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| 20080228327 | Solar cell outdoor control system - The present invention discloses a solar cell outdoor control system comprising an outdoor under control device (OUCD) and a solar cell array coupled to the outdoor under control device to provide electricity to the outdoor under control device in a first state. A non-solar power is coupled to the outdoor under control device to provide electricity to the outdoor under control device in a second state; and a switch coupled to the solar cell array and non-solar power for switching there-between. The outdoor under control system includes traffic signal control system, outdoor bill board, outdoor monitoring system or outdoor wireless network access point. The solar cell outdoor control system further comprises a wireless transceiver to transmit and/or receive data to/from an external device. The solar cell outdoor control system further comprises a sensor to detect the first state or the second state. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20090024255 | UTILITY INTERACTIVE INVERTER WITH VAR DISPATCH CAPABILITIES - A VAR dispatch system. A central control system connected to a network is configured to receive data reflecting local variations in conditions on a power grid and to transmit system control commands over the network. A plurality of VAR dispatch devices are connected to the network and to the power grid. Each VAR dispatch device is configured to detect local variations in conditions on the power grid and to transmit the data reflecting such local variations to the central control system and to receive control commands from the central control system. Each VAR dispatch device is configured to store power and to output stored power to the power grid based on local variations in conditions on the power grid. Each VAR dispatch device is further configured to output stored power to the power grid when the VAR dispatch device receives system control commands from the central control system. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090030558 | WHEEL ALIGNMENT HEAD AND SYSTEM WITH ADVANCED POWER MANAGEMENT - A wheel alignment head and system use advanced power management to reduce non-essential power consumption, to extend operation time between charges. The wheel alignment head is operable in a first operation state and a second operation state that consumes less power than the first operation state. In response to an occurrence of at least one of preset events, the wheel alignment head switches its operation from the first operation mode to the second operation mode. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090037030 | GRAPHICAL INTERFACE FOR CONFIGURING A POWER SUPPLY CONTROLLER - Information for configuring control apparatus for a power system including a plurality of controlled power supplies is produced using a graphical interface which displays the topology and sequencing of the power supplies in the power system. A database is used to select power supplies to add in determining the power system topology. Sequencing is represented by displacing icons representing the power supplies along lines representing their input and output voltages, and arrows representing startup sequence dependencies. A processor produces the configuration information, consistent with the displayed topology and sequencing, using information for the selected power supplies from the database, for downloading to the control apparatus. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090082910 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus is provided that has a processor for performing an information processing, a power supply unit for receiving an external electric power from an external electric power source and for supplying the external electric power to the processor, a first power receiving unit connected to a first communication medium, the first power receiving unit receiving a first electric power from the first communication medium and supplying the first electric power to the processor, a second power receiving unit connected to a second communication medium, the second power receiving unit receiving a second electric power from the second communication medium and supplying the second electric power to the processor, an electric power detection unit for detecting the first electric power or the second electric power, and a switching unit for supplying one of the external electric power, the first electric power, and the second electric power to the processor according to a result of detection made by the electric power detection unit. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090088908 | Low-power ethernet device - In accordance with the teachings of this disclosure, an Ethernet device is provided that draws current below a predetermined voltage, and as the voltage across the device exceeds the threshold, the device transforms into a high-impedance state, appearing as a high impedance device. Once in the high-impedance state, the discovery process proceeds normally as the current drawn through the high-impedance device is no more than normally occurs due to leakage or other typical conditions. Thus, the IEEE discovery now proceeds normally in the higher voltage ranges (6V to 9V) where the device of this disclosure is effectively out of the circuit, causing no interference. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090157231 | WASHING MACHINE AND CONTROLLING METHOD FOR THE SAME - The present invention relates to a washing machine and a method of controlling the same. The washing machine includes a home network switch unit for selectively inputting a home network mode or a standby power mode, a standby power unit for supplying or shutting off a main power according to an operating state, and a microcomputer for controlling the standby power unit according to a mode set by the home network switch unit. Thus, the home network mode or the standby power mode is selected, if appropriate, through manipulation of a switch. Accordingly, the washing machine can be driven even when it is connected to a home network. When the standby power mode is selected, applied main power is shut off. Accordingly, there is an advantage in that a washing machine with minimized power consumption can be provided. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090157232 | Method and Apparatus for Preserving Battery Operation and Life During Vehicle Post Idle Shutdown Control - A method for preserving battery operation and life during vehicle post idle shutdown, such vehicle having a delayed accessory power mode operative when an ignition state of the vehicle is in a non-engine running condition while an ignition switch of the vehicle is in the ON position to supply accessories in the vehicle the battery. The method includes: detecting whether the vehicle has been in an post idle shutdown condition and brake pedal not pressed and ignition state unchanged; and placing the vehicle in the delayed accessory power mode after detecting that the vehicle has been in an post idle shutdown condition and while the ignition switch is in the ON position. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090171511 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO ESTABLISH AND DYNAMICALLY CONTROL ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN LARGE-SCALE DATACENTERS OR IT INFRASTRUCTURES - A system and method for establishing and dynamically controlling energy consumption in large-scale datacenters or IT infrastructures. The system including a primary configuration server, a router coupled to the primary configuration server, and a plurality of power-managed domains/clusters coupled to the router. The primary configuration server distributes an energy target to each of the power-managed domains/clusters over a predetermined interval to enable each of the power-managed domains/clusters to manage the power consumption for each of the power-managed domains/clusters to meet the energy target. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090177333 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF AN ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION SYSTEM - A system, a method, and an article of manufacture for controlling operation of an electrical power generation system are provided. The electrical power generation system has a plurality of electrical generators electrically coupled to an electrical grid. The method includes obtaining a first output parameter value associated with the electrical power generation system. The method further includes determining an error value indicative of a difference between the first output parameter value and a desired output parameter value. The method further includes determining a first gain value based on at least one of the first output parameter value and a time-varying operational parameter of the electrical power generation system. The method further includes determining a first power value based on the error value and the first gain value. The method further includes determining a second gain value based on at least one of the first output parameter value, the time-varying operational parameter, and a reference value. The method further includes determining a second power value based on the error value and the second gain value. The method further includes generating a desired power command for the electrical power generation system based on the first and second power values. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090210101 | ELECTRONIC DICE - An electronic die capable of reporting roll results is disclosed. The die can include an acceleration measurement system capable of outputting roll data. A processor can then interpret the roll data and transmit it through a wireless interface to a monitoring device. The monitoring device can then show a user the roll result. Waking the electronic die from a low power mode is also disclosed along with customizing the electronic die with faceplates and protective covers. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090281679 | INTELLIGENT MONITORING OF AN ELECTRICAL UTILITY GRID - A method of managing an electric utility grid includes geographically grouping a set of customer electric usage meters to create a set of fine sensors on a power grid. Each usage meter in the grouped set is capable of being remotely monitored, and each usage meter is at a different location along the power line. If a power anomaly is detected at the subset of meters, then power to the electric utility grid is adjusted to correct the anomaly. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090299542 | Collaborative Defense of Energy Distribution Protection and Control Devices - A method is disclosed for preventing malicious settings changes to IEDs in a power transmission and distribution network. Attempted changes to the protection settings of an IED is detected and transmitted to one or more neighboring IEDs. The neighboring IEDs check for consistency of the new settings and return conformance or nonconformance signals. If a nonconformance signal is received, the attempted setting change is not allowed. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090312885 | Management system for drilling rig power supply and storage system - Management control system for managing an energy supply and storage system for a rig power supply of the type having a power generator coupled to rig loads, the power generator used for powering the rig and for charging the storage system, and the storage system adapted for selectively supplementing rig power, is adapted for controlling the selection of rig function operation, for setting the system to recommended settings for the selected rig function operation, for monitoring rig power usage for the selected rig function operation for distributing excess power to the storage system when the rig power usage falls below a preselected threshold, and for distributing stored power from the storage system when the rig power usage is above a preselected threshold. The recommended setting for the selected rig function may be modified depending upon power usage by setting preselected thresholds. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090319093 | METHODS AND PROCESSES RELATING TO ELECTRICITY POWER GENERATION AND DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS - According to an aspect of the invention a method is provided comprising: providing a model for a predetermined location within an electrical power system having therein distributed resources (DR), the model based on known system conditions, the model indicative of first sensed characteristics of the electrical power system at the predetermined location; sensing at the predetermined location characteristics of the electrical power system corresponding to at least some of the first sensed characteristics; determining a status of the electrical power system network indicative of an islanding event in dependence upon sensing and other than in dependence upon other sensed data sensed remotely from the predetermined location; and, controlling a distributed resource in dependence upon the status | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090326731 | Distributed Intelligent Remote Terminal Units - Multiple autonomous intelligent Remote Terminal Units (RTUs) are positioned on distribution lines in an electrical power grid. The intelligent RTUs are capable of performing advanced analytics on power flowing through the distribution lines, thus providing accurate real-time analysis of the power. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100004794 | Laser Safety Controller - A laser controller may operate a laser at a high power level, such as Class 3R, Class 3B, or higher, but may have safety interlocks to limit exposure to a safe level and may, as a system, be classified as Class 1. The laser controller may control a laser that transmits a light beam to a sensor, and may operate the laser in a high power mode when the sensor senses the light beam. While a laser is transmitting and the laser beam is not sensed, the laser may be operated within Class 1 power levels. When the light beam is broken, the laser controller may turn off the laser or change the power level to a safe level such that a person would not be exposed to any more energy than a Class 1 level. The laser controller may use various mechanisms to set a detection threshold and may use an ambient light sensor to determine when detection may be impossible. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100010686 | Distributing Alternatively Generated Power to a Real Estate Development - A system for distributing alternatively generated power to a real estate development having at least two individual properties includes at least one alternative energy power generator. A distribution station is coupled to the at least one alternative energy power generator. A plurality of real estate properties are coupled to the distribution station. A written instrument associates ownership rights in a portion of the power received from the alternative energy power generator with ownership of at least one of the plurality of real estate properties. A method includes providing a plurality of real estate properties and an alternative energy power generator that forms a cooperative power farm coupled to a distribution station. A credit of power provided from the cooperative power farm to the distribution station is metered. Rights to a portion of the metered credit are included with ownership of at least one of the plurality of real estate properties. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100010687 | Distributing Alternatively Generated Power to a Real Estate Development - A method for distributing alternatively generated power to a real estate development includes subdividing the real estate development into a plurality of plots. A portion of the subdivided real estate development is dedicated to alternative energy power generation. An alternative energy power generator is provided that forms a cooperative power farm electrically coupled to a power grid. Power is at least in part generated on the dedicated portion of the subdivided real estate development. Rights to a portion of an output of the cooperative power farm are included with ownership of at least one of the plurality of plots. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100023179 | DAMPING ELECTROMAGNETIC OSCILLATIONS IN POWER SYSTEMS - Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and controller for damping multimode electromagnetic oscillations in electric power systems which interconnect a plurality of generators and consumers. The controller for damping such oscillations includes a phasor measurement unit (PMU) and a power oscillation damper (POD) controller. Each oscillating mode signal is damped and then superposed to derive a control signal. A feedback controller is used to feedback the control signal to a power flow control device in the power system. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100036540 | OPTIMIZING USAGE OF POWERED SYSTEMS - An apparatus comprised of a power source, a set of primary loads, a set of life extension loads, and a controller. The power source is capable of supplying power and the set of primary loads is capable of being operated using the power. The set of life extension loads is capable of being operated using the power and capable of extending life of the set of primary loads. The controller is capable of controlling an operation of the set of primary loads and the set of life extension loads to optimize a total systems operating metric consisting of performance, energy use, and life to reduce a total cost. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100036541 | System and Method for Monitoring Direct Load Control Units - A method and system for monitoring Direct load Control Units (“DCUs”). Curtailment Monitoring Devices (“CMDs”) analyze the voltage levels of electrical appliances or networks to determine if voltage to the system has been curtailed by a DCU. The CMD will then report the data to a centralized or distributed computer system for analysis. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100057267 | System and method for controlling ramp rate of solar photovoltaic system - A photovoltaic (PV) control system generates a power output rate control signal based on a monitored rate of change of collective power output generated via a plurality of PV subsystems and a desired collective output power change rate for the plurality of PV subsystems and communicates the power output rate control signal to the plurality of PV subsystems to control a rate of change of one or more operating parameters of individual PV subsystems in order to control a rate of change of collective output power of the plurality of solar PV subsystems. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100063646 | DEVICE AND CONTROL PROCEDURE FOR RECOVERY OF KINETIC ENERGY IN RAILWAY SYSTEMS - The railway system has a DC voltage catenary ( | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100076617 | SYSTEM FOR REAL-TIME PROCESS CONTROL - In a system for real-time process control according to the invention, a processing unit ( | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100076618 | Electricity Market-Oriented DC-Segmentation Design and Optimal Scheduling for Electrical Power Transmission - A method of segmenting a power distribution network which comprises a plurality of AC power generating stations synchronously interconnected by AC power transmission paths is disclosed. The stations operate within associated market sectors and are subject to associated market rules. The method includes identifying all transmission paths which extend between differing ones of the sectors and, in each of said transmission paths so identified, segmenting the path by inserting a controllable DC link at a selected location in the path. Each of the sectors is then operated asynchronously. Power flow and counter-flow between the sectors is controlled by controlling the DC links. As well there is disclosed a power transmission network which comprises a plurality of AC power generating stations operable within associated market sectors subject to associated market rules; power transmission paths interconnecting the stations, at least some of the paths extending between differing ones of the sectors; and wherein each of the paths which extend between differing ones of the sectors includes a controllable DC link in the path for desynchronizing the differing sectors; and, control means operatively connectable to each of the DC links for controlling power flow between the differing sectors. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100094477 | DETERMINATION AND USE OF POWER SYSTEM SENSITIVITIES - The present disclosure relates to power system sensitivities as computed from power flow parameters and control parameters of a Power Flow Control Device (PFC). To this end, control parameter variations are applied to or generated by a PFC, and comprise variations in a control input u, a control effort e (injected series voltage, inserted series reactance), or a control effect q (power flow, active power transfer, phase-shift, current). A power flow response measuring unit measures a variation of a power flow response such as current, active or apparent power, in a way sufficiently synchronized with the control parameter variation to allow establishing an unambiguous causal relationship or correspondence in the form of a power system sensitivity. The latter may be on-line adapted to continuously reflect an updated aspect of the power system behaviour, and thus enable an improved, fast and reliable power flow control in power systems comprising a meshed power network with two parallel flow paths or corridors connecting two areas or sub-systems. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100094478 | POWER SUPPLY AND METHODS THEREOF - Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a power supply apparatus and method of utilizing the same. In one embodiment of the present invention, a power supply comprises a plurality of outputs, each output configured for an assignable start address and a variable number of slots, an input for receiving data formatted in an industry-standard communication protocol, a logic unit configured to assign the start address and the number of slots for each output, the logic unit further configured to selectively distribute received data to each output, a power unit configured to provide power through each output, and a converter configured to receive the data formatted in the industry-standard communication protocol and convert the data to a protocol compatible with a load. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100114397 | INTEGRATED REAL-TIME POWER AND SOLAR FARM CONTROL SYSTEM - Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems and methods for controlling power in renewable solar energy sources. According to an example embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for controlling a renewable energy solar farm, where the farm may include one or more renewable energy sources. The method may include measuring aggregate energy output of the renewable energy solar farm and measuring individual source energy output of the one or more renewable energy sources. The method may also include controlling energy production from the one or more renewable energy sources via a controller based at least in part on the measured aggregate energy output and the measured individual source energy output, where the controller facilitates communications with the one or more renewable energy sources. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100114398 | Reactive Power Optimization - Var optimization (VARO) is a subsystem of a voltage and var optimization (VVO) system that processes a capacitor switching optimization problem. The VARO is a self contained process that may work stand alone or in conjunction with a Voltage Regulation Optimization (VRO) system to provide integrated VVO solutions. The VARO system takes network inputs and calculates optimal settings for distribution network capacitor banks. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100138070 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING POWER GRID STABILITY - A control system including a droop control device coupled between a power grid and a power storage device is provided. The droop control device is configured to distribute power at a selected amperage to the power storage device based on a present frequency of power produced by the power grid. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100138071 | System and method for generator phase signal monitoring and control of electrical current distribution - An electrical system comprises a generator and a control device coupled with the generator and operable to control electrical current through the electrical system via a switch module. The control device determines a loss of symmetry between two alternating phase signals generated by a first and second phase windings of a single or multiple stator generator. Specifically, the control device determines a first and second average values of two of the two or more alternating phase signals and operates to control electrical current distribution throughout the electrical system, via one or more switch modules, when the first average value differs from the second average value by a predetermined value. The control device may be further configured to sense average magnitudes of the electrical current in either direction between two electrical components, coupled with a switch module, and switch on/off the electrical current in either direction, via the switch module, to insure that the average magnitude of electrical current between the electrical components in either direction does not exceed one or more default average magnitudes. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100145545 | DIMMER SWITCH FOR USE WITH LIGHTING CIRCUITS HAVING THREE-WAY SWITCHES - A dimmer switch adapted to be coupled to a circuit including a power source, a load, and a single-pole double-throw three-way switch, the three-way switch comprising a first fixed contact, a second fixed contact, and a movable contact adapted to be coupled to either the power source or the load, the three-way switch having a first state in which the movable contact is contacting the first fixed contact and a second state in which the movable contact is contacting the second fixed contact, the dimmer switch comprising a first load terminal adapted to be coupled to either the power source or the load to which the three-way switch is not coupled for conducting a load current through the load; a second load terminal adapted to be coupled to the first fixed contact of the three-way switch; a third load terminal adapted to be coupled to the second fixed contact of the three-way switch; a first controllably conductive device electrically coupled between the first and second load terminals, such that the first controllably conductive device is operable to conduct the load current through the second load terminal to control the amount of power delivered to the load when the three-way switch is in the first state; a second controllably conductive device electrically coupled between the first and third load terminals, such that the second controllably conductive device is operable to conduct the load current through the third load terminal to control the amount of power delivered to the load when the three-way switch is in the second state; and a controller operably coupled to the first and second controllably conductive devices for rendering the first and second controllably conductive devices conductive and non-conductive, so as to control the amount of power delivered to the load. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100152917 | DETECTION AND PREVENTION OF HOT SPOTS IN A SOLAR PANEL - An electronic module compares the output voltage of a solar panel to an expected value and controls the power demand from the solar panel such that the output voltage does not vary from the expected value by more than a predetermined value. The predetermined value may be determined by correcting a room temperature value for the temperature dependence of the photodiodes comprising the solar panel and manufacturing tolerance. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100161151 | FEEDER AUTOMATION FOR AN ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - A soft PLC technology based computer-implemented method includes updating a system configuration incidence matrix for an electric power distribution system based on both a depth-first search of a connectivity matrix for the electric power distribution system and information about the electric power distribution system, wherein the information includes at least status information about one or more switches of the electric power distribution system. The method further includes detecting a fault in the system based on the incidence matrix. The method further includes generating isolation control logic based on the incidence matrix and isolating the fault based on isolation control logic. The method further includes generating restoration control logic based on a breadth-first search of the incidence matrix and restoring the system based on the restoration control logic. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100174420 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING THE REFERENCE IMPEDANCE OF A POWER GENERATOR - A method and apparatus for allowing the user of a power generator coupled to a time-varying load, to define an alternative reference impedance to enable on or more metrics to be provided relative to the alternative reference impedance. The metrics, for example, may provide indicia of performance of the power generator system. One illustrative embodiment provides a power delivery system that applies power to a plasma chamber to create a plasma therein; determines a reference impedance of the plasma at an operating condition; and controls the power delivery system based on the determined reference impedance. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100204850 | DISTRIBUTOR POWER LINE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Distributor power line communication system comprising a communication server ( | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100204851 | CONTROLLING DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRICAL POWER - The present disclosure is concerned with controlling distributing of electrical power in a power distribution region. To effectively control the distribution of power in the distribution region, the substation of the region is provided with a distribution controller or Intelligent Substation Control System (ISCS). The distribution controller is connected to various process devices, which in turn are connected to primary devices of the region. The process devices send data corresponding to the primary devices to the distribution controller, and the distribution controller includes a processor which proposes a set of actions based on the received data. Further, the distribution controller includes a coordinating device which selects the final action from the set of proposed actions. The final action is implemented on the primary devices of the distribution region. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100250018 | Method of Operation and Device for Controlling an Energy Installation with Photovoltaic Modules - Method of operating and device for controlling an energy installation comprising photovoltaic modules ( | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100280678 | METHOD TO RESOLVE A REMOTE ELECTRICAL OUTLET FOR AN ELECTRICALLY-POWERED VEHICLE - A method for operating a charging stall having a known geographic location configured to electrically charge an electrically-powered vehicle includes communicating a first message to a remote access server from a subject vehicle, the first message including geographic location information corresponding to the subject vehicle, detecting a presence of a parked vehicle at the charging stall with a monitoring system signally connected to a monitoring controller, communicating a second message to the remote access server from the monitoring controller, the second message comprising the detected presence of the parked vehicle at the charging stall, resolving that the parked vehicle at the charging stall comprises the subject vehicle based upon the first and second messages, and activating a power access control device at the charging stall to permit electric power flow through a corresponding electric power outlet. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100292862 | CIRCUIT CONFIGURATION FOR OPERATING A HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE - A circuit for operating a household appliance includes a controller that controls processes of a household appliance, a switching power supply that supplies current to the controller, a pushbutton that couples the switching power supply to a supply grid, an electronic controller connected parallel to the pushbutton that is actuable by the switching power supply by a control connection, and a voltage storage connected between the control connection of the electronic controller and a reference potential. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100305774 | System for Generating Cost-Efficient Low Emission Energy - A method of economically substituting higher-priced clean energy sources for lower-price energy sources with negative environmental attributes by using a portion of the return on investment in a portfolio of residential, commercial, institutional or industrial energy efficiency measures to offset the cost of higher-priced, clean energy. Proceeds from investments and the monetization of the environmental benefits of the invention would are used to subsidize the cost of natural gas-fired plants so that they can economically displace coal-fired plants or other types of plants with similar negative environmental attributes as a source for base load power generation. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20110004358 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE POWER FLOW MANAGEMENT - A system and methods that enables power flow management at the local level. A power flow manager can coordinate the charging activities of electrical devices, such as electric vehicles. Power flow decisions may based on the site-level information. In addition, power flow management strategies may be optimized. An optimizer can choose a power flow management strategy and electrical devices for implementing a strategy. In the event of a system failure, power spikes may be avoided by using safe failure modes to provide that the charging activities be coordinated in a predictable and non-disruptive manner. The cost of providing power may be reduced using generation stacks of power production. As such, the total daily cost of providing energy generation may be minimized. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110015801 | Systems and Methods for Managing a Smart Grid Network - A system and method for operating a distributed power generation system comprising one or more Local Production Units (LPPUs) is provided. The method includes the steps of receiving and storing data relating to the operating performance of a plurality of LPPUs, receiving and storing data relating to the local power consumption for the plurality of LPPUs, determining the available aggregate quantity of excess power generation capacity for the plurality of LPPUs based upon the operating performance data and the power consumption data, communicating to at least one power purchasing entity an offer to sell at least part of the available aggregate quantity of excess power generation capacity, receiving from at least one power purchasing entity an order to purchase, and communicating with the plurality of LPPUs to provide each LPPU with instructions regarding the quantity of power to be produced. The system includes means for performing each of these steps. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110022243 | Universal control system with universal interface to operate a plurality of devices - This invention pertains to a controlling device for operating various appliances. It includes a personal computer, which is programmed to provide for regulation of the sequence of operations of various electrical devices, such as a controller, the controller functions to initiate or turn OFF a relay or switching electronics device, which can provide for the operations of an appliance, whether it be an industrial or household appliance, or appliances that are used specifically in the entertainment field, such as a scent emitting device, a dimmer, a misting mechanism, and a vibratory motor. These are examples. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110022244 | Control Arrangement and Method for Controlling an Energy Load - A control arrangement is provided with:
