Latency-based micro demand response
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- separating a collection of devices configured for participation in a Demand Response (DR) event into an On-to-Off DR device set (“
On-to-Off set”
) and an Off-to-On DR device set (“
Off-to-On set”
);
portioning into one or more transition groups, one or more devices of the On-to-Off set and/or one or more devices of the Off-to-On set, the portioning being based at least partially on latency involved in command communication with each device of the one or more of the devices, the latency including a delay in a signal communication to the device and a time for a state of the device to transition following reception of a signal to transition;
scheduling state transitions of the transition groups such that an energy curtailment during the state transitions meets a curtailment margin of a total curtailment of the DR event; and
executing, during a DR event duration, a micro DR event that includes the state transitions in which the devices in the transition groups are transitioned from a current state to an alternative state and in which the micro DR event curtails a particular curtailment amount that is a portion of a total energy curtailment for the DR event.
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Abstract
A method includes separating a collection of devices configured for participation in a DR event into an On-to-Off DR device set (On-to-Off set) and an Off-to-On DR device set (Off-to-On set). The method includes portioning into transition groups devices of the On-to-Off set and/or devices of the Off-to-On set based at least partially on latency involved in command communication with one or more of the devices. The method includes scheduling state transitions of the transition groups such that an energy curtailment during the state transitions meets a curtailment margin of a total curtailment of the DR event. The method includes executing a micro DR event that includes the state transitions in which the devices in the transition groups are transitioned from a current state to an alternative state and the micro DR event curtails a portion of a total energy curtailment for the DR event.
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20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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separating a collection of devices configured for participation in a Demand Response (DR) event into an On-to-Off DR device set (“
On-to-Off set”
) and an Off-to-On DR device set (“
Off-to-On set”
);portioning into one or more transition groups, one or more devices of the On-to-Off set and/or one or more devices of the Off-to-On set, the portioning being based at least partially on latency involved in command communication with each device of the one or more of the devices, the latency including a delay in a signal communication to the device and a time for a state of the device to transition following reception of a signal to transition; scheduling state transitions of the transition groups such that an energy curtailment during the state transitions meets a curtailment margin of a total curtailment of the DR event; and executing, during a DR event duration, a micro DR event that includes the state transitions in which the devices in the transition groups are transitioned from a current state to an alternative state and in which the micro DR event curtails a particular curtailment amount that is a portion of a total energy curtailment for the DR event. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having encoded therein programming code executable by a processor to perform operations comprising:
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separating a collection of devices configured for participation in a Demand Response (DR) event into an On-to-Off DR device set (“
On-to-Off set”
) and an Off-to-On DR device set (“
Off-to-On set”
);portioning into one or more transition groups one or more devices of the On-to-Off set and/or one or more devices of the Off-to-On set, the portioning being based at least partially on latency involved in command communication with each device of the one or more of the devices, the latency including a delay in a signal communication to the device and a time for a state of the device to transition following reception of a signal to transition; scheduling state transitions of the transition groups such that an energy curtailment during the state transitions meets a curtailment margin of a total curtailment of the DR event; and executing, during a DR event duration, a micro DR event that includes the state transitions in which the devices in the transition groups are transitioned from a current state to an alternative state and in which the micro DR event curtails a particular curtailment amount that is a portion of a total energy curtailment for the DR event. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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