Network Centric Power Flow Control
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- a number of lines in an electrical power grid, wherein the number of lines is configured to carry electrical power;
a plurality of nodes in the electrical power grid, wherein the plurality of nodes is configured to control the electrical power carried on the number of lines;
a communications network configured to carry information; and
a number of agent processes associated with the plurality of nodes, wherein the number of agent processes is configured to communicate with each other using the communications network, configure the plurality of nodes in the electrical power grid into a circuit, and control a delivery of the electrical power through the circuit to a number of loads associated with the circuit.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are present for sending power to a number of loads. A plurality of nodes and a number of lines connected to the plurality of nodes are selected to send electrical power from a number of sources to a number of loads based on a capacity to send the electrical power through the plurality of nodes and the number of lines. The plurality of nodes is configured into a circuit to carry the electrical power from the number of sources to the number of loads using the plurality nodes. The plurality of nodes are controlled to send the electrical power through the circuit to the number of loads using a number of agent processes associated with the plurality of nodes.
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38 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a number of lines in an electrical power grid, wherein the number of lines is configured to carry electrical power; a plurality of nodes in the electrical power grid, wherein the plurality of nodes is configured to control the electrical power carried on the number of lines; a communications network configured to carry information; and a number of agent processes associated with the plurality of nodes, wherein the number of agent processes is configured to communicate with each other using the communications network, configure the plurality of nodes in the electrical power grid into a circuit, and control a delivery of the electrical power through the circuit to a number of loads associated with the circuit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for sending power to a number of loads, the method comprising:
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selecting a plurality of nodes and a number of lines connected to the plurality of nodes to send electrical power from a number of sources to the number of loads based on a capacity to send the electrical power through the plurality of nodes and the number of lines; configuring the plurality of nodes into a circuit to carry the electrical power from the number of sources to the number of loads using the plurality of nodes; and controlling the plurality of nodes to send the electrical power through the circuit to the number of loads using a number of agent processes associated with the plurality of nodes. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An apparatus comprising:
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a number of lines in an electrical power grid, wherein the number of lines is configured to carry electrical power; a plurality of nodes in the electrical power grid, wherein the plurality of nodes is configured to control the electrical power carried in the number of lines; a communications network configured to carry information; a number of agent processes associated with the plurality of nodes, wherein the number of agent processes is configured to communicate with each other using the communications network, configure the plurality of nodes in the electrical power grid into a circuit, and control a delivery of the electrical power through the circuit to a number of loads associated with the circuit; and a control system configured to monitor a number of parameters in a number of circuits in the electrical power grid, determine whether to make a change to the number of circuits based on the number of parameters and a policy, and change the number of circuits using the policy in response to a determination to make the change to the number of circuits. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method for identifying capacity for power flow in an electrical power grid, the method comprising:
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receiving information about the capacity for power flow from a number of sensors in the electrical power grid; storing the information in a database associated with an agent process in a plurality of agent processes for the electrical power grid; sending the information to a number of other agent processes within the plurality of agent process; and storing the information in a number of databases associated with the number of other agent processes. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33)
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34. An apparatus comprising:
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a number of sensors in an electrical power grid configured to generate information about a capacity for power flow in the electrical power grid; an agent process configured to receive the information about the capacity for power flow in the electrical power grid from the number of sensors; and
store the information about the capacity for power flow in a database associated with the agent process; anda plurality of agent processes configured to receive the information from the agent process and store the information about the capacity for power flow in the electrical power grid in a plurality of databases associated with the plurality of agent processes, wherein each agent process within the plurality of agent processes is associated with a database within the plurality of databases. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38)
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