System and method for electric grid utilization and optimization

• US 20100217550A1
• Filed: 09/11/2009
• Published: 08/26/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Alan McCord, Brian R. Galvin, Jason Crabtree, Jimmy Jia, Pravin Raian
• Original Assignee: Alan McCord, Brian R. Galvin, Jason Crabtree, Jimmy Jia, Pravin Raian
• Inventors: Raian, Pravin, Jia, Jimmy, Galvin, Brian R., McCord, Alan, Crabtree, Jason
• Application Number:
  US12/584,789
• Publication Number:
  US 20100217550A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/62
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00002 characterised by monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00016 using a wired telecommunication network or a data transmission bus
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00028 involving the use of Internet protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00034 the elements or equipment being or involving an electric power substation
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2203/20 Simulating, e g planning, reliability check, modelling or computer assisted design [CAD]
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/007 Arrangements for selectively connecting the load or loads to one or several among a plurality of power lines or power sources for providing uninterruptable power supply H02J9/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/00 Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 10/30 State monitoring, e.g. fault, temperature monitoring, insulator monitoring, corona discharge
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 40/124 using wired telecommunication networks or data transmission busses
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 40/20 Information technology specific aspects, e.g. CAD, simulation, modelling, system security

Abstract

A system for electric grid utilization and optimization, comprising a communications interface executing on a network-connected server and adapted to receive information from a plurality of iNodes, the plurality of iNodes comprising a source iNode, a sink iNode, and a plurality of transmission or distribution iNodes, an event database coupled to the communications interface and adapted to receive events from a plurality of iNodes via the communications interface, a modeling server coupled to the communications interface, and a statistics server coupled to the event database and the modeling server, wherein the modeling server, on receiving a request to establish an allocation of at least one of transmission losses, distribution losses, and ancillary services to a specific sink iNode, computes at least one virtual path for flow of electricity between a source iNode and the specific sink iNode and wherein the modeling server further computes, for each transmission or distribution iNode included in the computed virtual path, at least one energy loss and allocates a portion thereof to the specific sink iNode, is disclosed.

Claims

1. A system for electric grid utilization and optimization, comprising:

a communications interface executing on a network-connected server and adapted to receive information from a plurality of iNodes, the plurality of iNodes comprising a source iNode, a sink iNode, and a plurality of transmission or distribution iNodes;

an event database coupled to the communications interface and adapted to receive events from a plurality of iNodes via the communications interface;

a modeling server coupled to the communications interface; and

a statistics server coupled to the event database and the modeling server;

wherein the modeling server, on receiving a request to establish an allocation of at least one of transmission losses, distribution losses, and ancillary services to a specific sink iNode, computes at least one virtual path for flow of electricity between a source iNode and the specific sink iNode; and

wherein the modeling server further computes, for each transmission or distribution iNode included in the computed virtual path, at least one energy loss and allocates a portion thereof to the specific sink iNode.

2. A method of utilizing an electric grid, comprising the steps of:

(a) receiving a request at a network-connected modeling server to establish an allocation of at least one of transmission losses, distribution losses, and ancillary services to a specific sink iNode;

(b) computing at least a virtual energy flow path between a source iNode and the specific sink iNode;

(c) computing at least one energy loss for each transmission or distribution iNode included in the computed virtual path; and

(d) allocating a portion of each computed energy loss to the specific sink iNode.