US 12,444,945 B2
Method and device for power consumption and/or power input control in an electrical power supply network
Thomas Mühlbach, Rühen (DE)
Assigned to SEK-AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH, Rühen (DE)
Appl. No. 17/909,738
Filed by SEK-AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH, Rühen (DE)
PCT Filed Apr. 16, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/059975
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 6, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/213937, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 28, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 102020110649.1 (DE), filed on Apr. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0106367 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. H02J 3/14 (2006.01); H02J 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC H02J 3/144 (2020.01) [H02J 3/003 (2020.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for power consumption and power input control in an electrical power supply network, the method comprising the steps of:
generating a control signal (3) with at least one item of tariff information (8) as well as with ancillary information (14)(15) by a signal station (2) at a power supplier (1) and unidirectionally outputting the control signal (3) via the power supply network;
receiving the control signal (3) by at least one receiving unit (4) arranged in the power consumption network, wherein the control signal (3) received by the receiving unit (4) is used for operation control of a power output unit/power input unit (5) for downstream power consumers/power generators (6), and wherein the control signal (3) does not possess any switching authorisation;
executing a switching release of tariff states by the receiving unit (4) via at least one pre-selection switching unit (7) in dependence of the tariff information (8) contained in the control signal (3);
generating by the receiving unit switching states in dependence of the tariff information (8) of the control signal (3), wherein it can be predefined by a user, in which way the control signal (3) can be used at the location of the power consumption/power input for operation control, or wherein the receiving unit (4) instead of the pre-selection switching unit (7) can comprise freely selectable and/or editable operation control programs (16) for processing the control signal (3); and
executing a user-specific selection at the receiving unit (4) under predetermined switching states/switching characteristics of the power output/power input unit;
wherein the ancillary information includes source information (15) that points to a power supplier and/or a primary power source and/or information about a local power generator (15a), and wherein settings of the pre-selection switching unit (7) can be executed manually or via the operation control program (16) in dependence of the source information.