APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING TIME SYNCHRONIZATION BASED AUTOMATED POWER TRADING FOR REAL TIME PRICING SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A power trading apparatus, comprising:
- a time synchronizing unit to synchronize at least one of a power market server, a smart meter, and a time information providing server with time;
a power purchasing and selling price monitoring unit to receive power purchasing and selling price information from the power market server to monitor power purchasing and selling prices that change in real time based on the received power purchasing and selling price information and for comparing the power purchasing and selling prices to predetermined reference prices for power trading; and
an inverter and power storage apparatus controller to control power conversion of an inverter and charge and discharge of a power storage apparatus in order to purchase and sell power at the predetermined reference prices when the power purchasing and selling prices match the predetermined reference prices.
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Abstract
Provided is an apparatus and method for performing time synchronization based automated power trading for a real time pricing system. The power trading apparatus may include a time synchronizing unit to synchronize at least one of a power market server, a smart meter, and a time information to provide the power market server with time, a power purchasing and selling price monitoring unit to receive power purchasing and selling price information from the power market server to monitor power purchasing and selling prices that change in real time and to compare the power purchasing and selling prices to predetermined reference prices for power trading, and an inverter and power storage apparatus controller to controlling power conversion of an inverter, and charging and discharging of a power storage apparatus to purchase and sell power at the reference prices.
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15 Claims
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1. A power trading apparatus, comprising:
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a time synchronizing unit to synchronize at least one of a power market server, a smart meter, and a time information providing server with time; a power purchasing and selling price monitoring unit to receive power purchasing and selling price information from the power market server to monitor power purchasing and selling prices that change in real time based on the received power purchasing and selling price information and for comparing the power purchasing and selling prices to predetermined reference prices for power trading; and an inverter and power storage apparatus controller to control power conversion of an inverter and charge and discharge of a power storage apparatus in order to purchase and sell power at the predetermined reference prices when the power purchasing and selling prices match the predetermined reference prices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A power trading system, comprising:
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a power storage apparatus to store power; a smart meter to measure an amount of power input to and output from the power storage apparatus through a power grid to inform an accounting server of the measured amount of power; a grid linked inverter to convert power input and output from the power storage apparatus while being interlocked with the power grid; a control point to receive power purchasing and selling prices from users to provide accounting information about power purchasing and selling to the users; and a power trading apparatus to synchronize at least one of the power market server, the smart meter, and the time information providing server with time, for receiving power purchasing and selling price information from the power market server to monitor power purchasing and selling prices that change in real time based on the received power purchasing and selling price information, to compare the power purchasing and selling prices to predetermined reference prices for power trading, and to control the inverter and the power storage apparatus when the power purchasing and selling prices match the predetermined reference prices at which power is to be traded. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of trading power using a power trading apparatus, comprising:
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synchronizing, by the power trading apparatus, time of at least one of a power market server, a smart meter, and a time information providing server; receiving power purchasing and selling price information from the power market server to monitor power purchasing and selling prices that change in real time based on the received power purchasing and selling price information; comparing the power purchasing and selling prices to predetermined reference prices for power trading; and controlling power conversion of an inverter and charging and discharging of a power storage apparatus in order to purchase and sell power at the predetermined reference prices when the power purchasing and selling prices match the reference prices. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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