DETERMINING AN ORIENTATION OF A METERING DEVICE IN AN ENERGY GENERATION SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for measuring power at an energy-generation (EG) site, the method comprising:
- requesting, by a processor, power measurement data from a power meter during a predetermined time period,wherein the power meter is configured to measure power usage from the EG site including power provided by;
an electrical utility grid; and
an EG system at the EG site;
receiving, by the processor from the power meter, the power measurement data;
associating, by the processor, a coefficient with the power measurement data based on the direction of the net power flow from the EG site; and
calculating, by the processor, a power measurement for the energy generation site based, in part, on the associated coefficient.
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Abstract
A method comprising requesting power measurement data from a power meter during a predetermined time period, receiving the power measurement data, associating a negative coefficient with the power measurement data if the power measurement is less than zero, associating a positive coefficient with the power measurement data if the power measurement is equal to or greater than zero, and calculating a power measurement for the power generation site based, in part, on the associated coefficients. The power meter can be configured to measure power usage from the EG site including power provided by an electrical utility grid and an EG system at the EG site. The power measurement data may include a first power measurement corresponding to a first phase of power and a second power measurement corresponding to a second phase of power.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for measuring power at an energy-generation (EG) site, the method comprising:
requesting, by a processor, power measurement data from a power meter during a predetermined time period, wherein the power meter is configured to measure power usage from the EG site including power provided by; an electrical utility grid; and an EG system at the EG site; receiving, by the processor from the power meter, the power measurement data; associating, by the processor, a coefficient with the power measurement data based on the direction of the net power flow from the EG site; and calculating, by the processor, a power measurement for the energy generation site based, in part, on the associated coefficient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system comprising:
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one or more processors; and one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums containing instructions configured to cause the one or more processors to perform operations including; generating a request, by the one or more processors, to receive power measurement data from a power meter at an energy-generation (EG) site during a predetermined time period, wherein the power meter is configured to measure power usage from the EG site including power provided by; an electrical utility grid; and an EG system at the EG site; sending the request, by the one or more processors, to the power meter; receiving, by the one or more processors from the power meter, the power measurement data; associating, by the one or more processors, one or more coefficients with the power measurement data based on the direction of the net power flow from the EG site, wherein the associating is performed on subsequent power measurement data received from the power meter, and wherein the association of the one or more coefficients with the power meter are stored in a database; and calculating, by the one or more processors, a power measurement for the energy generation site based, in part, on the associated coefficient. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer-implemented method for measuring power at an energy-generation (EG) site, the method comprising:
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requesting, by a processor, power measurement data from a power meter during a predetermined time period, wherein the power meter is configured to measure power usage from the EG site including power provided by; an electrical utility grid; and an EG system at the EG site; receiving, by the processor from the power meter, the power measurement data; associating power provided by the electrical utility grid with a first coefficient having a first polarity; associating power provided by the EG system with a second coefficient having a second polarity different from the first polarity; determining whether a net power flow from the electrical utility grid and the EG system is of the first polarity or the second polarity; and calculating a power measurement for the power generation site based, in part, on the polarity of the net power flow. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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