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Computing architecture for autonomous microgrids

  • US 9,148,019 B2
  • Filed: 09/22/2011
  • Issued: 09/29/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method configured for execution in a computing device in a microgrid, the computing device assigned to a particular power source in the microgrid, the method comprising:

  • computing, for the particular power source in the microgrid, an amount of power predicted to be output by the particular power source at a future point in time;

    receiving data from computing devices assigned to a plurality of other power sources in the microgrid, the data pertaining to amounts of power predicted to be output by the plurality of other power sources in the microgrid, respectively, at the future point in time;

    causing a processor to compute and output a value that is indicative of a total amount of power predicted to be output collectively by the particular power source and the plurality of other power sources in the microgrid at the future point in time; and

    causing the processor to output a signal to a switch that controls current flow from the microgrid using a transmission line to another microgrid, the signal comprising data that is indicative of a difference between the total amount of power predicted to be output collectively by the particular power source and the plurality of other power sources in the microgrid at the future point in time and a total amount of power predicted to be consumed by loads in the microgrid.

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