USING DEMAND SIDE RESOURCES TO PROVIDE FREQUENCY REGULATION
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1. A method comprising:
- at each electrical load of an aggregation of loads, generating a load status report comprising an urgency value and a power level;
at an aggregation dispatch controller, generating a dispatch signal based on the generated load status reports and information indicative of electrical frequency; and
at each electrical load of the aggregation, operating the load at the reported power level if the reported urgency value satisfies the dispatch signal and not operating the load at the reported power level if the reported urgency value does not satisfy the dispatch signal.
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Abstract
In a direct load control system supporting frequency control of an electrical grid, at each electrical load of an aggregation of loads, a load status report is generated comprising an urgency value and a power level. At an aggregation dispatch controller, a dispatch signal is generated based on the generated load status reports and information indicative of electrical frequency. At each electrical load of the aggregation, the load is operated at the reported power level if the reported urgency value satisfies the dispatch signal and is not operated at the reported power level if the reported urgency value does not satisfy the dispatch signal.
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1. A method comprising:
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at each electrical load of an aggregation of loads, generating a load status report comprising an urgency value and a power level; at an aggregation dispatch controller, generating a dispatch signal based on the generated load status reports and information indicative of electrical frequency; and at each electrical load of the aggregation, operating the load at the reported power level if the reported urgency value satisfies the dispatch signal and not operating the load at the reported power level if the reported urgency value does not satisfy the dispatch signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system comprising:
a dispatch controller configured to; generate a dispatch signal based on information indicative of electrical frequency and based on load status reports received from an aggregation of electrical loads wherein each load status report comprises an urgency value and a power level, and transmit the generated dispatch signal to the electrical loads of the population. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A system comprising:
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an aggregation of energy consuming loads wherein each energy consuming load of the aggregation includes electronics configured to generate a status report comprising a state indicating urgency and a consumption power value; an aggregate dispatch controller comprising a computer configured to receive the status reports 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 consumption power value of its status report based on comparison of its 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 consumption power value of its status report as a function of time based on comparison of the updated dispatch signal with its state. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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