Dynamic control system for power sub-network
First Claim
1. A dynamic power control system for a power network, comprising:
- one or more switchable power nodes, each having an associated priority level and each comprising a switch element that operates in a first state to electrically couple a first subset of a plurality of power lines and a second subset of said plurality of power lines and that operates in a second state to electrically isolate said first subset of said plurality of power lines from said second subset of said plurality of power lines, and a switch actuator that actuates said switch element to a switch state, said switch state comprising one of said first state, said second state, and zero or more additional states;
a control function which receives utility information that is associated with one of a plurality of system priority levels each of which is associated with one of a plurality of switch state configurations of said respective switch states of said one or more switchable power nodes in said power network, and effects actuation of said respective switch actuators of corresponding one or more of said one or more switchable power nodes that require actuation to comply with said respective switch state configuration associated with said received utility information; and
a switchable power node configuration setting function for setting said respective priority levels respectively associated with said respective one or more switchable flower nodes.
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Abstract
A dynamic power control system for controlling power utilization on a local level in a power sub-network of a power grid is presented. The power sub-network is configured with switchable power nodes, each having an associated priority level and each having a switch element that operates to switch coupling and uncoupling of first and second subsets of power lines in the sub-network. A sub-network controller monitors utility information that is associated with one of a plurality of system priority levels each of which is associated with one of a plurality of switch state configurations of the respective switch states of the switchable power nodes in the power sub-network, and effects the switch states of the switchable power nodes to comply with the switch state configuration associated with the received utility information.
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26 Claims
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1. A dynamic power control system for a power network, comprising:
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one or more switchable power nodes, each having an associated priority level and each comprising a switch element that operates in a first state to electrically couple a first subset of a plurality of power lines and a second subset of said plurality of power lines and that operates in a second state to electrically isolate said first subset of said plurality of power lines from said second subset of said plurality of power lines, and a switch actuator that actuates said switch element to a switch state, said switch state comprising one of said first state, said second state, and zero or more additional states; a control function which receives utility information that is associated with one of a plurality of system priority levels each of which is associated with one of a plurality of switch state configurations of said respective switch states of said one or more switchable power nodes in said power network, and effects actuation of said respective switch actuators of corresponding one or more of said one or more switchable power nodes that require actuation to comply with said respective switch state configuration associated with said received utility information; and a switchable power node configuration setting function for setting said respective priority levels respectively associated with said respective one or more switchable flower nodes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for dynamically controlling power usage in a power network, said method comprising the steps of:
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receiving utility information; associating said utility information with one of a plurality of system priority levels; associating said one of said plurality of system priority levels with one of a plurality of switch state configurations each representing a particular configuration representing respective switch states of one or more switchable power nodes in said power network, each said one or more switchable power nodes having an associated priority level and comprising a switch element that operates in a first state to electrically couple a first subset of a plurality of power lines and a second subset of said plurality of power lines and that operates in a second state to electrically isolate said first subset of said plurality of power lines from said second subset of said plurality of power lines, and a switch actuator that actuates said switch element to a switch state, said switch state comprising one of said first state, said second state, and zero or more additional states; and effecting actuation of said respective switch actuators of corresponding one or more of said one or more switchable power nodes that require actuation to comply with said respective switch state configuration associated with said one of said priority levels that is associated with said received utility information. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A computer readable storage medium tangibly embodying program instructions which, when executed by a computer, implements a method for dynamically controlling power usage in a power network, said method comprising the steps of:
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receiving data input that represents utility information; associating said utility information with one of a plurality of system priority levels; associating said one of said plurality of system priority levels with one of a plurality of switch state configurations each representing a particular configuration representing respective switch states of one or more switchable power nodes in said power network, each said one or more switchable power nodes having an associated priority level and comprising a switch element that operates in a first state to electrically couple a first subset of a plurality of power lines and a second subset of said plurality of power lines and that operates in a second state to electrically isolate said first subset of said plurality of power lines from said second subset of said plurality of power lines, and a switch actuator that actuates said switch element to a switch state, said switch state comprising one of said first state, said second state, and zero or more additional states; and generating computer instructions to effect actuation of said respective switch actuators of corresponding one or more of said one or more switchable power nodes that require actuation to comply with said respective switch state configuration associated with said one of said priority levels that is associated with said received utility information. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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