Maintaining uniform power consumption from an electric utility by a local load in a power distribution system
First Claim
1. A method of maintaining uniform power consumption from an electric utility by a local load in a power distribution system, the power distribution system comprising a distributed renewable generation (‘
- DRG’
) system, the DRG system capable of providing power to the electric utility and one or more batteries for storage, the method carried out iteratively during operation of the power distribution system, the method comprising;
monitoring, by a control module, present power consumption of the local load from the electric utility;
determining, by the control module, whether the present power consumption is greater than a predefined target power consumption by the local load;
if the present power consumption is not greater than the predefined target power consumption by the local load, storing, by the control module, locally generated power in the batteries;
if the present power consumption is greater than the predefined target power consumption by the local load;
calculating, by the control module, in dependence upon present local power generation by the DRG system, the predefined target power consumption, and the present power consumption of the local load, an amount of locally generated power to provide to the electric utility; and
providing, by the control module, the amount of locally generated power to the electric utility.
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Abstract
Maintaining uniform power consumption from an electric utility by a local load in a power distribution that includes a distributed renewable generation (‘DRG’) system that is capable of providing power to the utility and batteries for storage, where maintaining uniform power consumption is carried out iteratively and includes monitoring present power consumption of the local load from the electric utility; determining whether the present power consumption is greater than a predefined target power consumption by the local load; if the present power consumption is not greater, storing locally generated power in the batteries; if the present power consumption is greater: calculating in dependence upon present local power generation by the DRG system, the predefined target power consumption, and the present power consumption of the local load, an amount of locally generated power to provide to the electric utility; and providing the amount of locally generated power to the electric utility.
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1. A method of maintaining uniform power consumption from an electric utility by a local load in a power distribution system, the power distribution system comprising a distributed renewable generation (‘
- DRG’
) system, the DRG system capable of providing power to the electric utility and one or more batteries for storage, the method carried out iteratively during operation of the power distribution system, the method comprising;monitoring, by a control module, present power consumption of the local load from the electric utility; determining, by the control module, whether the present power consumption is greater than a predefined target power consumption by the local load; if the present power consumption is not greater than the predefined target power consumption by the local load, storing, by the control module, locally generated power in the batteries; if the present power consumption is greater than the predefined target power consumption by the local load; calculating, by the control module, in dependence upon present local power generation by the DRG system, the predefined target power consumption, and the present power consumption of the local load, an amount of locally generated power to provide to the electric utility; and providing, by the control module, the amount of locally generated power to the electric utility. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus for maintaining uniform power consumption from an electric utility by a local load in a power distribution system, the power distribution system comprising a distributed renewable generation (‘
- DRG’
) system, the DRG system capable of providing power to the electric utility and one or more batteries for storage, the apparatus comprising a computer processor, a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions capable of;iteratively during operation of the power distribution system; monitoring, by a control module, present power consumption of the local load from the electric utility; determining, by the control module, whether the present power consumption is greater than a predefined target power consumption by the local load; if the present power consumption is not greater than the predefined target power consumption by the local load, storing, by the control module, locally generated power in the batteries; if the present power consumption is greater than the predefined target power consumption by the local load; calculating, by the control module, in dependence upon present local power generation by the DRG system, the predefined target power consumption, and the present power consumption of the local load, an amount of locally generated power to provide to the electric utility; and providing, by the control module, the amount of locally generated power to the electric utility. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer program product for maintaining uniform power consumption from an electric utility by a local load in a power distribution system, the power distribution system comprising a distributed renewable generation (‘
- DRG’
) system, the DRG system capable of providing power to the electric utility and one or more batteries for storage, the computer program product disposed in a non-transitory computer readable recording medium, the computer program product comprising computer program instructions capable of;iteratively during operation of the power distribution system; monitoring, by a control module, present power consumption of the local load from the electric utility; determining, by the control module, whether the present power consumption is greater than a predefined target power consumption by the local load; if the present power consumption is not greater than the predefined target power consumption by the local load, storing, by the control module, locally generated power in the batteries; if the present power consumption is greater than the predefined target power consumption by the local load; calculating, by the control module, in dependence upon present local power generation by the DRG system, the predefined target power consumption, and the present power consumption of the local load, an amount of locally generated power to provide to the electric utility; and providing, by the control module, the amount of locally generated power to the electric utility. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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