Managing grid interaction with interconnect socket adapter configured for an energy storage device
First Claim
1. A system for managing grid interaction with an energy storage device, comprising:
- an energy exchange server, a plurality of energy storage devices, a plurality of interconnect socket adapters, and a plurality of energy exchange controllers, each energy exchange controller being communicatively coupled to one of the plurality of interconnect socket adapters;
wherein the one of the plurality of interconnect socket adapters electrically couples to the power grid, one or more energy sinks, and one of the plurality of energy storage devices; and
wherein the one of the plurality of energy storage devices is configurable to enable charging of energy in a charging mode or discharging of energy in a discharging mode and the exchange server comprises a processor and a non-statutory computer readable medium with software embedded thereon, the software configured to;
receive, from each interconnect socket adapter, a real-time energy consumption data set;
receive, from a real-time energy pricing database, a set of environmental parameters and a starting energy price;
receive, from each interconnect socket adapter and one or more energy production facilities, a real-time energy production data set;
generate a current aggregate electricity demand value as a function of the realtime energy consumption data set and the environmental parameters;
generate a current aggregate electricity supply value as a function of the real-time energy production dataset and the environmental parameters; and
generate a current energy price as a function of the starting energy price, the current aggregate electricity demand value, and the current aggregate electricity supply value.
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Abstract
A system for managing grid interaction with an energy storage device includes an energy exchange server, a plurality of energy storage devices, a plurality of interconnect socket adapters, and a plurality of energy exchange controllers, each energy exchange controller coupling to one of the plurality of interconnect socket adapters and dictating energy consumption based on energy pricing data received from the energy exchange server. Each interconnect socket adapter electrically couples to the power grid, one or more energy sinks, and an energy storage device, and the energy exchange server receives a real-time energy consumption data set, a real-time energy production data set, a set of environmental parameters and a starting energy price, and generates a current aggregate electricity demand value as a function of the real-time energy consumption data set and the environmental parameters, a current aggregate electricity supply value as a function of the real-time energy production dataset and the environmental parameters, and a current energy price as a function of the starting energy price, the current aggregate electricity demand value, and the current aggregate electricity supply value.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for managing grid interaction with an energy storage device, comprising:
- an energy exchange server, a plurality of energy storage devices, a plurality of interconnect socket adapters, and a plurality of energy exchange controllers, each energy exchange controller being communicatively coupled to one of the plurality of interconnect socket adapters;
wherein the one of the plurality of interconnect socket adapters electrically couples to the power grid, one or more energy sinks, and one of the plurality of energy storage devices; and
wherein the one of the plurality of energy storage devices is configurable to enable charging of energy in a charging mode or discharging of energy in a discharging mode and the exchange server comprises a processor and a non-statutory computer readable medium with software embedded thereon, the software configured to;
receive, from each interconnect socket adapter, a real-time energy consumption data set;
receive, from a real-time energy pricing database, a set of environmental parameters and a starting energy price;
receive, from each interconnect socket adapter and one or more energy production facilities, a real-time energy production data set;
generate a current aggregate electricity demand value as a function of the realtime energy consumption data set and the environmental parameters;generate a current aggregate electricity supply value as a function of the real-time energy production dataset and the environmental parameters; and
generate a current energy price as a function of the starting energy price, the current aggregate electricity demand value, and the current aggregate electricity supply value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
- an energy exchange server, a plurality of energy storage devices, a plurality of interconnect socket adapters, and a plurality of energy exchange controllers, each energy exchange controller being communicatively coupled to one of the plurality of interconnect socket adapters;
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12. A computer-implemented method for managing grid interaction with an energy storage device, comprising:
- receiving, with an energy exchange server, a real-time energy consumption data set and a real-time energy production data set;
receiving, with the energy exchange server, a set of environmental parameters and a starting energy price;
generating a current aggregate electricity demand value as a function of the realtime energy consumption data set and the environmental parameters;
generating a current aggregate electricity supply value as a function of the realtime energy production dataset and the environmental parameters;
generating a current energy price as a function of the starting energy price, the current aggregate electricity demand value, and the current aggregate electricity supply value;
transmitting the current energy price to each of a plurality of exchange controllers, wherein each exchange controller communicatively couples to an interconnect socket adapter, the interconnect socket adapter electrically coupling to a power grid, an energy storage device, and one or more energy sinks;
receiving an amount of energy stored in energy storage device;
receiving an aggregate amount of energy being consumed by the one or more energy sinks; and
determining an amount of energy sent back into the power grid as a function of the amount of energy discharged from the energy storage device and the aggregate amount of energy being consumed by the one or more energy sinks. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
- receiving, with an energy exchange server, a real-time energy consumption data set and a real-time energy production data set;
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