Methods and systems are provided for electrical power distribution. In one example, a system includes plurality of electric consumers comprising one or more operating modes with different levels of power consumption, an energy storage and an electric machine arranged in the vehicle and configured to provide energy to the energy storage device or power to the electric consumers and torque to wheels of the vehicle, a power allocating device coupled to the energy storage device and the plurality of electric consumers, and a controller configured to maintain two indices for allocating power to the plurality of electric consumers, wherein a first index comprises a first power allocation strategy based on power from only the energy storage device and a second index comprises a second power allocation strategy based on power from the energy storage device and the electric machine.

A condition monitoring system includes a power generator and a condition monitoring apparatus. The condition monitoring apparatus includes, voltage measuring circuit which measures a voltage value of power generated by the power generator, a data memory which stores a past voltage value measured by the voltage measuring circuit, a calculation circuit which calculates a difference between a current voltage value measured by the voltage measuring circuit and at least one past voltage value stored in the data memory, and a controller which determines an issue period indicating a period of time until a trigger signal is issued based on the difference calculated by the calculation circuit, and issues the trigger signal to the condition monitoring apparatus based on the issue period.

The present invention relates to a power supply method of an electric vehicle charger in which multiple chargers are connected to the same power supply source, the power supply method comprising operations of allowing an electric vehicle to be connected to a first charger, generating a charging start signal from the first charger, receiving, by one or more other chargers, the charging start signal, generating a charging state signal from the other chargers, receiving, by the first charger, the charging state signal and determining the amount of supplied power of the first charger.

Systems and methods are provided for aggregating and assigning power capacity for charging electric vehicles and providing power to other loads. The systems include a DC bus system used to harmonize and combine power drawn from grid connections having different electrical characteristics such as different voltages or phase levels and from other devices such as energy storage systems and generators at the site. Using the systems and methods can help enable utility customer sites to providing electric vehicle charging, especially for multiple electric vehicles, where the sites would otherwise not have sufficient power to do so without significant and expensive service upgrades and modifications.

In accordance with at least one aspect of this disclosure, a method for power distribution and load management in an aircraft can include budgeting a designated current for one or more loads in one or more respective power districts in a power distribution system based on a nominal load draw for each of the one or more loads, determining a system condition of the power distribution system, prioritizing each of the one or more loads based on the system condition, and distributing power from each of the one or more power districts to the respective one or more loads in order of priority until a total budgeted designated current for the respective power district has been exhausted, and leaving any remaining loads in the one or more power districts unpowered.

A method for managing an energy system having one or more renewable energy sources, one or more energy storage devices, one or more loads, and a grid connection for connecting at least temporarily to an external energy distribution grid is disclosed. The method generates a prediction of energy demand of the loads using historical energy demand data, and a prediction of renewable energy availability from the renewable energy sources using weather forecast data. An amount of energy to be obtained from the distribution grid is determined in dependence on the prediction of renewable energy availability and the prediction of energy demand. An energy conservation strategy is generated using the predictions and determined energy amount, and energy supplied to one or more of the energy storage devices and/or one or more of the loads is adjusted automatically according to the energy conservation strategy.

Controlling a load includes sensing a characteristic of a circuit. A device loads the circuit. It further includes, based at least in part on the sensed characteristic, determining whether the circuit is in a state in which load shedding should be performed. It further includes controlling a switch to control power from the circuit to the device.

There is provided an on-site integrated energy power and electric vehicle (EV) charging system. The system includes a plurality of power loads. The plurality of power loads includes at least a first building and an electric charger module including at least a first EV charger for charging an electric vehicle when coupled to the EV charge. The system also includes at least a first power source to provide power to the plurality of power loads and a digital control module (DCM) power distribution system.

In one embodiment, a system includes a coordinated distribution optimization (CDO) system. The CDO system includes a processor configured to coordinate execution of a plurality of independent electrical network applications. Each of the plurality of independent electrical network applications is configured to alter one or more operational parameters of a power grid based on one or more respective objectives and based on power grid operational data, and the execution of the plurality of independent electrical network applications is coordinated by the CDO system to block the power grid from entering an abnormal state. The CDO system further comprises a network interface configured to receive the power grid operational data from a controller of the power grid, and wherein the power grid operational data comprises current values for the one or more operational parameters of the power grid.

An apparatus for charging electric vehicles is provided having a connection to a power supply grid, at least one charging connection for at least one electric vehicle, and a central processing unit, wherein the apparatus further comprises a receiver device designed as a ripple control receiver and configured to receive a low-frequency ripple control signal from a ripple control transmitter in the power supply grid, and a relay element configured to process a control signal from the receiver device and to pass it on to the central processing unit, wherein the central processing unit is configured to selectively reduce the charging current of an electric vehicle connected to the at least one charging connection within a predetermined period of time.