SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO MANAGE RENEWABLE ENERGY ON THE ELECTRIC GRID

• US 20160033986A1
• Filed: 07/29/2015
• Published: 02/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: MelRok, LLC
• Original Assignee: MelRok, LLC
• Inventors: Kamel, Michel Roger, Donahue, Paul W., Dankworth, Jeffrey Alan
• Application Number:
  US14/812,924
• Publication Number:
  US 20160033986A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G05F 1/66 Regulating electric power
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2300/40 wherein a plurality of decentralised, dispersed or local energy generation technologies are operated simultaneously
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/381 Dispersed generators

Abstract

Systems and methods use a platform to send communications and instructions to one or more distributed resources on the grid or microgrid or facility to direct a flow of power from one or more power sources to one or more energy consuming devices.

Claims

1. A method comprising using a platform to send communications and instructions to one or more distributed resources on one or more of an electrical grid, microgrid, and facility to direct a flow of power from one or more power sources to one or more energy consuming devices.

6. The system of claim 1 further comprising two or more independent paths to confirm a control command sent to a grid system.

7. The system of claim 6 wherein the control command is sent through a first path comprising one or more of an FM, AM, VHF, and UHF broadcast network.

8. The system of claim 7 wherein a confirmation command is sent through a second path different from the first path.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein the second path uses one or more, comprising one or more of an Ethernet, cellular, ZigBee, and 900 MHz communication platform.

10. The system of claim 9 wherein the second path implements security features and the first path provides high bandwidth for data transmission.

2. A system comprising a first platform to send communications and instructions to one or more distributed resources on one or more of an electrical grid, microgrid, and facility to direct a flow of power from one or more power sources to one or more energy consuming devices.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein the first platform comprises a first broadcast technology.

4. The system of claim 3 further comprising an apparatus that implements a return path from the one or more power sources and the one or more energy consuming devices to the first platform.

5. The system of claim 4 wherein the return path utilizes one or more of radio frequency (RF) communications, cellular communications, and Internet Protocol (IP) based communications.