Priority dispatch regions for coordination of control objectives in electrical power systems
AssigneeSchweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
InventorWilliam F. Allen
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Abstract
Systems and methods for controlling dispatchable elements of a microgrid, such as generators or a point of common coupling, to achieve control objectives of the microgrid are provided. A monitoring and control system may determine a set of prioritized control objectives corresponding to a number of dispatchable elements of a microgrid and a combined dispatch region for the microgrid based on the prioritized control objectives. The monitoring and control system may control the plurality of dispatchable elements based on the combined dispatch region.
Claims20
A monitoring and control system comprising a data processing system configured to execute instructions stored on one or more tangible, non-transitory, machine-readable media to perform operations comprising:
- determine a set of prioritized control objectives corresponding to a plurality of dispatchable elements of a microgrid;
- determine a combined dispatch region corresponding to combined dispatch ranges of the plurality of dispatchable elements based on the set of prioritized control objectives;
- and
- control the plurality of dispatchable elements based on the combined dispatch region.
A microgrid system comprising:
- a plurality of dispatchable elements of the microgrid;
- and
- a control system configured to dispatch the dispatchable elements based on a ratio of a first prioritized control objective in relation to a present power level and the first prioritized control objective in relation to a second prioritized control objective having a higher priority.
A method comprising:
- determining dispatch ranges corresponding to prioritized control objectives of a plurality of dispatchable elements of a microgrid;
- and
- controlling the plurality of dispatchable elements based on the dispatch ranges corresponding to the prioritized control objectives of the plurality of dispatchable elements of the microgrid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.