Abstract:
Micro-grid energy management system includes distributed power generation and storage devices each configured to generate and store power in a distributed manner, monitor its own status, and transmit data on the monitored status through a different interface, a gateway device connected selectively with the distributed power generation and storage devices through different interfaces and configured to convert the status data received through the interfaces into open data having one predefined data frame format, transmit the converted open data over a network, and provide control signals of the distributed power generation and storage devices received over the network to the distributed power generation and storage devices; and an energy management server configured to perform energy management using the open data transmitted from the gateway device over the network and transmit control signals for controlling and managing the distributed power generation and storage devices to the gateway device over the network.
Abstract:
An apparatus for automated electricity demand response based on online trading of demand side resources. The apparatus includes a communication unit, a demand response management system, an utility grid management system, and a demand response resources in use, a database; and a demand response processing unit configured to receive an electricity demand reduction instruction message according to a certain demand response service contract condition in the demand response management system.
Abstract:
A probabilistic model-based virtual distributed resource management system includes: a resource collecting unit collecting distributed resource state information from a plurality of distributed resources; and a virtual distributed resource management server monitoring the plurality of distributed resources by using the distributed resource state information collected by the resource collecting unit and changing the distributed resources by calculating availabilities and driving probabilities of the plurality of respective distributed resources.
Abstract:
A system and method for remotely and automatically controlling building energy facilities is disclosed. An apparatus for remotely and automatically controlling building energy facilities may include a building facility interface to match control and alarm signals of a manual control panel installed in a building to manage energy used in a building facility and to control a switch of the manual control panel, a facility status information generator to convert the matched control and alarm signals to generate status information on the building facility, and a facility status controller to control the switch of the manual control panel based on the generated status information to remotely control an operation status of the building facility.
Abstract:
An exemplary embodiment provides an intruder detection method capable of accurately detecting an intruder and estimating an abnormal behavior of the intruder even when viewpoints of acquired images are different from each other. An intruder detection method is suitable for being performed by an intruder detection device for detecting an intruder based on images and includes: receiving input images acquired by multiple cameras; extracting feature maps associated with a plurality of viewpoints by applying the input images to a plurality of convolutional neural networks provided separately for the plurality of viewpoints of the images; and detecting the intruder based on the feature maps associated with the plurality of viewpoints.
Abstract:
The method for configuring the network of a factory energy management system (FEMS) includes receiving a parameter set for configuration of the network, generating a diagram based on a characteristic for the parameter of each of communication schemes available for configuration of the network, determining, based on the diagram, a communication characteristic matrix including a characteristic value representing the characteristic for the parameter of each of the communication schemes, determining a correlation matrix representing a weight for the parameter in each process to be managed by the FEMS, deriving a communication adaptability matrix by applying the weight corresponding to the parameter for each process of the correlation matrix to the characteristic value for the parameter of each of the communication schemes included in the communication characteristic matrix, and determining a communication scheme to be applied for each process from among the communication schemes using the communication adaptability matrix.
Abstract:
A reconnaissance UAV and a surveillance flight method of the reconnaissance UAV which can reduce a number of required reconnaissance UAVs are provided. The surveillance flight method for detecting an unauthorized UAV includes: defining multiple flight passages in a UAV no-fly zone for a plurality of reconnaissance UAVs; controlling each of the plurality of reconnaissance UAVs to fly across adjacent flight passages at an interval by crossing a border of the adjacent flight passages; and controlling at least one of an image sensor and a noise sensor mounted on the reconnaissance UAV to dynamically change a direction detection thereof.
Abstract:
A power metering apparatus, a power metering server, and a power metering method based on a blockchain are disclosed. Particularly, in order to simultaneously assure integrity and transparency of power metering data based on a blockchain, power metering data generated by measuring an amount of power generated by an energy source and a unique key are stored in a database linked to a power metering server, and a digitally signed hash value of the power metering data is stored in a blockchain node. Accordingly, disclosed are blockchain-based power metering system and method for preventing forgery and tampering of power metering data, solving a problem associated with a blockchain storage capacity that may occur when storing the power metering data, and protecting sensitive information on the power metering data.
Abstract:
Disclosed are a priority-based energy distribution method and a priority-based energy distribution system for performing the priority-based energy distribution method. The method may include receiving an energy distribution request including information on demand energy amounts from energy consumers, determining a priority of each of the energy consumers with respect to each of energy suppliers, determining an optimal energy amount of each of the energy consumers based on the determined priority, the demand energy amounts, and available distribution energy resources of the energy suppliers, and distributing energies of the available distribution energy resources to the respective energy consumers based on the determined optimal energy amount.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for optimally allocating resources of a provider according to a contribution margin ratio of a resource consumer in a distributed energy resource environment are described. An embodiment is a method for distributing energy resources in a distributed energy resource system. The method may include receiving information about the amount of available energy resources from each of one or more providers, receiving information about the amount of required energy resources from each of one or more consumers, assessing a contribution margin ratio for each of the one or more consumers, calculating an energy resource allocation amount for each of the one or more consumers based on the assessed contribution margin ratio, and distributing energy resources to each of the one or more consumers based on the calculated energy resource allocation amount.