Network system

Abstract

Provided is a network system. The network system includes: at least one unit selected from an energy receiving unit receiving energy and an energy management unit managing the energy receiving unit. An energy usage amount or energy usage rate of the energy receiving unit is adjusted; an energy usage amount or usage rate when the unit is controlled based on information relating to at least an energy rate is less than that when the unit is controlled without the base of information relating to at least an energy rate; the energy receiving unit comprises a plurality of components; and an operation of one component among the plurality of components is controlled based on the energy rate related information.

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         32 . An energy consumption unit capable of communicating with a network system and capable of receiving energy information related to information related to time-based pricing and information other than information related to time-based pricing, the energy consumption unit comprising:
 a plurality of assigned a priorities;   wherein   an operation of a component is adjusted based on the priority and the energy information related to the information related to time-based pricing and the information other than information related to time-based pricing,   wherein the plurality of components comprising:   a first component; and   a second component having a larger power consumption amount per unit hour or energy usage rate than the first component,   wherein the second component is driven at a time interval at which an energy rate is lower than that of the first component.   
     
     
         33 . The energy consumption unit according to  claim 32 , wherein the second component is driven when energy information is not high-price information. 
     
     
         34 . The energy consumption unit according to  claim 32 , wherein the second component is driven when energy information is low-price information. 
     
     
         35 . The energy consumption unit according to  claim 32 , wherein when the energy information indicates that an energy rate is high-price information, and the component has a low priority among the plurality of components, the operation of the component having the low priority is limited. 
     
     
         36 . The energy consumption unit according to  claim 35 , wherein the high-price information comprises one of recognitions of an on-peak time interval relating to the energy rate, an energy reduction signal, a under-frequency lower than a reference frequency, a small power generation amount, an operation command according to an operation priority, an energy consumption amount more than a reference amount, and limit information on the number of available components. 
     
     
         37 . The energy consumption unit according to  claim 32 , wherein the priority among the priorities comprises at least one of a priority of the component to operate preferentially, an operation start priority, an energy consumption amount priority, and an energy usage rate priority. 
     
     
         38 . The energy consumption unit according to  claim 37 , wherein the energy consumption amount priority comprises a current energy consumption amount priority or a power priority per unit hour; and
 the energy usage rate priority comprises a current energy usage rate priority or a usage rate priority per unit hour.   
     
     
         39 . The energy consumption unit according to  claim 38 , wherein the component having a current energy consumption amount, a current energy usage rate, a power per unit hour, and a usage rate per unit hour that is greater than another component is assigned with a low priority. 
     
     
         40 . The energy consumption unit according to  claim 32 , wherein the operation of the energy consumption unit being adjusted based on the priority and the energy information is based on at least one of the number of available components, an available total energy consumption amount, or a total energy rate. 
     
     
         41 . The energy consumption unit according to  claim 32 , wherein the operation of the component being adjusted based on the priority and the energy information comprises immediate limitation of the operation of the component, limitation after one process is completed when the operation of the component is divided into a plurality of processes, limitation of the operation of the energy consumption unit after a predetermined time, limitation of the operation of the component after the component consumes a predetermined amount of energy, and limitation of the operation of the component when a usage energy rate reaches a predetermined value. 
     
     
         42 . The energy consumption unit according to  claim 32 , wherein if an operation of component having a higher priority than a component having an operation limited due to low priority is completed among the plurality of components, the component having the operation limited returns to a state before the operation of the component was limited.