System and method for managing electrical energy flow between energy sources and electrical load categories

A method for managing electrical energy flow between a plurality of energy sources and a plurality of electrical load categories, the method comprising:

• establishing, by a first energy management module operatively connected with the plurality of energy sources comprising:
• a utility grid, one or more grid-tied distributed energy resources (DERs), and one or more off-the-grid DERs, the electrical energy flow to the plurality of electrical load categories;
• determining, by one or more first energy monitoring units operatively connected to the plurality of energy sources, one or more electrical parameters at a pre-defined sampling rate;
• selectively connecting, by an automatic transfer switch (ATS) operatively connected to the one or more first energy monitoring units, one of:
• the utility grid to the plurality of electrical load categories;
• and
• the one or more off-the-grid DERs to at least one electrical load category within the plurality of electrical load categories;
• performing, by a first energy switch module operatively connected between the one or more grid-tied DERs and the utility grid, at least one of:
• one of:
• electrically connecting and electrically disconnecting the one or more grid-tied DERs from the utility grid;
• and
• averting electrical energy flowback between the one or more off-the-grid DERs and the one or more grid-tied DERs during a utility grid outage;
• determining, by a first hardware processor operatively connected to the one or more first energy monitoring units, the ATS, and the first energy switch module, availability conditions of the utility grid and the one or more off-the-grid DERs;
• transmitting, by the first hardware processor, switching control signals to the ATS based on the determined availability conditions of the utility grid and the one or more off-the-grid DERs;
• transmitting, by the first hardware processor, one or more connection control commands to the first energy switch module;
• executing, by the first hardware processor, a reconnection delay before re-engaging the utility grid to safeguard the at least one electrical load category within the plurality of electrical load categories from electrical failures and voltage spikes;
• obtaining, by a data obtaining subsystem executed by a second hardware processor of a second energy management module operatively connected to the first energy management module:
• user-defined configuration data comprising DERs group data, first-priority loads group data, and second-priority loads group data;
• the availability conditions of the utility grid and the one or more off-the-grid DERs from the first hardware processor;
• the one or more electrical parameters from the one or more first energy monitoring units and one or more second energy monitoring units associated with the plurality of electrical load categories;
• and
• at least one of:
• contextual operational data, and external operational data from one or more data sources;
• processing, by a forecasting subsystem executed by the second hardware processor, the obtained one or more electrical parameters, the availability conditions, and at least one of:
• the contextual operational data, and the external operational data, using one or more artificial intelligence models to forecast energy management analytics;
• assigning, by a load prioritization subsystem executed by the second hardware processor, priority designation to the plurality of electrical load categories based on the user-defined configuration data and available electrical energy at the one or more off-the-grid DERs;
• determining, by an optimization subsystem executed by the second hardware processor, one or more energy distribution commands based on the energy management analytics and the assigned priority designation to the plurality of electrical load categories;
• and
• transmitting, by a control instruction subsystem executed by the second hardware processor, the one or more energy distribution commands to the first hardware processor for at least one of:
• switching the ATS;
• selectively one of:
• connecting and disconnecting the one or more grid-tied DERs;
• and
• managing the electrical energy flow from the plurality of energy sources to the plurality of electrical load categories according to the assigned priority designation.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having a set of instructions stored therein that when executed by a first hardware processor and a second hardware processors, cause the first hardware processor and the second hardware processors to execute operations of:

• determining availability conditions of a utility grid and one or more grid-tied distributed energy resources (DERs);
• transmitting switching control signals to an automatic transfer switch (ATS) based on the determined availability condition of the utility grid and one or more off-the-grid DERs;
• transmitting one or more connection control commands to a first energy switch module operatively connected between the one or more grid-tied DERs and the utility grid, to:
• one of:
• electrically connect and electrically disconnect the one or more grid-tied DERs from the utility grid;
• and
• avert electrical energy flowback between the one or more off-the-grid DERs and the one or more grid-tied DERs during a utility grid outage;
• executing a reconnection delay before re-engaging the utility grid to safeguard at least one electrical load category within a plurality of electrical load categories from electrical failures and voltage spikes;
• obtaining user-defined configuration data comprising DERs group data, first-priority loads group data, and second-priority loads group data;
• obtaining the availability conditions of the utility grid and the one or more off-the-grid DERs;
• obtaining one or more electrical parameters from one or more first energy monitoring units and one or more second energy monitoring units associated with the plurality of electrical load categories;
• obtaining at least one of:
• contextual operational data, and external operational data from one or more data sources;
• processing the obtained one or more electrical parameters, the availability conditions, and at least one of:
• the contextual operational data, and the external operational data, using one or more artificial intelligence models to forecast energy management analytics;
• assigning priority designation to the plurality of electrical load categories based on the user-defined configuration data and available electrical energy at the one or more off-the-grid DERs;
• determining one or more energy distribution commands based on the energy management analytics and the assigned priority designation to the plurality of electrical load categories;
• and
• transmitting the one or more energy distribution commands for:
• switching the ATS;
• selectively one of:
• connecting and disconnecting the one or more grid-tied DERs;
• and
• managing the electrical energy flow from the plurality of energy sources to the plurality of electrical load categories according to the assigned priority designation.