Managing Renewable Power Generation
AssigneeYounicos, Inc.
InventorsCarlos James Coe, Aeron Neils Hurst, Mark Isaac Hardin, Matthew Clayton Such, Richard Thomas Jennings
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Abstract
A power delivery rate from a renewable power source to a load is managed by determining, by processing circuitry, a change in a power generation rate, determining, by the processing circuitry, whether the change in the power generation rate exceeds a limit, and then, adjusting, by control circuitry, a power transfer rate to or from a power storage device, such that the adjusting is sufficient to prevent the power delivery rate from exceeding the limit.
Claims20
A method of managing a power delivery rate from a renewable power source to a load, the method comprising:
- determining, by processing circuitry, a change in a power generation rate;
- determining, by the processing circuitry, whether the change in the power generation rate exceeds a limit;
- and then,
- adjusting, by control circuitry, a power transfer rate to or from a power storage device, wherein the adjusting is sufficient to prevent the power delivery rate from exceeding the limit.
A control system for a bidirectional power device coupled to a dynamic power source converting renewable energy into electrical power, the control system comprising:
- a storage device having stored thereon machine-readable instructions specifying a ramp rate control operation;
- a set of I/O ports configured to receive information regarding the bidirectional power device and the dynamic power source;
- a processor coupled to the set of I/O ports and the storage device and configured to execute the machine-readable instructions to perform operations comprising:
- determining a change in a power generation rate;
- determining whether the change in the power generation rate exceeds a limit;
- and then,
- adjusting a power transfer rate to or from the bidirectional power device, wherein the adjusting is sufficient to prevent the power delivery rate from exceeding the limit.
A machine-readable medium having stored thereon instructions operable to cause a power generation control system to perform the operations of:
- determining a change in a power generation rate;
- determining whether the change in the power generation rate exceeds a limit;
- and then,
- adjusting a power transfer rate to or from a power storage device, wherein the adjusting is sufficient to prevent the power delivery rate from exceeding the limit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.