SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DECENTRALIZED ENERGY RESOURCE BASED ACTIVE VIRTUAL POWER ENERGY MANAGEMENT

• US 20150220099A1
• Filed: 01/29/2015
• Published: 08/06/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: YOO, Yoon-Sik, LEE, Il-Woo
• Granted Patent: US 9,886,014 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00002 characterised by monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/004 Generation forecast, e.g. methods or systems for forecasting future energy generation
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/46 Controlling of the sharing of output between the generators, converters, or transformers
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/00 Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 10/30 State monitoring, e.g. fault, temperature monitoring, insulator monitoring, corona discharge
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 10/50 Systems or methods supporting the power network operation or management, involving a certain degree of interaction with the load-side end user applications

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system and method for decentralized energy resource based active virtual power energy management. According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a system for decentralized energy resource based active virtual power energy management comprising: a meter data management device receiving a customer load profile from a customer; a resource aggregator obtaining energy generation resource state information and position information of a decentralized energy resource from at least one decentralized energy resource; and a virtual energy generation resource management device generating a decentralized energy resource load profile using the energy generation resource state information and providing energy required to the customer based on the customer load profile, the decentralized energy resource load profile and the position information.

Claims

1. A system for decentralized energy resource based active virtual power energy management comprising:

a meter data management device receiving a customer load profile from a customer;

a resource aggregator obtaining energy generation resource state information and position information of a decentralized energy resource from at least one decentralized energy resource; and

a virtual energy generation resource management device generating a decentralized energy resource load profile using the energy generation resource state information and providing energy required to the customer based on the customer load profile, the decentralized energy resource load profile and the position information.

2. A device for decentralized energy resource based active virtual power energy management comprising:

a customer load profile acquisition unit obtaining a customer load profile from a customer;

a decentralized energy resource load profile acquisition unit obtaining a decentralized energy resource load profile from the decentralized energy resources which provide energy to the customer;

a position information acquisition unit obtaining position information of the decentralized energy resource;

a decentralized energy resource determination unit analyzing an energy using pattern of the customer using the customer load profile, collecting a candidate group of the decentralized energy resources which generate energy corresponding to the energy using pattern of the customer, and selecting a decentralized energy resource from the candidate group of the decentralized energy resources using the position information; and

a decentralized energy resource operation requesting unit requesting energy production to the selected decentralized energy resource.

3. The device of claim 2, further comprising a decentralized energy resource cost estimating unit estimating cost by comparing costs of energy productions which the decentralized energy resources generate when the decentralized energy resource determination unit selects the decentralized energy resource,

wherein the decentralized energy resource determination unit, when the production cost is a predetermined value or higher, excludes a decentralized energy resource of which the production cost is a predetermined value or higher.

4. The device of claim 2, wherein the decentralized energy resource determination unit comprises:

a production energy pattern acquisition unit obtaining an energy pattern which is generated from the decentralized energy resource;

a customer threshold energy acquisition unit obtaining energy threshold consumed by the customer;

a decentralized energy resource selection unit selecting a decentralized energy resource having the value which is the energy threshold or higher consumed by the customer from the decentralized energy resources; and

a clustering unit arranging energy outputs being outputted from the selected decentralized energy resource in energy arrangement space and then controlling the energy outputs not to result in energy output having energy less than the energy threshold consumed by the customer.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein the clustering unit, when the energy output having energy less than the energy threshold consumed by the customer is resulted in, controls the energy outputs not to result in energy output having energy less than the energy threshold consumed by the customer by time shifting at least one energy output selected from the energy outputs.

6. The device of claim 2, wherein the decentralized energy resource load profile acquisition unit obtains a decentralized energy resource load profile periodically from the decentralized energy resource which supplies energy to the customer.

7. The device of claim 2, wherein the customer load profile comprises energy consumption information from the customer,

wherein the decentralized energy resource load profile comprises energy information which is generated from the decentralized energy resource.

8. A method for decentralized energy resource based active virtual power energy management comprising:

obtaining a customer load profile from a customer;

obtaining a decentralized energy resource load profile from a decentralized energy resource which provides energy to the customer;

obtaining position information of the decentralized energy resource;

analyzing an energy using pattern of the customer and collecting a candidate group of the decentralized energy resources which generate energy corresponding to the energy using pattern of the customer;

selecting the decentralized energy resource from the candidate group of the decentralized energy resources using the position information; and

requesting energy production to the selected decentralized energy resource.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising estimating cost by comparing costs of energy productions which the decentralized energy resources generate,

wherein when the decentralized energy resource is selected, a decentralized energy resource of which the production cost is a predetermined value or higher is excluded.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the step of selecting the decentralized energy resource comprises:

obtaining an energy pattern which is generated from the decentralized energy resource;

obtaining energy threshold consumed by the customer;

selecting decentralized energy resources having the value which are the energy threshold or higher consumed by the customer from the decentralized energy resources; and

arranging energy outputs being outputted from the selected decentralized energy resources in energy arrangement space and then controlling the energy outputs not to result in energy output having energy less than the energy threshold consumed by the customer.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the step of controlling the energy output, when the energy output having energy less than the energy threshold consumed by the customer is resulted in, comprises controlling the energy outputs not to result in energy output having energy less than the energy threshold consumed by the customer by time shifting at least one energy output selected from the energy outputs.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the step of obtaining a customer load profile comprises obtaining a decentralized energy resource load profile periodically from the decentralized energy resource which supplies energy to the customer.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the customer load profile comprises energy consumption information from the customer,

wherein the decentralized energy resource load profile comprises energy information which is generated from the decentralized energy resource.

14. The method of claim 8, further comprising providing energy to the customer by the decentralized energy resource which receives the request, wherein when the decentralized energy resource is more than one, the plurality of the decentralized energy resources are driven in parallel to supply energy to the customer.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising storing a history for the energy provided from the decentralized energy resources to the customer.