Electrical power distribution control methods, electrical energy demand monitoring methods, and power management devices
First Claim
1. An electrical power distribution control method comprising:
- applying electrical energy from an electrical power distribution system to a load;
varying a single threshold to comprise a plurality of different values at a plurality of respective moments in time, and wherein the single threshold corresponds to an electrical characteristic of the electrical energy; and
adjusting an amount of the electrical energy applied to the load as a result of the electrical characteristic of the electrical energy triggering one of the values of the single threshold at one of the moments in time when the single threshold comprises the one of the values.
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Abstract
Electrical power distribution control methods, electrical energy demand monitoring methods, and power management devices are described. In one aspect, an electrical power distribution control method includes providing electrical energy from an electrical power distribution system, applying the electrical energy to a load, providing a plurality of different values for a threshold at a plurality of moments in time and corresponding to an electrical characteristic of the electrical energy, and adjusting an amount of the electrical energy applied to the load responsive to an electrical characteristic of the electrical energy triggering one of the values of the threshold at the respective moment in time.
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67 Claims
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1. An electrical power distribution control method comprising:
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applying electrical energy from an electrical power distribution system to a load; varying a single threshold to comprise a plurality of different values at a plurality of respective moments in time, and wherein the single threshold corresponds to an electrical characteristic of the electrical energy; and adjusting an amount of the electrical energy applied to the load as a result of the electrical characteristic of the electrical energy triggering one of the values of the single threshold at one of the moments in time when the single threshold comprises the one of the values. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. An electrical power distribution control method comprising:
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applying electrical energy from an electrical power distribution system to a load; providing a plurality of different values for a threshold at a plurality of moments in time and corresponding to an electrical characteristic of the electrical energy; adjusting an amount of the electrical energy applied to the load as a result of an electrical characteristic of the electrical energy triggering one of the values of the threshold at the respective moment in time; and wherein the providing the different values comprises randomly assigning the values.
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25. An electrical energy demand monitoring method comprising:
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applying electrical energy from an electrical power distribution system to a plurality of loads coupled with the electrical power distribution system; monitoring an electrical characteristic of the electrical energy; adjusting an amount of electrical energy which is consumed by at least one of the loads as a result of the monitoring; and calculating a deficit of the electrical energy of the electrical power distribution system using the monitoring. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. An electrical energy demand monitoring method comprising:
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applying electrical energy from an electrical power distribution system to a plurality of loads coupled with the electrical power distribution system; monitoring an electrical characteristic of the electrical energy; adjusting an amount of the electrical energy applied to at least one of the loads as a result of the monitoring; calculating a deficit of the electrical energy of the electrical power distribution system using the monitoring; wherein the calculating comprises; determining a number of the loads having the application of electrical energy adjusted using the monitoring; and quantifying an amount of electrical energy consumed by the number of the loads; associating a plurality of threshold values with respective ones of the loads; wherein the adjusting comprises adjusting as a result of the electrical characteristic triggering respective ones of the threshold values; and wherein the determining comprises determining using the threshold values.
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42. An electrical power distribution control method comprising:
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applying electrical energy from an electrical power distribution system to a load using a power management device; detecting a power oscillation within the electrical power distribution system; and adjusting an amount of electrical energy applied to the load using the power management device as a result of the detecting; and wherein the detecting comprises monitoring system frequency of the electrical energy and the monitoring comprises; decimating data of the system frequency of the electrical energy; low pass filtering the data; Fourier processing the data; and comparing the processed data to an oscillation threshold. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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54. A power management device comprising:
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an interface configured to receive electrical energy from an electrical power distribution system; and control circuitry configured to control an amount of the electrical energy provided to a load coupled with the power management device, to vary a single threshold to comprise a plurality of different values at a plurality of moments in time and corresponding to an electrical characteristic of the electrical energy, to monitor the electrical characteristic of the electrical energy with respect to the threshold, and to adjust the amount of the electrical energy provided to the load as a result of the electrical characteristic of the electrical energy triggering one of the values of the single threshold at one of the moments in time when the single threshold comprises the one of the values. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67)
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