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| 20110022245 | AUTOMATED POWER TOPOLOGY DISCOVERY - Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with automatically detecting and characterizing a power topology are described. One example system includes a topology logic that identifies connections between PDUs and computers that receive power from the PDUs. The example system may include a data store that receives PDU/computer association data from the topology logic. A computer may communicate with a power providing PDU over a power line connecting the two devices. The computer and the power providing PDU may be configured with network interface devices (e.g., Ethernet switches) configured to communicate over the power line using, for example, EoP. The topology logic may discover a PDU/CE association by examining data transmitted over a network to which the computer and/or the PDU are connected. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110029148 | LOAD RESTORATION FOR FEEDER AUTOMATION IN ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS - A method and system restores power in a power distribution network. The network includes a plurality of power sources, a plurality of loading zones, a plurality of switching devices interconnected between the plurality of power sources and the plurality of loading zones, and an intelligent electronic device associated with each of the plurality of switching devices to control the switching devices. A base network state is defined and a power restoration logic is created for the base network state. A simulation is run for the power restoration logic and then the power restoration logic is transmitted to a power restoration controller which thereafter monitors and controls the intelligent electronic devices. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110060476 | ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT METHOD - According to one embodiment, an energy management system includes an energy supply device and an energy demand device. The energy management system comprises a first device, a second device, storage sections, calculating sections. The first device is applied for the energy supply device. The second device is applied for the energy demand device. The storage sections are included in the first device and the second device, respectively, and store a condition as to comply with an adjustment request of energy supplied from the energy supply device to the energy demand device. The calculating sections are included in the first device and the second device, respectively, and cooperate to execute negotiation function calculating an energy adjustment amount satisfying the condition. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110071699 | ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION DEVICE, ELECTRIC POWER DEMAND DEVICE, AND ELECTRIC POWER CONTROL SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING ELECTRIC POWER - An electric power generation device includes: a storage unit that stores information about the electric power generation device; a transmitting unit that transmits information about the electric power generation device to a neighboring electric power demand device; a receiving unit that receives an electric power demand request from the neighboring electric power demand device; and an allocation unit that allocates electric power according to the electric power demand request. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110077792 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISTRIBUTED POWER SOURCES - A control method of the present invention is a control method for distributed power sources which systematically controls a plurality of distributed power sources having different responsive capabilities for a load disturbance. The distributed power sources include an electricity storage device. The control method of the present invention includes: obtaining a component to be compensated for using a power source having a responsive capability equal to or lower than that of the electricity storage device based on a difference value between a remaining capacity of the electricity storage device and a target remaining capacity; and compensating for the component to be compensated for using the power source having a responsive capability equal to or lower than that of the electricity storage device. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110077793 | LONG-DISTANCE POE SYSTEM, POWER SOURCING EQUIPMENT AND POWER SOURCING METHOD - A long-distance PoE power sourcing equipment includes a PoE local power supply, a PoE remote switch, and a link cable linked therebetween. The PoE local power supply serves as a conversion medium between a network signal and a first transmission signal and sources a first DC power to the PoE remote switch through the link cable. The PoE remote switch serves as a conversion medium between the first transmission signal and a second transmission signal and converts the first DC power into a second DC power supplied to a PoE power device through an Ethernet cable. The power transmission implemented by the PoE local power supply and the link cable allows the data and power transmission distance of the PoE system to exceed the distance limitation of the Ethernet specification. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110082600 | Process And Device To Operate Continuously A Solar Array To Its Maximum Power - A process which forces a solar array ( | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110106330 | VEHICLE BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A vehicle battery management system and method includes a battery, a battery sensor for measuring a condition of the battery and an electronic control unit that receives a signal from the battery sensor corresponding to the condition of the battery. The electronic control unit selectively connects and disconnects that the battery from each of: at least one accessory load and at least one other load. The at least one other load is disconnected from the battery when the vehicle is in a shipping mode and the at least one accessory load is connected to the battery when the vehicle is in an accessory ON mode. The electronic control unit disconnects the at least one accessory load from the battery when the vehicle is in the accessory ON mode and in the shipping mode when the signal indicates that the condition of the battery is below a predetermined threshold. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110112703 | POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Distributed power storage capabilities are provided for electrical-power-providers by placing electrical storage systems at power consumption facilities. Power can be stored in such storage systems when power prices are low and can be released from such storage systems when power prices are high. With or without the electrical storage systems, power from particular power generation sources, such as renewable power generation sources can be identified by a power consumer for usage. In some cases, power from the particular power generation sources is used only when pricing conditions are met. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110125342 | METHOD FOR CONFIGURATION OF A SWITCHGEAR ASSEMBLY - A method parameterizes a switchgear assembly station of an electrical switchgear assembly and further parameterizes field devices, which are associated with the switchgear assembly station. In the method, parameters for parameterizing the switchgear assembly station and parameters for parameterizing the field devices are produced. A combined parameter set is generated, from which it is possible to extract both a station parameter set, which fixes the operation of the switchgear assembly station, and in each case one field device parameter set for each of the field devices. The combined parameter set is made available in a communications network to all field devices connected thereto, and each field device extracts the associated field device parameter set from the combined parameter set via the communications network and parameterizes it in accordance with the extracted field device parameter set. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110125343 | Method for Operating a Modular Automation Device - A method for operating an automation system having a CPU unit that is provided for processing a control program for controlling a technical process, wherein a power supply module of the automation system supplies electric energy to units that consume electric energy. During the control of the process, the energy consumption is optimized, such that the necessary automation functions for controlling the technical process are maintained. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110130888 | METHOD FOR OPERATING ELECTRICAL CONSUMERS IN A BUILDING - A method is provided for switching at least one electrical consumer ( | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110137485 | SYSTEM FOR EMERGENCY POWER SUPPLY IN CASE OF POWER GRID FAILURE - A system for emergency power supply in case of power grid failure, particularly for longer-term power failures, is described. The system is based on emergency power systems that automatically form an autonomous telecommunication network and transmit data by means of the telecommunication network about the operating state of the emergency power supply system and optionally further data. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110144822 | GRID-CONNECTED ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING GRID-CONNECTED ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM - A grid-connected energy storage system capable of increasing the efficiency of a converter and a method of controlling the system are disclosed. The grid-connected energy storage system can increase the efficiency of a converter by measuring generated power of a plurality of power generation modules and selectively operating the converter based on the measurements. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110144823 | Sequential Charging of Multiple Electric Vehicles - An apparatus and method for sequentially charging multiple electric vehicles. The apparatus including an electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) having an electrical plug connected to a power cord. The power cord is connected to a housing containing a number of electrical components configured to control the power flow to an electric vehicles to recharge the vehicles' batteries. The power cord is divided into multiple power cords that extend from the housing and connect to standard electric vehicle connectors compatible with battery electric vehicles (BEV) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV). The EVSE determines, based on a number of possible criteria, which of the multiple electric vehicles to charge at a given time. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110144824 | POWER CONSERVING AC POWER OUTLET ON A COMPUTER - An apparatus for providing a power conserving AC power outlet in a computer. An embodiment includes a computer, power input, power supply, AC power outlet, switch and control circuit. The power input provides AC input power to computer. The power supply is connected to the power input and provides power to components of computer. External AC-powered devices may be plugged into AC power outlet. The switch is connected to the AC power outlet and power input. The switch connects the AC power outlet to the power input when the switch is closed and disconnects AC power outlet from power input when the switch is opened. The control circuit is connected to the switch and the power input. The control circuit reads, for example, current drawn by the power supply on the power input and opens the control circuit when the current falls below a threshold. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110153112 | ELECTRICAL TAGGING DEVICE - An electronic tag ( | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110160929 | Electrical Process Interface Device - An electrical process interface device for provision in a low control and protection level of a Substation Automation or Distribution Automation system; the device includes a process interface unit for interfacing the electrical process at the low control and protection level, which unit has a number of parallel data connections on which I/O data related to control and protective devices on higher control and protection levels may be transmitted. The device also includes a signal conversion unit connected to the data connections, which unit packets data of the data connections according to a communication standard used by control and protective devices on the at least one higher control and protection level for allowing data to be directly transmitted between the electrical interface device on the low control and protection level and other devices on higher control and protection levels. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110184583 | MODEL-BASED POWER ESTIMATION OF PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER GENERATION SYSTEM - In accordance with the present disclosure, a power management system is provided that includes a control system to monitor the actual power output of one or more arrays of photovoltaic modules. The power management system includes a processor-based device to estimate the power output of the one or more arrays of photovoltaic modules and to compare the estimated power output to the actual power output measurement received from the control system. A method is provided for monitoring power generation. A method is provided for generating a model to estimate power generation. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110184584 | POWER MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING APPLIANCE - Provided is a power management apparatus including an other-apparatus confirming unit that confirms presence of another power management apparatus that is operating that is managing a same electronic appliance, an attribute recognizing unit that recognizes, if N−1 (N≧2) power management apparatuses are confirmed to be operating, an attribute of one specific apparatus, among N power management apparatuses including its own power management apparatus, to be a parent device and the attributes of remaining N−1 apparatuses to be a child device, a signal collecting unit that collects from N−1 child devices, if the attribute of its own power management apparatus is recognized to be the parent device, control signals for controlling the electronic appliance, and a signal selecting unit that selects, among the collected control signals, control signals of the same type, the number of which is largest, and transmits the control signals to the electronic appliance. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110184585 | POWER MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC APPLIANCE, AND METHOD OF REGISTERING ELECTRONIC APPLIANCES - There is provided a power management apparatus including: a managed appliance registering unit carrying out authentication on an electronic appliance connected to a power network and registering the electronic appliance as a managed appliance if the authentication has succeeded; and a control unit controlling operation of and supplying of power to the managed appliance. The managed appliance registering unit is operable, when an electronic appliance registered in another power management apparatus is connected to the power network, to acquire, from the electronic appliance, a digital signature, which has been assigned to identification information that is unique to the electronic appliance by the other power management apparatus, and identification information that is unique to the other power management apparatus, and is operable when verification of the digital signature assigned by the other power management apparatus has succeeded, to temporarily register the electronic appliance registered in the other power management apparatus. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110184586 | POWER MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF REGISTERING ELECTRONIC APPLIANCES - There is provided a power management apparatus including a managed appliance registering unit that carries out authentication on an electronic appliance connected to a power network, and registers an electronic appliance for which the authentication has succeeded as a managed appliance, and a control unit that controls operation of the managed appliance and supplying of power to the managed appliance. The managed appliance registering unit transmits, to one or more electronic appliances, a challenge message that is used when registering an electronic appliance, and collectively verifies one or more response messages sent back from the one or more electronic appliances in reply to the challenge message. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110184587 | System and Method for Trading Electrical or Other Portable Power or Energy Source - A method is disclosed. The method provides a user with access to a plurality of power providers, allows the user to purchase power from at least one power provider out of the plurality of power providers, and allows the user to charge a battery or operate equipment using the purchased power. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110208370 | POWER STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A method of controlling a power storage system for supplying power to a load from a power generation system, a battery, and a grid includes: when power failure occurs in the grid, determining whether duration of the power failure is more than a standard duration; if the duration of the power failure is more than the standard duration, determining a state of charge of the battery; and when the power failure of the grid has ended, if the duration of the power failure is less than the standard duration or if the state of charge of the battery is equal or more than a standard value, performing a first power failure returning mode; and if the charging condition of the battery is less than the standard value, performing a second power failure returning mode. Accordingly, the power storage system performs a stable operation and prevents lifespan shortening of the battery. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110208371 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONDITIONING AND CONTROLLING POWER USAGE - Poorly matched electrical power systems (e.g., those with a poor power factor and crosstalk interference) that create a high transient demand for power result in unnecessarily high power bills. High transient demand for power may be decreased, and power bills thereby reduced, by placing an energy storage element near the entity's power input, thereby reducing crosstalk. The energy storage element may comprise a plurality of de-tuned capacitors. A reactive element may be placed in series with the energy storage element to repress high-frequency harmonics and to reduce electrical noise. The energy storage element and/or the reactive element may be configurable. A control module may reconfigure the system responsive to measurements obtained at the entity and/or user commands received over a network or at the module itself. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110208372 | POWER GENERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING A POWER GENERATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a power generation system PGS comprising—a system intermediate output SIO, —a central controller CC, and—at least two DC/DC converters DD | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110213509 | Large scale battery systems and method of assembly - The methods in this disclosure allow for the identification, selection, and arrangement of cells, blocks, and modules in large scale battery systems, such as electric vehicle battery systems. An example embodiment of the present invention allows for the identification of the cells, blocks, and modules with a unique identifier or associated parameter (e.g., internal resistance contributions or capacity). Additionally, to form a block, cells may be selected from a group of capacity-range sorting bins. Based on a parameter of the cell, a pseudo-number generator may be also be used to select cells from an available inventory of cells as maintained in a cell database based. Cells may also be placed in a block for uniform effective cell impedance and even cell aging while minimizing overall block capacity degradation caused by cycling. Block capacities may also be computed based on a known average temperature gradient during operation. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110213510 | SMART POWER STRIP - A power strip includes a controller that controls the transfer of electricity to one or more outlet electrical connectors based at least in part on a set of rules and certain status information. Some embodiments provide for apparatuses and methods of controlling the transfer of electricity to one or more outlet electrical connectors of a power strip based on various status information, such as cost, personal preferences, time information, power consumption. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110218692 | Hybrid controlling and driving circuit and method thereof - Methods, circuits, apparatus, and systems related to a hybrid driving and controlling circuit are disclosed. In one embodiment, a hybrid driving and controlling circuit in a double power supply system includes first and second power supplies and at least one load, and the circuit can include: (i) a controller coupled to a hybrid switcher that enables energy transfer from the first and second power supplies; (ii) when a determined energy of the first power supply is sufficient, the controller can control the hybrid switcher to transfer energy from the first power supply to the second power supply; and (iii) when the determined energy of the first power supply is insufficient, the controller can control the hybrid switcher to transfer energy from the second power supply to the at least one load. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110218693 | ELECTRIC POWER LEVELING CONTROLLER - An electric power leveling controller includes an information acquisition unit that acquires information of electric energy consumption from a power consuming device consuming electric energy from the power source and electric energy charged into a power storage device, a storage unit that stores a specific threshold value for each power storage device, and a control unit that causes a first power consuming device to be power-supplied by the power source, causing the power storage device corresponding to the first power consuming device to be charged with a difference between the specific threshold value and the electric energy consumption, causing the power source to supply to a second power consuming device electric energy corresponding to the specific threshold, and causing the power storage device corresponding to the second power consuming device to discharge to the second power consuming device the difference between the electric energy consumption and the specific threshold value. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110224839 | Power Point Tracking - An maximum power point tracking unit used in a solar cell power system can find maximum power point more efficiently. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110238235 | Set Of Sensor Units For Communication Enabled For Streaming Media Delivery With Monitoring And Control Of Power Usage Of Connected Appliances - A group of sensor devices is connected to the power line and configured for collecting power usage information and enabling power management to reduce the carbon foot print of the home, as well as to provide local area networking. In one embodiment of the invention, the devices include an intelligent master sensor and its sub-sets, such as a communication and power management sensor and a power control switch sensor. The master device is configured to collect, compile, and communicate the collected data via the web or other communication medium to the outside world. The master device also receives and distributes control instructions that are used to control the power usage via the associated switches in the home or office. The sensors are used in the home or office environment to provide integrated sensing and control of home power usage and power management, while establishing a LAN having communication capability, including streaming media delivery capability. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110245989 | Systems and Methods for Mapping the Connectivity Topology of Local Management Units in Photovoltaic Arrays - Provided are a system and method for determining a connectivity topology of local management units (LMUs) in a solar photovoltaic power generation (SPVPG) system. Each of the LMUs is connected within the SPVPG between a solar panel and a set of power lines of the SPVPG. The set of power lines connects the LMUs to form a network. The connectivity topology of LMUs in the network is determined using, for example, indirect indications of connections of an LMU and the SPVPG and indications of the physical location of the LMU with respect to other elements of the SPVPG. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110251732 | SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING A LOAD MODEL AND RELATED PARAMETERS BASED ON LOAD DYNAMICS - Disclosed are systems and methods for calculating load models and associated tunable parameters that may be used to describe the behavior of loads connected to an electric power distribution system. The load models may be utilized to predict variations in demand caused by changes in the supply voltage, and may be utilized in determining an optimized control strategy based on load dynamics. Any action which causes a disruption to the electric power distribution system may provide information regarding the composition or dynamics of connected loads. Such actions may be referred to as modeling events. Modeling events may occur with some frequency in electric power distribution systems, and accordingly, a number of data sets may be acquired under a variety of conditions and at a variety of times. Load models may include static load models, dynamic load models, or a combination of static and dynamic load models. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110257809 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACTIVELY MANAGING CONSUMPTION OF ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIED BY AN ELECTRIC UTILITY - According to one embodiment, a client device manages consumption of power supplied by an electric utility to one or more power consuming devices. Power flow to the power consuming devices is controlled by one or more controllable devices, which are controlled by the client device. The client device receives a power control message (e.g., from a system controller), which may have been issued in furtherance of a power reduction event initiated by the electric utility. The power control message indicates an amount of electric power to be reduced and/or identification of at least one controllable device to be instructed to disable a flow of electric power to one or more associated power consuming devices. Responsive to the power control message, a flow of electric power is reduced (e.g., disabled) to at least one power consuming device based on the contents of the power control message. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110264297 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An electronic apparatus includes a power receiving unit that receives electric power supplied from the power supply apparatus in a non-contact manner; and a control unit that controls the electronic apparatus to be set in a second state until a predetermined time elapses since identification information is assigned from the power supply apparatus and controls the electronic apparatus to be set in a first state if the predetermined time has elapsed, wherein, if the power supply apparatus detects an electronic apparatus that is set in the first state, the power supply apparatus assigns identification information to the detected electronic apparatus. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110264298 | System and Method for Controlling a Power Budget at a Power Source Equipment Using a PHY - A system and method for controlling the delivery of power to a powered device in a Power over Ethernet Broad Reach (PoE-BR) application. Cabling power loss in a PoE-BR application is related to the resistance of the cable itself. A PHY can be designed to measure electrical characteristics (e.g., insertion loss, cross talk, length, etc.) of the Ethernet cable to enable determination of the cable resistance. The determined resistance in a broad reach cable can be used in increasing a power budget allocated to a power source equipment port. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110270461 | DISCOVERING AN EQUIPMENT POWER CONNECTION RELATIONSHIP - A method, system, and computer usable program product for discovering an equipment power connection relationship between an equipment and an electrical power outlet. A workload executing on the equipment is monitored for a period resulting in monitoring data. The Metering data associated with a first power outlet in a plurality of power outlets is searched, the metering data representing electrical power drawn from a power outlet over the period. A determination is made whether the monitoring data matches with the metering data associated with the first power outlet. If a match is determined, a relationship is identified between the equipment and the first power outlet, whereby the first power outlet is known to supply electrical power to the equipment. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110270462 | CONTACTLESS POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Power is contactlessly supplied from a power transmitting portion to a power receiving portion. A transmitting efficiency detecting portion detects the transmitting efficiency, and a determining portion determines whether the transmitting efficiency is equal to or greater than a specified value. If the transmitted efficiency is less than the specified value, an obstruction may be present so power temporarily stops being transmitted. Power is then periodically transmitted with a minute power and the efficiency is detected. If the efficiency is equal to or greater than the specified value, power starts to be transmitted again with regular power. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110276194 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENERGY MANAGEMENT - The present invention provides for multiple energy pooling stations to combine renewable energy, utility energy and back-up power services in the form of Green and Black Energy with energy storage to create a multi-income stream. An energy pooling station is an advanced part of an evolving “energy network” in which multiple energy pooling stations are communicating with each other to share energy credit, bank energy, and distribute the energy to customers. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110282512 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - An image forming apparatus, which operates in a normal mode or a power saving mode, includes a user interface, a first supply unit configured to supply power in the power saving mode, a second supply unit configured to supply power in the normal mode and supply no power in the power saving mode, a detection unit configured to detect abnormality of the second supply unit, and a control unit configured to perform control to supply power from the second supply unit to the user interface when the detection unit does not detect abnormality of the second supply unit and to start power supply from the first supply unit to the user interface when the detection unit detects abnormality of the second supply unit. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110282513 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CHARGE AND DISCHARGE OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE - Disclosed is a technique using an electric vehicle. The technique enables a user to set the operation plan of the electric vehicle and the price of electricity used to charge/discharge an electric vehicle battery. The electric vehicle battery is charged, or the electric energy charged in the electric vehicle battery is collected, according to the set information. Accordingly, it is possible to charge the electric vehicle battery at the price approved by the user under variable pricing of electric energy. When the price of electricity increases or there is no operation plan of the electric vehicle, the electric energy stored in the battery is collected to operate electric devices or resell the stored electric energy to an electric power company, thereby obtaining economic benefit. As the spread of electric vehicles are extended, it can be expected to save a considerable amount of electric energy throughout the whole society. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110282514 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FORECASTING SOLAR POWER - A solar power forecasting system can provide forecasts of solar power output by photovoltaic plants over multiple time frames. A first time frame may be several hours from the time of the forecast, which can allow utility personnel sufficient time to make decisions to counteract a forecasted shortfall in solar power output. For example, the utility personnel can decide to increase power production and/or to purchase additional power to make up for any forecasted shortfall in solar power output. A second time frame can be several minutes from the time of the forecast, which can allow for operations to mitigate effects of a forecasted shortfall in solar power output. Such mitigation operations can include directing an energy management system to shed noncritical loads and/or ramping down the power produced by the photovoltaic plants at a rate that is acceptable to the utility to which the photovoltaic plants provide power. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110288692 | MALICIOUS ATTACK DETECTION AND ANALYSIS - A system for characterizing malicious activity in an intelligent utility grid system includes a system storage in which to store a database including a plurality of rules. A collector is operable to collect and store in the system storage information-technology (IT) data including IT-related activity from the intelligent grid system. A complex event processing (CEP) bus is operable to receive non-IT data including location-specific event data from a plurality of electronic sources, the CEP bus further operable to disregard the non-IT data failing to meet a predetermined level of relevance to one of a plurality of risk-related events. A processor is operable to apply the plurality of rules to the relevant non-IT data to: associate an undesired event with reference to the IT-related activity; and determine a probability that the undesired event is indicative of malicious activity. The processor further applies a risk characterization to the undesired event based on the probability and the IT-related activity. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110295440 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND POWER STORAGE APPARATUS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - In one example embodiment, a power storage management system includes a user terminal, a power storage apparatus and an information processing apparatus. In one example embodiment, the information processing apparatus is configured to, using a mobile communication network (e.g., Global System for Mobile Communications or the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System), communicate with the power storage apparatus. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110313589 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM COUPLED TO A PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICE - The disclosed embodiments relate to the design of a fuel cell system which is capable of both providing power to and receiving power from a rechargeable battery in a portable computing device. This eliminates the need for a bulky and heavy battery within the fuel cell system, which can significantly reduce the size, weight and cost of the fuel cell system. This fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack which converts fuel into electrical power. It also includes a controller which controls operation of the fuel cell system. The fuel cell system additionally includes a power link that transfers electrical power between the fuel cell system and the portable computing device, and a communication link that provides communication between the portable computing device and the controller for the fuel cell system. The controller can regulate both the electrical power provided by the fuel cell system to the portable computing device and the electrical power provided by the rechargeable battery to the fuel cell system. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110313590 | DISTRIBUTED POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - A distributed power supply system of the present invention comprises a distributed power supply apparatus ( | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110320058 | IMPLEMENTING SUBSTATION AUTOMATION LOAD TRANSFER FUNCTION - A process of implementing, or engineering, topology-dependent functions based on a formal description of the Substation Automation system, includes performing a topology analysis of the current single line state. A topology interpreting implementation replacing complex topology analysis logics can include the project specific static single line topology and the connection to the real process state data. All information can be delivered in an IEC 61850 conforming SCD file. The interface description for controlling and monitoring the load transfer application can be generated automatically from the SCD file. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110320059 | INTERNET/INTRANET-CONNECTED APPARATUS - A method and apparatus that uses the Internet protocol, TCP/IP, for a home control network. The invention also provides embedded servers, email clients at the electrical boxes. The invention integrates the Internet to the electrical outlet, switch, or appliance boxes using a low cost embedded web server. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120004787 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROL BATTERY AND SPECIFICATION DETERMINING METHOD OF BATTERY - A battery control apparatus of this invention is provided which comprises: a battery installed on a feeder of a utility distribution system; batteries installed between pole-mounted transformers and branch points of the distribution lines; a communication network to transmit measurement data measured by meters; a battery control quantity calculation unit to determine battery control quantities from the measurement data acquired from the communication network; a load data collection unit to collect load data representing a combination of power consumption by a plurality of loads and generated power of distributed power generations; a frequency conversion unit to perform a frequency analysis on the load data; an intermediate-cycle component extraction unit to extract intermediate-cycle components; a battery control quantity calculation unit to determine battery control quantities from the extracted intermediate-cycle components; and a battery control command transmission unit to transmit the calculated control quantities to the batteries. