Energy management controller, energy management method, and program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10424932-B2
Application number	US-201415127129-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 28, 2014
Priority date	Jul 28, 2014
Publication date	Sep 24, 2019
Grant date	Sep 24, 2019

Abstract

An energy management controller acquires, for each of power lines in a demand area, from devices, measurement data relating to a power value measured by each device. The energy management controller selects, when power values are measured from a single power line, one power value as a power value measured from the power line, based on a priority assigned beforehand to each device. Then, the energy management controller manages power consumed in the demand area using the power value measured from each power line. Furthermore, the energy management controller causes an operation terminal to display, in a predetermined mode, information indicating the power value measured from each power line.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An energy management controller comprising a central processing unit (CPU) configured to:
acquire, by an acquirer, for one power line in a demand area, from a plurality of devices, a plurality of power values measured by the respective devices;
select, by a selector, one power value from the plurality of power values based on a priority assigned beforehand to each device; and
cause, by a display instructor, a display to display, in a predetermined mode, information indicating the selected one power value, wherein
the priority is determined based on a number of power lines that are subjected to measurement by each device in the demand area; and
the priority that is highest is assigned to the device having the number of power lines that are subjected to measurement that is greatest.

2. An energy management controller comprising a central processing unit (CPU) configured to:
acquire, by an acquirer, for one power line in a demand area, from a plurality of devices, a plurality of power values measured by the respective devices;
select, by a selector, one power value from the plurality of power values based on a priority assigned beforehand to each device; and
cause, by a display instructor, a display to display, in a predetermined mode, information indicating the selected one power value, wherein
the priority is determined based on a sampling interval for power measurement of each device; and
the priority that is highest is assigned to the device having the sampling interval that is shortest.

3. An energy management controller comprising a central processing unit (CPU) configured to:
acquire, by an acquirer, for a plurality of power lines in a demand area, from a plurality of devices, a plurality of power values measured by the plurality of devices;
select, by a selector, when a plurality of power values is measured from a single power line, from the power values one power value as a power value measured from the power line, based on a priority assigned beforehand to each device;
cause, by a display instructor, a display to display, in a predetermined mode, information indicating a power value measured from each power line; and
correct, by a corrector, a difference between measurement times of the plurality of power values measured from the plurality of power lines.

4. The energy management controller according to claim 3 , wherein
the acquirer stores data relating to the plurality of power values in a memory, and
the corrector: reads the data of a predetermined time period from the memory; detects a rise time of power based on each data read thereby; and corrects the difference between the measurement times by comparing the detected rise times using the data for each power line.

5. The energy management controller according to claim 3 , wherein
the acquirer stores data relating to the plurality of power values in a memory, and
the corrector: reads the data of a predetermined time period from the memory; and corrects the difference between the measurement times by executing averaging processing, over a predetermined time period, of the data read for each power line.

6. An energy management method comprising:
acquiring, by an acquirer, for one power line in a demand area, from a plurality of devices, a plurality of power values measured by the respective devices;
selecting, by a selector, one power value from the plurality of power values based on a priority assigned beforehand to each device; and
causing, by a display instructor, a display to display, in a predetermined mode, information indicating the selected one power value, wherein
the priority is determined based on a number of power lines that are subjected to measurement by each device in the demand area; and
the priority that is highest is assigned to the device having the number of power lines that are subjected to measurement that is greatest.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored therein a program to cause a central processing unit (CPU) included in a computer to function as:
an acquirer configure to acquire, for one power line in a demand area, from a plurality of devices, a plurality of power values measured by the respective devices;
a selector configured to select one power value from the plurality of power values based on a priority assigned beforehand to each device; and
a display instructor configured to cause a display to display, in a predetermined mode, information indicating the selected one power value, wherein
the priority is determined based on a number of power lines that are subjected to measurement by each device in the demand area; and
the priority that is highest is assigned to the device having the number of power lines that are subjected to measurement that is greatest.

8. An energy management method comprising:
acquiring, by an acquirer, for a plurality of power lines in a demand area, from a plurality of devices, a plurality of power values measured by the plurality of devices;
selecting, by a selector, when a plurality of power values is measured from a single power line, from the power values one power value as a power value measured from the power line, based on a priority assigned beforehand to each device;
causing, by a display instructor, a display to display, in a predetermined mode, information indicating a power value measured from each power line; and
correcting, by a corrector, a difference between measurement times of the plurality of power values measured from the plurality of power lines.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored therein a program to cause a central processing unit (CPU) included in a computer to function as:
an acquirer configure to acquire, for a plurality of power lines in a demand area, from a plurality of devices, a plurality of power values measured by the plurality of devices;
a selector configured to select, when a plurality of power values is measured from a single power line, from the power values one power value as a power value measured from the power line, based on a priority assigned beforehand to each device;
a display instructor configured to cause a display to display, in a predetermined mode, information indicating a power value measured from each power line; and
a corrector configured to correct a difference between measurement times of the plurality of power values measured from the plurality of power lines.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Endo Satoshi
• Yano Hirotoshi
• Yabe Masaaki
• Minezawa Satoshi
• Maruyama Ichiro

Classifications

• H02J13/10

  characterised by displaying of information or by user interaction, e.g. supervisory control and data acquisition [SCADA] systems · CPC title

• H02J7/865

  Battery or charger load switching, e.g. concurrent charging and load supply (H02J7/50 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H02J13/333 Primary

  the equipment forming part of substations · CPC title

• H02J13/00

  Circuit arrangements for providing remote monitoring or remote control of equipment in a power distribution network · CPC title

• Y04S10/40

  Display of information, e.g. of data or controls · CPC title