Control system for an electric power system
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsStephen Francis Bush, Michael Joseph Mahony
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Abstract
A control system for an electric power system is provided. The control system includes a wireless communication system for tracking one or more electric vehicles and receiving a battery charge data of said electric vehicles. The control system also includes a load sensor for sensing load of the electric power system. The control system further includes a controller for operating one or more protection elements based on the battery charge data of the electric vehicles and the load data of the electric power system.
Claims22
A control system comprising:
- a wireless communication system configured to track one or more electric vehicles in a vicinity of a control system and to communicate battery charge data of the one or more electric vehicles and load data of an electric power system;
- a controller communicatively coupled to the wireless communication system and configured to receive the battery charge data of the one or more electric vehicles and the load data of the electric power system and to determine whether to operate one or more protection elements of the electric power system by distinguishing between an increased current due to a fault and an increased current arising out of charging of one or more electric vehicles, based on the charge data of the one or more electric vehicles and the load data of the electric power system.
An electric power system comprising:
- a power generation station;
- a power transmission line for transmitting power from the power generation station to one or more load centers;
- one or more control systems disposed at one or more locations in the electric power system , one or more control systems comprising:
- a wireless communication system configured to track one or more electric vehicles in a vicinity of the one or more control system and to communicate a battery charge data of the one or more electric vehicles and a load data of the electric power system;
- a controller communicatively coupled to the wireless communication system and configured to receive the battery charge data of the one or more electric vehicles and the load data of the electric power system and to determine whether to operate one or more protection elements of the electric power system by distinguishing between an increased current due to a fault and an increased current arising out of charging of one or more electric vehicles, based on the charge data of the one or more electric vehicles and the load data of the electric power system.
A method of operating a control system for an electric power system, the method comprising
- tracking one or more electric vehicles in a vicinity of the control system via a wireless communication system and obtaining a battery charge data of the one or more electric vehicles and a load data of the electric power system;
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- determining whether to operate one or more protection elements of the electric power system by distinguishing between an increased current due to a fault and an increased current arising out of charging of one or more electric vehicles, based on the charge data of the one or more electric vehicles and the load data of the electric power system via a controller communicatively coupled to the wireless communication system and configured to receive the battery charge data of the one or more electric vehicles and the load data of the electric power system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.