Central control apparatus for controlling facilities, facility control system comprising the same, and facility control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016103442-A1
Application number	US-201514875245-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 5, 2015
Priority date	Oct 10, 2014
Publication date	Apr 14, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A central control apparatus includes: a controller that performs control over facilities or equipment; a display unit that displays information processed by the controller on the screen; and an input unit that receives user input, wherein the central control apparatus further includes a communication unit that communicates with a meteorological office server, the input unit receives user input for setting an energy reduction rate, and the controller includes: a data collection module that collects predicted environmental data including weather information about a target control area through the communication unit; a system setting module that sets information about at least one facility within the target control area; and an energy usage simulation module that models the facility based on based on the facility information and simulates the power consumption of the facility model according to a control scenario, the energy usage simulation module including: an energy reduction calculation module for calculating the energy reduction of the facility or target control area based on a simulation result of the power consumption of the facility model according to a combination of at least one control scenario; and a control scenario determination module for determining a combination of at least one control scenario based on the energy reduction rate input through the input unit by using the energy reduction calculation module.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A control apparatus comprising:
a controller to control facilities or equipment; a display device to display information on a screen; and an input device to receive user input, wherein the input device to receive user input for setting an energy reduction rate, and the controller includes:
a data collection module to obtain predicted environmental data including weather information regarding a target control area;
a system setting module to set information regarding at least one facility within the target control area; and
an energy usage simulation module to model the facility based on the facility information and to simulate the power consumption of the facility model according to a control scenario,
the energy usage simulation module including:
an energy reduction calculation module to determine energy reduction of the facility or the target control area based on a simulation result of the power consumption of the facility model according to a combination of at least one control scenario, and
a control scenario determination module to determine a combination of at least one control scenario based on the energy reduction rate, input at the input unit, by using the energy reduction calculation module.

2 . The control apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the display device to display, at the screen, the combination of the at least one control scenario determined by the control scenario determination module.

3 . The control apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the input device to receive user input for modifying the determined combination of the at least one control scenario.

4 . The control apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the display device to display, at the screen, at least one control scenario list applicable to at least one facility, selected from a facility list included in the target control area.

5 . The control apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the display device to display, at the screen, at least one facility list included in at least one target control area selected from a plurality of target control areas, based on input at the input device.

6 . The control apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the energy reduction calculation module to determine a first energy reduction according to the modified combination of control scenarios, and the controller to compare the first energy reduction with a second energy reduction, determined prior to the modification according to the combination of at least one control scenario, and
the controller to control the display device to output alarm information on the screen when the first energy reduction is determined to be larger than the second energy reduction.

7 . The control apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the controller to control the facility according to the modified combination of the at least one control scenario.

8 . The control apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the display device to display, on the screen, a graphical object to represent a simulation result of the power consumption of the facility model over time, the predicted environmental data, or the reduction.

9 . The control apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the display device to display the actual power consumption of the facility in a time domain before a present time and the power consumption of the facility model in the time domain after the present time, or the display device to display status information obtained by the data collection module through control points in the time domain before the present time and the predicted environmental data in the time domain after the present time.

10 . The control apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the display device to display, on the screen, graphical objects of the plurality of target control areas.

11 . The control apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a communication device to communicate with a meteorological server,
wherein the data collection module obtains predicted environmental data, including weather information regarding the target control area, from the meteorological server by using the communication device.

12 . A facility control system comprising the central control apparatus according to claim 1 .

13 . A facility control method comprising:
obtaining, from a meteorological server, predicted environmental data regarding a target control area; setting information regarding at least one facility within the target control area; modeling the facility based on the information regarding the facility and simulating the power consumption of the facility model according to a control scenario; determining an energy reduction in the facility or the target control area based on a simulation result related to the power consumption of the facility model according to a combination of at least one control scenario; and determining a combination of at least one control scenario based on an energy reduction rate input by a user.

14 . The facility control method of claim 13 , further comprising displaying, on the screen of a display device, the combination of the at least one control scenario.

15 . The facility control method of claim 14 , further comprising receiving user input for modifying the determined combination of the at least one control scenario.

16 . The facility control method of claim 15 , further comprising controlling the facility according to the modified combination of the at least one control scenario.

17 . The facility control method of claim 15 , wherein receiving the user input includes displaying, on the screen, at least one control scenario list applicable to at least one facility selected from a facility list included in the target control area.

18 . The facility control method of claim 15 , wherein receiving the user input includes displaying, on the screen, at least one facility list included in at least one target control area selected from among a plurality of target control areas, based on input at an input device.

19 . The facility control method of claim 15 , further comprising:
determining a first energy reduction according to the modified combination of the at least one control scenario; comparing the first energy reduction with a second energy reduction, determined prior to the modification according to the combination of the at least one control scenario; and outputting alarm information on the screen when the first energy reduction is determined to be larger than the second energy reduction.

20 . The facility control method of claim 13 , further comprising displaying a graphical object to represent a simulation result of the power consumption of the facility model over time, the predicted environmental data, or the reduction,
wherein the actual power consumption of the facility is displayed in a time domain before a present time and the power consumption of the facility model is displayed in the time domain after the present time, or status information obtained by the data collection module through control points is displayed in the time domain before the present time and the predicted environmental data is displayed in the time domain after the present time.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Lyu Junghwan
• Kim Heekyung
• Park Wookjin
• Ko Soyeon

Classifications

• G05B19/102 Primary

  for input of program steps, i.e. setting up sequence · CPC title

• G06F1/3206 Primary

  Monitoring of events, devices or parameters that trigger a change in power modality · CPC title

• G05B2219/2639

  Energy management, use maximum of cheap power, keep peak load low · CPC title

• G05B15/02 Primary

  electric · CPC title

• G05B13/047

  the criterion being a time optimal performance criterion · CPC title