Dynamic Contingency Avoidance and Mitigation System
First Claim
1. A dynamic contingency avoidance and mitigation system for facilitating distribution of a resource within an infrastructure comprising:
- one or more processors, each having respective communication interfaces to receive infrastructure network data descriptive of said resource from said infrastructure;
one or more software applications, operatively coupled to and at least partially controlling said one or more processors, said one or more software applications comprising a characterizer for generating characterized infrastructure network data based on at least a portion of said infrastructure network data and a predictor for generating predictive infrastructure network data based on at least a portion of said infrastructure network data;
a display, coupled to said one or more processors, for visually presenting a depiction of at least a portion of said infrastructure, including any changes in condition thereof, based on said characterized infrastructure network data and/or said predictive infrastructure network data and one or more distribution controllers in communication with the one or more processors, to manage processing of said resource, wherein the distribution controller distributes the resource based on said characterized infrastructure network data and/or said predictive infrastructure network data.
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Abstract
The disclosed subject matter provides systems and methods for allocating resources within an infrastructure, such as an electrical grid, in response to changes to inputs and output demands on the infrastructure, such as energy sources and sinks. A disclosed system includes one or more processors, each having respective communication interfaces to receive data from the infrastructure, the data comprising infrastructure network data, one or more software applications, operatively coupled to and at least partially controlling the one or more processors, to process and characterize the infrastructure network data; and a display, coupled to said one or more processors, for visually presenting a depiction of at least a portion of the infrastructure including any changes in condition thereof, and one or more controllers in communication with the one or more processors, to manage processing of the resource, wherein the resource is obtained and/or distributed based on the characterization of said real time infrastructure data.
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25 Claims
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1. A dynamic contingency avoidance and mitigation system for facilitating distribution of a resource within an infrastructure comprising:
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one or more processors, each having respective communication interfaces to receive infrastructure network data descriptive of said resource from said infrastructure; one or more software applications, operatively coupled to and at least partially controlling said one or more processors, said one or more software applications comprising a characterizer for generating characterized infrastructure network data based on at least a portion of said infrastructure network data and a predictor for generating predictive infrastructure network data based on at least a portion of said infrastructure network data; a display, coupled to said one or more processors, for visually presenting a depiction of at least a portion of said infrastructure, including any changes in condition thereof, based on said characterized infrastructure network data and/or said predictive infrastructure network data and one or more distribution controllers in communication with the one or more processors, to manage processing of said resource, wherein the distribution controller distributes the resource based on said characterized infrastructure network data and/or said predictive infrastructure network data. - 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 facilitating distribution of a resource within an infrastructure comprising:
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providing one or more processors, each having respective communication interfaces to receive data from said infrastructure, said data comprising infrastructure network data; providing one or more software applications, operatively coupled to and at least partially controlling said one or more processors, to process and characterize said infrastructure network data; and providing a display, coupled to said one or more processors, for visually presenting a depiction of at least a portion of said infrastructure, including any changes in condition thereof, and providing one or more controllers in communication with the one or more processors, to manage processing of the resource, wherein the resource is obtained and/or distributed based on the characterization of said utility network data. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. The method of 19, wherein predicting future events occurs based on predicted storm damage.
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24. A method for facilitating distribution electricity within an electrical grid comprising:
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(a) receiving data relative to the physical state of the electrical grid; (b) analyzing at least a portion of the received data available for analysis by at least one of a plurality of characterization applications; (c) determining an improved distribution of electricity based on the analyzed data); (d) monitoring the change over time based at least in part on the provided data, the analyzed data or the determined improved distribution to create a historical data profile; and (e) permitting access to at least a portion of the provided data, the analyzed data or the determined improved distribution over a distributed network to provide for the availability of such data to further assist in allocating electricity within the electrical grid. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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