KR101108100B1 - Indoor power management system using ceiling type air conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

The indoor power management system using the ceiling type air conditioner according to the present invention enables not only the cooling function but also the indoor power distribution and the use of the same, and each of them can be managed on / off, thereby enabling more efficient indoor power management.

Specifically, the present invention provides a power distribution unit for distributing the external power delivered to the room through a wattmeter into a plurality of branch circuits, a first distribution display unit for displaying whether each of the branch circuits, the on / off command of each branch circuit A ceiling type air conditioner having a signal receiver configured to receive a control signal contained therein, and a power distribution controller configured to turn on / off each of the branch circuits according to the control signal; The control signal by the first interface unit is provided on the wall of the indoor unit to be interlocked with the ceiling air conditioner, and provides a second distribution unit displaying whether each branch circuit is used, and a first interface unit for user operation. A control panel having a signal control unit for generating a signal or relaying the control signal received from the outside to the signal receiving unit; And providing a second interface unit for user operation to generate the control signal by the second interface unit and to transmit the generated control signal to the signal controller or the signal receiver. .

Description

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The present invention relates to an indoor power management system using a ceiling air conditioner. More specifically, the present invention relates to an indoor power management system using a ceiling-type air conditioner that not only functions as a cooling function but also distributes electric power in a room to indicate whether the power is used and manages each on / off.

An air conditioner (commonly called an air conditioner) is a general term for a device for creating indoor air in a comfortable state by controlling temperature, humidity, and air flow distribution in a broad sense. I) refers to a cooling device that draws heat from a specific area through the cooling cycle of the refrigerant.

Accordingly, a general air conditioner is an essential component of a compressor, a condenser, an expander, and an evaporator for cooling circulation of refrigerants, condensation, expansion, and evaporation, and the refrigerant compressed in the compressor is cooled and liquefied in the condenser. It shows the driving principle that the pressure of the refrigerant is lowered and then vaporized in the evaporator to take away the surrounding heat.

In addition, the air conditioner is divided into a centralized method of introducing cold air into the indoor space by using a duct and a unit method of directly cooling the space by installing the main device in the indoor space instead of separately installing the main equipment in a separate space. In the unit method, an integrated body is installed on a window or a wall to expose the condenser to the outside, and a window type for cooling the indoor condenser and an outdoor unit with a condenser are separately installed. It is divided into split type connecting by pipe.

Among them, the centralized method is mainly limited to a large building, and thus, the window type of the unit method is gradually avoided due to the inconvenience of installation and movement.

As a result, the most widely used air conditioners are the unit type split type air conditioners, and as the air conditioner is actively utilized as an interior element in the present time, the split type air conditioners have developed into various types such as wall-mounted, stand type, and ceiling type. Ceiling air conditioners installed in the ceiling of the building is in the spotlight due to the need for a separate installation area and advantageous advantages for air circulation.

On the other hand, various electrical appliances in buildings such as air conditioners, lights, and communication devices are supplied with electricity through indoor wiring. Here, indoor wiring is a general term for electric wiring existing in a building, and it is a general term for light, circuit, and communication.

Attached Figure 1 is a system diagram showing the indoor wiring in any house, the external service wire (2) is transmitted through the ground or underground through the customer's power meter (watt-hour meter: 10) through the indoor distribution panel ( cabinet panel: 20), divided into a number of branch circuits in the distribution panel (20) and connected throughout the house. Therefore, it is used according to the intended use by connecting electric appliances directly to branch circuits or through indoor distribution devices such as outlets and sockets.

However, in recent years, as the types and use of electronic appliances have increased rapidly, voices of concern due to excessive power consumption have been raised, and efficient indoor power management measures that can prevent unnecessary power consumption have been importantly discussed. As part of this, the emphasis is placed on the reduction of standby power of various electrical equipment at the national level, where standby power is used while the connected electrical equipment is not performing its main function or waiting for a command to perform its main function. It refers to the power consumed.

As shown in Table 1 below, a typical electric appliance exhibits several levels of power consumption, ranging from the “full off state” of zero power consumption to the “operating state” during normal use. Among these, 'Incomplete Off', 'Passive Standby', and 'Active Standby' are the 'Standby Power' states where the power consumption exceeds 0, respectively. Consumption follows.

TABLE 1

Table 2 below shows the average standby power of various electric appliances. Given the recent trend of the rapid increase in the use of electric appliances, it is easy to predict that unnecessary power consumption due to 'standby power' is already large but will continue to increase. Can be.

TABLE 2

In order to prevent unnecessary power consumption by such standby power, in addition to switching off the electric appliance after use, the plug and the like must be pulled out to be completely turned off. However, the branch circuit of the indoor wiring is connected to each space in the building for the convenience of use, and considering the fact that the usage of electric appliances will increase steadily now and in the future, the user checks the connection state of various electric appliances one by one. It is very cumbersome to pull out.