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120010760 | POWER SYSTEM, POWER RECEIVING APPARATUS, AND POWER TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD - There is provided a power system including a power transmitting apparatus and a power receiving apparatus. The power transmitting apparatus includes: a power generating unit generating power using renewable energy; a first power measuring unit measuring a power amount generated in a specified period; and a power transmitting unit transmitting the generated power in the specified period and information on the measured power amount to the power receiving apparatus. The power receiving apparatus includes: a power receiving unit receiving the power and the information on the power amount from the power transmitting apparatus; a second power measuring unit measuring a power amount received in the specified period; a determining unit comparing the received power amount and the measured power amount and determining whether such amounts match; and a power reception control unit operable when the amounts do not match, to stop reception of the power and the information. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120022712 | GRID FREQUENCY RATE LIMITING SYSTEM - A grid frequency rate limiting system for a droop governor is disclosed, the grid frequency rate limiting system including: a rate limit calculator for: obtaining data including at least one of: a transient power response requirement indicator, a turbo-generator power level indicator, a grid stability indicator, a fuel transfer indicator, a combustion mode timing indicator, or a temperature matching indicator; and defining rate limits according to the obtained data; a rate limiter operably connected to the rate limit calculator, the rate limiter for: obtaining a grid frequency reading associated with a grid frequency of an electrical grid; obtaining the defined rate limits; and filtering the grid frequency using the defined rate limits to provide a filtered frequency; and a droop governor operably connected to the grid frequency rate limiting system, the droop governor for: obtaining the filtered frequency; and providing a power response to the electrical grid based upon the filtered frequency. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120029720 | DYNAMIC DISTRIBUTED POWER GRID CONTROL SYSTEM - A distributive and decentralized power grid control system passes aggregate information to and from hierarchal nodes. A particular node can operates without knowing anything about which specific assets are available for control below it in the hierarchy or the individual capabilities of those assets. Moreover the objective function is distributed in that parent nodes may or may not have access to all local goals of its children nodes. The computational burden for building a control solution is spread among many computational nodes within the system. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120029721 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING ENERGY SUPPLY - A method and apparatus for controlling energy supply to energy consuming devices are provided. The method includes acquiring a first amount of energy to be used in at least one energy consuming device, determining the amount of energy stored in an energy storage, and optionally transmitting an energy supply request message to an energy supplier based on the amount of energy to be consumed in an energy consuming device and the amount of stored energy. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120029722 | Method And System For Load Sharing In A Multiple Power Supply System - Method and system for load sharing in a multiple power supply system. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are power supply units including a switching circuit, a coarse adjustment circuit coupled to the switching circuit (the coarse adjustment circuit configured to send an internal command to the switching circuit to modify a pulse width modulated signal that controls output current of the power supply unit), and a communication port coupled to the switching circuit. The power supply unit configured to receive from an external device over the communication port an external command to modify the pulse width modulated signal of the switching circuit. The power supply unit is also configured to modify the output current, the amount of modification based on the external command, and the internal command from the coarse adjustment circuit. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120035779 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ADAPTIVE CONTROL - A switching power supply includes a circuit that provides an output voltage, a switching component that switches the circuit between a first output voltage state and a second output voltage state, and a driver component that receives an input control signal and that drives the switching component to cause the circuit to switch between the first output voltage state and the second output voltage state. An adaptive plant estimator receives the output voltage from the circuit and an input to the switching power supply and provides a model of the switching power supply that reflects changes in an output voltage state of the switching power supply. A compensator design component receives the model and provides compensator parameters that reflect changes in the output voltage state of the switching power supply. An adaptive compensator receives the compensator parameters and provides the input control signal to the driver component. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120041613 | SYSTEM, CHARGING DEVICE, AND METHOD OF SUPPLYING CURRENT TO A POWER STORAGE DEVICE - A system for use in supplying current from an electric power source to a plurality of power storage devices includes a first of a plurality of charging devices configured to supply current to a first of the plurality of power storage devices. The system also includes at least one other charging device coupled to the first charging device to form a network. The other charging device is configured to supply current to at least one other power storage device. The first charging device includes a processor programmed to determine an amount of current to be at least one of received from the electric power source and supplied to the first power storage device as a function of a number of charging devices, and enable the amount of current to be at least one of received by the first charging device and supplied to the first power storage device. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120046798 | Systems and Methods for Power Demand Management - A system and method for shifting power load on a power distribution network with multiple power loads, each of which draws power from the power distribution network. The system includes a controller communicatively coupled to an energy storage system and power load on the power distribution network. The controller is configured to receive a load-shifting signal, determine a load-shifting procedure, and switch one or more of the communicatively coupled power loads from drawing power from the power distribution network to drawing power from the energy storage system according to a load-shifting algorithm. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120059532 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE DIRECTIONAL TRANSMISSION OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY IN AN ELECTRICITY GRID - A method for the directional transmission of electrical energy in an electricity grid and to a method for transmitting electrical energy via an electricity grid having at least at least one generator for electrical energy, at least one network node and at least one consumer. A method and a system are provided for transmitting electrical energy, which method and system are highly flexible and make it possible to design the energy distribution in a grid dynamically so as to deal with even short-term fluctuations both on the supply side and on the demand side. A method for the directional transmission of electrical energy in an electricity grid is included, which method comprises the following steps: receiving a data packet, receiving an energy packet associated with the data packet, determining a receiver from the information contained in the data packet, transmitting the data packet to the previously determined receiver and transmitting the energy packet, which is defined by the voltage U(t), the electric current I(t) and the duration T of the packet, associated with the data packet to the same previously determined receiver. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120065803 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING A POWER CONVERSION SYSTEM - A power conversion system is described. The power conversion system includes a first power converter coupled to an electrical grid at a first point of interconnection (POI), a first processing device coupled to the first power converter and configured to control operation of the first power converter, and a first power measurement device coupled to the first processing device and configured to collect data associated with power output of the first power converter. The power conversion system also includes a first global positioning system (GPS) receiver coupled to the first processing device and configured to receive location information corresponding to a location of the first power converter and temporal information corresponding to a time at the location. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120065804 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME FEEDER RECONFIGURATION FOR LOAD BALANCING IN DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AUTOMATION - A system and method for real-time feeder reconfiguration are disclosed for load balancing in distribution system automation. The load balancing of transformers and feeders can be achieved by load transfer from an overloaded transformer or feeder to an adjacent transformer or feeder which is lightly loaded. An exemplary method can include defining an objective function as a sum of squares of the load deviation of transformers/feeders. The minimization of this objective function determines the optimal operating states (open or closed) of sectionalizing switches. The load balancing operation of transformer and feeder can be carried out by a single operation in which a plurality of switches is reconfigured. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120065805 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FULLY AUTOMATED ENERGY MANAGEMENT - A system, method and apparatus for automatically adapting power grid usage by controlling internal and/or external power-related assets of one or more users in response to power regulation and/or frequency regulation functions in a manner beneficial to both the power grid itself and the users of the power grid. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120072042 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - A power supply device including: (a) a power supply unit group composed of a plurality of power supply units and connected with a power consuming appliance; and (b) a control device configured to control the power supply unit group, wherein the control device and each of the power supply units are connected to each other by a communicating circuit. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120072043 | POWER DISTRIBUTION - A power distribution system has a field device level, a hierarchically higher station level, and an instrumentation and control level hierarchically higher than the station level. A function of field devices belonging to the field level, a function of station devices belonging to the station level, and a function of instrumentation and control devices belonging to the instrumentation and control level are defined by parameters. A plurality of separate computing devices are connected to each other by a communication network and form a distributed computer system. The field devices, the station devices, and the instrumentation and control devices are connected to the distributed computer system or are formed by individual or a plurality of computer devices. The parameters for determining the function of the devices are distributed over two different computer devices. The devices access the parameters via the communication network. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120078435 | BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DYNAMICALLY ALLOCATING CHARGING CURRENT - A battery management system includes a power converter, a first switch, a second switch, a first detecting unit, and a CPU. The power converter is configured to divide current provided by the power supply into a first and a second output current, according to a working current of a system load in a normal state, the first output current is used to power the system load, and the second output current is used to charge a battery unit. The CPU is configured to determine whether the value of current detected by the first detecting unit is greater than a threshold value, and further controls turning on the first switch to power the system load using the first output current, and turn on the second switch to charge the battery unit using the second output current. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120083939 | DYNAMIC CONTROL OF SMALL-SCALE ELECTRICAL LOADS FOR MATCHING VARIATIONS IN ELECTRIC UTILITY SUPPLY - A method of collectively controlling small-scale electrical loads receiving energy from an electricity grid that includes sources of renewable generation causing variable electricity supply so as to match collective electricity load to electricity supply. The method includes setting a runtime delay time, sensing a request for energy from the electrical loads, preventing the loads from receiving the energy for the first delay time, and adjusting the runtime delay time based on changes in electrical supply. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120095610 | SMART NEMA OUTLETS AND ASSOCIATED NETWORKS - A control system ( | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120095611 | Method for assigning transmission line of electric network - A method for assigning transmission line of electric network, which is used to select an optimal transmission assignment from a plurality of transmission assignment, is disclosed. The steps of the method includes: assigning a transmission line between a source and a relay node and another transmission line between the relay node and a sink to form one of the transmission assignments, and the states of the two transmission line are different; computing a network reliability of each transmission assignment; executing an algorithm to generate two offspring transmission assignments for replacing two of the transmission assignments, and the network reliabilities of the two of the transmission assignments are minimum; computing the network reliabilities for the two offspring transmission assignments; and selecting one of the transmission assignments with the maximal network reliability being the optimal transmission assignment. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120095612 | CONTROLLER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A POWER SYSTEM - A controller for a power system including a plurality of power system components includes a memory for storing computer-executable instructions and a processor configured to execute the computer-executable instructions. The computer-executable instructions program the processor to determine an operating condition of at least one first power system component and at least one second power system component of the plurality of power system components. The processor is also programmed to determine whether a predetermined condition is met based on at least one operating condition, and transmit a command to at least one other controller to at least one of electrically couple the first power system component to the second power system component and electrically decouple the first power system component from the second power system component based on whether the predetermined condition is met. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120095613 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, POWER DISTRIBUTION CONTROL DEVICE, AND POWER DISTRIBUTION CONTROL SYSTEM - A communication device, which communicates with a power distribution control device which controls power distribution with regard to a region which is a power distribution target, includes an acquisition unit which acquires calculation information for calculating electrical power which is to be distributed with regard to the region, and a transmission unit which transmits the calculation information to the power distribution control device. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120109401 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING RENEWABLE ENERGY SERVICES - Methods and apparatus for managing at least one renewable energy source for supply of power via an electric grid are disclosed. A method supplies power to mobile devices from the renewable energy source and balances power realized by the mobile devices with the supply of power from the renewable energy source by controlling the supply of power realized by the mobile devices. An apparatus includes a processor for monitoring power from the renewable energy source and sending signals to mobile devices connected to the electric grid to balance monitored power from the renewable energy source with power realized by the mobile devices. Another method identifies a fixed account associated with a grid connection point used by a plug-in electric vehicle for realizing power during a connection event; determines a quantity of energy realized during the event; and adjusts the account based on energy realized by the vehicle during the event. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120109402 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING A GRID CONNECTION POINT USING A TAG - An electrical outlet, an electrical outlet cover for use with an electrical outlet and methods of identifying a grid connection point for bill processing of a charging event and managing energy services are disclosed. The electrical outlet cover includes a cover unit having a receptacle opening configured to align with a receptacle of the electric outlet and an identification unit configured to present a unique identification that is associated with the electrical outlet. In an embodiment, a method includes establishing an identity tag at a grid connection point (GCP) that unique identifies the GCP, receiving identity tag information to uniquely identify the GCP and monitoring charge event information indicating attributes of the charging event. The method further includes associating the charge event information with the identity tag information, as associated information; and sending the associated information for reconciliation of billing accounts associated with the GCP and the mobile charging device. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120109403 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING ENERGY SERVICES FROM A PLURALITY OF DEVICES - Methods and apparatus for managing energy services are disclosed. One method includes: reporting, by a respective asset of the first type, an identifier associated with a grid connection point that establishes a location of the respective asset of the first type at the grid connection point on the electric grid; receiving, by the respective asset of the first type, operating conditions for realizing the energy service, the received conditions being based on the established location of the respective asset of the first type on the grid; and operating the respective asset of the first type in accordance with the received operating conditions to realize the energy service. An energy service controller includes a communication unit for receiving, from a mobile asset, an identifier associated with a grid connection point connected to the asset and a processor for determining a location of the asset on the grid based on the identifier. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120123605 | Spatial information correlation for control of an energy park - A spatial correlation system and method is disclosed to infer and anticipate the environmental and other conditions of an energy park from individual energy collector information. Individual collector information is acquired and formatted into a pixelized image according to the spatial location of the collector. Image processing and other spatial correlating algorithms are applied to generate spatially correlated descriptions of the energy park. The descriptions are of the current and anticipated conditions. The collectors are made to respond to the descriptions in order to maximize energy collection, avoid disruptive conditions, and reduce stress loading. The system combines locally acquired collection information in a manner that replaces costly collector instrumentation. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120130558 | ELECTRIC-POWER TRANSACTION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING ELECTRIC-POWER TRANSACTION APPARATUS - An electric power information control unit compares electric power value information relating to a specific electric power amount of an electric power amount of a first storage battery and electric power value information relating to the specific electric power amount of the electric power amount of the second storage battery. When there are electric power information in which the electric power value information relating to the specific electric power amount are different from each other in the first and second storage batteries, the electric power information control unit swaps and stores the electric power value information in the first electric power information storing unit and the second electric power information storing unit. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120136498 | RACK SERVER SYSTEM - A rack server system includes a plurality of servers, a plurality of cooling modules, a power supply device, and a monitoring management module. Each of the servers includes a sensor so that the sensor can provide the temperature information of each of the servers to the monitoring management module. The power supply device includes a plurality of power supply modules. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120136499 | ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH USER INTERFACE - An energy management apparatus and a user interface method thereof, an electric device controlled by the energy management apparatus, and an energy management apparatus including the same are disclosed. A user interface that intuitively and simply displays a user input for controlling energy consumption of the electric device and a degree of inconvenience that a user experiences when the electric device operates according to the user input is provided to allow the user to be intuitively aware of the degree of inconvenience due to the user input, thereby enabling more intuitive user interaction. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120136500 | OPERATOR INTERFACE FOR AUTOMATION SYSTEMS - Automation system based on communication network, installed to provides facilities for on-site personnel to monitor/control/configure system and connect equipment required to test system. Can automate specific procedures for activities to eliminate human error. Provides necessary commands to the system, other devices and individual functions which enable/disable operation, change operating configuration or send/retrieve certain information. Independent of other devices which provide real time operation of the system to maintain safe and reliable operation of system whilst changes are being made to system regardless of operating condition of other devices. As an independent device to the system, can be standardized at a particular installation and across multiple installations to reduce personnel training and reduce possibilities of human error due to variability of features provided in other devices. Provides authorization facilities to permit activities by authorized operators or only permit communication to system of equipment connected to the device authorized to do so. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120143385 | COMPUTING ARCHITECTURE FOR AUTONOMOUS MICROGRIDS - A computing architecture that facilitates autonomously controlling operations of a microgrid is described herein. A microgrid network includes numerous computing devices that execute intelligent agents, each of which is assigned to a particular entity (load, source, storage device, or switch) in the microgrid. The intelligent agents can execute in accordance with predefined protocols to collectively perform computations that facilitate uninterrupted control of the microgrid. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120143386 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROL - A method of controlling the connection of a collection of a plurality of electricity providing devices to an electrical power network is described. In this, the plurality of electricity providing devices having a communication line therebetween and the method comprises receiving a message at a first electricity providing device from a controlling device and, in response to the message: connecting the first electricity providing device to the electrical power network; and sending, from the first electricity providing device to a second electricity providing device, a second message containing data in response to which the second electricity providing device is connected to the electrical power network. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120143387 | Appliance Network Connectivity Apparatus - An appliance network connectivity apparatus includes a voltage sensor that generates a signal at an output that is proportional to a voltage provided to the appliance. A current sensor generates a signal at an output that is proportional to a current flowing through the appliance. A processor determines the electrical characteristics of power consumed by the appliance and executes web server software for communicating data through a network. A relay controls power from the power source to the appliance. A memory stores the electrical characteristics. A network interface provides the electrical characteristics to the network. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120143388 | ELECTRICITY MARKET-ORIENTED DC-SEGMENTATION DESIGN AND OPTIMAL SCHEDULING FOR ELECTRICAL POWER TRANSMISSION - Segmenting a power distribution network comprising AC power generating stations synchronously interconnected by AC power transmission paths. The stations operate within market sectors and are subject to market rules. The method includes identifying all transmission paths which extend between differing ones of the sectors and segmenting the path by inserting a controllable DC link in the path. Each of the sectors is then operated asynchronously. Power flow and counter-flow between the sectors is controlled by controlling the DC links. A power transmission network is disclosed comprising AC power generating stations operable within market sectors subject to market rules; power transmission paths interconnecting the stations, at least some of the paths extending between differing ones of the sectors, including a controllable DC link in the path for desynchronizing the differing sectors; and, control means operatively connectable to each of the DC links for controlling power flow between the differing sectors. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120150360 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE AUTHORIZATION OF CHARGING OPERATIONS OF ELECTRICALLY OPERATED VEHICLES - A method and a control unit for controlling the authorization of charging operations of electrically operated vehicles. A control unit is provided between a main terminal and a plurality of electric coupler sockets, which are connected to the control unit via a power line. A vehicle to be charged is connected to one of the electric coupler sockets, and the total charging current, which is conducted from the main terminal to the electric coupler sockets via the control unit, is measured. Charging-current requests are transmitted to the control unit by each of the vehicles connected to the electric coupler sockets, and the total charging current is compared to the sum of the charging currents reported by the vehicles connected to the charging outlets. The charging outlets are switched off if the total charging current exceeds the sum. The connecting of a vehicle to be charged includes transmitting authorization information from the vehicle to the control unit. The authorization information is compared to a list of authorized vehicles by the control unit, in order to check the authorization of the vehicle. The transmitting of charging-current requests and authorization information is provided by modulating an alternating current signal upon the power line, the alternating current signal representing the authorization request or the charging-current request. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120150361 | RENEWABLE ENERGY-BASED ELECTRICITY GRID INFRASTRUCTURE AND METHOD OF GRID INFRASTRUCTURE AUTOMATION AND OPERATION - A renewable energy resource management system manages a delivery of a power requirement from a multi-resource offshore renewable energy installation to an intelligent power distribution network. The installation includes multiple renewable energy resource components and is capable of variably and independently generating power from each to microgrids comprising the intelligent power distribution network so that the entire power requirement is satisfied from renewable energy resources. An electricity grid infrastructure is also disclosed in which power production is balanced with power consumption so that power storage requirements are minimized. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120158205 | SCALABLE BACKEND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR REMOTELY OPERATING ONE OR MORE PHOTOVOLTAIC GENERATION FACILITIES - A central backend management system to manage two or more solar sites each having a plurality of concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) arrays. frontend application servers in the management system are configured to 1) provide web hosting of web pages, 2) generate and present user interfaces to each client device in communication with the frontend application servers in order to view information of components of the CPV arrays and to issue commands to control operations of the components of the CPV arrays. Each of the CPV arrays is associated with a different system control point, which are communicatively connected to the central backend management system over a wide area network (WAN) using a secured channel. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120166011 | CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, a control device includes a detecting unit, a communication unit, and a control unit. The detecting unit detects that a power-supplied device is connected to a power supply line relaying supply of power. The communication unit receives consumer authentication information including consumer identification information for identifying a consumer from a communication device when it is detected that the power-supplied device is connected to the power supply line, transmits the consumer authentication information to a first server, receives power-supply-availability determination information representing whether supply of power to the power-supplied device is possible or not, from the first server, and transmits power measurement information representing power supplied to the power-supplied device through the power supply line and the consumer identification information to a second server. The control unit supplies power to the power-supplied device when the power-supply-availability determination information represents that supply of power is possible. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120166012 | POWER SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD, A POWER MANGEMENT METHOD, AND A POWER SYSTEM - A power supply control method, a power management method, and a power system are provided. The power supply control method according to an aspect of the present invention includes: receiving information on a position and a battery of a vehicle; and supplying power to a charging station in the predetermined range of the position of the vehicle to be able to charge the battery of the vehicle based on the information on the position and the battery. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120166013 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A method for controlling an energy management system, which includes a PV module for generating power and a battery for storing power and which is connected to a grid as an external power supplier and a power load as a power consumer, is provided to enable efficient energy management of the energy management system. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120173035 | MULTI-TERMINAL POWER CONVERSION DEVICE, MULTI-TERMINAL POWER TRANSFER DEVICE, AND POWER NETWORK SYSTEM - The present invention provides a multi-terminal power conversion device, a multi-terminal power transfer device, and a power network system which allows an existing power grid to be divided into a plurality of power grids that can be interconnected together and operated stably via existing or new transmission lines. An inter-power grid asynchronous interconnection network system includes a multi-terminal power conversion device characterized by connecting together a plurality of asynchronous power grids including a bulk power grid and controlling power so that the sum of inflow power and outflow power is zero. An intra-power grid synchronous network system includes a power apparatus control terminal device with means for controlling power for a power apparatus installed in an autonomous power grid. A plurality of inter-power grid asynchronous interconnection network systems are connected to an intra-power grid synchronous network system to integrate the power control with communication control. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120197456 | APPROACH FOR NORMALIZING AUTOMATED DEMAND RESPONSE EVENTS IN ENERGY MANAGEMENT CONTROL SYSTEMS - An approach for normalizing automated demand response events in energy management and control systems. The normalizing may be of events having disparate communication protocols and data formats. There may be a processing engine for each unique protocol or data format. When event data are received, they may be normalized into a standard format which can be utilized by an energy management and control system to initiate a pre-programmed demand response strategy. In other words, using an auto demand response service with its normalized event information, standard response strategies may be developed. The auto demand response service and standard strategies may then be deployed across an entire multi-site enterprise regardless of the auto demand response service provider servicing a particular site. There appears no need to modify the demand response strategy because the auto demand response service may handle a transformation of the auto demand response system's event data. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120197457 | APPROACH FOR MANAGING DISTRIBUTION OF AUTOMATED DEMAND RESPONSE EVENTS IN A MULTI-SITE ENTERPRISE - An approach for managing distribution of automated demand response events in a multi-site enterprise. Event distribution may be controlled by an auto demand response gateway. At an enterprise level, the gateway may be implemented as a supervisor service and configured to connect with an auto demand response system. At a site level, event distribution may be managed in several ways. One is that the auto demand response service may be configured to utilize a gateway connection. The auto demand response service's client settings may be modified to select the site's energy management and command system supervisor as a host station. Another way of managing event distribution may incorporate adding auto demand response gateway functionality to the auto demand response service. When the gateway functionality is enabled, the auto demand response service may route events to other energy management and command system site controllers within a facility. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120197458 | MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING OF AUTOMATED DEMAND RESPONSE IN A MULTI-SITE ENTERPRISE - An approach for management and monitoring of auto demand response in a multi-site enterprise. It may provide awareness of upcoming demand response events, monitoring actual responses to demand response events, analysis of energy management and command system performance, an ability to opt-out of a demand response event, and management and control of the demand response strategy. At the enterprise level, an auto demand response supervisor may add management and monitoring functionality. Added capabilities may incorporate message exchanging with the site-level auto demand response service, support for user interfaces that allow event monitoring and enable management actions such as opting-out of an event. At the site level, functionality may be an extension to the auto demand response service. Added capabilities may incorporate message exchanging with the enterprise-level auto demand response supervisor service, and an event response mechanism and user interface that enable a management decision to opt-out an event. