Energy Storage and Power Management System
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1. A power management system for reducing peaks of power demand from an electric grid by a power load in a power supply system having an energy storage system andat least one onsite connected energy source;
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an energy storage system inverter/charger; and
a energy inverter and/or rectifier, whereinsaid circuit breaker is connected to said electric grid and at least one of said energy inverter and rectifier, said energy storage system inverter/charger and said power load,said energy inverter and/or rectifier being also connected to said at least one onsite connected energy source,said energy storage system inverter/charger being connected to said at least one onsite connected energy source and to said energy storage system and via said circuit breaker to the power load,wherein said system is configured tocharge the energy storage system with power from said least one onsite connected source and/or said electric grid, and toprovide power to said power load and/or to said grid from said least one onsite connected energy source and/or said energy storage system,wherein said system is configured to store energy in the energy storage system and to determine the amount of energy to be stored by performing at least one of the following steps;
(a) Charging the energy storage system at predetermined times;
(b) Monitoring the power load taken from the electric grid and, when such power load is detected to fall below a predetermined level, charging the energy storage system;
(c) Monitoring the power load taken from the electric grid and, when such power load is below the appropriate level as determined by the power management system, charging the energy storage system; and
(d) Monitoring the remaining capacity level of the energy storage system and, when the remaining capacity of the energy storage system drops below a predetermined level or an appropriate level as determined by the power management system, charging the energy storage system.
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Abstract
A system to manage the storage of energy to, and the release of energy from, an energy storage system with such energy being generated from one or more renewable sources of energy, traditional sources of energy or the electric grid, or a combination of any or all of these sources, resulting in a reduction of the power demand from the electric grid of a user of the system and/or of the high consumption charges during peak usage times of a user of the system.
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17 Claims
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1. A power management system for reducing peaks of power demand from an electric grid by a power load in a power supply system having an energy storage system and
at least one onsite connected energy source; - comprising
a circuit breaker; an energy storage system inverter/charger; and a energy inverter and/or rectifier, wherein said circuit breaker is connected to said electric grid and at least one of said energy inverter and rectifier, said energy storage system inverter/charger and said power load, said energy inverter and/or rectifier being also connected to said at least one onsite connected energy source, said energy storage system inverter/charger being connected to said at least one onsite connected energy source and to said energy storage system and via said circuit breaker to the power load, wherein said system is configured to charge the energy storage system with power from said least one onsite connected source and/or said electric grid, and to provide power to said power load and/or to said grid from said least one onsite connected energy source and/or said energy storage system, wherein said system is configured to store energy in the energy storage system and to determine the amount of energy to be stored by performing at least one of the following steps; (a) Charging the energy storage system at predetermined times; (b) Monitoring the power load taken from the electric grid and, when such power load is detected to fall below a predetermined level, charging the energy storage system; (c) Monitoring the power load taken from the electric grid and, when such power load is below the appropriate level as determined by the power management system, charging the energy storage system; and (d) Monitoring the remaining capacity level of the energy storage system and, when the remaining capacity of the energy storage system drops below a predetermined level or an appropriate level as determined by the power management system, charging the energy storage system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. Method for reducing peaks of power demand on an electric grid or on the utility grid, by a power management system comprising an energy storage system inverter/charger in a standby mode,
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determining a level of energy stored in an energy storage system, determining whether or not said energy storage system is sufficiently charged with energy in order to be discharged, if the energy storage system is not sufficiently charged, obtaining a time of day, to be determined, and if said obtained time of day is not within the predetermined time range in which the inverter/battery charger is directed to charge the energy storage system, putting the inverter charger into standby mode, if said obtained time of day is determined to be within the range in which the inverter/battery charger is directed to charge the energy storage system, charging the energy storage system at a previously determined duration and rate of charge, and after said charging has been concluded, evaluating whether said charging is completed, if it is determined that said charging of the energy storage system is not complete, returning to said obtaining of time step, If it is determined that the charging operation has been completed, obtaining the day of the week, and determining if said obtained day of the week is Sunday or Saturday, if said obtained day of the week is not Sunday or Saturday, reset and put inverter into Standby mode, and if said obtained day of the week is Sunday or Saturday, float charging said energy storage system, and returning to said obtaining of the day of the week and said following steps. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. Computer program product comprising computer readable instructions stored on a computer readable medium for causing a computer to perform method steps, when said computer readable instructions are executed on a computer or a computerized power management system, comprising:
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program code for determining a level of energy stored in an energy storage system, program code for determining whether or not said energy storage system is sufficiently charged with energy in order to be discharged, program code for obtaining a time of day, to be determined, and program code for putting the inverter charger into standby mode, program code for charging the energy storage system at a previously determined duration and rate of charge, and program code for evaluating whether said charging is completed, program code for returning to said obtaining of time step, program code for obtaining the day of the week, and program code for determining if said obtained day of the week is Sunday or Saturday, program code for resetting and putting the inverter into Standby mode, and program code for float charging said energy storage system, and returning to said obtaining of the day of the week and said following steps, and program code for monitoring real time demand, and program code for obtaining said energy storage charge or discharge values, and program code for communicating said energy storage charge or discharge values to power management system, and program code for controlling release and/or charge from/into said energy storage, and program code for determining end of charge and/or discharge of energy storage, and program code of setting or determining demand charge or discharge set points, and program code for communicating data regarding the power management system, and Program code for logging diagnostic information regarding the power management system.
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