • the energy governor device automatically regulates the energy usage of the connected appliances in line with the user-defined energy control parameters.
  • Figures 4A-4B depicts a block diagram to represent an online and offline method respectively of controlling energy consumption of connected appliances using the energy governor device, in accordance with an embodiment of present invention.
  • the energy governor device is configured based on connected one or more appliances.
  • the configuration includes steps such as, but not limited to, setting up the energy governor device in accordance with the connected appliances, defining syncing parameters for the governor device, defining energy control parameters, defining energy monitoring parameters, provisioning WIFI settings, and prioritizing the connected appliances.
  • the energy governor device runs calibration and diagnostics on the connected appliances as shown at step 402.
  • the calibration test ascertains power consumption and quality of the connected appliances by comparing its power factor with known devices using proprietary algorithms from analytics server connected to back-end of the energy governor device. Once calibrated, the information is stored in the governor device and is used to auto-present the "Type'Vcategory of the connected appliance.
  • the governor device periodically communicates with the analytics server and exchanges the stored information.
  • a secure communication of the energy governor devices operating on the same network is set-up. This set-up helps in sharing data with other devices so that each governor device becomes aware of itself and surrounding devices to enable execution of an overall energy superset policy over the network.
  • the energy governor device monitors and aggregates the energy usage of the connected appliances that helps to perform artificial intelligence and analytics.
  • Artificial intelligence and analytics enables monitoring and manipulation of energy consumption in real time. Artificial intelligence is used to evaluate, forecast and/or control energy consumption patterns of the connected appliances.
  • the governor device also gathers intelligence on consumer behavior, internal & external temperature to act locally and take necessary actions.
  • each governor device execute a dynamic load management policy, based of all the inputs, local stored intelligence, shared intelligence, events notifications, to each device will execute a dynamic plan, based of all the inputs, local stored intelligence, shared intelligence, events notifications, to adjust the connected load to achieve the target.
  • Figures 4B depicts a block diagram to represent an offline method of controlling energy consumption of connected appliances using the energy governor device, in accordance with an embodiment of present invention.
  • a time-based schedule policy that is 24X7, interval based for each weekday is defined for each connected appliance. Such interval of use can be hourly, daily, weekly, monthly or quarterly etc.
  • the schedule policy based on the type of connected appliance, may include different parameters for different time of the day. For example, air conditioner may have a schedule policy with parameters for having different temperature at different time of the day based external temperature conditions. This schedule is pushed to the energy governor device at step 412. Each governor device receives the schedule and stores it locally. The schedule gets executed without the need for Internet/WIFI or other connectivity.
  • energy targets for the connected appliances are defined and pushed to the governor devices. These energy targets could be in the form of a monetary value for each connected appliance.
  • the monetary value is translated to energy units and is set as a target. This translation is based on factors such as time of day, tariff, government policies of the country of operation, slab rates, per unit cost of various sources of energy (solar/grid/DG etc.) and so forth.
  • Each energy governor device has a WIFI module built in that can act as an access point, or tcp server/client, to communicate locally with any other governor device that is also on WIFI, and on same network.
  • WIFI module built in that can act as an access point, or tcp server/client, to communicate locally with any other governor device that is also on WIFI, and on same network.
  • tcp server/client can act as an access point, or tcp server/client
  • the governor devices monitor energy usage of the connected appliances on the same network based on the time-based schedule policy and set energy targets.
  • Each governor device keeps a track of its own energy target, footprint, energy history, usage behavior, temperature etc. On a 24x7 basis, there is a consistent offline comparison done by the governor device vis-a-vis the set energy target.
  • the secure communication set-up between various energy governor devices helps in sharing data with each other so that each governor device becomes aware of itself and surrounding devices to enable execution of an overall energy superset policy over the network.
  • each governor device dynamically generates a load management policy for eg. money based policy based of all the inputs local stored intelligence, shared intelligence, events notifications, to adjust the connected load to achieve the target.
  • the load management policy considers various factors such as user defined priorities for the connected appliances, user comfort and associated energy footprints for the connected appliances, and so forth.
  • the load management policy is pushed to the energy governor device and is stored locally.
  • the energy governor device runs the policy and automatically adjusts the appliances to provide saving without compromising user preferences such as, but not limited to, dimming of certain lights, or adjusting air conditioning, fan speed, heating, ventilation etc.
  • step 417 all offline locally stored data such as energy footprints, energy history, usage behavior, temperature, load management policy, user priorities etc. is pushed to main web server whenever online connection is restored.
  • the energy governing devices can work independently, or, as a family, in both online & offline mode. As a family, they share data locally and consult with each other to arrive at an energy management policy, as a whole, going beyond physical installation boundaries, for e.g. a factory on delhi, could be sharing intelligence with a factory in Ludhiana, without end user intervention, to operate at overall desirable parameters as a single unit or it could be two rooms in a home.

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L'invention concerne un dispositif régulateur d'énergie conçu pour réguler automatiquement la consommation d'énergie et l'utilisation d'un ou de plusieurs appareils connectés, ledit dispositif étant conçu pour effectuer un ajustement et une gestion en temps réel de la consommation d'énergie sans intervention humaine, et ledit dispositif étant conçu pour fonctionner hors ligne ou en ligne. L'invention concerne également un système intelligent de surveillance et de régulation énergétiques comprenant ledit dispositif conçu pour réguler automatiquement la consommation d'énergie d'appareils, et un procédé associé.
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