Therefore, a more efficient and user-centered indoor power management plan is urgently needed.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has an object of presenting a concrete strategy for more efficient indoor power management.

To this end, the present invention is characterized by using a ceiling-type air conditioner, by using the user can easily check the indoor distribution situation and to provide an indoor power management system that can efficiently manage indoor power.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention, the distribution unit for distributing the external power delivered to the interior through the electricity meter to a plurality of branch circuits, the first distribution display unit for displaying the use of each branch circuit, the branch A ceiling air conditioner having a signal receiver for receiving a control signal containing an on / off command of each circuit, and a distribution control unit for controlling each of the branch circuits according to the control signal; The control signal by the first interface unit is provided on the wall of the indoor unit to be interlocked with the ceiling air conditioner, and provides a second distribution unit displaying whether each branch circuit is used, and a first interface unit for user operation. A control panel having a signal control unit for generating a signal or relaying the control signal received from the outside to the signal receiving unit; And providing a second interface unit for user operation to generate the control signal by the second interface unit and to transmit the generated control signal to the signal controller or the signal receiver. .

In this case, the ceiling air conditioner includes a compressor and an evaporator, and further includes an outdoor unit connected to the ceiling air conditioner by a pipe.

The power distribution unit may include an earth leakage circuit breaker that cuts off the branch circuits in case of short circuit, short circuit, and overload of each branch circuit, and the first power distribution display unit includes a power meter for measuring the amount of power of each branch circuit and a measurement result of the power meter. And a plurality of first LEDs each turned on / off according to the present invention, and the distribution control unit includes a plurality of relays for turning each of the branch circuits on and off.

The second distribution display unit may include a plurality of second LEDs turned on / off in association with the first distribution display unit.

The indoor power management system according to the present invention makes it easier to check the indoor distribution situation through the ceiling type air conditioner and at the same time can control each of the branch circuits to enable more efficient indoor power management.

In particular, the present invention utilizes a ceiling type air conditioner for the display and control of the indoor distribution situation, so that the user can be easily checked and operated at any position, it is possible to prevent the cost of the separate installation. In addition, the present invention uses the lighting of the LED to display the indoor distribution situation can be conveniently used at night, and can be freely operated by a control panel or a remote control can be easily used by everyone.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 is a schematic diagram of an indoor power management system according to the present invention, which includes a ceiling air conditioner 50 installed in an indoor ceiling T, a control panel 90 installed on an indoor wall W, and a remote control thereof. And a remote controller 100 for adjusting.

Looking briefly at each, the ceiling type air conditioner (50) is divided into a plurality of branch circuits and the external power supplied indoors through the electricity meter in addition to the normal cooling function, and displays the use of each branch circuit, the control panel 90 to be described later Or on / off each of the branch circuits based on the control signal transmitted through the remote controller 100. In addition, the control panel 90 displays whether each branch circuit is used, generates a control signal according to a user's direct operation, and transmits the control signal to the ceiling type air conditioner 50 or relays the control signal transmitted through the remote controller 100. Transmission to the ceiling air conditioner (50). In addition, the remote controller 100 generates a control signal according to a user's direct manipulation and transmits the control signal to the ceiling type air conditioner 50 or the control panel 90.

As a result, the user can determine whether power is supplied to various electric appliances in the indoor distribution situation based on whether each branch circuit displayed through the ceiling air conditioner 50 or the control panel 90 is used, and the control panel 90 or the remote controller ( By controlling the on / off of each of the branch circuits 100 to control the power supply of various electric appliances to perform more efficient indoor power management.

The detailed configuration and operation for this are as follows.

First, it looks at the ceiling air conditioner 50 of the indoor power management system according to the present invention. 3 is a block diagram showing a ceiling air conditioner 50 of the indoor power management system according to the present invention, Figure 4 is a plan view showing a preferred aspect thereof. Reference is made together with FIG. 2 above.

As shown, the ceiling type air conditioner 50 can be divided into a cooling module (C) for the cooling function and a power management module (E) for the indoor power management function for convenience.

Cooling module (C) is a part that functions as a cooling function similar to that of a conventional ceiling air conditioner, its configuration and operation may also be the same or similar to a typical ceiling air conditioner. That is, in the indoor power management system according to the present invention, the cooling module C of the ceiling type air conditioner 50 is mounted with a condenser and an evaporator to form an indoor unit of a split air conditioner, and an external outdoor unit having a built-in compressor and a condenser. It is connected to the pipe (P) to cool the relevant space by the cooling circulation action of the compression, condensation, expansion, evaporation of the refrigerant.

In addition, if necessary, the cooling module C may include other components for cooling control, for example, various mechanical and electrical elements and control circuits for adjusting the wind direction and air volume. Since the cooling module (C) is based on a general technical idea, it can be easily understood by those skilled in the art without a separate description.