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120209446 | APPLIANCE WITH A CONTROLLER CONFIGURED TO CONNECT TO A NETWORK AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEM AND METHOD - According to embodiments of the present invention, an appliance may include operating assemblies configured to employ utilities to perform one or more functions. A controller may be configured to control the operating assemblies. The controller may include a network interface and a user interface. The network interface may communicate utility data relating to the utilities with a network. The user interface may be configured to receive user inputs and output status indicators relating to the utility data received from the network. The utility data may include a utility demand level and a utility unit price. Further, a system is also provided that may include the appliance, an additional appliance, and an intermediate controller. The intermediate controller may be configured to communicate with the network and direct modification of the functions performed by the appliance and the additional appliance based on the utility data. Related methods are also provided. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120221165 | REGIONAL ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, REGIONAL ENERGY INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND REGIONAL ENERGY INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT METHOD USED IN REGIONAL ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - According to embodiments, a regional energy integrated management device for managing energy in a region containing multiple buildings includes an information acquisition unit, an information generator, and an instruction transmitter. The information acquisition unit acquires energy management information containing energy shortage and surplus information of a building from the multiple buildings. The information generator generates regional energy management information for mutually adjusting energy supply between different buildings in the management target region based on the energy management information on the multiple buildings thus acquired. The instruction transmitter transmits the generated regional energy management information to the corresponding buildings. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120232714 | Systems and Methods for Activation and Deactivation of Appliances - Systems and methods are provided for an appliance system. The system includes an appliance, and a processor connected to the appliance such that the processor places the appliance in one of an enabled state and a disabled state. The processor is configured to track usage of the appliance and to place the appliance in a disabled state when the usage of the appliance exceeds a threshold amount. The system also includes a data receiving device configured to receive a code, wherein upon receipt of a valid code, the processor is configured to adjust the threshold amount to allow additional usage of the appliance. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120245754 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYSIS OF ENERGY INPUT DURING OPERATION OF A PRODUCTION SYSTEM - A method analyzes the energy use during an operation of a production system containing machines and supply equipment having an energy demand that can be determined and planning apparatuses for the work orders to be carried out by the machines. The energy-related parameters of the machines are determined and divided into representative load spectra by an energy control unit. Energy recovery values to be expected on average depending on the media are assigned to the load spectra. The respective time fractions of the load spectra for possible work orders and machine combinations are determined from the work orders to be carried, and the energy demand per machine for carrying out a work order is determined therefrom. A device is provided for performing the method. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120253538 | Method and System for Generating and Optimizing the Capacity Ratings of an Electric Power System Facility - A method and system is provided for optimizing electric loading transfer capabilities. In one embodiment, the system comprises a processor which receives and stores information regarding available resources of one or more electric power facilities. The system includes a capability datastore and an external factors datastore, both of which communicate with the processor and with each other. The capability datastore determines electrical capabilities of the available resources at any given point in time while the external factors datastore determines a plurality of variables which affect the electrical capabilities. A resource manager connected to the processor is also provided. The resource manager allocates the plurality of available resources by optimizing and correlating the electrical capabilities with the plurality of variables, to generate an electric capacity rating for the one or more electric power facilities. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120253539 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SYNCHRONIZING SWITCHING WITHIN A POWER DISTRIBUTION NETWORK - Systems and methods for synchronizing switching within a power distribution network are provided. A switch plan for restoring electrical power to a power distribution network following a power outage may be identified by a control system. The control system may be associated with a power utility and may include one or more computers. A plurality of switching operations associated with the switch plan may be identified by the control system. The plurality of switching operations may include at least one automatic switching operation and at least one manual switching operation. A synchronized execution of the plurality of switching operations may be coordinated by the control system. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120253540 | ENERGY GRID DEVICE COMMISSIONING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A commissioning method and system. The method includes receiving details of a configuring process enabled by a power grid monitoring/control device associated with a power grid network topology comprising monitoring points associated and a power distribution grid. The power grid network topology is validated with respect to a configuration of measurement types, event types, and controls of the power distribution grid. Network point identifiers for each of the monitoring points are retrieved and a mapping report associating the power grid monitoring/control device with the power grid network topology using the network point identifiers is generated. The power grid monitoring/control device is registered for remote operation functionality and multiple grid events. The power grid monitoring/control device is commissioned into the power distribution grid. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120259477 | PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MICROGRIDS - The particle swarm optimization method for microgrids formulates a control problem as an optimization problem and PSO is used to search the solution space for optimal parameter settings in each mode. The procedure models optimal design of an LC filter, controller parameters and damping resistance in grid-connected mode. Moreover, the procedure optimizes controller parameters and power sharing coefficients in autonomous mode. The method uses particular nonlinear time-domain-based and eigenvalue-based objective functions to minimize the error in the measured power, and also to enhance the damping characteristics, respectively. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120265362 | CHARGING DEVICE FOR USE WITH ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLING SAME - A charging device for use with an electric vehicle including a power storage device includes a power delivery system configured to deliver power to the power storage device. The charging device also includes a controller coupled to the power delivery system. The controller is configured to determine that an initialization process has completed after the charging device has experienced a loss of power and enable the power delivery system to deliver power to the power storage device at a defined start time and after the initialization process has completed. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120271477 | System And Method For Illumination Using Power Over Ethernet - An illumination system for energy efficiently illuminating locations e.g. offices, homes or ATM machine sites comprising a PoE switch supplying command and power to PoE-IP Illuminators, having energy-efficient LED light-sources. Using PoE+, light sources of over 20 Watts may be used. Each illuminator having a unique IP-ID is controllable over the PoE LAN. The system may include sensors and monitors such as: IP-camera, illumination sensors and entry detectors. At a remote ATM machine site, the system provides: illumination, voice assistance, surveillance security and banking. Renewable energy sources such as wind or solar power devices and rechargeable batteries allow pollution-free and remote location operation. Chainable IP-LED lights Daisy chained by a serial data channel and controlled by an IP-LED master connected to PoE line. The system may comprise PoE-IP controllers used for powering and controlling controlled devices capable of remotely controlled such as: Access devices, IP LED/electronic signs, shading, siren/alarms etc. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120271478 | EXECUTION OF SIGNAL PROCESSING TASKS - An apparatus has a signal processing system for executing a plurality of pre-determined signal processing tasks, and an energy source for powering the signal processing system in operational use of the apparatus. The energy source supplies an amount of energy that varies over the service life of the energy source. The signal processing system determines an amount of energy available from the energy source and selects for execution a specific one of the pre-determined signal processing tasks in dependence on the amount determined. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120283892 | Managing Electric Energy Distribution To Multiple Loads Using Selective Capping - An electric energy distribution system may include plural loads configured to receive electric energy from a common feed or branch. Each of the loads may be configured to operate in at least first and second modes such that it may consume current, VA or power up to a first cap when running in its first mode and up to a second cap when running in its second mode. The first cap may be higher than the second cap. A sensor component may monitor a parameter that corresponds to an aggregate amount of electric energy being consumed by all of the plural loads from the common feed or branch. A manager component may be configured, when the parameter meets or exceeds the threshold, to select one of the loads currently running in its first mode and to cause the selected load to run in its second mode. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120296489 | NETWORK SYSTEM FOR A COMPONENT - Provided is a network system for a component capable of effectively managing an energy source. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120296490 | Systems and Methods for Controlling Energy Consumption - In particular embodiments, an energy gateway is described that is configured to receive power usage information from one or more power meters, transmit the power usage information to an energy management server, receive control signals from the energy management server, transmit the control signals to the one or more power switches and execute localized pre-programmed rules. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120303174 | Green Data Center and the Method for Achieving Power Usage Efficiency less than 1 - A green data center is provided, which comprises: a utility power source for providing utility power; a facility electrically connected to the utility power source; a renewable energy provider electrically connected to the facility for providing renewable energy; an IT equipment electrically connected to the renewable energy provider; wherein the total power received by the IT equipment is not less to the utility power provided by the utility power source, so that the PUE (Power Usage Efficiency) can be less than one, thereby achieving the effect of carbon-reducing and energy-saving. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120310433 | CHARGING DEVICE AND METHODS OF AUTHORIZING A CHARGING REQUEST - A charging device includes a power delivery system configured to supply power to at least one load coupled to the charging device. The charging device also includes a processor coupled to the power delivery system, and the processor is programmed to transmit a charging request to a remote device. The charging request includes an amount of power requested to be supplied to the at least one load. The processor is programmed to receive data related to a loading of a power distribution device, wherein the power distribution device is configured to supply power to the charging device. The processor is further programmed to selectively activate the power delivery system to supply power to the at least one load based on the data received. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120310434 | VARIABLE TOPOLOGY DISTRIBUTED INTELLIGENCE FOR UTILITY GRID CONTROL OPERATION SERVICES - In one embodiment, a grid service controller receives advertisements from one or more grid service devices that indicate one or more grid control operations for which a corresponding grid service device is capable, and also maintains state and locality of the grid service devices. In response to receiving a request from a grid device for a particular grid control operation, the grid service controller may then direct the grid device to a particular grid service device capable of providing the particular grid control operation for the grid device based on the state and locality of the grid service devices, accordingly. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120310435 | CONTROL COMMAND DISAGGREGATION AND DISTRIBUTION WITHIN A UTILITY GRID - In one embodiment, a grid controller device of a given locality within a utility grid receive a grid control command and determines a plurality of sub-localities controlled by the grid controller device and one or more grid characteristics of each of the plurality of sub-localities. The grid controller device then disaggregates the grid control command into a plurality of sub-locality control commands according to the grid characteristics of the corresponding plurality of sub-localities, and distributes the sub-locality control commands to sub-grid controllers. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120310436 | METHOD OF OPERATING A MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKER - The present invention relates to a method of operating a maximum power point tracker comprising the steps of performing a sweep cycle at intervals, the sweep cycle comprising the determination of at least one first parameter of a power function, storing the at least one first parameter and at least one second parameter and, based on the data so stored, modifying one or more characteristics of the sweep cycles. The invention also relates to a maximum power point tracking apparatus comprising a controller ( | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120310437 | NETWORK SYSTEM - A network system is provided. The network system includes an utility area network including an energy generation component, a home area network including an energy consumption component consuming energy generated in the energy generation component to perform a function according to an operation course, an energy metering component disposed in the utility area network or the home area network, the energy metering component recognizing energy information or additional information except for the energy information, and an energy management component disposed in the utility area network or the home area network, the energy management component managing the energy information or the additional information with respect to the energy consumption component. The energy consumption component includes a control unit for controlling an operation of at least one course component constituting the operation course to restrict the operation of the one course component based on the energy information or the additional information. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120316696 | MULTI-LEVEL TOPOLOGYTOPOGRAPHY FOR ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION GRID CONTROL - Aspects of a multi-level electrical distribution control system associated with an electrical distribution grid are disclosed. A multi-level control system provides a non-flat topography for electrical distribution grid control. A hierarchical structure can be employed in the topography of the control system. Further, tree and mesh network structure, among others, can be employed in the topography of the control system. These rich topographies can provide for closed loop control at each level of the control system, improved reliability of the control system through redundant topographical network structures, and desirable data handling features that can reduce data congestion and computing costs by distributing data handling, processing, and control across the levels of the control system. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120316697 | INTELLIGENT ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION GRID CONTROL SYSTEM DATA - Aspects of a multi-level electrical distribution control system associated with an electrical distribution grid are disclosed. Data access and processing across the multi-level control system and the electrical distribution grid can provide improved utilization of energy within the electrical distribution grid. Further, dynamic reconfiguration of the electric distribution grid can be based distributed processing and access to information relating to the electrical distribution control system or electrical distribution grid. An encapsulated DNNC data element is disclosed as an efficient and secure means of accessing data across the multi-level electrical distribution control system or the associated electrical distribution grid. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120316698 | Electrical power distribution and control system and method for remotely controlling power delivery through IP addressable electrical power supply equipment and scanning a network for power control devices - A power distribution and control system has a wall mounted controller or a transportable controller (e.g., a Smart Phone or wireless Tablet) configured to resemble a solid-state household thermostat having a touchscreen display. The user interface controller provides control options to the user who can selectively enable selected circuit breakers or power strips on a schedule selected by the user. The controller is programmed to control a plurality of identified User Devices such as televisions or other solid-state or computer controlled instruments or appliances, which typically consume power even when in “standby” mode and not in use. The User Devices will be selectively connected to the mains supply only when selectively enabled by Controller inputs, thereby saving valuable energy because the User Devices will not consume any power when not enabled. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120323393 | AUTOMATED DEMAND RESPONSE SYSTEM - A system and method for reducing an electrical load in a facility with a building automation system, includes first receiving information for a demand response event from an automated demand response server at an automated demand response client. After receipt of a new demand response event, the system determines a plurality of devices of the building automation system to be controlled during the demand response event. Next, the system prepares a schedule of control actions for the plurality of devices during the demand response event. The system then sends control messages to the building automation system to execute the control actions for the plurality of devices according to the schedule of control actions for the demand response event. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120323394 | Control System for Color Lights - One or more LED light array circuits are set to a display pattern via modulating the current via a microcontroller. A microcontroller master effects the lighting patterns by communicating display pattern settings to a plurality of slaved LED light array circuits via DC powerlines and fixtures thereof. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120323395 | Power Equipment Control System - In a power equipment control system connected, via a communication network, to a system operation server of a power system and a single or a plurality of power equipments for performing power consumption or storage with interconnecting to the power system, to regulate power demand and supply balance of the power equipment, a contribution degree is obtained by preparing a demand plan of subsequent power of said power equipment; transmitting, to said power equipment, information relevant to demand regulation request to said power equipment, received from said system operation server, based on said demand plan; receiving demand regulation result of observation information on the demand regulation performed within said power equipment, based on said demand regulation request; and performing said demand regulation by said power equipment from said demand regulation result. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120323396 | HYBRID ELECTRIC GENERATING POWER PLANT THAT USES A COMBINATION OF REAL-TIME GENERATION FACILITIES AND ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM - Approaches for controlling power supplied to an electric grid are disclosed. In embodiments, methods and systems control power supplied to an electric grid using an energy storage device. In an embodiment, a method receives an indication of power to be supplied to the electric grid, generates power from a power generator and adjusts, using the generated power, an energy level of the energy storage device to control power supplied to the grid in accordance with the received indication. In another embodiment, a system comprises a grid indication receiver for receiving an indication of power to be supplied to the electric grid; a power generator connected to the grid; an energy storage device coupled to the power generator; and a controller for adjusting, using the generated power from the generator, an energy level of the energy storage device to control power supplied to the grid in accordance with the received indication. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120323397 | Electric Power System Automation Using Time Coordinated Instructions - A system for controlling and automating an electric power delivery system by executing time coordinated instruction sets to achieve a desired result. A communication master may implement the execution of time coordinated instruction sets in a variety of circumstances. The communication may be embodied as an automation controller in communication with intelligent electronic devices (IEDs). The communication master may also be embodied as an IED that is configured to coordinate the actions of other IEDs. The time coordinated instruction sets may include steps for checking status of power system equipment before executing. The time coordinated instruction sets may include reactionary steps to execute if one of the steps fails. The time coordinated instruction sets may also be implemented based on a condition detected in the electric power delivery system, or may be implemented through high level systems, such as a SCADA system or a wide area control and situational awareness system. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120323398 | POWER MANAGEMENT - A power management method and system. The method includes retrieving and storing by a computer processor, identification data identifying power consumption devices. Each power consumption device receives an input voltage signal and consumes power. The computer processor monitors a power consumption level for each power consumption device. The computer processor disables each power consumption device from receiving and consuming power. The computer processor generates an association list associating each power consumption level with the identification data. The computer processor generates and stores a prioritization list indicating an order of priority for disabling the power consumption devices. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120330477 | DR COUNTERMEASURE PROPOSAL DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - There is provided a DR (Demand Response) countermeasure proposal device in which the communication unit receives a power consumption reduction, the rule database stores instrument control rules related to instruments, the rule ranking history database stores information on a ranking of the instrument control rules, the display displays the instrument control rules according to the ranking, the rule ranking changing unit changes the ranking of the instrument control rules in response to an instruction input from the customer, the DR execution unit selects at least one instrument control rule by execution of which the power consumption reduction request is satisfied in descending order of the ranking of the instrument control rules, and executes the at least one instrument control rule to control operation of at least one instruments related thereto. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120330478 | Energy Saving at a Network Node in an Automation Network - A method for saving energy at a network node in an automation network comprising receiving energy saving command data for switching at least one network device to an energy saving state, forwarding the energy saving command data to the network device, evaluating the energy saving command data by the network node, and saving energy at the network node. When the network node receives and/or outputs no data or a reduced volume of data to the network device during the energy saving state, the energy saving is effected by placing at least one portion of the network node into an energy saving state, where the portion is determined by any one of a plurality of network ports, which, because of the energy saving state of the network device, is being used to output and/or receive no data or a reduced volume of data. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130006439 | METHOD AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR SCHEDULING LOAD OF A POWER PLANT - A method and control system are disclosed for optimizing load scheduling for a power plant having one or more generation units. The method can include analyzing the operating state of one or more components of generation units in terms of one or more risk indices associated with one or more components of generation units; updating an objective function that reflects the state of one or more components of generation units; solving the objective function to optimize a schedule of the one or more generation units and operating state of one or more components of generation units; and operating the one or more generation units at optimized schedule and operating state. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130018521 | Systems and Methods for Blackout Protection - A system for managing an electric power delivery system is disclosed that includes a set of remote intelligent electronic devices (IEDs) and a central IED. The remote IEDs may be configured to obtain information related to rotor angles, operating frequencies, rate of change of frequency, rotating inertia, and power consumption levels of loads and generators included in the electric power delivery system. The central IED may communicate with the remote IEDs to determine which loads and generators are associated with a sub-grid of the electric power delivery system and whether to disconnected certain loads or generators. Based on this determination, the central IED may direct the remote IEDs to disconnect loads or generators from the electric power delivery system, or to rapidly increase or decrease generator output as appropriate. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130018522 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROGRAMMING A CONFIGURABLE LOAD CONTROL DEVICE - A system for configuring an output parameter of a lighting load power supply, the power supply having a programmable controller for regulating the output parameter to a target value and a memory for storing a variable for setting the target value. The power supply has a communication port for data for setting the target value. A computer executes software allowing a user to select a target value and provides data related to the selected parameter. A programming device in communication with the computer provides data relating to the selected parameter to the communication port for programming the controller to set the parameter to the target value. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130024043 | DYNAMIC CONFIGURATION OF DISTRIBUTION FEEDER PARAMETERS IN A POWER GRID - In one embodiment, a system identifies a grid topology of a plurality of distribution automation (DA) devices of a distribution feeder circuit in a power grid, and determines parameters for each of the DA devices of the distribution feeder circuit based on the grid topology e.g., protection parameters such that DA devices further from a power source in the power grid up to a normally open point (NOP) are configured to trigger protection earlier than DA devices closer to the power source. The DA devices may then be configured with respective parameters as determined, and in response to detecting a change of the grid topology, updated parameters may be determined for one or more of the DA devices based on the changed grid topology. The system then reconfigures respective parameters of each of the DA devices that have updated parameters due to the change of the grid topology. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130024044 | OPTIMAL STORAGE SIZING FOR INTEGRATING WIND AND LOAD FORECAST UNCERTAINTIES - Systems and methods are disclosed to manage energy system by receiving load forecasts and power generator forecasts with uncertainty specification; performing stochastic optimization on the load and power generation forecasts; determining an optimal storage sizing for energy balancing; and validating the optimal storage sizing; wherein the power generator is connected to an energy storage device with the optimal storage sizing. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130024045 | POWER CONTROL UNIT - A weather information database stores weather information acquired from a weather information provider. A power generation unit selection unit selects a power generation unit with a high generating efficiency from a plurality of power generation units having different power generation schemes, in accordance with the current weather condition. A power generation electric energy database stores the power generation electric energy of a power generation unit, while an electric energy consumption database stores the electric energy consumption of a plurality of electrical appliances. A power transmission destination selection unit selects an electrical appliance whose electric energy consumption is lower than the generated energy from the plurality of electrical appliances, when the past generated energy in the current time zone is lower than the past total electric power consumption, and transmits electric power thereto. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130024046 | POWER TRANSMISSION CONTROLLER, POWER RECEPTION CONTROLLER, POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, AND DATA COMMUNICATION METHOD OF POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A power transmission controller includes a control unit configured to output to a power transmission unit a drive signal modulated according to data and control a driving operation of the power transmission unit, a data storage unit configured to store data transferred from a power transmission device to a power reception device every time the data is input to the power transmission device; and a comparison unit configured to compare data newly input to the power transmission device to the data stored in the data storage unit to determine whether or not there is a match between these data, wherein a control unit is configured to output the drive signal modulated based on the newly input data to the power transmission unit and transmit the newly input data to the power reception device, if the comparison unit determines that these data do not match; and the control unit is configured not to transmit the newly input data to the power reception device, if the comparison unit determines that there is a match between these data. A power reception controller is configured in the same manner. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130030593 | System for Monitoring A Battery Charger - A method and apparatus comprising a switch and a charging management module. The switch is configured to control an electrical connection between a charging device for a battery and a power source. A current flows from the power source through the charging device to the battery to charge the battery when the electrical connection is present between the charging device and the power source. The charging management module is configured to identify a period of time for charging the battery and to control the switch to electrically connect the charging device for the battery to the power source during the period of time identified for charging the battery. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130030594 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION REMOTE DISCONNECT SYSTEM - Aspects of the invention provide for an electric vehicle charging station (EVCS). In one embodiment, the EVCS may include: a charging outlet configured to receive a chargeable device; a contactor operably connected to the charging outlet and electrically connected to an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) meter; and an EVCS controller configured to receive a set of instructions from the AMI meter about modifying an amount of power supplied to the charging outlet, wherein the EVCS controller is configured to modify the amount of power supplied to the charging outlet via the contactor in response to receiving the set of instructions. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130030595 | IMPLEMENTING POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS USING PEAK DEMAND FACTOR - Methods and apparatus for implementing power management systems using a peak demand factor are described and disclosed herein. An exemplary method includes gathering load samples from a site, generating a plurality of peak demand factors based on the load samples, performing an analysis to determine feasible demand reduction based on the peak demand factors, such as by plotting the demand reduction against the peak demand factors and finding one or more points at which demand reduction is particularly advantageous, selecting a maximum percentage of peak reduction matched with a peak demand factor, and implementing a power management system corresponding to the selected peak demand factor. Embodiments disclosed may provide means for quickly determining a superior peak demand reduction strategy or configuration for a site, thereby reducing the time and labor costs of excessive experimentation presently used to implement demand management systems. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130030596 | BATTERY MONITORING DEVICE - A battery monitoring device for real-time measurement and monitoring of a battery module driving an actual load and having a plurality battery cells connected together in series, has a plurality of power and impedance calculators provided for the respective battery cells, and configured to receive voltage signals and current signals from the battery cells, respectively and to measure instantaneous power values and internal impedance characteristics of the battery cells, respectively, and a battery module state manager configured to receive output data of the power and impedance calculators via an internal bus. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130035801 | Networked Solar Panels and Related Methods - Disclosed is a system of networked PV panels for improved provision of electricity to the power grid. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130035802 | Power management device and system - An intelligent user-side power management device (PMD) that is comprised of an optional energy storage unit and can interface with a utility grid or microgrid to eliminate power theft and efficiently provide clean energy to the users of the grid while helping the grid to do smart demand response management, particularly for renewable energy based grids that need to efficiently manage the slack due to the large variability in power generation through these energy sources. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130041519 | Intelligent Backup Power System - Presented is a backup power system for a building that selectively provides power to particular circuits according to a power distribution priority profile. Power is applied sequentially to each particular circuit depending on the measured current loads of the particular circuits to which power has already been applied. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130041520 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING DESIGN OF A HIGH VOLTAGE (HVDC) CONTROL SYSTEM, AN HVDC SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR OPTIMISING AN HVDC SYSTEM - THIS invention relates to a method of and a system for facilitating design of a classic High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) control system, a method for optimising a classic High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) control system, and a HVDC control system. In particular, the invention comprises the steps of determining at least a current control plant transfer function for a rectifier and/or inverter of the classic HVDC control system by using a time domain current equation; determining at least a voltage control plant transfer function for at least a rectifier of the classic HVDC control system by using a time domain voltage equation; using the determined current control plant transfer function for the rectifier and/or inverter, and/or the determined voltage control plant transfer function for at least the rectifier to facilitate design of the HVDC control system. