TABLET BASED DISTRIBUTED INTELLIGENT LOAD MANAGEMENT

摘要

A facility is connected to an electricity utility and is responsive to Demand Response Events. A plurality of devices is each individually connected to the electricity grid via an addressable switch connected to a secure network that is enabled to be individually switched off by a server. An occupant of a room in control of the plurality of devices provides via a Human Machine Interface on a tablet a preferred order of switching off the plurality of devices in case of a Demand Response Event. A configuration file based at least partially on the preferred order and on a severity of the Demand Response Events determines which devices which of the plurality devices will be switched off. The server accesses the configuration file and switches off the devices included in the configuration file.

主权项

1. A system to manage a group of devices in each room in a plurality of rooms in a facility connected to an electricity grid under a Demand Response (DR) Event, comprising:
a first server connected by a network to the plurality of rooms, each of the plurality of rooms having a plurality of switches, each switch enabled to selectively switch on or off a device in the group of devices from the electricity grid, the first server hosting a plurality of software agents, wherein:
each software agent is enabled to selectively control on/off switching of a plurality of switches in one of the plurality of rooms in accordance with an order of switching off of the plurality of switches in the one of the plurality of rooms based on a level of severity of the DR Event; a computing device connected via the network to the first server to cover the one of the plurality of rooms and enabled to display a Human-Machine Interface (HMI) exclusive to the one of the plurality of rooms, the HMI being generated by a first software agent in the plurality of software agents which is dedicated to the one of the plurality of rooms and the HMI being enabled to provide a preferred order of switching off of the plurality of switches in the one of the plurality of rooms during the DR event; and a second server connected to the first server by a secure network enabled to determine the level of severity of the DR Event and to instruct the first software agent to switch off at least one switch in accordance with the order of switching off of the plurality of switches.