Method and apparatus for energy control in an energy storage
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- determining a total quantity of energy stored in an energy storage;
obtaining energy information stored in an energy provide database, the obtained energy information comprising energy type data identifying a first energy type, wherein, during a certain time interval, energy of the first energy type was provided to the energy storage;
obtaining energy amount information indicating the amount of the energy of the first energy type that was provided to the energy storage during said certain time period;
based at least in part on the energy type data stored in the energy provider database and the energy amount information, determining the current composition of the energy stored in the energy storage, wherein determining the current composition comprises;
determining a quantity of energy stored in the energy storage that is of the first energy type and a quantity of energy stored in the energy storage that is of a second energy type; and
storing in a data storage information identifying the determined current composition of the energy stored in the energy storage.
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Abstract
A method, performed in an apparatus for energy control in an energy storage, for determining a composition of energy in the energy storage using a data storage holding information of a determined composition of the energy in the energy storage. The composition of energy comprises one or more energy types and a proportion of each energy type. The method includes measuring a quantity of energy provided in the energy storage, obtaining from the energy provider data indicative of a property of the energy, calculating a proportion of each energy type in the energy based on the obtained data, determining the composition of energy based on the calculated proportion of each energy type in the energy in the energy storage and the measured quantity of energy, and storing the determined composition in the data storage.
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20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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determining a total quantity of energy stored in an energy storage; obtaining energy information stored in an energy provide database, the obtained energy information comprising energy type data identifying a first energy type, wherein, during a certain time interval, energy of the first energy type was provided to the energy storage; obtaining energy amount information indicating the amount of the energy of the first energy type that was provided to the energy storage during said certain time period; based at least in part on the energy type data stored in the energy provider database and the energy amount information, determining the current composition of the energy stored in the energy storage, wherein determining the current composition comprises;
determining a quantity of energy stored in the energy storage that is of the first energy type and a quantity of energy stored in the energy storage that is of a second energy type; andstoring in a data storage information identifying the determined current composition of the energy stored in the energy storage. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus for energy control in an energy storage, the energy storage storing energy having a composition of energy, the composition of energy comprising one or more energy types, the apparatus comprising:
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a first interface; and a controller coupled to the first interface and to the second interface, wherein the controller is configured to; determine a total quantity of energy stored in the energy storage; employ the first interface to obtain energy information stored in an energy provider'"'"'s database, the energy information comprising data identifying a first energy type, wherein, during a certain time interval, energy of the first energy type was provided to the energy storage; obtain energy amount information indicating the amount of the energy of the first energy type that was provided to the energy storage during said certain time period; based at least in part on the energy type data stored in the energy provider database and the energy amount information, determine the current composition of the energy stored in the energy storage, wherein determining the composition comprises;
determining a quantity of energy stored in the energy storage that is of the first energy type and a quantity of energy stored in the energy storage that is of a second energy type; andemploy the second interface to store in a data storage information identifying the determined current composition of the energy stored in the energy storage. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method, comprising:
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determining an initial total quantity of energy stored in an energy storage, said energy stored in the energy storage including energy produced using a renewable energy source; determining an initial composition of said energy stored in the energy storage, wherein determining the composition of said energy comprises determining the percentage of said energy that was produced using a renewable energy source; during a time period, adding to the energy storage energy obtained from an energy provider; obtaining from the energy provider energy composition information identifying the composition of the energy that was obtained from the energy provider during the time period; obtaining energy quantity information indicating the quantity of energy obtained from the energy provider during the time period; based at least in part on the determined initial total quantity of energy stored in the energy storage, the initial composition, the energy composition information obtained from the energy provider, and the energy quantity information indicating the quantity of energy obtained from the energy provider during the time period, determining a current composition of the energy stored in the energy storage; and storing in a data storage information identifying the determined current composition of the energy stored in the energy storage. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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