Communications: electrical – Systems – Selsyn type
Patent
1977-09-29
1979-09-18
Caldwell, Sr., John W.
Communications: electrical
Systems
Selsyn type
307 39, 307 41, 340147R, 364492, H04B 354, H04Q 900, H02J 1300
Patent
active
041684915
ABSTRACT:
An energy demand controller having a sensor for measuring the instantaneous power being delivered to a building, a thumb wheel switch for preselecting a power limit for use in the building, and circuitry for comparing the instantaneous power to the power limit and to switch off power to various heating zones within the building in order to maintain the instantaneous power below the preselected power limit. The control circuitry includes a cycling circuit only operative when the instantaneous power exceeds the measured power to deactivate a sufficient number of heater circuits in order to drop the instantaneous power below the preselected power limit for a predetermined time interval only. At the end of the predetermined time period, the deactivated heater circuits are turned back on. If the instantaneous power still exceeds the preselected power limit, then other zone heaters of sufficient number are likewise deactivated in a second predetermined time interval. As long as the instantaneous power exceeds the preselected power limit when the predetermined time intervals terminate, the heater circuits, in similar fashion, will be cyclically turned off and on so that heat loss in any given area is minimized. When all heater circuits within the predetermined time interval are deactivated, and the instantaneous power still exceeds the power limit, then the hot water heater is deactivated. If the instantaneous power still exceeds the preselected power limit, an alarm will then sound to inform the inhabitant of the building to either increase the preselected power limit or to deactivate other electrical circuits within the building.
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Cumbach James S.
Phillips Alvin C.
Caldwell Sr. John W.
Groody James J.
Phillips Control Corp.
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