Patent ID: 6067482
Filing Date: 2000-05-23
Classification: F24F,F25B,H02J

Abstract:
A processor for selecting a specific combination of discrete electrical loads from a plurality of presently available combinations of discrete electrical loads, wherein each presently available combination of discrete electrical loads represents a different allocation of the loads between a first power source and a second power source, said processor comprising:means for receiving control parameters and/or demand data associated with the discrete loads and the power sources;memory means for storing the control parameters and/or demand data;means for calculating a target demand value for the demand on one of said power sources as a function of the control parameters and/or demand data;means for identifying each of the presently available combinations of discrete electrical loads; andmeans for selecting one load combination from said presently available combinations of discrete electrical loads, wherein said selecting means is adapted for calculating a load demand value for each of said presently available combinations of discrete electrical loads which indicates the actual demand for that combination of discrete loads on said one power source, said one combination of discrete loads having the highest load demand value which does not exceed the target demand value.