METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USING DEMAND SIDE RESOURCES TO PROVIDE FREQUENCY REGULATION USING A DYNAMIC ALLOCATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES
First Claim
1. A system operative in conjunction with an electric power grid managed by an electric power grid managing entity, the system comprising:
- a plurality of dispatch engines comprising electronic data processing devices, each dispatch engine configured to service endpoints operatively connected with the dispatch engine by transmitting dispatch signals to the serviced endpoints that cause the serviced endpoints to adjust electric power consumed by the endpoints from the electric power grid in accord with a control signal received by the dispatch engine;
wherein the plurality of dispatch engines includes;
a market interface dispatch engine operatively connected to receive its control signal from the electric power grid managing entity, andsecond level dispatch engines operatively connected to receive their control signals from the market interface dispatch engine wherein their control signals comprise dispatch signals transmitted from the market interface dispatch engine to the second level dispatch engines and wherein the second level dispatch engines are configured to service endpoints comprising electric power-consuming loads that consume electric power from the electric power grid.
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Abstract
Dispatch engines service endpoints by transmitting dispatch signals to the serviced endpoints that cause the endpoints to adjust their electric power consumption from the electric power grid in accord with a control signal received by the dispatch engine. A market interface dispatch engine receives its control signal from an electric power grid managing entity, and downstream dispatch engines form a hierarchy cascading downstream from the market interface dispatch engine with each downstream dispatch engine being an endpoint serviced by a dispatch engine located upstream in the hierarchy. The control signal received by each downstream dispatch engine comprises dispatch signals transmitted by the upstream dispatch engine. The endpoints further include electric power-consuming loads. A suitable load controller comprises separate power interface and logic elements operatively connected to define the load controller, with the logic element powered by low voltage DC power received from the power interface element.
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27 Claims
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1. A system operative in conjunction with an electric power grid managed by an electric power grid managing entity, the system comprising:
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a plurality of dispatch engines comprising electronic data processing devices, each dispatch engine configured to service endpoints operatively connected with the dispatch engine by transmitting dispatch signals to the serviced endpoints that cause the serviced endpoints to adjust electric power consumed by the endpoints from the electric power grid in accord with a control signal received by the dispatch engine; wherein the plurality of dispatch engines includes; a market interface dispatch engine operatively connected to receive its control signal from the electric power grid managing entity, and second level dispatch engines operatively connected to receive their control signals from the market interface dispatch engine wherein their control signals comprise dispatch signals transmitted from the market interface dispatch engine to the second level dispatch engines and wherein the second level dispatch engines are configured to service endpoints comprising electric power-consuming loads that consume electric power from the electric power grid. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system operative in conjunction with an electric power grid managed by an electric power grid managing entity, the system comprising:
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a plurality of dispatch engines comprising electronic data processing devices, each dispatch engine configured to service endpoints operatively connected with the dispatch engine by transmitting dispatch signals to the serviced endpoints that cause the serviced endpoints to adjust electric power consumed by the endpoints from the electric power grid in accord with a control signal received by the dispatch engine, the plurality of dispatch engines including; a market interface dispatch engine operatively connected to receive its control signal from the electric power grid managing entity; and downstream dispatch engines forming a hierarchy cascading downstream from the market interface dispatch engine with each downstream dispatch engine being an endpoint serviced by a dispatch engine located upstream in the hierarchy and wherein the control signal received by each downstream dispatch engine comprises dispatch signals transmitted by the dispatch engine located upstream in the hierarchy; wherein the endpoints serviced by the plurality of dispatch engines further include electric power-consuming loads that consume electric power from the electric power grid. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A hierarchical system comprising:
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a hierarchy of systems wherein each system includes; an aggregation of energy consuming loads wherein each energy consuming load of the aggregation includes electronics configured to generate a bid comprising a state indicating urgency and a consumption power value; an aggregate dispatch controller comprising a computer configured to receive the bids of the energy consuming loads of the aggregation and to compute an initial dispatch signal for a next time interval and to transmit the initial dispatch signal to the energy consuming loads of the aggregation; wherein the electronics of each energy consuming load of the aggregation further decides whether to operate the energy consuming load over the next time interval at the bid consumption power value based on comparison of its bid state with the initial dispatch signal; and wherein the aggregate dispatch controller is further configured to update the dispatch signal over the next time interval based on information acquired over the next time interval and to transmit the updated dispatch signal to the energy consuming loads of the aggregation, the electronics of each energy consuming load of the aggregation updating the decision to operate the energy consuming load over the next time interval at the bid consumption power value as a function of time based on comparison of the updated dispatch signal with its bid state; wherein the aggregate dispatch controller of each lower-level system in the hierarchy of systems is an effective energy consuming load in the system above it in the hierarchy.
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23. An apparatus comprising:
a load controller configured to control electric power consumption by an electric power-consuming load in accord with a dispatch signal received by the load controller, the load controller including; a power interface element comprising electric power circuitry configured to conduct AC electric power capable of powering the electric power-consuming load; and a logic element comprising an electronic data processing device configured to receive a dispatch signal and to control power delivered to the electric power-consuming load by the power interface element based on the received dispatch signal, the logic element not containing electric power circuitry configured to conduct AC electric power capable of powering the electric power-consuming load; wherein the logic element and the power interface element are separate units that are operatively connected to define the load controller with the logic element powered by low voltage DC power received from the power interface element. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27)
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