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
A method for reducing loss in at least one feeder circuit in a power grid, the method comprising:
- accessing a model that provides an indication of feeder circuit loss based on position in at least a part of the feeder circuit and based on at least one electrical aspect in the at least a part of the feeder circuit;
- determining the at least one electrical aspect in at least a part of the feeder circuit;
- determining indicators of feeder circuit loss for the plurality of customers based on the at least one electrical aspect and based on respective positions of the plurality of customers in the at least a part of the feeder circuit;
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- analyzing the indictors in order to select at least one customer from the plurality of customers 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:
- access a model that provides an indication of feeder circuit loss based on position in at least a part of the feeder circuit and based on at least one electrical aspect in the at least a part of the feeder circuit;
- determine the at least one electrical aspect in at least a part of the feeder circuit;
- determine indicators of feeder circuit loss for the plurality of customers based on the at least one electrical aspect and based on respective positions of the plurality of customers in the at least a part of the feeder circuit;
- and
- analyze the indictors in order to select at least one customer from the plurality of customers for demand response in order to reduce the loss in the feeder circuit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.