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130046414 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF DEMAND CONTROL BASED ON POWER FACTOR - Described herein are embodiments of methods and systems of demand control based on power factor. One embodiment of the method comprises receiving power factor information associated with a location in an electrical system and detecting a change in the power factor information associated with the location in the electrical system over time. The method further comprises sending a signal to one or more electrical apparatus in response to the change in the power factor information. The signal causes a change in the operational characteristics of at least one of the one or more electrical apparatus where the change in operational characteristics of the at least one of the one or more electrical apparatus affects the power factor information associated with the location in the electrical system. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130046415 | PROGRAMMABLE POWER MANAGEMENT CONTROLLER - A system for managing power in a facility includes a hardware interface with a plurality of access ports for connecting with a utility power grid, at least one renewable power source, and at least one electrical load. A plurality of sensor devices monitors power conditions at the plurality of access ports. A storage device stores one or more control programs. A microprocessor controls the hardware interface to enable or disable each of the plurality of access ports in accordance with the one or more control programs and the monitored power conditions of the access ports. An interface device receives instructions from a user and modifying the one or more control programs stored in the storage device based on the received instructions. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130054044 | ADAPTIVE CONTROL OF POWER GRID OPERATIONS BASED ON ENERGY PROFILES - In one embodiment, an energy manager determines respective energy profiles of one or more local end-devices for which the energy manager is responsible. Through communication between a power grid controller and the energy manager, one or more aspects of power grid operations may be controlled based on the communicating and the respective energy profiles. For example, in one embodiment, upon receiving a global demand response (DR) request, the energy manager determines respective specific DR control for the one or more local end-devices based on the received DR request and the respective energy profiles, and transmits the respective specific DR control to the one or more local end-devices, accordingly. In another embodiment, power grid operations may be stabilized based on the respective energy profiles. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130054045 | VEHICLE ELECTRIC CHARGING SCHEDULE SELECTION AND EVOLUTION BASED ON MULTIPLE WEIGHTED CHARGING OBJECTIVES - The present description refers to a computer implemented method, computer program product, and computer system to determine a plurality of electric charging schedules for one or more electric vehicles, determine, for each of the electric charging schedules, a plurality of charging objective values, assign a weight to each of the charging objective values, wherein one set of weights is used for the plurality of electric charging schedules, calculate a fitness value for each of the electric charging schedules based on the plurality of charging objective values for each respective electric charging schedule and the set of weights, identify the electric charging schedule having a highest fitness value, and select the electric charging schedule having the highest fitness value for charging one or more electric vehicles. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130054046 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including: an appliance power consumption estimating unit estimating power consumption of each of a plurality of appliances disposed inside a large region that is divided into a plurality of regions; an appliance presence probability estimating unit estimating appliance presence probabilities that are probabilities that the respective appliances are present in the respective regions; a responsible share deciding unit deciding responsible shares that are proportions for respective people when power consumption in each region is shared among people who may be present in the large region; and a power consumption allocating unit calculating an allocated amount of power consumption of each person based on the power consumption of each of the plurality of appliances, the appliance presence probabilities, and the responsible shares. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130060398 | ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS AND PERFORMANCE CONTROL METHODS - An electronic device is provided, including a plurality of electronic devices and a control module. The electronic devices are connected in a daisy-chain configuration and overlapped in a direction, in which the electronic devices use a transport protocol compatible with a thunderbolt interface to communicate with a host. The control module generates thermal designed power values corresponding to the electronic devices according to parameters of the electronic devices and controls performances of the electronic devices according to the thermal designed power values. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130066481 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING EFFECTIVE WORK FORCE MANAGEMENT OF A SMART GRID - A system and a method are provided for enabling effective work force management of a smart grid. The method includes receiving a first Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message comprising a state of an electrical component on an electrical grid; and notifying a third party of the state of the electrical component by sending a second SIP message. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130066482 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXECUTING ENERGY DEMAND RESPONSE PROCESS IN AN ELECTRICAL POWER NETWORK - A demand response (DR) architecture performs processes for use in an electrical power network. The DR architecture performs a method for selecting a process to use for scheduling devices. The method includes receiving, by a demand response controller, demand response specific input. The method includes determining a process to use to schedule device running time patterns, based on the received input. The method further includes executing the determined process. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130073107 | NETWORK APPARATUS, ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, AND ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY METHOD - A network apparatus includes: a selection unit that selects a power supply for supplying electric power to a load apparatus from among a first power supply stably supplying a certain amount of electric power and a second power supply that is a power accumulating unit for accumulating electric power generated by natural energy, in accordance with a transition state of the load apparatus and an amount of accumulated electric power in the power accumulating unit; and a supply unit that supplies electric power input from the first power supply or the second power supply selected by the selection unit to the load apparatus via a network cable. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130079943 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MICROGRID POWER GENERATION MANAGEMENT WITH SELECTIVE DISCONNECT - Systems and methods for coordinating selective activation of a multiplicity of emergency power generation equipment over a predetermined geographic area for distribution and/or storage to supply a microgrid of electrical power, and automatic, selective disconnect any of the at least one power generator from providing power supply to the microgrid or wider area grid. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130079944 | POWER STORAGE CONTROL APPARATUS AND POWER STORAGE CONTROL METHOD - The present disclosure is generally directed to a power storage control methods and apparatus including, for example, a power storage control unit configured to determine a connection state of a consumption apparatus with a power supply, determine an expected amount of power usage by the consumption apparatus in a connected state, and adjusting a target value of power storage for a power storage apparatus based on a change in connection state and the expected amount of power usage by the consumption apparatus. The present disclosure may be also be embodied a consumption apparatus. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130085623 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A power supply device includes two or more power supply units connected in parallel with each other, each of which includes a rectifier for converting DC power from a DC power source or AC power from an AC power source into predetermined rated DC power. The device further includes a sensor for detecting a load current rate of each of the power supply units, and a controller. The controller controls the operation of the power supply units to reduce the total amount of power consumption per power supply unit calculated based on the rated DC power and the efficiency of each of the power supply units corresponding to the load current rate. As a result, the power consumption of the power supply device can be reduced more appropriately according to the load state and the efficiency of the power supply units. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130085624 | Systems and Methods for Integrating Demand Response with Service Restoration in an Electric Distribution System - Systems and methods for integrating demand response with service restoration in an electric distribution system. The electric distribution system may include a plurality of regions, zones, and/or areas including at least an outage area that includes a fault and is not receiving electric current from the electric distribution system and a restoration area that is receiving electric current from the electric distribution system and that may be selectively configured to provide electric current to a selected portion of the outage area. The electric distribution system also includes a plurality of demand responsive loads configured to be selectively isolated from the electric distribution system responsive to a load shed signal. The demand responsive loads may be selectively utilized during service restoration, such as to provide additional excess capacity within the restoration area and/or decrease a magnitude of the electric load applied by the selected portion of the outage area. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130090777 | ADAPTIVE DEMAND RESPONSE BASED ON DISTRIBUTED LOAD CONTROL - Adaptive demand response based on distributed load control may be provided. A demand response request indicative of a demand response event for an area may be received. A maximum power consumption for the area during the demand response event may be determined based on the demand response request. One or more set points for the area during the demand response event may be determined prior to the demand response event. The one or more set points are determined based on the maximum power consumption. Prior to or during the demand response event, a real-time power consumption for the area may be calculated. When the real-time power consumption exceeds the maximum power consumption, one or more loads in the area may be controlled to maintain the real-time power consumption at or below the maximum power consumption. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130096730 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - In an image forming apparatus, a shutdown request unit controls the image forming apparatus to perform shutdown at shutdown execution date and time included in schedule information, which is set beforehand and managed by a schedule management unit. A function restriction management unit restricts at least part of a plurality of functions of the image forming apparatus stepwise at timing earlier than the shutdown execution date and time, and a message management unit notifies a user of a message whose content is differentiated in each of steps. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130103224 | METHOD FOR SEQUENTIALLY MEASURING IMPEDANCE, MEASUREMENT DEVICE, AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM - Provided are a sequential impedance measurement device and a method for sequentially measuring impedance. While applying a signal having a power output fluctuation similar to that of normal operation, it is possible to carry out a quick measurement with relatively high precision and in a broad frequency range. Also, the device and the method can simultaneously determine phenomena which occur in different frequency ranges. Disclosed is a sequential impedance measurement device in which impedance of a fuel cell is sequentially measured in a control system, the control system controlling the fuel cell by using a power indication value of a control processor, the device including: an M-sequence-signal-generating section; a superimposed-signal-generating section; a signal-processing section; a signal-adding unit; a current and voltage measuring unit; and an impedance calculator, wherein a method for controlling the fuel cell by the control processor is modified according to a calculation result of the impedance calculator. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130116849 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME COMPUTATION AND REPORTING OF WELDING MACHINE PERFORMANCE AND METRICS - A welding or cutting system is provided using a performance module which monitors the real-time performance of a welding or cutting system and displays this information on a user interface on the system. Other embodiments of the system also include a cost calculation function in which a cost of the welding or cutting operation is calculated. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130116850 | GENERATING AND STORING ENERGY BY MOVING OBJECTS - Embodiments of the present invention relate to an approach for moving (e.g., lifting and lowering) objects (e.g., structures, cars, etc.) to generate and store energy to address energy shortage conditions. Specifically, the weight of an object is utilized to accumulate potential energy over a period of time through conversion of a source of energy (e.g. electricity) into potential energy when available power (i.e. supply) from the source of energy exceeds demand (e.g., an energy surplus condition is identified). This potential energy is then converted into another form of energy (e.g. electricity) over a period of time when excess power is needed (e.g., an energy shortage condition is identified). | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130131884 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING POTENTIAL POWER OF INVERTERS DURING CURTAILMENT MODE - A power inverter system includes a plurality of power inverters such as solar inverters receiving power from at least one energy source. Each power inverter includes algorithmic maximum peak power tracking (MPPT) software or integrated MPPT firmware to calculate its own potential real power. A controller is in electrical communication with selected power inverters that are operating in curtailed modes of operation and commands each selected power inverter to shift its power production duties and to perform MPPT sweeps. Each selected power inverter then calculates its own potential real power capability in response to corresponding MPPT sweep data. The potential real power capability information is received by the controller that transmits the information to a power utility allowing the power utility to more efficiently utilize real and reactive power available by the plurality of power inverters | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130144454 | INCREASING MEAN TIME BETWEEN FAILURES FOR POWER SUPPLIES - A redundant power supply may obtain a rule for increasing mean time between failures (MTBF) for a first internal power supply and a second internal power supply connected to an electronic device, apply the rule to the first and second power supplies, activate the second internal power supply based on the rule to permit the second internal power supply to provide power to the electronic device, and deactivate the first internal power supply based on the rule. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130144455 | HYDROELECTRIC POWER GENERATION PLAN ADJUSTMENT DEVICE, HYDROELECTRIC POWER GENERATION PLAN ADJUSTMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The economical load distribution adjusting device | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130151026 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR QUANTIFYING AND IDENTIFYING DIVERSION OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY - Systems, apparatus and methods for quantifying and identifying diversion of electrical energy are provided. Bypass and tap diversions may be identified in an electric utility power distribution inventory zone having both bypass and tap diversions. Bypass diversion factors for consumer nodes in an inventory zone are determined by finding a solution to a system of load balance equations having slack variables representing aggregate tap loads for the inventory zone and in which consumer load profile data is scaled by the bypass diversion factors, which solution minimizes an objective function whose value is positively related to the sum of the slack variables representing the aggregate tap loads. Tap loads are correlated with nodes in an inventory zone by solving a first system of power flow equations not having variables representing tap loads, and then solving a second system of power flow equations having variables representing tap loads using an iterative numerical solution technique initialized based on the solution to the first system of power flow equations. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130158736 | System And Methods for Managing Emergency Power Supply System Operational Information - Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to systems and methods for managing and monitoring a plurality of emergency power supply systems (EPSS's) at a facility via an emergency power management system (EPMS). The EPMS generally comprises EPSS equipment, a management computer system for managing, monitoring, and testing the operational characteristics of the EPSS equipment, and a plurality of interface modules for providing unified communication capabilities between the management computer system and the EPSS equipment. Additional aspects relate to methods for easily and efficiently creating and installing an EPMS at a facility. Further aspects are directed to providing predictive analyses related to the EPSS equipment. Also, aspects of the present disclosure relate to normalizing EPSS equipment information across varying vendors, makes, and models of equipment so as to provide a unified view of all equipment across a given facility. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130166090 | POWER CONVERTER AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A power delivery system includes at least one conductor having a first end and a second end and a phasor measurement unit (PMU) coupled to the first end of the conductor. The PMU is configured to obtain phasor data at the first end and generate a phasor signal that includes the phasor data. The power delivery system also includes a power generation system coupled to the second end of the conductor and configured to provide power to the conductor. The power generation system includes a power source, a power converter, and a controller. The controller is communicatively coupled to the PMU and is configured to receive the phasor signal and control the power converter based at least partially on the phasor data. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130173080 | PROGRAMMABLE CONTROLLER SYSTEM - A programmable controller system includes: a plurality of terminals connected to an external device; a power supply circuit for supplying and stopping supplying power to each terminal; an input/output circuit for detecting whether the terminals are in a used state; a switching unit for switching an power mode between a power saving mode and a normal mode; a detection-result storage unit for storing a detection result; and a control unit that causes the power supply circuits to supply power to all of the terminals when the power mode is in a normal mode and causes the power supply circuits to stop supplying power to a terminal being specified as a terminal in an unused state by a detection result stored in the detection-result storage unit when the power mode is in a power saving mode. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130173081 | ELECTRIC POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, ELECTRIC POWER MANAGEMENT DEVICE, ELECTRIC POWER MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An electric power management system | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130184892 | BUILDING LOAD REDUCTION DURING DEMAND RESPONSE - Apparatuses, methods and systems for managing a building load reduction of a plurality of loads within a building are disclosed. One method includes assigning one or more loads of the plurality of loads to logical groups, assigning a sensitivity coefficient to each of the logical groups, wherein the sensitivity coefficient is directly proportional to an impact on occupants in the building to load changes, determining the baseline load for each of the logical groups, receiving a power reduction demand response, and reducing a load of each logical group based upon the sensitivity coefficient. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130184893 | POWER SUPPLY MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND MACHINE TOOL HAVING THE POWER-SUPPLY MANAGEMENT DEVICE - The present invention provides a power-supply management device which can efficiently connect and disconnect power supply to an electric-powered section, and a machine tool including the power-supply management device. The power-supply management device ( | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130190942 | Demand Response without Time-of-Use Metering - Embodiments of the invention can provide systems and methods for controlling the load of demand response metering devices. According to one embodiment of the invention, a system can be provided. The system can be operable to receive a load limit, store the load limit, determine a load demand of a location, provide an alarm when the load demand is greater than the load limit, and restrict electricity to the location when the load demand remains greater than the load limit for a predetermined amount of time. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130190943 | SITE MANAGEMENT IN AN ON-DEMAND SYSTEM - Methods and systems are provided for managing environmental conditions and energy usage associated with a site. One exemplary method of regulating an environment condition at a site involves a server receiving environmental measurement data from a monitoring system at the site via a network, determining an action for an electrical appliance at the site based at least in part on the environmental measurement data and one or more monitoring rules associated with the site, and providing an indication of the action to an actuator for the electrical appliance. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130197710 | DISPATCH CONTROLLER FOR A DISTRIBUTED ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a distributed electrical power system comprising a plurality of rechargeable power units such as electrical vehicles coupled to a common electrical power grid at remote locations. A dispatch controller is configured for controlling the supply of electrical power to the plurality of rechargeable power units in accordance with computed charge priorities. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130211617 | SYSTEM MONITORING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A system monitoring apparatus that provides a guide to reduction of energy consumption in a system, and a method for controlling the system monitoring apparatus. A screen illustrates information on the energy consumption in the production system before an energy saving measure. An upper graph of the screen illustrates a time change of electricity usage of a heater. A lower graph of the screen illustrates a time change of status data of the heater. In the lower graph, a difference between the status data and a lower limit is illustrated as extra energy. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130218362 | CONTROLLING SYSTEM FOR POWER DISTRIBUTION - A controlling system has a computer having a controlling interface, a PDU linking to the computer and multiple electric apparatus connected and linking to the PDU and the computer. The PDU has multiple outlets, a turn-off time for each outlet. The controlling interface of the computer presets that the turn-off time for each outlet and has a shut-down option. The shut-down option has outlet numbers, a main time axis, and multiple variable time axes. Each variable time axis has a start time and an end time. A total period of each variable time axis between the start time and the end time is determined according to the shut-down period of the corresponding electric apparatus. The start time and the end time of each variable time axis are adjustable, but the total time thereof is fixed. Once the start times and the end times are determined finally, the turn-off times for the outlet numbers are calculated and further sent to the PDU. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130218363 | POWER SUPPLY CONTROL DEVICE AND POWER SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD - Provided is a power supply control device capable of reducing power consumption even when the amount of time the electrical equipment is used is indeterminate. This power supply control device ( | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130226362 | Large Scale Dynamic Power Budget Adjustments for Optimizing Power Utilization in a Data Center - A data center system management device receives power configuration information for one or more power groups. Each power group has one or more servers. The power configuration information has a power group power limit for each power group. The power budgets are sent to server control units within each power group. Messages are received from each of the server control units, the messages including information to indicate whether servers in the power groups have a power deficit or a power surplus, and a number of power units for the power deficit and power surplus for each server. The server power budgets of the one or more servers in each of the one or more power groups based on power deficits and power surpluses within each power group using a priority based reallocation mechanism. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130226363 | SHUT-DOWN CONTROLLING SYSTEM FOR POWER DISTRIBUTION UNIT - A shut-down controlling system for power distribution unit (PDU) has a computer a PDU and multiple electric apparatus connected to the PDU. The PDU has multiple outlets and stores a shut-down controlling procedure and a shut-down period for each of the outlet. The PDU automatically communicates with the electric apparatus and obtains the actual shut-down period of the present electric apparatus. The PDU further determines whether the preset shut-down period is larger than the actual shut-down. If yes, the PDU cuts out the AC power source of the selected outlet when the preset shut-down period is achieved. If not, the PDU cancels the shut-down command and notifies the computer. Therefore, a manager will resets the shut-down period of the selected outlet to ensure that each electric apparatus has enough time to complete the shut-down procedure. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130231797 | SOLAR ARRAY - A solar string includes first and second solar modules coupled to first and second filters by an electric transmission line. The second solar module includes a solar panel including a plurality of photovoltaic cells configured to convert photon energy to electrical energy. A processor is coupled to the solar panel and is in communication with the first solar module. The processor is configured to monitor an output of the solar panel and to transmit a status signal including an environmental condition of the second solar module to the first solar module by way of the electric transmission line. The first and second filters are configured to pass electrical power to a central inverter of a solar array in which the solar string is disposed and to prevent the status signal transmitted from the second solar module to the first solar module from being transmitted to the central inverter. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130245854 | CONFIGURATION METHOD FOR A POWER SUPPLY CONTROLLER AND A CONTROLLER EMPLOYING SAME - The present application is directed at pin programming od controllers for power converters and provides for the programming of a plurality of different controller parameters using a single programming resistor. The value of the programming resistor is used as a pointer to select a table storing a plurality of different settings for the controller. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130253726 | APPARATUS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND MOBILE TERMINAL WHICH IS USED IN APPARATUS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - The apparatus management system includes a plurality of environmental control apparatuses, a power supply regulation device and a mobile terminal. Each of the environmental control apparatuses is assigned first identification information for physically distinguishing and logical second identification information. The power supply regulation device regulates the respective power supply to the environmental control apparatuses according to apparatus operation information. The mobile terminal includes a terminal-side storage section for storing a conversion table indicative of the correspondence between the first identification information and the second identification; and a conversion section for extracting, from the conversion table, the second identification information corresponding to the inputted first identification information. The mobile terminal includes an apparatus operation setting section for setting the apparatus operation information in association with the second identification information; and a terminal-side communication section for transmitting the apparatus operation information to the power supply regulation device via wireless communication. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130261833 | ARCHITECTURE FOR ENERGY MANAGEMENT OF MULTI CUSTOMER MULTI TIME ZONE DISTRIBUTED FACILITIES - A system and method for energy management for multi customer multi time zone distributed facilities are disclosed. In one embodiment, data associated with the energy management of the multi customer distributed facilities located in different time zones is obtained based on associated energy models by a data acquisition/integration layer. Further, the obtained data for energy management of the multi customer distributed facilities is transformed by a data management layer. Furthermore, control commands are generated using the transformed data and associated one or more pre-defined thresholds and set-points by an energy transaction layer. Also, energy of the multi customer distributed facilities is substantially simultaneously managed using the generated control commands by the energy transaction layer. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130261834 | SMART POWER STRIP - A power strip includes a controller that controls the transfer of electricity to one or more outlet electrical connectors based at least in part on a set of rules and certain status information. Some embodiments provide for apparatuses and methods of controlling the transfer of electricity to one or more outlet electrical connectors of a power strip based on various status information, such as cost, personal preferences, time information, power consumption. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130261835 | POWER SUPPLY CONTROL DEVICE - An object is to reduce standby power in a data processing device, without loss of convenience, in a structure in which a power supply control device includes the data processing device. In a structure of a power supply control device which supplies power to an external device using a main switch, a data processing device is provided in the power supply control device to control the main switch; a sub-switch supplying power to the data processing device is provided; and a volatile memory unit and a nonvolatile memory unit are provided in the data processing device. Further, the sub-switch is off in a period in which data is stored in the nonvolatile memory unit of the data processing device, so that power supply to the data processing device is intermittently stopped. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130274946 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING A POWER PLANT - A power plant for providing alternating current (AC) power to an electrical grid is described. The power plant includes a first power converter couplable to the electrical grid at a first point of interconnection for receiving power from a first power source. The power plant also includes a second power converter couplable to the electrical grid at the first point of interconnection for receiving power from a second power source. The power plant also includes at least one sensor for measuring a voltage level at the first point of interconnection and a central controller for coordinating operation of the first power converter and the second power converter to determine an impedance of the electrical grid. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130274947 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROUTING POWER ACROSS MULTIPLE MICROGRIDS HAVING DC AND AC BUSES - Systems and methods are described herein for managing the operations of a plurality of microgrid modules. A microgrid module includes transformers and/or power converters necessary for modifying the input AC or DC power sources to meet the required characteristics of the output power. The micro grid module further comprises a control software module and a power router software module. The control software module receives data from sensors in the microgrid module and controls the flow of power with controllable elements. The power router software module controls the operation of the power router. The power router can detect changes in demand for power within the microgrid module or from other microgrid modules. The power router can adjust the flow of power between the micro grid modules in response to changes in the supply of power to the microgrid module and changes in the demand for power from the microgrid module. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130289791 | COMPARIBLE DIAGNOSTICS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY POWER SYSTEMS - A computer processor implemented method of measuring, monitoring, comparing and diagnosing the power generated of at least two renewable power systems provided to at least two consumers and alerting at least one of consumers in the event of comparative underperformance, the method taking into account at least two diagnostic variables including weather and the renewable power system cover status (such as covered by snow), wherein the at least one computing device determines comparative information for a predetermined geographic area based upon at least two diagnostic variables, and at least two normalized performances to provide a comparative value; and informing the consumer of the comparative value in the event of an underperforming comparative value. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130304275 | ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - An energy management system may include an electric power system to collect electricity information, an energy service interface to collect at least one piece of energy information of an electricity consumer, at least one virtual power plant (VPP) management group to provide the at least one piece of energy information, and a VPP operating system connected with the electric power system and the energy service interface to collect and manage the electricity information and the at least one piece of energy information. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130338845 | Peer-to-Peer Transaction and Mobile Energy Service - Described herein are various method of providing mobile energy service. Different energy micro grids are associated with different core energy routers, which core energy routers can each be connected to the utility grid, and also allow energy transactions to occur with respect to the owners of the different energy micro grids. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130338846 | Secure device for converting digital controls into analog power signals for aircraft - A secure conversion device for an aircraft equipped with a digital computer and an analog actuator, said device being capable of converting discrete digital controls provided by the computer into analog power signals transmitted to the analog actuator and making it possible to steer said actuator, comprises a security module, making it possible to identify inconsistencies in the discrete digital controls and to interrupt the transmission of the analog power signals toward the analog actuator when an inconsistency in the discrete digital controls is identified. The device also comprises a detection module, making it possible to determine power levels of the analog power signals. The device also comprises a monitoring module, making it possible to detect anomalies in power supply levels of components of the device. