System and method for providing voltage regulation in a power distribution network
First Claim
1. A method of using a computer system to regulate a low voltage at a customer premises supplied power via a first medium voltage power line, comprising:
- storing in a memory a plurality of data sets, each data set comprises a supply voltage data, a supply current data, and data of a measured low voltage;
wherein the supply voltage data of each data set comprises data of a voltage supplied to the first medium voltage power line;
wherein the supply current data of each data set comprises data of a current supplied to the first medium voltage power line concurrently with the supply voltage of the data set;
wherein the data of a measured low voltage of each data set comprises data of a measurement of a voltage of a low voltage power line conductor receiving power from the first medium voltage power line when receiving the supply voltage and the supply current;
accessing one or more of the plurality of data sets to determine a voltage to supply to the first medium voltage power line;
outputting data of the determined voltage to supply to the first medium voltage power line; and
determining a present supply current that comprises one from the group of;
a current presently being supplied to the first medium voltage power line and a current to be supplied to the first medium voltage power line;
wherein said accessing comprises;
retrieving a first supply voltage and a second supply voltage from memory; and
interpolating between the first supply voltage and the second supply voltage to determine an interpolated voltage.
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Abstract
A system, device and method for regulating the voltage at a customer premises that is supplied power via a first medium voltage power line is provided. In one embodiment, the method of using a computer system comprises determining medium voltage (MV) data comprising data of the voltage supplied to the first medium voltage power line at a plurality of times, storing the MV data for each of the plurality of times in a memory, determining current data comprising data of a current supplied to the medium voltage power line at the plurality of times, storing the current data at each of the plurality of times in memory in association with the voltage data of the same time. In addition, the method includes receiving low voltage data comprising data of a voltage measurement of a low voltage power line conductor at the customer premises at a plurality of times, storing at least some of the low voltage data in memory in association with MV data that corresponds to the voltage supplied to the first medium voltage power line during the voltage measurement of the low voltage power line conductor, and determining a supply voltage to be supplied to the first medium voltage power line based on the current data stored in memory, MV data stored in memory, and the low voltage data stored in memory.
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24 Claims
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1. A method of using a computer system to regulate a low voltage at a customer premises supplied power via a first medium voltage power line, comprising:
- storing in a memory a plurality of data sets, each data set comprises a supply voltage data, a supply current data, and data of a measured low voltage;
wherein the supply voltage data of each data set comprises data of a voltage supplied to the first medium voltage power line;
wherein the supply current data of each data set comprises data of a current supplied to the first medium voltage power line concurrently with the supply voltage of the data set;
wherein the data of a measured low voltage of each data set comprises data of a measurement of a voltage of a low voltage power line conductor receiving power from the first medium voltage power line when receiving the supply voltage and the supply current;
accessing one or more of the plurality of data sets to determine a voltage to supply to the first medium voltage power line;
outputting data of the determined voltage to supply to the first medium voltage power line; and
determining a present supply current that comprises one from the group of;
a current presently being supplied to the first medium voltage power line and a current to be supplied to the first medium voltage power line;
wherein said accessing comprises;
retrieving a first supply voltage and a second supply voltage from memory; and
interpolating between the first supply voltage and the second supply voltage to determine an interpolated voltage. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
- storing in a memory a plurality of data sets, each data set comprises a supply voltage data, a supply current data, and data of a measured low voltage;
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11. A method of using a computer to regulate a voltage at a customer premises supplied power via a first medium voltage power line, comprising:
- determining medium voltage (MV) data comprising data of the voltage supplied to the first medium voltage power line at a plurality of times;
storing the MV data for each of the plurality of times in a memory;
receiving low voltage data comprising data of a low voltage measurement at the customer premises at a plurality of times;
storing at least some of the low voltage data in memory in association with MV data that corresponds to the voltage supplied to the first medium voltage power line during the voltage measurement of the low voltage data;
determining a voltage to be supplied to the first medium voltage power line based on the MV data stored in memory and the low voltage data stored in memory; and
outputting the determined voltage. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
- determining medium voltage (MV) data comprising data of the voltage supplied to the first medium voltage power line at a plurality of times;
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23. A method of using a computer to regulate the voltage at a customer premises supplied power via a first medium voltage power line, comprising:
- determining medium voltage (MV) data comprising data of the voltage supplied to the first medium voltage power line at a plurality of times;
storing the MV data for each of the plurality of times in a memory;
determining current data comprising data of a current supplied to the medium voltage power line at the plurality of times;
storing the current data at each of the plurality of times in memory in association with the voltage data of the same time;
receiving low voltage data comprising data of a voltage measurement of a low voltage power line conductor at the customer premises at a plurality of times;
storing at least some of the low voltage data in memory in association with MV data that corresponds to the voltage supplied to the first medium voltage power line during the voltage measurement of the low voltage power line conductor; and
determining a supply voltage to be supplied to the first medium voltage power line based on the current data stored in memory, the MV data stored in memory, and the low voltage data stored in memory;
receiving new low voltage data comprising data of a voltage measurement of the low voltage power line conductor at the customer premises taken while the supply voltage is being supplied to the first medium voltage power line; and
storing the new low voltage data in memory in association with data of the supply voltage. - View Dependent Claims (24)
- determining medium voltage (MV) data comprising data of the voltage supplied to the first medium voltage power line at a plurality of times;
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