Power manager with reconfigurable power converting circuits

A power network, comprising:

• a power bus infrastructure;
• and
• a plurality of power nodes coupled to the power bus infrastructure, wherein each of the power nodes includes:
• a first device port coupled to the power bus infrastructure;
• a second device port coupled to an external power device;
• and
• a processor for controlling power between the external power device and the power bus infrastructure and enabling functions comprising determining power characteristics of the external power device, distributing the power characteristics to another power node and determining an instantaneous configuration of the power network.

A method comprising:

• coupling a plurality of power nodes to a power bus infrastructure;
• coupling an external power device to each of the power nodes;
• determining, via a node processor operating on each of the power nodes, power characteristics of the external power device coupled to the node processor;
• coupling a network interface device to each node processor and coupling each node processor via a communication network;
• distributing the power characteristics of each of the external power devices to each of the node processors via the communication network;
• and,
• determining, via an energy management schema operating on each node processor, an instantaneous configuration of a power network comprising the plurality of power nodes.

A system comprising:

• a plurality of power nodes coupled to a power bus infrastructure;
• an external power device coupled to each of the power nodes;
• a node processor operating on each of the power nodes;
• a network interface device coupled to the node processor operating on each of the power nodes;
• energy management schema operating on each node processor;
• wherein the energy management schema is configured to:
• determine power characteristics of the external power device coupled to each power node via the node processor;
• couple each power node to a communication network via the network interface device;
• distribute the power characteristics of each external power device to each node processor via the network interface device;
• and,
• determine an instantaneous configuration of a power network comprising the plurality of power nodes.