The power management module E includes a power distribution unit 52, a first power distribution display unit 62, a signal receiver 72, and a power distribution control unit 82.

Among them, the distribution unit 52 distributes the external power delivered to the interior through the electricity meter (WH) into a plurality of branch circuits (B), the branched circuit (B) thus distributed is directly or outlets in the appropriate place in the building It is connected to various electrical appliances 200 through a distribution mechanism such as a socket. At this time, preferably in the power distribution unit 52, an earth leakage circuit breaker (ELB: 54) or a short circuit, a short circuit, which cuts the branch circuit (B) in case of a short circuit, a short circuit, or an overload of the branch circuit (B). A circuit breaker (No Fuse Breaker, NFB or MCCB) may be included to block the branch circuit (B).

The first distribution display unit 62 includes a power meter 64 for measuring the amount of power of each branch circuit B, and a plurality of LEDs 66 blinking according to the measurement result, and are emitted from the plurality of LEDs 66. The light is displayed to the outside through the first display window 68 provided on the front of the ceiling air conditioner 50. In this case, the measurement result of the power meter 62 eventually indicates whether the electric appliance 200 connected to the branch circuit B consumes power, so that the user can use the branch circuit B through the light of the LED 66. It is possible to determine whether power consumption of the electric appliance 200 connected to each.

At this time, the LED 66 is provided in the same number as the branch circuit (B) is also turned off when the power value of each branch circuit (B) measured through the power meter 62 is 0, and is more than 0. It is possible, but preferably, two LEDs 66 emitting light of different wavelength bands for each branch circuit B are all turned off when the power value is zero and any first when the reference value is greater than zero or less than the preset reference value. Only the colored LEDs are on and the remaining second colored LEDs may be on when the reference value is exceeded.

As a result, in the case of using one LED per branch circuit (B), the complete off state (see Table 1) of the electric appliance 200 connected to the branch circuit (B) through the LED 66 on and off and other The status (see Table 1) can be checked, and when using two LEDs 66 per branch circuit (B), turn off all LEDs 66, turn on the first color LED, turn on the second color LED. Through it can check the complete off state (see Table 1), standby power state (incomplete off state, passive standby state, active standby state of the table 1), the operating state of the electric appliance 200 connected to the branch circuit, respectively. . Here, the preset reference value, which is a switching reference between the first color LED and the second color LED, may be 10W based on the household electric appliance 200.

In addition, the signal receiving unit 72 receives a control signal containing an on / off command of each branch circuit B. FIG. In this case, the control signal is generated and transmitted through the control panel 90 or the remote controller 100 to be described later according to the user's intention, and will be described in the corresponding part.

In addition, the distribution control unit 82 controls the on / off of each branch circuit (B) according to the control signal containing the on / off command of each branch circuit (B), for this purpose, the same number installed in each branch circuit (B) (84) switch 84 is included. In this case, the switch 84 may be preferably a relay switch that is easy to control on / off switching.

For reference, as illustrated in FIG. 4, letters or the like may be written on the outer surface of the ceiling type air conditioner 50 so as to easily distinguish the branch circuit B for each of the first display windows 68.

Next, Figure 5 is a block diagram showing a control panel 90 of the indoor power management system according to the present invention, Figure 5 is a plan view showing a preferred aspect thereof. Reference is made together to FIGS. 2 to 4 above.

As shown, the control panel 90 includes a second distribution display unit 92 and a signal control unit 94 and is wired to be connected to the ceiling air conditioner 50 so as to be embedded in the wall. At this time, the reason why the ceiling type air conditioner 50 and the control panel 90 are wired is concerned about a decrease in reliability due to a wireless connection, and thus wireless connection may be possible if necessary.

Similar to the first distribution display unit 62 of the ceiling type air conditioner, the second distribution display unit 92 determines whether power consumption of the electric appliance 200 connected to each of the branch circuits B or each of the branch circuits B is consumed. To help. For this purpose, the second distribution display unit 92 is only required to display the same display state of the first LED 66 in conjunction with the first distribution display unit 62, and thus is directly and indirectly connected to the first LED 66 to operate together. There is no need for a separate power meter other than the plurality of second LEDs 93.

The light of the plurality of second LEDs 93 is displayed to the outside through the second display window 98 on the front of the control panel 90, and as shown in FIG. 6, the second display window 98 is also displayed on the outer surface of the control panel 90. A letter or the like may be written in order to easily distinguish the branch circuits B), and the quantity of the second LEDs 93 and the display method thereof are sufficiently described above through the first distribution display unit 62. Is omitted.

The signal controller 94 provides a first interface unit 96, and generates a control signal containing on / off commands of each branch circuit B according to a user's command input to the first interface unit 96. The control signal transmitted to the ceiling air conditioner 50 or transmitted through the remote controller 100 to be described later is relayed to the ceiling air conditioner 50.

