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US 11,223,210 B2Granted
Utility meter for use with distributed generation device
AssigneeLandis+Gyr Innovations, Inc.
InventorsSteven John Schamber, Prasanna Venkatesan
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Abstract
An integrated metering device allows a resource provider to control the output of a distributed generation device onto a resource distribution network or grid. The integrated metering device may include a communications module, a metrology module, an inverter and regulator device, and a transfer switch. A resource provider may communicate with the integrated metering device via the communications module and may control the inverter and regulator device or the transfer switch. The metrology module may monitor the energy provided by the distributed generation device to the grid and may send information about the generated energy to the resource provider via the communications module.
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A method for operating an integrated metering device, comprising:
- connecting, by the integrated metering device, a utility grid, a premises load, and a distributed generation device by providing a grid interface for connecting to the utility grid, a premises interface for connecting to the premises load, and a distributed generation device interface for connecting to the distributed generation device;
- monitoring, by a metrology module, energy delivered to the premises interface from the grid interface;
- receiving, by the distributed generation device interface, an output of the distributed generation device;
- processing, by an inverter and regulator device, the output of the distributed generation device and providing a processed output from the inverter and regulator device to a transfer switch;
- controlling, by the metrology module, the transfer switch to provide the processed output to the grid interface;
- monitoring, by the metrology module, energy delivered to the grid interface from the transfer switch, and providing information on the energy delivered to the grid interface from the transfer switch to a communications module;
- and
- communicating, by the communications module, a communication via an external network that includes the information on the energy delivered to the grid interface from the transfer switch,
- wherein the inverter and regulator device, the transfer switch, the metrology module, and the communication module are located within a housing of the integrated metering device.
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A method for operating an integrated metering device, comprising:
- connecting, by the integrated metering device, a utility grid, a premises load, and a distributed generation device by providing a grid interface for connecting to the utility grid, a premises interface for connecting to the premises load, and a distributed generation device interface for connecting to the distributed generation device;
- monitoring, by a metrology module, energy delivered to the premises interface from the grid interface;
- receiving, by the distributed generation device interface, an output of the distributed generation device;
- processing, by an inverter and regulator device, the output of the distributed generation device and providing a processed output to a transfer switch;
- controlling, by a communication module, the transfer switch to provide the processed output from the inverter and regulator device to the grid interface;
- monitoring, by the metrology module, energy delivered to the grid interface, and providing information on the energy delivered to the grid interface to the communications module;
- and
- communicating, by the communications module, a communication via an external network that includes the information on the energy delivered to the grid interface,
- wherein the inverter and regulator device, the transfer switch, the metrology module, and the communication module are located within a housing of the integrated metering device.
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An integrated metering device, comprising:
- a housing;
- a grid interface, wherein the grid interface includes a first plurality of terminals configured to connect the integrated metering device to a utility grid;
- a premises interface;
- wherein the premises interface includes a second plurality of terminals configured to connect the integrated metering device to a premises load;
- a distributed generation device interface, wherein the distributed generation device interface includes a third plurality of terminals configured to connect the integrated metering device to a distributed generation device;
- a regulator connected to the distributed generation device interface;
- a transfer switch connected to an output of the regulator and to the grid interface;
- a metrology module for measuring energy delivered to the grid interface from the distributed generation device and energy delivered to the premises interface from the grid interface;
- and
- a communications module configured to receive instructions for controlling the regulator via an external network,
- wherein the regulator, the transfer switch, the metrology module and the communication module are located within the housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.