Patent classifications
H02J3/14
Building management and appliance control system
The present disclosure is directed to energy storage and supply management system. The system may include one or more of a control unit, which is in communication with the power grid, and an energy storage unit that stores power for use at a later time. The system may be used with traditional utility provided power as well as locally generated solar, wind, and any other types of power generation technology. In some embodiments, the energy storage unit and the control unit are housed in the same chassis. In other embodiments, the energy storage unit and the control unit are separate. In another embodiment, the energy storage unit is integrated into the chassis of an appliance itself.
Building management and appliance control system
The present disclosure is directed to energy storage and supply management system. The system may include one or more of a control unit, which is in communication with the power grid, and an energy storage unit that stores power for use at a later time. The system may be used with traditional utility provided power as well as locally generated solar, wind, and any other types of power generation technology. In some embodiments, the energy storage unit and the control unit are housed in the same chassis. In other embodiments, the energy storage unit and the control unit are separate. In another embodiment, the energy storage unit is integrated into the chassis of an appliance itself.
METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING ENERGY IN A HOME ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
A method for distributing energy in a home energy management system including a central unit, at least one energy source and at least one energy consumer that are interconnected to exchange information. According to the method, the central unit generates information containing a first price information element and a first energy quantity information element for a predefined time period; the central unit transfers the information to the energy consumer; the energy consumer, taking account of the information, determines requirement information containing at least one requested energy quantity for the predefined time period; the energy consumer transfers the requirement information to the central unit; the central unit checks whether, at any given time, the total requested energy quantity determined from the transferred requirement information exceeds the energy quantity available at this time; and the central unit transfers confirmation information to the energy consumer or the method is carried out again.
METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING ENERGY IN A HOME ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
A method for distributing energy in a home energy management system including a central unit, at least one energy source and at least one energy consumer that are interconnected to exchange information. According to the method, the central unit generates information containing a first price information element and a first energy quantity information element for a predefined time period; the central unit transfers the information to the energy consumer; the energy consumer, taking account of the information, determines requirement information containing at least one requested energy quantity for the predefined time period; the energy consumer transfers the requirement information to the central unit; the central unit checks whether, at any given time, the total requested energy quantity determined from the transferred requirement information exceeds the energy quantity available at this time; and the central unit transfers confirmation information to the energy consumer or the method is carried out again.
Transaction-enabled systems and methods for resource acquisition for a fleet of machines
The present disclosure describes transaction-enabling systems and methods. A system can include a controller and a fleet of machines, each having at least one of a compute task requirement, a networking task requirement, and an energy consumption task requirement. The controller may include a resource requirement circuit to determine an amount of a resource for each of the machines to service the task requirement for each machine, a forward resource market circuit to access a forward resource market, and a resource distribution circuit to execute an aggregated transaction of the resource on the forward resource market.
Transaction-enabled systems and methods for resource acquisition for a fleet of machines
The present disclosure describes transaction-enabling systems and methods. A system can include a controller and a fleet of machines, each having at least one of a compute task requirement, a networking task requirement, and an energy consumption task requirement. The controller may include a resource requirement circuit to determine an amount of a resource for each of the machines to service the task requirement for each machine, a forward resource market circuit to access a forward resource market, and a resource distribution circuit to execute an aggregated transaction of the resource on the forward resource market.
ADAPTIVE SYSTEM FOR MANAGING ENERGY COMMUNITIES WITH VARIABLE CONFIGURATION
An adaptive system for managing, in an integrated way, multiple EC with variable configuration, with prosumer and/or proconstomer and/or constorer nodes that are dynamically aggregated over the time, through a partitionable digital platform that includes logics for the automatic management. To each platform portion corresponds an EC and an oriented combination of logics in turn selected, sequenced and parametrized according to the optimization purposes provided by the EC, to locally implement, through the controller of each node, the commands imparted to its devices and optimize energy flows, by first adapting to EC logics and then to single node logics. The oriented combination is continually recalculated, within 50 milliseconds from the reading of the data of each aggregated node, to adapt in real time to the variable configuration of an EC and its nodes.
RESILIENT MICRO-NETWORK OF ELECTRICAL RADIATOR-TYPE HEATING APPLIANCES
A micro-network includes at least two heating appliances with communication modules, one being used for obtaining and transmitting a first data set having at least one measurement related to the electricity consumption of the heating appliance, at least one measurement related to the electricity production of same and at least one measurement related to a state of charge of an electrical energy storage device, and subsequently controlling the power supply to the heating member. The other module is used for obtaining, and transmitting to a supervision module, first and second data sets including at least one item of data relating to an electrical power source, and subsequently transmitting a first setpoint state of charge related to the state of charge of the electrical energy storage device of the other heating device. The first setpoint state of charge is taken into account when controlling the power supply to the heating member.
RESILIENT MICRO-NETWORK OF ELECTRICAL RADIATOR-TYPE HEATING APPLIANCES
A micro-network includes at least two heating appliances with communication modules, one being used for obtaining and transmitting a first data set having at least one measurement related to the electricity consumption of the heating appliance, at least one measurement related to the electricity production of same and at least one measurement related to a state of charge of an electrical energy storage device, and subsequently controlling the power supply to the heating member. The other module is used for obtaining, and transmitting to a supervision module, first and second data sets including at least one item of data relating to an electrical power source, and subsequently transmitting a first setpoint state of charge related to the state of charge of the electrical energy storage device of the other heating device. The first setpoint state of charge is taken into account when controlling the power supply to the heating member.
HYDROGEN SYSTEM OPERATION PLANNING DEVICE
To provide a hydrogen system operation planning device capable of accurately preparing an operation plan that achieves efficient operation in a hydrogen system. In the hydrogen system operation planning device of the embodiment, a classification unit receives input of DR commands regarding demand for electric power in the hydrogen system and classifies the input DR commands into a first DR group and a second DR group with a lower priority than the first DR group. A first planning unit prepares a first operation plan to reflect the DR command classified into the first DR group. A second planning unit prepares a second operation plan by reflecting contents of the DR command classified into the second DR group on the first operation plan so that contents of the DR command classified into the first DR group have priority over the contents of the DR command classified into the second DR group.