Agent Based Auction System and Method for Allocating Distributed Energy Resources
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1. An energy distribution system comprising:
- one or more independent system operator (“
ISO”
) stations, each of the ISO stations including an ISO station agent and having a communicative coupling and an electrical coupling to at least one of the utility stations;
one or more utility stations, each of the utility stations including a utility station agent and having a communicative coupling and an electrical coupling to at least one of the distribution substations;
one or more distribution substations, each of the distribution substations including a distribution substation agent and having a communicative coupling and an electrical coupling to at least one of the power neighborhoods;
one or more power neighborhoods, each of the power neighborhoods including a plurality of site manager agents communicatively coupled and electrically coupled together;
an auction module configured to facilitate the distribution of energy, including an ISO station auction that includes one or more of the utility station agents as participants, a utility station auction that includes one or more of the distribution substation agents as participants, and a distribution substation auction that include one or more of the power neighborhoods with site manager agents as participants;
a first command signal from a distribution substation agent, a utility station agent, or an ISO station agent, wherein a behavior of a site manager agent is modified based on the command signal; and
a second command signal from a site manager agent, wherein a behavior of a distribution substation agent, a utility station agents, an ISO station agents, or a second site manager agent is modified based on the second command signal.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a power-grid infrastructure for energy as well as methods for efficiently distributing the energy within the infrastructure that rely on a decentralized approach and the use of intelligent agents to facilitate the communication between different levels of the infrastructure as well as the distribution of the energy across the actual electrical couplings within the infrastructure.
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33 Claims
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1. An energy distribution system comprising:
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one or more independent system operator (“
ISO”
) stations, each of the ISO stations including an ISO station agent and having a communicative coupling and an electrical coupling to at least one of the utility stations;
one or more utility stations, each of the utility stations including a utility station agent and having a communicative coupling and an electrical coupling to at least one of the distribution substations;
one or more distribution substations, each of the distribution substations including a distribution substation agent and having a communicative coupling and an electrical coupling to at least one of the power neighborhoods;
one or more power neighborhoods, each of the power neighborhoods including a plurality of site manager agents communicatively coupled and electrically coupled together;
an auction module configured to facilitate the distribution of energy, including an ISO station auction that includes one or more of the utility station agents as participants, a utility station auction that includes one or more of the distribution substation agents as participants, and a distribution substation auction that include one or more of the power neighborhoods with site manager agents as participants;
a first command signal from a distribution substation agent, a utility station agent, or an ISO station agent, wherein a behavior of a site manager agent is modified based on the command signal; and
a second command signal from a site manager agent, wherein a behavior of a distribution substation agent, a utility station agents, an ISO station agents, or a second site manager agent is modified based on the second command signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for distributing energy within an energy infrastructure including at least one or more power neighborhoods, each of the power neighborhoods including a plurality of site manager agents communicatively coupled and electrically coupled together and one or more distribution substations, each of the distribution substations including a distribution substation agent and being communicatively coupled and electrically coupled to at least one of the power neighborhoods within its control area, the method comprising:
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broadcasting a signal for an auction process by a distribution substation agent;
joining the auction process by one or more of the site manager agents as participants upon receipt of the broadcasted signal;
offering a price for the sale or purchase of energy;
determining whether the energy was bid upon by the participating site manager agents;
determining if a time period has passed;
modifying the price for the energy if the time period has passed and the energy was not bid upon by any of the participating site manager agents;
determining if the price for the energy is less than a minimum threshold or exceeds a maximum threshold; and
withdrawing the offered energy if the price for the energy falls below the minimum threshold or exceeds the maximum threshold.
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18. A method for distributing energy comprising:
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providing an energy infrastructure including, one or more power neighborhoods, each of the power neighborhoods including a plurality of site manager agents communicatively coupled and electrically coupled together, one or more distribution substations, each of the distribution substations including a distribution substation agent and being communicatively coupled and electrically coupled to at least one of the power neighborhoods, one or more utility stations, each of the utility stations including a utility station agent and being communicatively coupled and electrically coupled to at least one of the distribution substations, one or more independent system operator (“
ISO”
) stations, each of the ISO stations including an ISO station agent and being communicatively coupled and electrically coupled to at least one of the utility stations;
distributing energy via a first auction process, wherein the first auction process includes an ISO station auction that may include one or more of the utility station agents as participants;
distributing energy via a second auction process, wherein the second auction process includes a utility station auction that may include one or more of the distribution substation agents as participants; and
distributing energy via a third auction process, wherein the third auction process includes and a distribution substation auction that may include one or more power neighborhoods with the site manager agents as participants. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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