Patent ID: 9639069
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: C21D,F27B,F27D,G05B

Claim:
1. A method for optimizing the energy supply, over a time interval I of duration D, of an installation equipped with N energy distribution devices operating in all or nothing mode and in duration modulation mode, the method comprising: allocating, by a programmable processor, a duration of operation Δi, less than or equal to the duration D, to each of the N energy distribution devices over the time interval I, wherein at least one of the N energy distribution devices is allocated a duration of operation Δi that is less than the duration D; deducing, by the programmable processor, each duration of operation Δi from the energy demand of the installation, wherein the duration of operation Δi of at least a first of the N energy distribution devices is divided by one or more off states into several sequences of partial duration, whose sum is equal to Δi; defining, by the programmable processor, a scheduling over the time interval I by a temporal allotment of the set of operating sequences of the N energy distribution devices, wherein the several sequences of partial duration of the first of the N energy distribution devices are temporally distributed over the time interval I; calculating, by the programmable processor, the scheduling before the start of the time interval I by taking account of the desired durations Δi of operation of each energy distribution device; and controlling, with the programmable processor, operation of the N energy distribution devices according to the calculated scheduling.