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US 2019/0245381 A1Published application
Method and device for managing an electricity supply through an electric network
AssigneeDr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
InventorBarry Sole
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Abstract
A method for controlling a supply of at least one load with voltage and/or electric current through an electric network.
Claims12
1-11. (canceled)
A method for controlling a supply of at least one consumer with voltage, electric current or both voltage and electric current through an electric network, wherein the electric network comprises a multiplicity of phases, the method comprising:
- determining respective phases of the multiplicity of phases used to supply (i) the at least one consumer, (ii) a location of the at least one consumer in the electric network, or (iii) both (i) and (ii) by transmitting at least one predefined individual consumption pattern assigned to the at least one consumer to the at least one consumer by way of a communication interface,
- operating the at least one consumer according to the at least one consumption pattern,
- capturing, at the same time as the operating step, changes in (i) a voltage, (ii) a flow of electric current, or (iii) both the voltage and flow of electric current through the respective phases of the multiplicity of phases by way of respective sensors assigned to the respective phases,
- creating a map of the electric network on a basis of the changes which are captured using the sensors, and
- supplying the at least one consumer with the voltage, the electric current or both the voltage and the electric current on the basis of the created map.
2 more elements
A management unit for an electric network having a multiplicity of phases and a control device,
- wherein the control device is configured to determine respective phases of the multiplicity of phases used to supply at least one consumer by transmitting at least one predefined individual consumption pattern assigned to the at least one consumer to the at least one consumer by way of a communication interface and transmitting a control command to operate the at least one consumer according to the at least one consumption pattern to the at least one consumer,
- wherein the control device is also configured to capture changes in voltage, flow of electric current or both the voltage and the flow of electric current through the respective phases of the multiplicity of phases using respective sensors assigned to the respective phases at the same time as operation of the at least one consumer according to the at least one consumption pattern, and
- wherein the control device is also configured to create a map of the electric network on the basis of the changes in the voltage or electric current which are captured by the sensors and to set a supply of the at least one consumer with voltage, electric current or both voltage and electric current on the basis of the created map.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.