Method and system for reducing feeder circuit loss using demand response
AssigneeAccenture Global Services Limited
InventorJeffrey D. Taft
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Abstract
A system and method that analyzes at least one aspect of the power grid for demand response in order to reduce feeder circuit losses is provided. The system and method may use a demand response model to select one or more factors for the demand response (such as selecting a subset of customers for demand response from a larger pool of available demand response customers). The demand response model may include a grid structure component (such as an indication of the particular customer's position in the grid) and a dynamic operation component (such as a real-time measurement of current in the feeder circuit). By using the demand response model, feeder circuit losses may thereby reduced.
Claims20
In a power grid comprising at least one feeder circuit, a method for reducing loss in the feeder circuit comprising:
- determining at least one of the grid structure of at least a part of the feeder circuit or current in the at least a part of the feeder circuit;
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- based on determining at least one of the grid structure of the at least a part of the feeder circuit or current in the at least a part of the feeder circuit, selecting at least one customer on the feeder circuit for demand response in order to reduce the loss in the feeder circuit.
In a power grid comprising at least one feeder circuit, a demand response management computer system for reducing loss in the feeder circuit comprising:
- a processor operable to:
- determine at least one of the grid structure of at least a part of the feeder circuit or current in the at least a part of the feeder circuit,
- based on determining at least one of the grid structure of the at least a part of the feeder circuit or current in the at least a part of the feeder circuit, select at least one customer on the feeder circuit for demand response in order to reduce the loss in the feeder circuit, and
- send at least one instruction for the demand response for the selected at least one customer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.