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20140018971 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED ELECTRICAL ENERGY HUB MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - There is disclosed a system, computer program and method provided for enabling an energy hub for improved management and optimization of energy utilization (consumption, production and storage). In an embodiment, a computer-implemented energy hub management system comprises a micro energy hub configured to communicate with two or more energy components at a premises. An energy optimization engine has an energy component model for each energy component based on each energy component's operating characteristics, the energy optimization engine adapted to receive at least one input from the two or more energy components and an input from an external data source on any external energy utilization restrictions for the micro energy hub. In response to at least one input from the two or more energy components and any external energy utilization restrictions on the micro energy hub, the energy optimization engine is adapted to issue one or more control signals to at least one of the energy components at the premises to optimize energy utilization based on one or more optimization criteria. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140025222 | System and Method for Power Monitoring and Control - An improved system for power monitoring and control is an aftermarket method for improving power monitoring and control in end-user environments such as offices and homes. The disclosed is a wirelessly connected panel that monitors and/or controls power passed through a power interface and is intrinsically paired with that interface. The system uses an ultra low power panel that is associated with its power interface. The system can be detached and located at a distant remote location. The radio link is used to maintain control automatically paired with the power interface connection it is physically associated with. The panel and system use a hopping meshed radio network to insure full range of coverage within a building. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140032008 | HYBRID CONTROLLING AND DRIVING CIRCUIT AND METHOD THEREOF - Methods, circuits, apparatus, and systems related to a hybrid driving and controlling circuit are disclosed. In one embodiment, a hybrid driving and controlling circuit in a double power supply system includes first and second power supplies and at least one load, and the circuit can include: (i) a controller coupled to a hybrid switcher that enables energy transfer from the first and second power supplies; (ii) when a determined energy of the first power supply is sufficient, the controller can control the hybrid switcher to transfer energy from the first power supply to the second power supply; and (iii) when the determined energy of the first power supply is insufficient, the controller can control the hybrid switcher to transfer energy from the second power supply to the at least one load. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140032009 | POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATION THEREOF - A method controls the power generation of at least one power output device. A control device that is associated with the power output device is connected via a unidirectional or bidirectional communication link to a central device that monitors a power distribution system. Regular or irregular checks on whether the communication link is interrupted or the transmission quality of the communication link is below a prescribed minimum quality value are performed. The supply of power from the at least one power output device to the power distribution system is reduced or stopped by the control device if the communication link is interrupted or the transmission quality of the communication link is below the prescribed minimum quality value. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140046499 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING AND CONTROLLING ELECTRICAL VEHICLE CHARGING EVENTS - A system and method for managing and controlling charging of electric vehicles via charging stations over an advanced metering infrastructure is provided. Smart meters are deployed in the charging stations. Electric vehicle clusters which are logical representations of at least the charging stations are created. Policies for controlling electric vehicle charging based on data obtained using the electric vehicle clusters are generated. Further, it is analyzed if meter data obtained from the smart meters using the electric vehicle clusters comply with the generated policies. The meter data is obtained using the electric vehicle clusters identified with electric vehicle charging events. Policy violation action data is generated by applying predetermined rules if it is determined that the policies are violated. The policy violation action data is then sent to the identified electric vehicle clusters for controlling electric vehicle charging. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140052309 | POWER MANAGEMENT FOR PCIE SWITCHES AND DEVICES IN A MULTI-ROOT INPUT-OUTPUT VIRTUALIZATION BLADE CHASSIS - A method for managing the power of a chassis includes receiving a plurality of modular information handling systems into the chassis, receiving a plurality of information handling resources into the chassis, virtualizing access of one of the modular information handling resources to two or more of the plurality of modular information handling systems, the modular information handling systems sharing the modular information handling resource, and, upon initialization of one of the information handling systems, determining power requirements of the shared information handling resource, receiving power requirements from the information handling systems, determining whether the power requirements from the information handling system includes power requirements of the shared information handling resource, subtracting the power requirements of the shared information handling resource from the power requirements of the information handling system to determine resultant power requirements, comparing the resultant power requirements with available power, and allowing operation of the information handling system. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140052310 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - A controller executes local generation and local consumption pathways of: supplying power from a solar cell to an appliance, and charging a storage cell with power that remains after subtracting power consumed by the appliance from the solar cell power. In the absence of excess power, the storage cell and solar cell supply power. Power supply from a commercial electrical grid covers a power shortage that remains after subtracting solar cell power and storage cell power from the power consumed by the appliance. The controller also executes a second excess power selling mode pathway wherein excess power flows into the commercial electrical grid, and an assist mode wherein all solar cell power flows into the commercial electrical grid, and storage cell power flows to the appliance. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140058575 | AUTONOMOUS MANAGEMENT OF DISTRIBUTION TRANSFORMER POWER LOAD - A load-managing electricity service (LMES) system for managing and controlling electricity-consuming loads supplied by a common distribution transformer. The LMES system includes: a communicative distribution transformer (CDT) sensor that includes a transceiver, a sensing circuit and a processor configured to determine whether a power load of the transformer exceeds an upper threshold. The LMES system also includes a load-control device (LCD) configured to communicate with the CDT sensor, and to selectively decrease or increase the power load of the distribution transformer by managing the electricity-consuming leads at consumer premises. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140058576 | MULTIPLE POWER SOURCE UNIT - A power unit including multiple generators supplies power to a load or loads that may be variable. The generators can differ, e.g., in generating capacities, rates at which their outputs can be changed, maintenance requirements, and/or different energy-conversion efficiencies. A control unit throttles the generators independently according to a digitally implemented algorithm that may, but need not, use the difference(s) in supplying power to the load. In some cases, the controller regulates monitored power delivered to the load or loads. A power combiner is connected to the outputs of the generators. If desired, a buffer can be used between the generators and the load or loads to provide energy storage that can allow for the load or loads to change at a faster rate than the generators are throttled and for peak loads that temporarily exceed the capacity of the generators. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140058577 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BALANCING POWER ON A PER PHASE BASIS IN MULTI-PHASE ELECTRICAL LOAD FACILITIES USING AN ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention may include control methods employed in multiphase distributed energy storage systems that are located behind utility meters typically located at, but not limited to, medium and large commercial and industrial locations. These multiphase distributed energy storage systems can operate semi-autonomously, but may be in frequent contact with a cloud-based optimization engine that is configured to develop energy control solutions based on various data inputs and to communicate these energy control solutions to one or more of the distributed energy storage systems. Due to characteristics of the electric load location and/or the use of on-site power generation, imbalances in the power draw per phase can be created within the electric load location. Therefore, embodiments of the invention may include systems and methods that are used to control and/or limit the imbalance in power flowing through one phase versus other phases at the electric load location. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140067150 | AUTOMATED DEMAND RESPONSE GATEWAY - A system and method for reducing an electrical load in a facility or building with an automated demand response server having a hierarchical grouping of demand stages and demand groups with associated timers that control the shedding of load in order to achieve the appropriate level of load reduction and ramping up devices in a controlled manner upon the expiration of a demand response event. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140067151 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY RECONFIGURING MULTI-PHASED NETWORKED ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES AT A SITE - Embodiments of the present invention include control methods employed in multiphase distributed energy storage systems that are located behind utility meters typically located at, but not limited to, medium and large commercial and industrial locations. Current solutions for these types of electric load locations entail multiple discrete energy storage systems, where if any piece of an energy storage system is damaged, the ability of the complete power control strategy at the entire electric load location is at risk of becoming inoperable. Some embodiments of the invention include hardware and methods for dynamically reconfiguring networks of distributed energy storage systems that are able to provide automatic site layout discovery using a formed auto-discovering network formed at an electric load location. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140074309 | POWER USAGE CONTROL SYSTEM - A power usage control system includes a transmission medium for transmitting power. A management module is coupled to the transmission medium. A control module is coupled to the transmission medium and at least one controlled apparatus. The management module and the control module communicate with each other through the transmission medium. The management module monitors an operation status of the at least one controlled apparatus through the control module. The management module controls the at least one controlled apparatus through the control module. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140074310 | ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE - An electrical appliance includes a communication unit receiving energy related information from the outside; a control unit receiving the energy related information from the communication unit; an energy consumption component operating by the control unit; and an input unit receiving a command for selecting an operation mode of the energy consumption component. The operation mode of the energy consumption component includes a first power saving mode in which the operation of the energy consumption component is restricted on a basis of the energy related information, and a second power saving mode in which the operation of the energy consumption component is restricted irrespective of the energy related information. One of the first and second power saving modes is selected through the input unit. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140074311 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DAMPING POWER OSCILLATIONS ON AN ELECTRICAL GRID USING NETWORKED DISTRIBUTED ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS - Embodiments of the present invention include control methods employed in multiphase distributed energy storage systems that are located behind utility meters typically located at, but not limited to, medium and large commercial and industrial locations. These distributed energy storage systems can operate semi-autonomously, and can be configured to develop energy control solutions for an electric load location based on various data inputs and communicate these energy control solutions to the distributed energy storage systems. In some embodiments, one or more distributed energy storage systems may be used to absorb and/or deliver power to the electric grid in an effort to provide assistance to or correct for power transmission and distribution problems found on the electric grid outside of an electric load location. In some cases, two or more distributed energy storage systems are used to form a controlled and coordinated response to the problems seen on the electric grid. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140088786 | POWER CONTROL DEVICE, POWER CONTROL SYSTEM, AND POWER CONTROL METHOD - A power control device includes a control circuit configured to control a power source as a control target; and a control calculation unit configured to calculate a manipulation amount by which the control circuit controls the power source, wherein when a disturbance occurs in the power source, the control calculation unit adjusts the manipulation amount based on a predetermined parameter in the manipulation amount during a disturbance occurrence period. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140094985 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - A demand measurement unit measures load demand power and a power generation measurement unit measures solar cell output power. A threshold storage unit stores a discharge control threshold for determining whether to discharge remaining storage cell power. When demand power exceeds generated power, a command unit controls storage cell discharge by comparing remaining storage cell power with the discharge control threshold and transmits a control command to a power conditioner. If the remaining storage cell power exceeds the discharge control threshold, then the command unit commands storage cell discharge. A threshold setting unit sets the discharge control threshold, and updates the discharge control threshold when that value changes. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140100706 | POWER SYSTEM UTILIZING PROCESSOR CORE PERFORMANCE STATE CONTROL - An information handling system includes a power supply coupled to a processor that includes a plurality of cores. A power system controller is coupled to the power supply and the processor. The power system controller may set each of the plurality of cores to a performance state that is below a highest performance state. The power system controller may then determine whether the power supplied from the power supply to the processor during operation is sufficient to operate each of the plurality of cores at the highest performance state. In response to the power being insufficient to operate each of the plurality of cores at the highest performance state, the power system controller may control the plurality of cores such that a subset operate at the highest performance state and the remainder operate at a performance state that is lower than the highest performance state. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140100707 | HEALTH CARE DEVICE AND POWER MANAGEMENT METHOD THEREFOR - A power management method for a health care device is included. The method includes: detecting whether a smart garment is in contact with a user body; operating the health care device in a normal mode when the smart garment is in contact with the user body, or operating the health care device in a low-power mode when the smart garment is not in contact with the user body; and under the low-power mode, detecting whether the health care device is tapped to determine whether to transmit user health data to a user device. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140100708 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - There is provided an information processing device including an acquisition unit that acquires power supply request information that includes information on a supply period during which an electric power system is requesting supply of electric power, and reservation information for a vehicle, a calculation unit that, on the basis of the reservation information, calculates supply power to be supplied to the electric power system from the vehicle during the supply period, and a notification unit that notifies the electric power system of the calculated supply power. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140107853 | SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING POWER TOOLS - A system includes a power tool battery pack, a power tool, a portable power supply, a non-motorized sensing tool, and/or a power tool battery pack charger. A separate computing device, such as a smartphone, tablet or computer, communicates wirelessly with the power tool battery pack, the power tool, the portable power supply, the non-motorized sensing tool, and/or the power tool battery pack charger. The computing device monitors a data value representative of a condition of the power tool battery pack, the power tool, the portable power supply, the non-motorized sensing tool, and/or the power tool battery pack charger, and performs an action responsive to the monitored data value. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140107854 | REMOTE POWER CONTROL SYSTEM - An SNMP network comprises a power manager with an SNMP agent in TCP/IP communication over a network with an SNMP network manager. The power manager is connected to control several intelligent power modules each able to independently control the power on/off status of several network appliances. Power-on and load sensors within each intelligent power module are able to report the power status of each network appliance to the SNMP network manager with MIB variables in response to GET commands. Each intelligent power module is equipped with an output that is connected to cause an interrupt signal to the network appliance being controlled. The SNMP network manager is able to test which network appliance is actually responding before any cycling of the power to the corresponding appliance is tried. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140107855 | Energy Saving Monitoring Method and Device - An energy saving monitoring method and device are provided. The method includes: acquiring system resource occupation information of an information technology (IT) device layer management system; sending a power-off instruction to the IT device layer management system according to the system resource occupation information, so that the IT device layer management system closes a virtual machine in a no-load state; and receiving a power-off feedback message sent by the IT device layer management system, and sending a refrigeration adjustment instruction to an infrastructure layer monitoring system according to a running state of a corresponding virtual machine in a refrigeration area where the closed virtual machine is located, so that the infrastructure layer monitoring system adjusts refrigeration deployment of the refrigeration area where the closed virtual machine is located. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140114495 | Method In An Electric Power System, Controller, Computer Programs, Computer Program Products And Electric Power System - The invention relates to a method in an electric power system including one or more power generation source(s) and a dynamic power compensator having a battery energy storage. The method includes the steps of: detecting a frequency disturbance within the electricity power system requiring an additional power generation source to be connected to the electricity power system in order to meet a power demand; and controlling the power output from the battery energy storage of the dynamic power compensator during start-up of the additional power generation source thereby limiting the frequency disturbance within the electric power system. The invention also relates to a controller, computer program, computer program products and electric power system. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140142779 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING A POWER NETWORK - A method is provided for controlling a power network that includes a plurality of power generation facilities connected to an electricity grid and a plurality of power storage facilities connected to the power generation facilities. The method includes monitoring a production capacity of the power generation facilities, monitoring a storage capacity of the power storage facilities and determining an optimal facility control plan on the basis of the storage capacity and the production capacity. The method further includes operating the power network, according to the facility control plan, to feed power from the power generation facilities into the electricity grid and/or to transfer power from the power generation facilities to the power storage facilities and/or to consume power from the power storage facilities. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140148964 | SYSTEM ENERGY EFFICIENCY CONTROLLER IN SMART ENERGY NETWORK, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR TERMINAL DEVICE - A system energy efficiency controller in a smart energy network, a control method thereof, and a control method for a terminal device. The system energy efficiency controller includes a control decision module, a storage module, a power clock module, an internal communication module, and an external communication module. The storage module is connected to the control decision module, and stores temporary and permanent information data in the operation process of the storage system. The power clock module provides an internal clock, achieving timing synchronization of processors on the controller. The internal communication module provides two-way communication between the system energy efficiency controller and control implementation units of multiple terminal devices. The external communication module provides two-way communication between the system energy efficiency controller and a local optimizer. The multiple terminal devices include at least one of the terminal devices for the stages of energy production, storage, application and regeneration. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140148965 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING A RESERVE ENERGY BANKING AND ENERGY RESERVE NETWORK - A method for creating a collective energy reserve network is provided. The method includes receiving first data including location data and first energy reserve interest data from a first remote device; receiving second data including location data and second energy reserve interest data from a second remote device; and using the first location data, first energy reserve interest data, second location data and second energy reserve interest data to permit creation of a first collective energy reserve. The energy reserve may be free standing or integrated with an electric vehicle recharger. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140156099 | GENERATOR POWER SYSTEMS WITH ACTIVE AND PASSIVE RECTIFIERS - A system comprising a controllable alternating current power source; an active rectifier coupled to the controllable alternating current power source and configured to rectify an output of the controllable alternating current power source to supply a direct current to a load; and a controller configured to adjust at least one of a parameter of the controllable alternating current power source and a parameter of the active rectifier in response to a target output. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140156100 | DATA CENTER POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCY MANAGEMENT - A data center energy management (DCEM) server configures a power supply in the data center. The DCEM server sums input alternating current (AC) power of the power supply to a total AC power of the data center, wherein the total AC power of the data center is a sum of AC power of a plurality of power supplies. The DCEM server sums output direct current (DC) power of the power supply to a total DC power of the data center and reports a ratio of total AC power to total DC power as data center power conversion efficiency. The DCEM server sets a preset power supply efficiency threshold. The DCEM server determines that a real-time power efficiency level is below the power supply efficiency threshold. The DCEM server, responsive to a determination that real-time power efficiency level is below the power supply efficiency threshold, may remedy the power supply. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140180492 | DECENTRALIZED ENERGY MANAGEMENT IN AUTOMATION INSTALLATIONS - Method for anticipatory regulation of energy flows in an electrical supply grid of an automation installation, which includes a number of connecting devices that are connected to the electrical supply grid, wherein the connecting devices exchange information with respect to their energy requirements or their energy supply among one another and the connecting devices exchange energy among one another based on the information. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140188299 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, a display device includes: a setting module configured to set a first ECO mode and a second ECO mode different from the first ECO mode to an electric appliance which is a managed object of HEMS (Home Energy Management System), each of the first and second ECO modes being for reducing an amount of power consumption; and a display configured to display an icon corresponding to the electric appliance differently between the set first ECO mode and the set second ECO mode. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140188300 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISTRIBUTED POWER SUPPLIES - A method of controlling distributed power supplies is provided. In the method of controlling one or more distributed power supplies included in a microgrid, as a feeder flow control mode, an operation mode of a first distributed power supply is set, which is firstly connected to a common coupling point of the microgrid and a main grid. A second distributed power supply is selected, which is different from the first distributed power supply. A next operation mode of the second distributed power supply is determined on a basis of a current operation mode of the selected second distributed power supply and output power of the first distributed power supply. The next operation mode of the second distributed power supply is set as one of the feeder flow control mode or a unit power control mode according to the determined result. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140207304 | CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - Convenience of a control device for controlling an operating state of electrical equipment is enhanced. To achieve the enhanced convenience, a control device for controlling an operating state of electrical equipment includes a receiver, a tough-panel liquid crystal display, and an operation controller. The receiver receives power demand information transmitted from a broadcast station. The liquid crystal display receives user setting information indicating settings for operation of the electrical equipment. The operation controller controls the operating state of the electrical equipment in order to adjust power consumption of the electrical equipment, based on the power demand information received by the receiver and the user setting information input to the liquid crystal display. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140214230 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING IN A MICRO INVERTER - In one aspect, a method for operating a micro inverter using power point tracking is provided. The method includes calculating a change in input power over at least one previous grid cycle, calculating a change in an output current reference over the at least one previous grid cycle, and controlling the output current reference based on the change in input power over the at least one previous grid cycle and the change in the output current reference over the at least one previous grid cycle. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140214231 | MANAGED VIRTUAL POWER PLANT UTILIZING BATTERY STORAGE - Disclosed is a system and method for providing power generation and distribution with on-site energy storage and power input controlled by a utility or a third party manager. The system allows a utility manager to decide and direct how energy is delivered to a customer on both sides of the power meter, while the customer directs and controls when and how much energy is needed. In the disclosed embodiments, the utility controls the supply (either transmitted or stored) and makes power decisions on a system that acts as a virtual power plant, while the end-user retains control of the on-site aggregated power consumption assets. The disclosed systems act to broker the needs of the utility and end-user by creating, managing and controlling the interface between these two entities. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140214232 | NETWORK MONITORING DEVICE - A network monitoring device for a supply network and a method for actuating a switch unit are disclosed, wherein the switch unit can control the energy supply of a consumer connected to a supply network. In order to prevent an overload of the supply network or of parts thereof, according to an embodiment of the invention, the network monitoring device includes a communication device, wherein the network monitoring device can receive a switch command for a switch unit via the communication device and transmit same to the switch unit, wherein the network monitoring device is designed to determine a network utilization of the supply network by way of a measurement device and, in dependence on the determined network utilization, to influence a received switch command for the switch unit, which would lead to increased energy consumption on the supply network. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140222239 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING FREQUENCY, FREQUENCY CONTROL SYSTEM, FREQUENCY CONTROL APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - A method of controlling frequency of a power system by a frequency control system includes: obtaining a frequency control command to keep frequency fluctuation of the power system within a predetermined range; obtaining information on electric power to be received or supplied by m second apparatuses, and determining n first command values for controlling electric power to be received or supplied by n first apparatuses, based on the frequency control command obtained in the obtaining of a frequency control command and the obtained information on electric power to be received or supplied by the m second apparatuses; and transmitting each of the n first command values determined in the determining to a corresponding one of the first apparatuses. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140236378 | ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, GAS METER, AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT APPARATUS - An energy management system | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140236379 | VEHICLE CHARGING SYSTEM AND VEHICLE CHARGING METHOD - In response to connection of a vehicle with an external power supply, a PLG-ECU performs a first charging operation of controlling a charger using a target value which is set to a state of charge lower than a predetermined full state of charge, until the state of charge of a power storage device reaches the target value. After the state of charge reaches the target value, the PLG-ECU stops charging of the power storage device, and restarts charging of the power storage device so that the state of charge reaches the predetermined full state of charge at a scheduled time to end charging which is specified through the use of an input unit. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140244062 | METHOD AND CONTROL UNIT FOR REDUCING THE POWER CONSUMPTION IN AN ELECTRICAL SUPPLY NETWORK - A method for reducing the power consumption in an electrical supply network, sensors and at least one control unit in which program sequences are provided for operating the sensors being supplied with electrical energy from the electrical supply network. It is provided that sensors that are not operationally ready or whose measurement data are currently not required or whose measurement data are temporarily not evaluable, and/or program sequences assigned to these sensors, are temporarily deactivated. A control unit for carrying out the method are also described. The method and the control unit make it possible to reduce the power consumption in an electrical supply network. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140244063 | ADAPTABLE WIRELESS POWER, LIGHT AND AUTOMATION SYSTEM - A power control unit and method of use thereof for varying the supply of electricity to an electrical apparatus using a wireless communications link between a controller and the power control unit. The power control unit is adapted to alternatively communicate with the controller using a non-peer-to-peer communications standard or a peer-to-peer communications standard such as Wi-Fi Direct. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140244064 | ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, ENERGY MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND POWER MANAGEMENT METHOD - An energy management system | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140249687 | CONTROL METHOD FOR SYSTEM AND SYSTEM - Provided is a system including a plurality of correlated function blocks, for executing load balancing among the function blocks. The plurality of function blocks each include an activation/shutdown control unit to determine whether to activate/shut down its own function block based on information of an evaluation function of its own function block and information of an evaluation function of another function block that has a relation to its own function block, and the activation/shutdown control unit determines whether to activate/shut down its own function block by using an amount relevant to the evaluation function of its own function block in a state where the evaluation function of its own function block takes a desired value, and using a state of the evaluation function of the another function block having a relation to its own function block that is equivalent to, or related to, the relevant amount. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140249688 | DECENTRALIZED CONTROLS AND COMMUNICATIONS FOR AUTONOMOUS DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS IN SMART GRID - Technologies are generally described for addressing the bidirectional power flow conflict incurred by power surpluses produced from a number of households' on-location energy generation units (e.g., solar) in power distribution networks. A micro grid composed of households in a neighborhood may be considered as a generating- or consuming-resource entity at different time periods. The approach may be formulated as a power balance computation such that power balance may not be achieved within the micro grid itself, and therefore power sharing (or redispatching) among micro grids is operated, before requesting power from the macro grid, i.e., the fuel-based conventional grid. Enhancement of renewable energy utilization and reduction in the amount of data packet traffic in exchange of information and control messages via uplink and downlink transmissions throughout an overlay multi-tier communications network infrastructure may be taken into consideration in example implementations. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140257588 | Appliance Shut-Off Device and Method - This invention relates to a method and apparatus for reducing damage caused by malfunction of an electrically-powered appliance. The present invention provides a device and method for de-powering electrical equipment upon detection of an alarm signal issued by a separate device (“alarm”). Upon detection of the alarm signal, the microcontroller may de-energize a normally-open relay or other switching device, to interrupt electrical power to an appliance. Smoke detectors are widely available at very low cost, and using the acoustic alarm signal thereof, greatly reduces the cost and complexity of providing a shut-off response in the case of fire, as compared to duplicating the functionality of the smoke detector. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140257589 | WELDING POWER SOURCE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - The invention relates to a method for configuring an interface of a welding power source ( | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140277810 | TECHNIQUES FOR COMMUNICATING DATA AMONGST CONTROLLERS IN A POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - A method is provided for communicating data amongst controllers in a power supply system. The method include receiving a present measure of a parameter indicative of an operating state of an uninterruptible power supply (UPS); comparing the present measure to a control window for the parameter, where the control window defines a minimum value for the parameter and a maximum value for the parameter; updating the control window based on the present measure when the present measure falls outside of the control window; and transmitting the present measure via a controller area network to a managing controller when the present measure falls outside of the control window. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140277811 | POWER PRODUCTION MONITORING OR CONTROL - The present invention is directed to monitoring or control of power production. A power production monitoring system may include a power production monitoring panel that is also configured to operate a premises control system. The power production monitoring system may include a gateway unit that receives signals from a power production source and sends signals to a power production monitoring panel. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140288722 | Systems and methods for microgrid power generation management with selective disconnect - Systems and methods for coordinating selective activation of a multiplicity of emergency power generation equipment over a predetermined geographic area for distribution and/or storage to supply a microgrid of electrical power, and automatic, selective disconnect any of the at least one power generator from providing power supply to the microgrid or wider area grid. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140288723 | Filtering a Stream of Power Control Commands - There is provided a device for filtering a stream of power control commands including power-up and power-down commands for uplink transmit power control in a wireless communication system. The device ( | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140288724 | POWER SUPPLY CONTROL SYSTEM AND POWER SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD - A power supply control system includes a remaining level detector | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140309802 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUS FOR DATACENTER POWER DISTRIBUTION - Methods, systems, and apparatus for electrical power distribution are described. One or more conditions of power provided from one or more fuel cells and one or more fuel cell bypass devices are monitored. At least one of the one or more fuel cell bypass devices is configured to provide power from a first alternate power source to a first electrical device if the monitored power condition of the one or more fuel cells is not satisfied and to allow power to be provided from at least one of the one or more fuel cells if the monitored power condition of the one or more fuel cells is satisfied. A static transfer switch is configured to provide power based on one or more monitored power conditions. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140316600 | ELECTRICITY CONTROL SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD - A system, apparatus and method for controlled provision of electricity through an integrated dual system, in which a first part of the dual system both provides electricity and charges the second part of the dual system. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140316601 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONTROL POWER WITH AN ENERGY STORE USING TOLERANCES AT THE TIME OF PROVIDING THE CONTROL POWER - A method for providing control power for an electricity network in which at least one energy store connected to the electricity network supplies energy to the electricity network as required and/or takes up energy from the electricity network as required, such that, when there is a change of required control power, a time after a change from which a changed control power is provided by the energy store is chosen in dependence on a charging state at a given time of the energy store. A device for carrying out such a method includes at least one energy store and a control system for controlling power of the energy store in an open-loop and/or closed-loop manner, the energy store being connected to an electricity network such that energy can be fed into the electricity network and can be removed from the electricity network by the device. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140316602 | CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A control device has a monitoring section that monitors an amount of electric energy of a first machine, and a power supply controller that controls power supply of a second machine in accordance with an amount of electric energy of the first machine and schedule information indicative of an operation schedule of each of the first machine and the second machine. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140324243 | METHOD FOR DELIVERING CONTROL POWER BY USING ENERGY STORES - The present invention relates to a method for delivering control power to stabilize an AC electricity network, the AC electricity network operating at a set frequency, comprising an energy store that can take up and deliver electrical energy, the energy store being connected to at least one unit for charging and/or discharging the energy store, the unit for charging and/or discharging the energy store drawing energy from the energy store or supplying energy to the energy store with a power of at most less than or equal to 20% of the contracted maximum power of the energy store. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140330446 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING A POWER SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE POWER COMPONENTS - According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the system for managing a power system with a plurality of power components that includes power source components and power consumption components includes a central power bus, a plurality of adaptable connectors that each electrically couple to a power component and to the central power bus, and a control processor that receives the state of each power component from the respective adaptable connector and is configured to balance the voltage and current output from each power source component to provide a desired power to a power consumption component based on the received states. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140336838 | Resource Control System With Local Reallocation - The invention provides a means for allowing an end user to determine how a finite amount of a measurable resource is allocated among the various balanceable and feature zones of control defined within the overall measurable resource control system, and which can be implemented using a wide variety of hardware/components. A control program allows the end user unprecedented flexibility and control to determine how the resource is allocated among the various zones or types of resource use within the application, as long as the total resource consumed does not exceed the predetermined/predefined total maximum allowable resource. When the end user adjusts a feature or balanceable zone level, the control program adjusts the other balanceable zones based on predefined algorithms, when necessary, to ensure that the maximum measurable resource consumed by the system does not exceed the predetermined/predefined overall maximum resource allocation. The invention is scalable and can be infinitely nested. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140336839 | POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A power management system includes an electronic apparatus including a notification unit, a recording unit, a switching unit, and a transmitting unit, a management apparatus including an apparatus control unit, and a relay apparatus relaying communication between the apparatuses. In the first mode, the notification unit notifies the management apparatus of the state of the electronic apparatus at predetermined timings or according to a change in the state. In the second mode, the recording unit records the state instead of transmitting the notification. The switching unit switches the control mode in response to an instruction from the management apparatus. Upon switching from the first mode to the second mode, the transmitting unit transmits switching information to the management apparatus. Upon reception of the switching information, the apparatus control unit switches the control mode of the relay apparatus so as to reduce the power consumption of the relay apparatus. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140336840 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT OF AN ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE - Approaches for managing and maintaining a state of charge of an energy storage device by adjusting (biasing) responses to electrical grid operator commands to perform ancillary services are disclosed. In embodiments, methods and systems regulate a set point regulation in an energy system. In an embodiment, a method determines when the set point needs to be changed, calculates a new set point, and moves the output of the system from an old set point to the new set point at a defined ramp rate. The method then incorporates, as part of a set point algorithm, the capability to restore the energy storage device to a desirable state of charge (SOC). Embodiments implement Dynamic Bias, SOC and Signal Bias Range Maintaining, Operational Limits, and Fixed Signal Bias algorithms and perform Intelligent Algorithm Selection to manage and maintain the SOC of an energy storage device by biasing responses to grid operator commands. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140343744 | AUTONOMOUS SMART GRID DEMAND MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - An energy savings device, system and method are provided to improve electric utility grid stability by reducing power demand at a point of consumption. The method may include monitoring a power signal characteristic, obtaining a stability parameter for the utility grid, determining a stability condition based on the monitored power signal characteristic and the stability parameter; and regulating, at the point of consumption, an amount of energy received from the utility grid based on the determined stability condition. The system may include an energy savings system in communication with the electric utility grid and a processor and non-transitory computer-readable medium configured to perform the method. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140343745 | MODULAR DATA CENTER - Described are methods, systems, and apparatus relating to a modular data center. In some embodiments, a modular data center includes one or more data modules. The modular data center includes a network module connected to the one or more data modules, the network module containing equipment for facilitating data communications by the one or more data modules. The modular data center includes a power module connected to the one or more data modules and the network module, the power module containing electronics equipment for conditioning and distributing power to the one or more data modules and the network module. In the modular data center, each module of the one or more data modules, the network module, and the power module comprises: an enclosure defining an internal space; a floor within the enclosure separating the internal space into an above-floor space and a sub-floor space; and a plurality of bays in the subfloor space, each bay of the plurality of bays configured to contain a field-replaceable environmental management component. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140343746 | Field Bus Device with the Possibility for Inputting Energy Data - A method for operating an automation machine having a field bus device and an energy consumer connected to the field bus device, includes storing energy data relating to the energy consumer in the field bus device before operation of the automation machine, the energy data identifying an energy mode being stored, reading the energy data from the field bus device by a first control device connected to the field bus device via a field bus, and using the energy data for energy-saving operation of the automation machine during operation of the automation machine. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140350742 | POWER TRANSFER MANAGEMENT FOR LOCAL POWER SOURCES OF A GRID-TIED LOAD - A power transfer system provides power factor conditioning of the generated power. Power is received from a local power source, converted to usable AC power, and the power factor is conditioned to a desired value. The desired value may be a power factor at or near unity, or the desired power factor may be in response to conditions of the power grid, a tariff established, and/or determinations made remotely to the local power source. Many sources and power transfer systems can be put together and controlled as a power source farm to deliver power to the grid having a specific power factor characteristic. The farm may be a grouping of multiple local customer premises. AC power can also be conditioned prior to use by an AC to DC power supply for more efficient DC power conversion. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140350743 | TIERED POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR MICROGRIDS - Systems and methods to perform multi-objective energy management of micro-grids include determining, by an advisory layer with Model Predictive Control (MPC) using a processor, long-term power management directives that include a charging threshold that characterizes one or more power sources, where the advisory layer provides optimal set points or reference trajectories to reduce a cost of energy; and determining real-time actions based on the charging threshold to adaptively charge a battery from the one or more power sources or to discharge the battery. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140350744 | Queuing access to a shared power supply - A method of queuing access to a power supply shared by a set of electrical access points. The access points turn on independently from one another and thus have independent power draws. Each access point has a specific power draw when on. The on state and associated power draw of each of access point is identified, and a load duration curve for each access point is normalized (i.e., combined with load duration curve(s)) from the other access points) into a probability distribution function. The probability distribution function is a normalized load duration curve that thus accounts for a varying set of “operating states” that may occur with respect to the set of access points (when viewed collectively). Each operating state has an associated probability of occurrence. As the operating state of the set (of access points) changes, access to the power supply is selectively queued, or de-queued (if previously queued). | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140350745 | Method and apparatus for actively managing consumption of electric power over an electric power grid - A client device manages consumption of power supplied by an electric utility to multiple power consuming devices. Power flow to the power consuming devices is selectively enabled and disabled by one or more controllable devices controlled by the client device. The client device receives a power control message from a load management server. In one embodiment, the power control message indicates at least one of an amount of electric power to be reduced and an identification of at least one controllable device to be instructed to disable a flow of electric power to one or more associated power consuming devices. Responsive to the power control message, the client device issues a power management command or instruction to one or more controllable devices under the client device's control. The power management command causes the controllable device(s) to disable a flow of electric power to at least one associated power consuming device. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140358313 | METHOD FOR SELECTING OPTIMAL CENTRAL CONTROLLER IN POWER LINE NETWORK - The present invention is to provide a method for selecting the optimal central controller in a power line network, which is applicable to the power line network including at least one terminal device, at least one network device and a plurality of controllers. The controllers are respectively installed with a central controller evaluation and selection software and connected to the terminal device and/or network device, and can communicate with one other through power line. The method is performed by a central controller, that is determined by negotiation between the controllers, via the software and includes the steps of detecting and calculating the connected states of the controllers in the power line network; selecting the optimal controller according to the connected states, assigning the optimal controller as new central controller, and notifying the new central controller to the other controllers, so as to optimize the performance of the power line network. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140358314 | POWER CONTROL UNIT AND PROGRAM - Provided is a power control unit including a receiving unit that receives information about commercial power, and a control unit that controls use of power generated by private power generation and use of the commercial power in accordance with the information received by the receiving unit. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140358315 | INTELLIGENT POWER UTILIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PARKS - A system for intelligent electric power utilization of park and a method thereof are provided. The system includes an acquisition system, a data processing system, an application system and a service system through which the acquisition system, the data processing system and the application system are connected to external system. The application system includes an intelligent interaction application subsystem, an electric power utilization monitoring application subsystem, an energy efficiency analysis application subsystem, an orderly electric power utilization application subsystem, a system security application subsystem and a man-machine interaction interface. Enterprise users are leaded to actively carry out requirement response. Energy conservation and emission reduction and peak shaving and valley filling are effectively realized in intelligent park. Capability of intelligent electric power utilization of the park is improved. Accordingly, load balancing capability of region is improved and safe and stable operation of the power grid is ensured. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140358316 | POWER GENERATION AMOUNT PREDICTION APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CORRECTING POWER GENERATION AMOUNT PREDICTION, AND NATURAL ENERGY POWER GENERATION SYSTEM - A power generation amount prediction apparatus includes a first detector, acquisition unit, database, and controller. The first detector detects a measured value of the power generation amount of a photovoltaic power generation device. The acquisition unit acquires a predicted value of the power generation amount by the photovoltaic power generation device at specific times. The database stores the measured value and the predicted value for each of the specific times for a plurality of days. The controller calculates a corrected predicted value for each of the specific times based on a maximum measured value, a maximum predicted value, and a predicted value newly received by the acquisition unit. The maximum measured value and the maximum predicted value are respectively the maximum value, for each of the specific times, of the measured value and of the predicted value for a predetermined number of days. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140365026 | SIGNATURE GENERATING APPARATUS, SIGNATURE GENERATING METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND ELECTRICAL POWER CONSUMPTION CALCULATION SYSTEM - According to an embodiment, a signature generating apparatus includes a generator and an updater. The generator is configured to generate a data sequence including a predetermined number of pieces of first tentative data, and a tentative signature corresponding to the data sequence. The updater is configured to update the tentative signature by replacing the piece of first tentative data with a piece of first actual data, and generate a signature corresponding to a data sequence including the pieces of first actual data by replacing all of the pieces of first tentative data with the respective pieces of first actual data. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140365027 | POWER GRID STABILIZATION SYSTEM AND POWER GRID STABILIZATION METHOD - Plural distributed power storage systems are used to stabilize a power system. Plural power storage systems | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140371940 | Autonomous Methods, Systems, and Software For Self-Adjusting Generation, Demand, and/or Line Flows/Reactances to Ensure Feasible AC Power Flow - Autonomous, self-adjusting, and distributed line flow processing for a network having nodes with branches coupling adjacent ones of the nodes and components coupled to the nodes. Systems, methods, and software made in accordance with this disclosure can be used to identify where power flows can exceed the maximum transfer limit in each line and to enable automated adjustments in order to avoid such conditions. These can be useful tools for both system operators of large electrical networks and for implementing automated schemes to ensure network feasibility in micro-grids or other networks with many smart components embedded with communications and/or computation capabilities. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140371941 | SOFTWARE-DEFINED ENERGY COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - Systems and methods are described for software-defined approaches to energy communication networks (ECNs). For example, electrical substations typically host many Intelligent Electronic Devices (IEDs) that monitor and/or control the state of the substations' electricity infrastructures. Critical data from the IEDs can be packaged and transmitted between multiple IEDs for proper system monitoring and control. Even modern networks that interconnect IEDs tend to manifest many limitations, ranging from setup complexity to security policies. Embodiments use novel software-defined networking techniques to address these and other limitations. In some embodiments, power system requirements (e.g., data and communications requirements of IEDs) are translated into a set of networking requirements (e.g., as central routing tables). One implementation uses a Ryu-based, software-defined network controller. Embodiments provide features, such as auto-configuration, security management, re-routing, and flexibility to handle rapid evolution of the smart grid. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140371942 | ON-DEMAND POWER CONTROL SYSTEM, ON-DEMAND POWER CONTROL SYSTEM PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING THE SAME PROGRAM - Power is supplied to electrical devices while priorities between the electrical devices are being changed according to the states of use by a user instead of predetermined fixed priorities between the electrical devices, supply of power from a commercial power source can be controlled in real time at a request for power required by the user, and supply of power meeting QoL required in user's daily life is controlled. A power manager determines power to be assigned to each electrical device by inquiring a home appliance agent of whether or not the electrical device is capable of adjusting an operating function mode set as a target of a service operation of the electrical device, and of power for the electrical device. If the electrical device is capable of adjusting the operating function mode, the power manager obtains as a power assignment message the operating function mode set as a target for the electrical device and/or a power mode with power necessary for reaching the operating function mode as a target and with necessary time. If the electrical device is not capable of adjusting the operating function mode, the power manager obtains a power mode as a power assignment message without considering the operating function mode. The power manager includes a memory for transmitting the obtained power assignment message to the home appliance agent. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140371943 | Power State Coordination for Portable Test Tools - A system and method of coordinating power states between two detachable units is disclosed. Only the primary unit has a user-controllable power control. The secondary unit is not directly user controllable. The power states of the two units are coordinated using an actuator mechanism when the units are attached. When the two units are detached, the state of the secondary unit is dependent upon the state of the primary unit and any subsequent commands transmitted by the primary unit to the secondary unit. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140379160 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SMART ENERGY STORAGE IN A UPS - A method for controlling an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) having a battery includes powering a load coupled to the UPS using utility power, determining whether an energy cost associated with the utility power exceeds a threshold cost, determining whether a charge level of the battery exceeds a threshold charge level, and powering the load from the battery in response to determining that the energy cost exceeds the threshold cost and that the charge level of the battery exceeds the threshold charge level. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150012150 | REGULATING DEVICE CONTROL SYSTEM, REGULATING DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A regulating-device-control system for controlling the operation of regulating devices for regulating the balance between electric power supply and demand includes: memory means storing, for each regulating device, correlation information expressing correlation of a state of the regulating device, an amount of power allotted to the regulating device, and an amount of variability in performance of the regulating device; determination means receiving state information that expresses the state of each regulating device and electric power information that expresses an amount of regulated power required for regulating the balance between electric power supply and demand, and, based on the correlation information, the state information, and the electric power information, determining the amount of electric power to be allotted to each regulating device such that the total value of the amount of variability in performance of each of the regulating devices is minimized under conditions in which the state of each regulating device is the state expressed by the state information and the total value of the amount of power to be allotted to the regulating devices is the amount of regulated power; and control means controlling the operation of each regulating device based on the determination result of the determination means. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150025702 | ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An energy management system controlling energy flowing into or out of a battery is provided. The energy management system includes a data receiving unit receiving load data and energy data; a total load amount calculating unit calculating the total amount of power consumption by using the received load data; an energy generation amount calculating unit calculating the total amount of power generation by using the received energy data; a comparator comparing the calculated total amount of the power consumption with the calculated total amount of the power generation; and a switch connecting the battery to a power supply according to a comparison result. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150025703 | CURRENT PROTECTION FOR AN ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION COMPONENT IN AN ELECTRIFIED VEHICLE - A primary current threshold is fit between an electrical capacity and electrical load for an electrical distribution component. When a first measured current exceeds the primary threshold, a power limit for the battery powering the component is reduced. When a second measured current is less than a secondary current threshold, the power limit is increased. The primary and secondary thresholds may be set for a plurality of time periods. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150025704 | IN-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An in-vehicle communication system capable of performing power supply control of the system according to the user's preference while simplifying the configuration of a control device for controlling a device based on information to be relayed. A control part of a GW device extracts information required for power supply control of loads from CAN messages received by first to third communication parts, specifies vehicle state based on the extracted information, determines power supply states in which the loads preliminarily stored into a power supply state table are to be, by associating the states with the specified vehicle state, and then transmits control information for providing an instruction of the determined power supply state to the power supply control device. The power supply state table in the storage part is rewritable, and a part of the power supply state table may be updated according to the preference of a vehicle's user. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150032282 | MANAGING ELECTRICITY USAGE FOR AN APPLIANCE - Methods and arrangements for providing appliance power management. A connector arrangement is provided for interconnecting an appliance with a power supply. There is identified, with respect to the appliance connected to the power supply, at least one of: an appliance category, a current operating state of the appliance, and a current standby state of the appliance. In response to the identifying of the at least one of: an appliance category, an appliance operating state and an appliance standby state, there is detected at least one of: anomalous appliance behavior and deficient power quality. Also, a control action is undertaken relative to the detection of the at least one of: anomalous appliance behavior and deficient power quality. Other variants and embodiments are broadly contemplated herein. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150039150 | HUB AND POWER MANAGEMENT METHOD THEREOF - A hub includes a plurality of connecting modules and a processing unit. Each connecting module includes an input port, a switch unit and a measuring unit. The input port has a power terminal and a data terminal. The power terminal is connected to a power supply unit to receive electric power; the data terminal is connected to a server to transmit data. The switch unit is connected to the power terminal and at least one electronic device for changing a short circuit status or an OFF status between input and output terminals through a control signal. The measuring unit measures the intensity of a current outputted from the power terminal and generates a measure signal corresponding to the current intensity. The processing unit executes an algorithm to calculate the measure signal, generates the control signal corresponding to the measure signal, and transmits the control signal to the switch unit. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150039151 | WORKING MACHINE - An electric motor drives a drive target and generates electricity. A charge-discharge control circuit controls charging and discharging of a power storage device. A controller controls a charge-discharge control circuit. The controller obtains a calculation value of an internal resistance of the power storage device based on a measured value of an open circuit voltage of the power storage device, and a measured value of an inter-terminal voltage and a measured value of a charge-discharge current when the power storage device is charged and discharged, and obtains a correction value of the internal resistance by correcting the calculation value of the internal resistance based on the measured value of the open circuit voltage. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150039152 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A power supply system controls output powers of a plurality of power supply apparatus for realizing optimal conversion efficiency between input power and output power. The power supply system includes a plurality of power conversion units that convert an input power supplied from the input side into an output power for supplying the output power to a load connected to the output side; a power measurement unit that measures the output power of the power conversion unit; and a power supply control unit that calculates the input power to the power conversion unit in response to the output power of the power conversion units measured by the power measurement unit, and calculates the output power of the power conversion unit realizing the minimum calculated input power as an optimal output power, and controls the power conversion units based on the calculated optimal output power. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150045979 | MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING MAXIMUM POWER POINT OF PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE - A maximum power point tracking (MPPT) system and method applied to a photovoltaic (PV) device includes an MPPT device and a temperature control device within a load module. The MPPT system includes a control unit, a detection unit, and a determination unit and a first command to increase power to the temperature control device and the detection unit detects output power before the command and output power after the command. The determination unit determines whether the second output power is greater than the first output power. The control unit repeats the first command to the temperature control device when the second output power is greater than the first output power. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150057825 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING WHETHER AN ELECTRICAL DEVICE OR COMPONENT CAN SUSTAIN VARIATIONS IN VOLTAGE - A method of determining whether an electrical appliance can tolerate variations in supplied electrical energy. In some embodiments, the method may include coupling the electrical appliance to a source of electrical energy, delivering electrical energy to the electrical appliance, wherein the electrical energy is delivered at a first electrical energy level, obtaining a first measurement of current consumed by the electrical appliance at the first electrical energy level, delivering electrical energy to the electrical appliance at a second electrical energy level different than the first electrical energy level, obtaining a second measurement of current consumed by the electrical appliance at the second electrical energy level, and comparing the first measurement of current to the second measurement of current. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150057826 | POWER CONTROL DEVICE - A power control device includes a power unit generating power to be supplied to a target device, from external power, an operating unit receiving operation of power on and power off by a user, a nonvolatile memory unit storing information, and a power control unit turning off, when the operating unit has received power-off operation, power supply to the target device in a predetermined sequence for the target device and records the fact that power has been turned off normally in the nonvolatile memory unit. When external power supply is started, the power control unit turns on the power supply to the target device when having determined that external power supply was stopped due to a certain cause, or does not turn on the power supply to the target device when having determined that external power supply was stopped due to a cause other than the certain cause. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150057827 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Is provided a power supply system optimizing a power conversion efficiency of its entire system, including at least one main power supply unit converting an input power into an output power supplied to a load; an auxiliary power supply unit including a power storage unit supplying an output power by the power storage unit to the load; a power measurement unit for measuring an output power from the main and auxiliary power supply units; and a power supply control unit for calculating an optimal output power in the main power supply unit maximizing its power conversion efficiency according to the output power measured by the power measurement unit and an optimal output power or charge power in the auxiliary power supply unit, controlling the main power supply unit based on the optimal output power, and controlling the auxiliary power supply unit based on the optimal output power or charge power. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150066232 | INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND DISPLAY SYSTEM - According to at least one embodiment, an information display device includes a receiver and a display. The receiver is configured to receive, from one or more devices, information indicating power consumption of one or more spaces in which electronic devices can be installed and/or one or more electronic devices. The display controller is configured to display animations corresponding to the power consumption of the one or more spaces and/or one or more electronic devices, such that differences in the power consumption among the one or more spaces and/or one or more electronic devices are displayed as differences in animation speeds. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150073616 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE, POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A power supply device performs grid connected operation and autonomous operation. The grid connected operation is operation in which power is supplied from an AC power network and a DC power source to a load. The autonomous operation is operation in which the power supply device is disconnected from the AC power network and power is supplied from the DC power source to the load. The power supply device includes a power inverter configured to receive a DC power supplied from the DC power source and output an AC power, an operation mode switching unit configured to switch between grid connected operation and autonomous operation, and an output information control unit configured to control output information about the AC power output from the power inverter. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150073617 | METHOD FOR REGULATING THE POWER CONSUMED ON AN ELECTRIC POWER GRID AND CONTROL ENTITY OF THE CONSUMPTION ON THIS ELECTRIC POWER GRID - According to the inventive method, the power consumed on an electric grid ( | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150081129 | EQUIPMENT OVERLOAD SUCCESSIVE APPROXIMATION ADAPTIVE CONTROL METHOD BASED ON CENTRALIZED REAL-TIME DECISION - An equipment overload successive approximation adaptive control method based on centralized real-time decisions is provided. The method estimates in real time permissible current for long-term running of equipment and continuous running time according to current and temperature actual measurement information of the equipment. Control modes are decided according to the continuous running time of the equipment instead of current. On the basis of mixed integer nonlinear programming algorithm, a target function which aims to control the total cost and minimize comprehensive indexes of proportions of load control quantities of different regions is adopted, discreteness and cost of a control measure are taken into consideration, flow restraint of an electric system is measured, a centralized optimization decision and successive approximation control strategy are adopted, coordination to real-time scheduling operation control and emergency control for overload of equipment of the electric system is realized. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150081130 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR CONSERVING ENERGY - Operations of nuclear power plants have been suspended in various locations due to the Great East Japan Earthquake. However, it is not necessarily essential to undertake strict emergency energy saving measures at all times. In order to solve the aforementioned problems, the present invention proposes an energy saving system comprising an electrical power consumption quantity information acquisition unit for acquiring information on the quantity of electrical power consumed for a plurality of electric devices, a target demand value storage unit for storing a target demand value for electrical power consumption, a supply surplus indicator acquisition unit for acquiring indicators of surplus electric power supplied by an electric power company having control over electrical power within a certain region, and a control unit for controlling the plurality of electric devices based on the acquired supply surplus indicators, the acquired electrical power consumption quantity information, and the stored target demand value. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150088332 | PROGRAMMABLE ELECTRICAL CONTROL DEVICE - A programmable electrical control device ( | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150094871 | MANAGING DEVICES IN MICRO-GRIDS - An approach to provide power from power supply devices to power consuming devices using a centralized system. The approach includes a method for configuring micro-grids that comprises the steps of receiving information of a power consuming device and criticality of the power consuming device from a universal appliance service (UAS) system. The method further includes receiving power supply information of one or more power supply devices associated with an electric grid from the UAS system. The method further includes receiving a power request from the power consuming device. The method further includes determining, by a computing device, power requirements for the power consuming device based on the information, the criticality of the power consuming device, and the power supply information. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150094872 | WIRELESS SWITCH FOR USE IN INTERNET OF THINGS - A wireless switch for use in internet of things comprises: a control unit, provided with a display installed with an application program; a switch unit, one end thereof is coupled to the control unit through a wired network or a wireless network, and the other end thereof is provided with a first wireless module; and a termination unit, disposed in a patch board and coupled to a switch or a socket, the switch or the socket is coupled to a computer or a household appliance, and the termination unit is provided with a second wireless module for being communicated with the first wireless module; through the application program of the control unit, the switch unit and the termination unit are enabled to control the computer or the household appliance to be turned on or turned off. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150094873 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a power supply controller that selects either commercial power or a secondary battery as a power supply and a main controller that controls the power supply controller. The main controller includes a power supply availability determination unit that determines whether or not both the commercial power and the secondary battery are available and a power supply selection unit that instructs the power supply controller to select the secondary battery as the power supply during a predetermined secondary battery usage period and instructs the power supply controller to select the commercial power as the power supply at times other than the secondary battery usage period in case both the commercial power and the secondary battery are available. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150100173 | Method and device for WiFi controller electric switch - Disclosed is a WiFi connected power outlet, or devices controlled by WiFi devices. A relay, solid state switch, or other is used to reversibly connect devices to the mains power, optionally implementing pulse width modulation, voltage modulation, or other means for continuously varying power delivered to a load. A manual on/off switch is further provided to allow the user to manually connected and disconnect loads from mains power. Control and status signals (including power consumption) may be relayed from device to device, effectively extending the range of such a network. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150105930 | OVERHEAD ELECTRICAL GROUNDING MESH AND MECHANICAL GRID AND OVERHEAD INFRASTRUCTURE PLATFORM STRUCTURES - An overhead infrastructure platform includes at least one horizontal support member configured to be positioned over equipment racks contained in a data center. The overhead infrastructure platform includes a module network formed by the interconnection, through a module interconnection bus, of a controller module, at least one power module and at least one I/O module. Each power module and each input/output module is physically attached to the horizontal support member proximate an equipment rack to which the module is electrically coupled. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150105931 | System and Methods for Actively Managing Electric Power Over an Electric Power Grid - Systems and methods for managing power on an electric power grid including a server for communicating IP-based messages over a network with distributed power consuming devices and/or power supplying devices, the IP-based messages including information including a change in state of the power consuming device(s), a directive for a change in state of the power consuming device(s), a priority message, an alert, a status, an update, a location with respect to the electric power grid, a function, device attributes, and combinations thereof. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150120076 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING INTELLIGENT TEMPERATURE ADJUSTING FUNCTION - An electronic device includes a storage unit storing a predefined temperature value range, a heat generating element, a processor, and a temperature adjustment module. The temperature adjustment module includes a temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of the heat generating element, a power generating module, and a temperature adjustment board. A surface of the power generating module is affixed on the heat generating element for utilizing the temperature difference to generate electricity. The processor includes a power generating control and a heating control module. The power generating controls the power generating module to generate electricity when the temperature value of the heat generating element is higher than the upper limit of the predefined temperature value range. The heating control module controls the temperature adjustment board to heat when the temperature value of the heat generating element is lower than the lower limit of the predefined temperature value range. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150120077 | ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, ENERGY MANAGEMENT METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An energy management system of an embodiment includes first and second registration processors, first and second receivers, an aggregation processor, first and second transmitters, and a proration processor. The first registration processor registers a first energy management system as a host system. The second registration processor registers a second energy management system as a slave system. The first receiver receives an amount of an energy supply and demand and an adjustable amount of an energy supply and demand. The aggregation processor aggregates the received amount of an energy supply and demand and the received adjustable amount of an energy supply and demand. The first transmitter transmits aggregated results. The second receiver receives an adjustment amount of an energy supply and demand. The proration processor prorates the received adjustment amount of an energy supply and demand. The second transmitter transmits individual adjustment amounts of a power supply and demand. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150127185 | POWER SUPPLY-DEMAND CONTROL METHOD AND POWER SUPPLY-DEMAND CONTROL APPARATUS - A power supply-demand control method is related to a method of a power supply-demand control system configured to adjust power supply-demand between a consumer and a power system by controlling electric equipment via a communication network during a supply-demand adjustment period. The power supply-demand control method includes receiving a request for changing the operation mode to a second operation mode higher in power consumption of the electric equipment than a first operation mode when the electric equipment operate in the first operation mode, in which power consumption of the consumer is suppressed, during the supply-demand adjustment period, and determining whether to permit the operation mode to change from the first operation mode to the second operation mode if a request for changing the operation mode to the second operation mode is received. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150127186 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - A power supply device including: (a) a power supply unit group composed of a plurality of power supply units and connected with a power consuming appliance; and (b) a control device configured to control the power supply unit group, wherein the control device and each of the power supply units are connected to each other by a communicating circuit. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150142200 | Demand Controller, Charger, and Remote Charging Control System Control Method Using the Same - Provided are a demand controller, a charger, and a remote charging control system and control method. The remote charging control method includes transferring current power usage from a demand controller to a total operation center (TOC); transferring usable electric energy from the TOC to a remote controller according to current power usage transferred to the TOC; determining whether the remote controller controls the current power usage according to the usable electric energy transferred to the demand controller; as the determination result, when the control of the current power usage is required, transferring a control signal controlling a state-of-charge from the demand controller to a charger or an electric vehicle; and stopping the charging of the electric vehicle according to the control signal transferred to the charger or the electric vehicle. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150142201 | Method and apparatus for actively managing electric power over an electric power grid - Systems and methods for managing power supplied over an electric power grid by an electric utility and/or other market participants to multiple power consuming devices, each of which having a Power Supply Value (PSV) associated with its energy consumption and/or reduction in consumption. Power flow to the power consuming devices is selectively enabled and disabled, or power-reduced thereto, by one or more controllable devices controlled by the client device. Power control messages from a controlling server indicate amounts of electric power to be reduced and an identification of at least one controllable device to be instructed to disable or reduce a flow of electric power to one or more associated power consuming devices. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150142202 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REMOTELY MANAGING WATER HEATING UNITS IN A WATER HEATER AND RELATED WATER HEATERS AND CIRCUITS - A method of managing electrical power storage can include remotely controlling operation of one of a plurality of water heating units included in a single water heater, separately from controlling a remainder of the plurality of the water heating units, at a customer location in response to a remotely transmitted indication. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150301544 | CONTROLLING INTELLIGENT POWERED DEVICES - Intelligent powered device (PD) control system including a switch system, state detector (SD), intelligent control device (ICD), and a PD. The switch system includes one or more conventional electrical switches. Each switch includes an interface to receive selection of a switch system state change between conductive and non-conductive states. The switch system includes a conductor pair(s) indicative of switch system state based on the selection. The SD signals the detected state to the ICD. The switch system output is in electrical connection with the detector such that, in the conductive state a loopback is formed in the switch system and SD, and in the non-conductive state no loopback is formed. The ICD receive the message from the state detector and transmits a fixture control command based on the message. The PD receives the command from the ICD via the data communications network, and controls its state based on the command. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150309521 | Cloud Based Power Management System - Cloud based power management system comprises a plurality of electrical appliances and a mobile communication device. Each of the electrical appliances is connected to a power manager connectable to the cloud. The power manager may limit the maximum power consumed by the appliance. The power manager may also eliminate phantom power consumed by the appliance. The power managers are controllable by the mobile communication device through the cloud. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150311713 | Service-based Approach Toward Management of Grid-Tied Microgrids - Systems and methods are disclosed for providing service based interactions between a utility and a microgrid by adjusting power flow profile at a point of common coupling (PCC) between a microgrid and a utility, wherein the power flow profile is adjusted to achieve a predetermined objective function based on a utility request; delivering different services to the utility at different periods of time by altering its internal operation of distributed generators, energy storage units, and demands as a multi-purpose microgrid; and managing the microgrid to deliver services to the utility and reduce its operational cost simultaneously. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150331436 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPLYING POWER TO AN ILLUMINANT - An apparatus ( | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150346752 | COMBINATION POWER SOURCE FOR INSTRUMENTED SENSOR SUBSYSTEMS - An instrumented sensor subsystem power supply for use in hydrocarbon drilling operations. The system includes an external internal power supply, wired to an external conductive coil. In addition, an instrumented sensor subsystem is installed on an oilfield component adapted for use in a wellbore. The instrumented sensor subsystem includes an internal inductive coil and an internal power storage unit, and creates a magnetic flux region between the internal and external conductive coils when both are in close proximity. The instrumented sensor subsystem also includes a measurement sensor electrically connected to the internal power storage unit and conductive coil. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150349387 | POWER SOURCE DEVICE - A power source device includes a first current control switch, where the operation is controlled by a first controller and which limits a current flowing in a direction toward each of a plurality of first power storage device groups, for each of the plurality of first power storage device groups in which a plurality of power storage devices are electrically connected to each other in series or in parallel, or in series and parallel, and which are electrically connected to each other in parallel. A second current control switch is controlled by a second controller and limits a current flowing in a direction opposite to the direction toward the plurality of first power storage device groups, for a power storage device group including the second power storage device group, and has a greater number of the power storage devices than the first power storage device group. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150355284 | METHOD OF USING A SYSTEM FOR STORING ELECTRICAL POWER - The invention is a method of using a system for storing electrical power which minimizes aging of the system. An optimal profile of use is defined to minimize the aging of the system. An initial profile of use is chosen. A dynamic model of aging of the system is defined which modes the losses of electrical capacity and/or power of the system as a function of time. Next, by use of the dynamic model of aging, an aging indicator is determined for the system after this profile has been applied to the system. Last, the profile of use is modified and the step of calculating the indicator is reiterated until a minimal aging indicator is obtained. The optimal profile is then applied to the system for storing electrical power. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150355656 | ELECTRIC APPLIANCE STANDBY ELECTRICITY-SAVING CONTROL DEVICE - An electric appliance standby electricity-saving control device includes an electricity-saving message access interface and an electricity-saving message storage device. The electricity-saving message storage device stores therein an electricity-saving message. A reading device is allowed to read, through the electricity-saving message access interface and with a predetermined communication protocol, the electricity-saving message stored in the electricity-saving message storage device. The electricity-saving message access interface is one of a radio frequency communication interface, a Wifi communication interface, a Bluetooth communication interface, and a plug-in transmission interface. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150355657 | POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND REGRIGERATOR - A power management system includes a plurality of electric devices including a refrigerator, and a centralized controller configured to control the plurality of electric devices. The centralized controller includes difficulty determination means configured to determine power supply difficulty as a degree of difficulty in supplying power to the plurality of electric devices. Meanwhile, the refrigerator includes: a control setting table in which a plurality of power reduction controls that reduce use of power are stored to be associated with the power supply difficulty; reduction control setting means configured to set the power reduction control to be executed, by using the control setting table and the power supply difficulty determined by the difficulty determination means; and a device controller configured to perform the power reduction control set by the reduction control setting means. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150355659 | Monitoring System for Proactive Service of Devices - Arrangements described herein relate to accessing a cloud based service. Responsive to a user of a first communication device initiating access to the cloud based service via the first communication device, a prompt for a valid password to be entered to access the cloud based service can be received by the first communication device. Responsive to the valid password required to access the cloud based service not being stored on the first communication device, the first communication device can automatically retrieve the valid password from a second communication device via a peer-to-peer ad hoc communication link between the first communication device and the second communication device. The valid password can be automatically provided, by the first communication device, to a login service for the cloud based service to obtain access by the first communication device to the cloud based service. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150362939 | POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS OF FLUID CONTROL AND MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - In order to prevent an increase in size of a power source device in a power supply apparatus adapted to manage multiple flow rate controllers, the power supply apparatus is connected via cables to the multiple flow rate controllers adapted to control fluid flow rates, and manages operations of the flow rate controllers via the cables as well as supplying power to the flow rate controllers, respectively. In addition, the power supply apparatus is configured to include a power supply control part that shifts power supply start timings for at least some of the flow rate controllers. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150362940 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ENERGY DEVICE AND SYSTEM STATUS - A method and apparatus is described for providing energy system status information. A status indication device may be mounted near an entry door for determining when an individual is about to leave an area. When the status indication device determines that an individual is about to leave an area, it displays an energy status to the individual, so that the individual can decide whether to place energy-consuming devices in a conservation mode of operation. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150372539 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AND CONTROL OF APPLIANCES - A system for monitoring and control of at least one appliance. The system comprises a computer server system and an electronic interface device installed remotely from the computer server system and in wireless communication with the computer server system. The interface device is configured to monitor power consumption of the at least one appliance and to control supply of power to the at least one appliance. The interface device is further configured to periodically transmit monitored power usage data to the computer server system, to receive at least one of data and commands from the computer server system and to control power to the at least one appliance based on the received at least one of data and commands. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20160011616 | POWER MANAGEMENT | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160020610 | UTILITY INTERACTIVE INVERTER WITH VAR DISPATCH CAPABILITIES - A VAR dispatch system. A central control system connected to a network is configured to receive data reflecting local variations in conditions on a power grid and to transmit system control commands over the network. A plurality of VAR dispatch devices are connected to the network and to the power grid. Each VAR dispatch device is configured to detect local variations in conditions on the power grid and to transmit the data reflecting such local variations to the central control system and to receive control commands from the central control system. Each VAR dispatch device is configured to store power and to output stored power to the power grid based on local variations in conditions on the power grid. Each VAR dispatch device is further configured to output stored power to the power grid when the VAR dispatch device receives system control commands from the central control system. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160026201 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRICAL DEVICES - A wireless switch control panel may control supply of current to a plurality of outlets. Control may be exercised to adjust current levels and may be for standard AC voltages including 110 VAC and 220 VAC. A system including such a wireless switch panel may include a hub which coordinates communication among components including one or more wireless switch panels, optional sensors, and wireless electronic devices such as smartphones or tablets. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160049790 | ELECTRICAL ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE AND SYSTEM - An electrical energy storage device comprises an electrical connection arranged to detachably connect to a power distribution system on a site; an energy store having an input arranged selectively to charge the energy store from the distribution system, and an output arranged selectively to discharge the energy store to the distribution system; a processor arranged to monitor at least one condition relating to the site, and to monitor at least one condition relating to the energy store, and to control the energy store to charge or to discharge dependent upon the monitored conditions; and preferably a communication interface for the processor. Such a device could be provided in a domestic site, in particular a site having a generation capacity such as PV panels, in order for the energy consumer at the site to obtain an electrical energy supply more efficiently or more cheaply, and in order to smooth out fluctuations in energy supply and/or demand from the site. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160070287 | INTELLIGENT POWER MONITOR SYSTEM AND IMPLEMENTING METHOD THEREOF - An intelligent power monitor system and its implementing method are disclosed. The intelligent monitor system includes a power monitor device and a mobile communication device. The power monitor device is disposed between a power supply end and a power user end. The mobile communication device and the power monitor device form an information connection. When the power supply end supplies power to the power user end, the power monitor device detects power use data. When the mobile communication device is carried outside detection range of a wireless signal, the power monitor device calculates power-off time and controls the power loop switch module to form an open status. With convenient automatic power-off method as disclosed, power saving as well as enhancing product safety are achieved. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160118796 | Method for the Overall Optimization of the Operation of Distributed Storage Devices in an Electrical Power Supply System Having Distributed Generators and Loads - The invention substantially relates to a method, wherein operational control parameters and/or control limits, which are to be conveyed using communications technology, are determined on the operator side for each of the distributed storage devices in such a way that a specific cost function is minimal for all of the distributed storage devices on the basis of locally measured variables determined at the respective storage device and transmitted to the operator and on the basis of installation-dependent control limits stored locally in each case and which are also transmitted to the operator, and wherein the operational control parameters and/or control limits, which are to be conveyed using communications technology, are transmitted from the operator side to the corresponding distributed storage devices and implemented there. Consideration of the locally limited available energy and power and the boundary conditions resulting from serving multiple applications from one storage device hereby ensures power availability and, by way of example, an optimal overall service life of all distributed storage devices. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160124452 | An Application Topology Recognition Method for Distribution Networks - The present invention relates to a method for automatic identification of an application network topology for power distribution network control which belongs to the field of electric power automation. The method comprises the following steps: 1. statically configuring attributes of a switch; 2. determining, by a power distribution network intelligent terminal STU, whether a query trigger condition is satisfied; 3. sending, by an inquirer, a query command to initiate the query into an application network topology; 4. replying to the query command; 5. receiving the query command; 6. checking the integrity of the switch attribute information; and 7. forming an application network topology. The present method for automatic identification of an application network topology for a power distribution network control has few calculations and can be executed with high speed, ensures the integrity and reliability of information, and is particularly suitable for distributed intelligent control of the power distribution network. The establishment of the application network topology is distributed to each power distribution network intelligent terminal STU, thus reducing heavy calculation, and is suitable for applications having relatively few embedded system software and hardware resources. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160139643 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A CHAIN-LINK CONVERTER - A method for controlling a chain-link power converter including three phase legs, each of which phase legs includes a plurality of series-connected converter cells, each of the cells including a DC capacitor, the phase legs being connected in a delta configuration. The method includes detecting an unsymmetrical voltage condition at a terminal of the converter; determining a ratio between a zero sequence and a negative sequence component of a compound current to be injected into the converter, based on the detected unsymmetrical voltage condition; calculating the compound current comprising the zero sequence component and the negative sequence component in accordance with the determined ratio; and injecting the compound current into the converter to control the converter in view of the detected unsymmetrical voltage condition. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160147244 | Test Bed Platforms for Advanced Multi-Stage Automation and Control for Smart and Micro Grid - An apparatus, the apparatus includes a simulator, an interface, and a microgrid. The simulator includes a model of a physical electrical network. The interface is coupled to the simulator. The microgrid is coupled to the interface and includes a plurality of electrical elements that represent aspects of the physical electrical network. The simulator receives requests to analyze performance of the physical electrical network, responsively produces signals that are converted to control signals by the interface and applied to the microgrid, the microgrid providing feedback. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160156189 | Cloud Based Energy System | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160161935 | STATION AUXILIARY POWER SOURCE APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a station auxiliary power source apparatus that converts power supplied from an overhead cable to generate power to be supplied to a load in a station. The station auxiliary power source apparatus includes a first average calculation unit that calculates the average value of the overhead cable voltage for every predetermined time period; a second average calculation unit that calculates, two or more times, an average value of the overhead cable voltage that is larger than a first average value of the average value among the overhead cable voltages; a third average calculation unit that calculates an average value of the overhead cable voltage per day; and a comparator that selects any one of a second average value of the average value and a third average value of the average value and sets the selected value as the threshold value. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160161964 | ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, TERMINAL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An acquirer acquires information concerning an energy management system for controlling a plurality of apparatuses installed in a dwelling. A display displays, in a first display region, the information acquired by the acquirer, and displays, in a second display region, a layout diagram in which images indicating the apparatuses are arranged at positions corresponding to installation locations of the apparatuses in the dwelling. Upon a determination that the information displayed in the first display region includes information concerning a specific apparatus among the plurality of apparatuses, the display displays with relative emphasis an image indicating the specific apparatus in the second display region. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160164313 | POWER SUPPLY AND DEMAND ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM AND POWER SUPPLY AND DEMAND ADJUSTMENT METHOD - To optimize balance of supply and demand by making a demand amount of electric power as the whole of a plurality of charging apparatuses fluctuate while reflecting an idea of a manager of the charging apparatuses. A power supply/demand adjustment system 1 has a store information management server | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160170426 | Power Distribution Network And Method For Operation Thereof | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160170427 | POWER MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR POWER MANAGEMENT | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160170428 | DISPLAY DEVICE, POWER CONTROL SYSTEM, DISPLAY METHOD, POWER CONTROL METHOD, DISPLAY PROGRAM, AND POWER CONTROL PROGRAM | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160172906 | ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160172994 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL SIGNAL ISOLATION CONVERTER | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160178677 | REMOTE LEAK AND FAILURE DETECTION OF ELECTRICAL WATER HEATERS THROUGH TEMPERATURE AND POWER MONITORING | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160179119 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND POWER STORAGE APPARATUS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160181805 | ELECTRIC POWER SOCKET CONTROL SYSTEM | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160187907 | LATENCY-BASED MICRO DEMAND RESPONSE - A method includes separating a collection of devices configured for participation in a DR event into an On-to-Off DR device set (On-to-Off set) and an Off-to-On DR device set (Off-to-On set). The method includes portioning into transition groups devices of the On-to-Off set and/or devices of the Off-to-On set based at least partially on latency involved in command communication with one or more of the devices. The method includes scheduling state transitions of the transition groups such that an energy curtailment during the state transitions meets a curtailment margin of a total curtailment of the DR event. The method includes executing a micro DR event that includes the state transitions in which the devices in the transition groups are transitioned from a current state to an alternative state and the micro DR event curtails a portion of a total energy curtailment for the DR event. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160187910 | Unit and Method for Energy Regulation of an Electrical Production and Consumption System - The present invention relates to a unit and a method for energy regulation of an electrical production and consumption system as well as such a system. The regulating unit ( | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160197474 | POWER DEMAND AND SUPPLY CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF | 07-07-2016 |
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