For this purpose, the first interface unit 96 may include a plurality of buttons appropriately allocated to each branch circuit B, and these are arranged in one-to-one correspondence on the second display window 98 as shown in FIG. Promote.

Therefore, when the user wants to turn on / off a specific branch circuit (B) after checking whether the indoor distribution or the branch circuit (B) is used by the indoor air conditioner 50 or the control panel 90. By pressing the corresponding button of the interface unit 96, a control signal corresponding thereto is transmitted to the ceiling type air conditioner 50, and the power distribution controller 84 of the ceiling type air conditioner 50 performs an appropriate control operation.

Finally, Figure 7 is a block diagram of the remote control 100 of the indoor power management system according to the present invention. Reference is made together with FIGS. 2 to 6 above.

As can be seen, the remote controller 100 has a signal generator 102 that provides a second interface unit 104 for the user's operation, and the control signal generated therein is a signal receiver 72 of the ceiling type air conditioner 50. Or a signal transmitter 106 for transmitting to the signal controller 94 of the control panel 90.

In this case, like the first interface unit 96, the second interface unit 104 may include a plurality of buttons assigned to each branch circuit B. When the user presses an appropriate button, the signal generation unit 102 attaches to the button. The corresponding control signal is generated, and the signal transmitter 106 transmits the corresponding signal to the control panel 90 or the ceiling air conditioner 50 so that the power distribution controller 82 of the ceiling air conditioner 50 performs an appropriate control operation. Let's do it. In addition, the remote controller 100 includes a power source, but since it is based on the general technical concept, a separate display and explanation in the drawings will be omitted.

2 to 6, the indoor power management method using the indoor power management system according to the present invention will be described.

First, the user checks an indoor distribution situation through the first display unit 62 of the ceiling type air conditioner 50 or the second display unit 92 of the control panel 90. In this case, the indoor distribution situation has the same meaning as whether the power consumption of the electric appliance 200 connected to each of the branch circuits B or each of the branch circuits B is used.

Then, it is necessary to check whether there is no branch circuit B turned off or unnecessary branch circuit B turned on, based on the contents, and then check the first interface unit 96 of the control panel 90 or the remote controller 100. The second interface unit 104 is appropriately operated.

Accordingly, the signal control unit 94 of the control panel 90 or the signal generation unit 102 and the signal transmission unit 106 of the remote controller 100 respectively turn on / off commands of the branch circuit B corresponding to the user's intention. This control signal is generated and finally transmitted to the signal receiver 72 of the ceiling type air conditioner 50, and the power distribution controller 82 of the ceiling type air conditioner 50 turns on / off each branch circuit B according to the control signal. OFF to perform indoor power management.

1 is a schematic diagram of a typical indoor wiring.

Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of the indoor power management system according to the present invention.

Figure 3 is a block diagram of the ceiling air conditioner of the indoor power management system according to the present invention.

Figure 4 is a plan view of the ceiling air conditioner of the indoor power management system according to the present invention.

5 is a block diagram of a control panel of the indoor power management system according to the present invention.

6 is a plan view of a control panel of the indoor power management system according to the present invention.

Figure 7 is a block diagram of a remote control of the indoor power management system according to the present invention.

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

50: ceiling type air conditioner 52: power distribution unit

62: first distribution display unit 72: signal receiving unit

82: power distribution control unit 90: control panel

92: second distribution display unit 94: signal control unit

96: first interface unit 100: remote control

102: signal generator 104: second interface unit

106: signal transmission unit

Claims (4)

A condenser and an evaporator are mounted and connected to an external outdoor unit and connected to a pipe to perform a cooling function, and the external power delivered to the room through the electricity meter is divided into a plurality of branch circuits, and an earth leakage breaker or a circuit breaker for each branch circuit is provided. A first distribution display unit for providing a plurality of LEDs that are turned on and off according to a power meter for measuring the amount of power for each branch circuit and a plurality of LEDs to indicate whether the branch circuit is used or not; A power receiver module for receiving a control signal containing an on / off command and a power distribution module for providing a plurality of relays for controlling on / off of each branch circuit according to the control signal; Split type ceiling air conditioner including; A second distribution display unit installed on the wall of the indoor unit and providing a plurality of second LEDs which are connected to the first distribution display unit and turned on / off to indicate whether the branch circuit is used; a first interface unit for user operation A control panel provided with a signal control unit configured to generate the control signal by the first interface unit or to relay the control signal received from the outside to the signal receiver; And An indoor power management system using a ceiling type air conditioner including a remote control unit providing a second interface unit for user operation to generate the control signal by the second interface unit and transmit the generated control signal to the signal control unit or the signal receiver. delete delete delete

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