METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELECTIVE ELECTRICAL BACKUP TO A MULTI-TENANT LOCATION

• US 20090284072A1
• Filed: 05/13/2009
• Published: 11/19/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Joseph Mcneill Everett
• Original Assignee: Joseph Mcneill Everett
• Inventors: Everett, Joseph McNeill
• Application Number:
  US12/465,291
• Publication Number:
  US 20090284072A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 307/23
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00006 characterised by information or instructions transport means between the monitoring, controlling or managing units and monitored, controlled or operated power network element or electrical equipment
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/58 The condition being electrical
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/14 by switching loads on to, or off from, network, e.g. progressively balanced loading
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 9/06 with automatic change-over , e.g. UPS systems
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/30 Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies for improving the carbon footprint of the management of residential or tertiary loads, i.e. smart grids as climate change mitigation technology in the buildings sector, including also the last stages of power distribution and the control, monitoring or operating management systems at local level
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/3225 Demand response systems, e.g. load shedding, peak shaving
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 90/20 Smart grids as enabling technology in buildings sector smart grids supporting the management or operation of end-user stationary applications in general, or like technologies with no associated climate change mitigation effect Y04S20/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/12 Energy storage units, uninterruptible power supply [UPS] systems or standby or emergency generators, e.g. in the last power distribution stages
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/222 Demand response systems, e.g. load shedding, peak shaving
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/248 UPS systems or standby or emergency generators
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 40/12 characterised by data transport means between the monitoring, controlling or managing units and monitored, controlled or operated electrical equipment

Abstract

The present invention provides a system for selectively providing backup electrical power to a multi tenant facility like an apartment building or a multi-tenant cell phone tower. By placing a remote disconnect on each of the tenants meters the tenant can be selectively attached or disconnected from a backup power system as desired.

Claims

1. A system for selectively providing tenants in a multi-tenant location who are connected to an electrical normal source, an AC electrical backup source when the normal source has fallen below a selected level comprising:

a) a means for providing AC backup to the multi-tenant location;

b) an automatic means for switching the multi-tenant location to and activating the backup means;

c) a means for determining which tenants are to be selected to be switched to the backup means;

a remotely activatable disconnect controller for automatically disconnecting one or more non-selected tenants from the backup means; and

d) an automatic means for reconnecting the tenants back to the normal source.

2. A system according to claim 1 wherein the remotely activatable means is a remote controlled power meter.

3. A process for providing backup AC power to selected tenants at a multi-tenant location having a normal source connection comprising:

a) a process for transferring the AC power for the multi-tenant-location from the normal source to an engaged backup source; and

b) a process for remotely automatically disconnecting the non-selected tenants from the backup source.

4. A process according to claim 3 wherein a tenant may be disconnected by remotely programming a remote controlled power meter to disconnect when the backup source is engaged.

5. A method for providing backup AC power to selected tenants in a multi-tenant location comprising:

a) determining if there is sufficient power for the multi-tenant location from a normal source;

b) engaging an emergency power source for the multi-tenant location when there is insufficient power from the normal source;

c) determining which tenants are not selected tenants;

d) disconnecting the non-selected tenants in a remote manner from the multi-tenant location;

e) providing emergency power to the selected tenants from the emergency power source until normal source power is returned; and

f) reconnecting the selected and non-selected tenants back to the normal source once sufficient power returns.

6. A method according to claim 5 wherein the non-selected tenants may be disconnected via a remote controlled power meter.