Patent ID: 11887020
Assignee: ENNEW TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 19:
20. A thermal load prediction apparatus for facilitate efficient scheduling of boiler steam usage, comprising:
a processor coupled with memory, the processor programmed to:
configure a plurality of prediction states and error thresholds respectively corresponding to the plurality of prediction states, and the pre-processing module configured to form a prediction model corresponding to a target steam user;
call the prediction model to predict first thermal load magnitudes respectively corresponding to a plurality of testing time periods, wherein the target steam user uses a boiler steam in the plurality of testing time periods; and the model calling module configured to call the prediction model to predict second thermal load magnitudes respectively corresponding to future time periods, wherein the target steam user uses the boiler steam in the future time periods;
determine, according to the first thermal load magnitudes respectively corresponding to the plurality of testing time periods, relative prediction errors respectively corresponding to the plurality of testing time periods;
form a state transition probability matrix according to the relative prediction errors respectively corresponding to the plurality of testing time periods and the error thresholds respectively corresponding to the plurality of prediction states, and the state probability determination module configured to determine a state confidence probability of each prediction state of the plurality of prediction states in each future time period of the future time periods according to the state transition probability matrix; and
for the each future time period, determine a thermal load range corresponding to the each future time period, according to the each second thermal load magnitude corresponding to the each future time period, the state confidence probability of the each prediction state in the each future time period, and the error thresholds respectively corresponding to the plurality of prediction states, wherein the target steam user uses the boiler steam in the each future time period, and
schedule the operation of the boiler steam according to the thermal load range with minimum difference between supply and demand of the target steam user.