Dispatching Mobile Energy Resources to Respond to Electric Power Grid Conditions
AssigneeABB Research Ltd.
InventorsSalman Mohagheghi, Jean-Charles Tournier
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Abstract
Systems and methods for responding to electric power grid conditions may include identifying a portion of the electric power grid for power response, identifying at least one mobile energy resource and at least one connection site, and dispatching the mobile energy resource to a connection site.
Claims26
A method for responding to electric power grid conditions, the method comprising:
- identifying a portion of the electric power grid for a power response;
- identifying at least one mobile energy resource and at least one connection site;
- determining for the identified at least one mobile energy resource a proximity to the connection site;
- determining a rating for the identified at least one mobile energy resource, wherein the rating is based at least partially on the proximity to the connection site;
- and
- dispatching the identified at least one mobile energy resource to the connection site if the rating is above a predetermined threshold.
A method for responding to electric power grid conditions, the method comprising:
- identifying a portion of the electric power grid to receive a power response;
- determining a magnitude of desired power response;
- determining a mobile energy resource dispatch area based at least partially on the portion of the electric power grid;
- identifying a plurality of mobile energy resources proximate the dispatch area;
- identifying for each of the mobile energy resources a nearest one of a plurality of connection sites;
- determining for each of the mobile energy resources a dispatch capacity;
- identifying a subset of the mobile energy resources, wherein the combined dispatch capacity of the mobile energy resources in the subset is at least as great as the magnitude of desired power response;
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- dispatching the mobile energy resources of the subset to the corresponding nearest ones of the connection sites.
A computer readable storage medium having embodied thereon a plurality of machine-readable instructions configured to be executed by a computer processor, the plurality of machine-readable instructions comprising instructions to:
- determine a magnitude of desired power response;
- determine a mobile energy resource dispatch area;
- identify a plurality of mobile energy resources proximate the dispatch area;
- identify for each of the mobile energy resources a nearest one of a plurality of connection locations;
- determine for each of the mobile energy resources a dispatch capacity and a proximity to the nearest one of the connection locations;
- rank the mobile energy resources based at least partially on the proximity to the nearest one of the connection locations for each of the mobile energy resources;
- identify a subset of the mobile energy resources, wherein the combined dispatch capacity of the mobile energy resources in the subset is at least as great as the magnitude of desired power response, and the subset includes higher ranked ones of the mobile energy resources;
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- dispatch the mobile energy resources of the subset to the corresponding nearest ones of the connection locations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.