Electrical transmission or interconnection systems – Plural load circuit systems – Selectively connected or controlled load circuits
Patent
1975-05-15
1977-05-10
Schaefer, Robert K.
Electrical transmission or interconnection systems
Plural load circuit systems
Selectively connected or controlled load circuits
23515121, 219485, H02J 400
Patent
active
040230430
ABSTRACT:
A system for lowering electrical energy peak demand while minimizing service disruption allows instantaneous dropping of a plurality of interruptible thermal storage devices with predictable reserve capacity. At the time the loads are dropped, a central computer establishes a plurality of permissible off-times for corresponding mutually exclusive groups of loads in similar installations based on characteristic projected energy consumption profiles predicted from past statistical history for the groups. At the end of each off-time interval, a central transmitter transmits reconnect signals to which the devices in the corresponding group are responsive. The groups of units are thus reconnected sequentially avoiding the possibility of generating a secondary peak by indiscriminate, simultaneous reconnection. The reconnection sequence is determined according to changing priorities which take into account the customer's needs at the time of disconnection. The system provides electric utilities with a controllable equivalent peak load capacity in excess of the total connected load of all noncontrolled devices. Employing load limiters at individual locations permits use of established commercial and industrial rate structures in concert with increased economy in the use of power by way of programmed peak load reduction.
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Ginsburg Morris
Lidd Francis J.
Megatherm Corporation
Schaefer Robert K.
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