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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2011
Ronald Rietman, Eindhoven, NL;
Alessio Filippi, Eindhoven, NL;
Ashish Vijay Pandharipande, Eindhoven, NL;
Ying Wang, Eindhoven, NL;
Paul Anthony Shrubsole, Arnhem, NL;
Ronald Rietman, Eindhoven, NL;
Alessio Filippi, Eindhoven, NL;
Ashish Vijay Pandharipande, Eindhoven, NL;
Ying Wang, Eindhoven, NL;
Paul Anthony Shrubsole, Arnhem, NL;
PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to a disaggregation apparatus for identifying an appliance in an electrical network () comprising multiple appliances (). A voltage meter () measures a first change in a mains voltage (V) delivered to the appliances of the electrical network, while an operational state of an appliance is modified, and a second change in the mains voltage, while a switchable load is switched. An appliance determination unit () determines the appliance, of which the operational state has been changed, based on the measured first change in the mains voltage, the measured second change in the mains voltage and the resistance of the switchable load. Thus, an appliance can be determined without detecting switching flickers in very short time durations, i.e. high sampling rates and continuous monitoring are not necessarily required. This reduces the technical efforts of the disaggregation apparatus for performing the disaggregation function.