Intelligent electrical distribution grid control system data

• US 8,965,590 B2
• Filed: 06/08/2011
• Issued: 02/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alstom Technology Ltd. (Alstom SA)
• Original Assignee: Alstom Grid Incorporated (Alstom SA)
• Inventors: Boardman, Ethan Clair, Venkata, Subrahmanyam Saraswati
• Primary Examiner(s): DONAGHUE, LARRY D
• Application Number:
  US13/155,615
• Publication Number:
  US 20120316697A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,357 Days
• Field of Search: 700/291, 700/295, 700/289, 700/296
• US Class Current: 700/289
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G05F 1/66 Regulating electric power
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/211 Schema design and management
• 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: Y02B 90/20 Smart grids as enabling technology in buildings sector smart grids supporting the management or operation of end-user stationary applications in general, or like technologies with no associated climate change mitigation effect Y04S20/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/00 Management or operation of end-user stationary applications or the last stages of power distribution; Controlling, monitoring or operating thereof

Abstract

Aspects of a multi-level electrical distribution control system associated with an electrical distribution grid are disclosed. Data access and processing across the multi-level control system and the electrical distribution grid can provide improved utilization of energy within the electrical distribution grid. Further, dynamic reconfiguration of the electric distribution grid can be based distributed processing and access to information relating to the electrical distribution control system or electrical distribution grid. An encapsulated DNNC data element is disclosed as an efficient and secure means of accessing data across the multi-level electrical distribution control system or the associated electrical distribution grid.

Claims

1. A multi-level electrical distribution control system associated with an electrical distribution grid, the multi-level electrical distribution control system comprising:

a first distribution network node controller (DNNC) component including a first DNNC data component configured to access electrical distribution grid data related to the electrical distribution grid or electrical distribution control system data related to the electrical distribution control system, wherein the first DNNC component is configured to facilitate access to the electrical distribution grid data related to the electrical distribution grid or the electrical distribution control system data related to the electrical distribution control system by a second DNNC component; and

a subscriber device configured to facilitate access to an energy access priority designation associated with a subscriber profile and to communicate the energy access priority designation to the first DNNC to facilitate energy distribution planning associated with future energy distribution via the electrical distribution grid, wherein the energy access priority designation is associated with a first energy demand for electrical energy service and another energy demand for additional electrical energy service.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the first DNNC component is further configured to process the electrical distribution grid data related to the electrical distribution grid into the electrical distribution control system data related to the electrical distribution control system.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the first DNNC component is further configured to process the electrical distribution control system data related to the electrical distribution control system into additional electrical distribution control system data related to the electrical distribution control system.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the first DNNC component is further configured to generate secured electrical distribution control system data related to the electrical distribution control system.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the secured electrical distribution control system data related to the electrical distribution control system is at least one of encrypted, stored in a secure zone, or encapsulated in a wrapper having at least one security feature.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the first DNNC component further comprises a storage component configured to store electrical distribution control system data related to the electrical distribution control system for access by the second DNNC component.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the first DNNC component encapsulates electrical distribution control system data related to the electrical distribution control system in a payload portion of a first encapsulated DNNC data element (EDDE).

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the first EDDE further comprises an identifier portion to facilitate access by the second DNNC component to the payload portion of the first EDDE.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the payload portion of the first EDDE further comprises a payload size portion or a payload identifier portion to facilitate access by the second DNNC component to the payload portion of the first EDDE.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the payload portion of the first EDDE is configured to encapsulate the electrical distribution grid data related to the electrical distribution grid, an object having data or routines, a reference to data, executable code, or another instance of an EDDE.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the first DNNC component is further configured to correlate the electrical distribution grid data related to the electrical distribution grid or the electrical distribution control system data related to the electrical distribution control system with geographical information system (GIS) data.

18. The system of claim 1, wherein a first pricing model is applied to energy consumption up to the floor energy demand, a second pricing model is applied to energy consumption above the floor energy demand and up to the other energy demand, and a third pricing model is applied to energy consumption above the other energy demand.

12. A method, comprising:

accessing electrical distribution grid data of an electrical distribution grid;

accessing an energy access priority designation associated with a subscriber profile, wherein the energy access priority designation is associated with a first energy demand for electrical energy service and another energy demand for additional electrical energy service beyond the electrical energy service;

processing the electrical distribution grid data and the energy access priority designation into a first distribution network node controller DNNC data at a first control node of a multi-level electrical distribution control system associated with the electrical distribution grid; and

storing the DNNC data for future access.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising facilitating access to the electrical distribution grid data of the electrical distribution grid by wrapping the electrical distribution grid data in an encapsulated DNNC data element (EDDE).

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising facilitating access to the first DNNC data by wrapping the DNNC data in an encapsulated DNNC data element (EDDE).

15. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

accessing the first DNNC data;

determining a second DNNC data based, at least in part, on the first DNNC data;

setting an electrical distribution control system control value, based at least in part, on the second DNNC data; and

facilitating access to the first or second DNNC data by encapsulating the first or second DNNC data in an encapsulated DNNC data element (EDDE).

16. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

accessing the first DNNC data;

determining at least one status value related to the electrical distribution grid, based, at least in part, on the first DNNC data; and

setting an electrical distribution control system control value, based at least in part, on the at least one status value.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the electrical distribution control system control value indicates at least one of a fault condition, an environmental condition, an energy consumption condition, an aggregate subscriber condition, or a sharing plan condition.

19. The method of claim 12, wherein a first pricing model is associated with subscriber energy consumption up to the floor energy demand, a second pricing model is associated with energy consumption above the floor energy demand and up to the other energy demand, and a third pricing model is associated with energy consumption above the other energy demand.

20. The method of claim 12, wherein a first pricing model is associated with subscriber energy consumption up to a first level less than the floor energy demand, a second pricing model is associated with energy consumption above the first level and up to the floor energy demand, a third pricing model is associated with energy consumption above the floor energy demand and up to the other energy demand, and a fourth pricing model is associated with energy consumption above the other energy demand.