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US 11,238,474 B2Granted
Distributed energy control
AssigneeHunt Energy Enterprise, L.L.C.
InventorsDaniel Gregory Price, John Franklin Allen, Jr., Victor Kuang-En Liu, Robert D. Maher, III
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Abstract
A system includes an energy storage device geographically proximate a plurality of load centers. The energy storage device is coupled to one or more of the plurality of load centers for supplying energy to the load centers and is also coupled to an energy generation source for receiving energy from the energy generation source. The system also includes a control system that is operable to receive energy market data, monitor the plurality of load centers, the energy storage device, and the energy generation source, and control the charging and dispatching of the energy storage device based on the monitoring and the energy market data.
Claims19
A system comprising:
- an energy storage device geographically proximate a plurality of load centers, the energy storage device coupled to one or more of the plurality of load centers for supplying energy to the load centers, and coupled to an energy generation source for receiving energy from the energy generation source;
- and
- a control system comprising a processor, the control system operable to:
- receive energy market data;
- monitor the plurality of load centers, the energy storage device, and the energy generation source;
- determine, from a plurality of energy markets, a selected energy market for the energy storage device, wherein:
- the plurality of energy markets comprises a day ahead market and a real time market;
- and
- the selected energy market is determined by a forecasting component of the control system using one or more of environmental data, battery characteristics, a load profile, real time pricing data, day ahead pricing data, and futures market data;
- determine an expected wholesale electricity price of a unit of electricity for each particular time unit of a plurality of time units of a particular day;
- and
- control the charging and dispatching of the energy storage device for each particular time unit of the particular day based on the monitoring, the determined expected wholesale electricity price, and the energy market data, wherein:
- the energy storage device is charged from the selected energy market;
- and
- the energy storage device is discharged into the selected energy market.
12 more elements
A system comprising:
- a control server comprising a processor coupled to a memory, the processor operable to:
- receive charging and dispatching information from a plurality of distributed energy storage devices;
- receive energy market data;
- determine, from a plurality of energy markets, a selected energy market for the energy storage device, wherein:
- the plurality of energy markets comprises a day ahead market and a real time market;
- and
- the selected energy market is determined by a fore c as ting component of the control server using one or more of environmental data, battery characteristic data, a load profile, real time pricing data, day ahead pricing data, and futures market data;
- determine an expected wholesale electricity price of a unit of electricity for each particular time unit of a plurality of time units of a particular day;
- and
- based on the received charging and dispatching information, the determined expected wholesale electricity price, the selected energy market, and the received energy market data, determine a charging and dispatching schedule for the plurality of distributed energy storage devices for each particular time unit of the particular day that optimizes an amount of energy that may be resold into the energy markets from the plurality of distributed energy storage devices.
7 more elements
A system comprising:
- a plurality of load centers;
- an energy generation source;
- an energy storage device geographically proximate the plurality of load centers, the energy storage device coupled to one or more of the plurality of load centers for supplying energy to the load centers, and coupled to the energy generation source for receiving energy from the energy generation source;
- and
- a control system comprising a processor, the control system operable to:
- receive energy market data;
- monitor the plurality of load centers, the energy storage device, and the energy generation source;
- generate a plurality of day ahead market schedules;
- generate a plurality of realtime market schedules;
- determine, from a plurality of energy markets comprising a day ahead market and a real time market, a selected energy market for the energy storage device, wherein determining the selected energy market for the energy s to rage device is based on the plurality of day ahead market schedules and the plurality of real time market schedules;
- determine an expected wholesale electricity price of a unit of electricity for each particular time unit of a plurality of time units of a particular day;
- and
- control the charging and dispatching of the energy storage device for each particular time unit of the particular day based on the monitoring, the determined expected wholesale electricity price, and the energy market data, wherein:
- the energy storage device is charged from the selected energy market;
- and
- the energy storage device is discharged into the selected energy market.
13 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.