Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120235646 | Network as Automation Platform for Collaborative E-Car Charging at the Residential Premises - A system and method are provided for the collaborative charging of electric vehicles. The collaborative charging manages the disbursement of power from a neighborhood transformer so as to increase the efficiency of electric vehicle charging at the residences without significantly altering the existing power distribution and residential infrastructures. Time-flexible loads are shed in order to efficiently allocate energy distribution without compromising the comfort or security of the user. The identities of individual residential power demands can be concealed to protect the user's privacy or made available to further optimize power allocation. The power allocation negotiation may be performed in a residential local demand management client separate from the residential charging station. | 09-20-2012 |
20120260239 | PARALLELIZATION OF PLC PROGRAMS FOR OPERATION IN MULTI-PROCESSOR ENVIRONMENTS - A method of identifying and extracting functional parallelism from a PLC program has been developed that results in the ability of the extracted program fragments to be executed in parallel across a plurality of separate resources, and a compiler configured to perform the functional parallelism (i.e., identification and extraction processes) and perform the scheduling of the separate fragments within a given set of resources. The inventive functional parallelism creates a larger number of separable elements than was possible with prior dataflow analysis methodologies. | 10-11-2012 |
20130046411 | Electric Vehicle Load Management - A distributed and collaborative load balancing method is disclosed that uses a utility's existing transmission and distribution system to charge an Electric Vehicle (EV) using load shifting over time and minimizes the overall cost of energy usage to charge EVs. The collaborative load balancing ensures grid reliability. | 02-21-2013 |
20130046668 | AGGREGATOR-BASED ELECTRIC MICROGRID FOR RESIDENTIAL APPLICATIONS INCORPORATING RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES - A residential electric grid (microgrid) is proposed as a distribution arrangement between a utility company and a group of individual residential consumers. The residential consumers are also viewed as “producers” of renewable energy and are defined as “prosumers”. An aggregator is used at the microgrid to negotiate with the utility on behalf of the group of prosumers, commanding a better price for excess electricity sold back to the utility (especially as part of a Demand Response (DR) program). Importantly, the microgrid is constructed to include energy storage capability at the microgrid. Therefore, the arrangement is capable of supplying power to the residential customers in the event of an outage at the macrogrid level, and also selling back the electricity to the utility as part of a DR program. | 02-21-2013 |
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 |