Microgrid control system
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1. A method for configuring a microgrid, the method comprising:
- initializing a first configuration of the microgrid having at least one distributed energy resource and a set of microgrid elements, the set of microgrid elements being connected in a peer-to-peer processor network;
verifying an address for each element in the set of microgrid elements;
receiving status data from the set of microgrid elements that indicates a reconfiguration of the microgrid;
responsive to receiving status data from the set of microgrid elements that indicates the reconfiguration of the microgrid, re-aligning the set of microgrid elements to form a second grid configuration;
responsive to receiving status data from the set of microgrid elements that indicates the reconfiguration of the microgrid, wherein the reconfiguration includes failure of a master processor, re-designating a functional slave processor as a re-configured master processor; and
executing the second grid configuration.
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Abstract
A method, apparatus, and computer program product is provided for configuring a microgrid. A first configuration of the microgrid having a set of microgrid elements is initialized. An address for each element in the set of microgrid elements of the microgrid is verified. In response to receiving status data from the set of microgrid elements connected in a peer-to-peer network indicating a reconfiguration of the microgrid, the set of microgrid elements is re-aligned to form a second grid configuration. The second grid configuration is executed.
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1. A method for configuring a microgrid, the method comprising:
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initializing a first configuration of the microgrid having at least one distributed energy resource and a set of microgrid elements, the set of microgrid elements being connected in a peer-to-peer processor network; verifying an address for each element in the set of microgrid elements; receiving status data from the set of microgrid elements that indicates a reconfiguration of the microgrid; responsive to receiving status data from the set of microgrid elements that indicates the reconfiguration of the microgrid, re-aligning the set of microgrid elements to form a second grid configuration; responsive to receiving status data from the set of microgrid elements that indicates the reconfiguration of the microgrid, wherein the reconfiguration includes failure of a master processor, re-designating a functional slave processor as a re-configured master processor; and executing the second grid configuration. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method for configuring a microgrid, the method comprising:
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initializing a first configuration of the microgrid having at least one distributed energy resource and a set of microgrid elements, the set of microgrid elements being connected in a peer-to-peer processor network; verifying an address for each element in the set of microgrid elements; receiving status data from the set of microgrid elements that indicates a reconfiguration of the microgrid, and wherein the set of microgrid elements comprises at least one controller element, and further comprising; sending the status data generated by the at least one controller element within the set of microgrid elements to a set of distributed energy resource processors on the microgrid using the peer-to-peer network; and wherein the set of microgrid elements comprises at least one distributed energy cluster processor which is a master processor, the rest of the processors being slave processors, and further comprising sending the status data generated by the master processor to every slave processor in the set of distributed energy resource processors; responsive to receiving status data from the set of microgrid elements that indicates the reconfiguration of the microgrid, re-aligning the set of microgrid elements to form a second grid configuration; and executing the second grid configuration.
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6. A method for configuring a microgrid, the method comprising:
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initializing a first configuration of the microgrid having at least one distributed energy resource and a set of microgrid elements, the set of microgrid elements being connected in a peer-to-peer processor network, wherein the processor network is a network within a microgrid local area network, the processor network connecting all cluster processors, and the local area network connecting the cluster processors, a data base server, and a router, and wherein the set of microgrid elements in the processor network comprises a first controller element and a second controller element, wherein the processor network further comprises a peer-to-peer controller network connecting all sensors and the first controller element and the second controller element, wherein each of the local area network, the processor network, and the controller network have a ring topology using managed Ethernet switches, and the controller network further using a counter-rotating ring forming the ring topology into a redundant ring network topology; sending the status data generated by the first controller element on the microgrid to the second controller element in the set of microgrid elements using the controller network; verifying an address for each element in the set of microgrid elements; receiving status data from the set of microgrid elements that indicates a reconfiguration of the microgrid; responsive to receiving status data from the set of microgrid elements that indicates the reconfiguration of the microgrid, re-aligning the set of microgrid elements to form a second grid configuration; and executing the second grid configuration.
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7. A method for configuring a microgrid, the method comprising:
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initializing a first configuration of the microgrid having at least one distributed energy resource and a set of microgrid elements, the set of microgrid elements being connected in a peer-to-peer processor network, wherein the peer-to-peer processor network is a network within a microgrid local area network and wherein the set of microgrid elements in the processor network comprises a first distributed energy resource cluster processor and a second distributed energy resource cluster processor making a set of cluster processors, wherein the processor network connects the first distributed energy resource cluster processor and the second distributed energy resource cluster processor in the set of cluster processors; sending status data generated by the first distributed energy resource cluster processor to the second distributed energy resource cluster processor in the set of cluster processors using the processor network, wherein the status data comprises at least one of a state of health of one of the set of cluster processors and a measurement of a load associated with the at least one distributed energy resource; verifying an address for each element in the set of microgrid elements; receiving status data from the set of microgrid elements that indicates a reconfiguration of the microgrid; responsive to receiving status data from the set of microgrid elements that indicates the reconfiguration of the microgrid, re-aligning the set of microgrid elements to form a second grid configuration; and executing the second grid configuration.
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8. A method for managing a microgrid, the method comprising:
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receiving status data from a set of microgrid controller elements connected in a peer-to-peer controller network connecting the set of microgrid controller elements within a microgrid local area network of a microgrid having at least one distributed energy resource, responsive to the status data indicating a change in the microgrid that exceeds a threshold level, re-aligning the set of microgrid controller elements and a set of tasks associated with the set of microgrid controller elements to form a re-aligned microgrid configuration;
executing the re-aligned microgrid configuration;sending the status data generated by a first controller element in the set of microgrid controller elements to a second controller element in the set of microgrid controller elements; and sending the status data generated by the first controller element in the set of microgrid controller elements to every processor in a set of distributed energy resource cluster processors on the microgrid using a peer-to-peer processor network. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus comprising:
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a microgrid having at least one distributed energy resource and a set of microgrid elements; and a microgrid controller associated with the microgrid configured to initialize a first configuration of the microgrid;
verify an address for each element in the set of microgrid elements;
re-align the set of microgrid elements to form a second grid configuration in response to receiving status data from the set of microgrid elements connected in a peer-to-peer network that indicates a reconfiguration of the microgrid; and
execute the second grid configuration, wherein the peer-to-peer network is a network within a microgrid control center network and wherein the peer-to-peer network further comprises;a peer-to-peer redundant ring controller network sending the status data generated by a controller element within the set of microgrid elements to a set of distributed energy resource processors on the microgrid using the peer-to-peer control center network; and a peer-to-peer processor network sending the status data generated by a distributed energy cluster processor to every processor in the set of distributed energy resource processors. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer program product for configuring a microgrid, the computer program product comprising:
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a computer recordable storage medium; program code, stored on the computer recordable storage medium, for initializing a first configuration of the microgrid having at least one distributed energy resource and a set of microgrid elements; program code, stored on the computer recordable storage medium, for verifying an address for each element in the set of microgrid elements; program code, stored on the computer recordable storage medium, for re-aligning the set of microgrid elements to form a second grid configuration in response to receiving status data from the set of microgrid elements connected in a peer-to-peer network that indicates a reconfiguration of the microgrid; program code, stored on the computer recordable storage medium, for executing the second grid configuration; program code, stored on the computer recordable storage medium, for sending the status data generated by a controller element within the set of microgrid elements to a set of distributed energy resource processors on the microgrid using the peer-to-peer local area network; and program code, stored on the computer recordable storage medium, for sending the status data generated by a first distributed energy cluster processor to every processor in the set of distributed energy resource processors. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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