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US 11,695,298 B2Granted
Electrical system control with user input, and related systems, apparatuses, and methods
AssigneeEnel X S.R.L.
InventorJohn Michael Fife
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for economically optimal control of an electrical system. Some embodiments include an input device to receive input from a user. The site information may include an indication from the user of a site participation preference for a response event for an aggregation opportunity.
Claims20
A site controller of an electrical system of a site, the site controller comprising:
- a control interface configured to communicate with one or more distributed energy resources (DERs) of an electrical system of a site;
- an input interface to receive a site participation preference for participating in response events;
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- one or more processors configured to:
- determine a set of control values for a set of control variables to effectuate a change to the one or more DERs of the electrical system, the set of control values determined by the one or more processors utilizing an optimization algorithm to identify the set of control values in accordance with the site participation preference, one or more constraints, and one or more cost elements associated with operation of the one or more DERs of the electrical system;
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- automatically control operation of the one or more DERs of the electrical system, through the control interface, based on the set of control values;
- wherein the one or more processors determine the set of control values by:
- comparing the site participation preference and a predicted impact of implementing a site change in power to determine whether to participate in a response event;
- if participating in the response event, utilizing the optimization algorithm to optimize a cost function that includes the one or more constraints and the one or more cost elements according to the predicted impact;
- and
- if not participating in the response event, utilizing the optimization algorithm to optimize a cost function that includes the one or more constraints and the one or more cost elements absent the predicted impact.
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A method of a controller of an electrical system of a site, comprising:
- receiving, via a user interface, a site participation preference for participating in response events;
- determining, by one or more processors, values for a set of control variables for configuring one or more distributed energy resources (DERs) of the electrical system of the site, wherein the values are determined utilizing an optimization algorithm and based on the site participation preference, one or more constraints, and one or more cost elements associated with operation of the one or more DERs of the electrical system;
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- controlling the electrical system based on the values for the set of control variables;
- wherein determining, by the one or more processors, the set of control variables includes:
- comparing the site participation preference and a predicted impact of implementing a site change in power to determine whether to participate in a response event;
- if participating in the response event, utilizing the optimization algorithm to optimize a cost function that includes the one or more constraints and the one or more cost elements according to the predicted impact;
- and
- if not participating in the response event, utilizing the optimization algorithm to optimize a cost function that includes the one or more constraints and the one or more cost elements absent the predicted impact.
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A site controller of an electrical system of a site, the site controller comprising:
- a control interface configured to communicate with one or more distributed energy resources (DERs) of an electrical system of a site;
- a user interface to receive site information from a user, wherein the site information comprises an indication of a site participation preference for participating in response events;
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- one or more processors configured to:
- determine a proposed site change in power by the one or more DERs for a response event;
- determine a predicted impact of implementing the proposed site change in power;
- determine a set of control values for a set of control variables to effectuate a change to the one or more DERs of the electrical system, the set of control values determined by the one or more processors utilizing an optimization algorithm to identify the set of control values and in accordance with the site participation preference, the predicted impact, one or more constraints, and one or more cost elements associated with operation of the one or more DERs of the electrical system;
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- automatically control operation of the one or more DERs of the electrical system, through the control interface, based on the set of control values;
- wherein the one or more processors determine the set of control values by:
- comparing the site participation preference and a predicted impact of implementing a site change in power to determine whether to participate in the response event;
- if participating in the response event, utilizing the optimization algorithm to optimize a cost function that includes the one or more constraints and the one or more cost elements according to the predicted impact;
- and
- if not participating in the response event, utilizing the optimization algorithm to optimize a cost function that includes the one or more constraints and the one or more cost elements absent the predicted impact.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.