Control unit for an electrical generation/consumption system
First Claim
1. A control assembly for controlling an electricity production/consumption system comprising electricity production sources and consumption sources connected via a distribution network, characterized by the fact that it comprises:
- a control centre adapted to transmit modulation orders to controllable consumption units and to controllable electricity production sources, these orders corresponding to withdrawal or production orders respectively, based on alert data received from an external operator, on data representing the respective withdrawal potential of controllable consumption units and on data representing the respective production, reduced production, or withdrawal potential of production sources;
at each controllable consumption unit, a module adapted to transmit data to the control centre updated in real time representing the respective withdrawal potential of the associated unit; and
at least at some controllable production sources, a module adapted to transmit data to the control centre updated in real time representing the respective production, reduced production or withdrawal of the associated source,wherein the control centre is adapted to give modulation orders to the controllable production sources and to the controllable consumption units at least as per a first time horizon on a day scale at a first pitch in minutes, for modulation orders sent the next day before the application thereof, and a second time horizon on the scale of a few hours at a second pitch in minutes, smaller than the first pitch, for modulation orders sent on the day of the application thereof.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a control unit for an electrical generation/consumption system including generation sources (200) and consumption units (300) connected by a distribution network (100), including a control center (400) which transmits, to controllable consumption units (310) and to controllable generation sources (210), modulation orders based on warning information received from an external operator (500), on information relating to the potential of the respective suppression of units (310), and on information relating to the respective potential of generation or of a decrease in generation of sources (210), or of the suppression of the latter, at each unit (310), a module (312) which transmits, to the center (400), data updated in real time representing the potential modulation suppression of the unit (310), and at the sources (210), a module (212) which transmits, to the control center (400), data which is updated in real time and which is representative of the potential of generation or of the decrease in the generation of the source (210), or of the suppression of the latter.
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24 Claims
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1. A control assembly for controlling an electricity production/consumption system comprising electricity production sources and consumption sources connected via a distribution network, characterized by the fact that it comprises:
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a control centre adapted to transmit modulation orders to controllable consumption units and to controllable electricity production sources, these orders corresponding to withdrawal or production orders respectively, based on alert data received from an external operator, on data representing the respective withdrawal potential of controllable consumption units and on data representing the respective production, reduced production, or withdrawal potential of production sources; at each controllable consumption unit, a module adapted to transmit data to the control centre updated in real time representing the respective withdrawal potential of the associated unit; and at least at some controllable production sources, a module adapted to transmit data to the control centre updated in real time representing the respective production, reduced production or withdrawal of the associated source, wherein the control centre is adapted to give modulation orders to the controllable production sources and to the controllable consumption units at least as per a first time horizon on a day scale at a first pitch in minutes, for modulation orders sent the next day before the application thereof, and a second time horizon on the scale of a few hours at a second pitch in minutes, smaller than the first pitch, for modulation orders sent on the day of the application thereof. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for controlling an electricity production/consumption system comprising electricity production sources and consumption units connected via an electricity distribution network, characterized in that it comprises the steps of:
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generating data representing a modulation potential at the controllable consumption units and controllable production sources and generating alert periods at an external operator; evaluating a modulation potential for all the controllable production sources and controllable consumption units at a control centre on the basis of the aforementioned data; addressing the result of this evaluation to the external operator; generating general modulation requests at the external operator and addressing these requests to the control centre; evaluating individual modulation plans at the control centre on the basis of requests given by the external operator and data received from the controllable production sources and controllable consumption units; and applying the resulting modulation orders received from the control station to the controllable production sources and controllable consumption units, wherein the control centre initially maximizes individual modulation potentials over priority alert periods, then over alert periods of secondary priority, taking into account the constraints entered into withdrawal or production contracts. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A method for controlling an electricity production/consumption system comprising electricity production sources and consumption units connected via an electricity distribution network, comprising:
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generating data representing a modulation potential at the controllable consumption units and controllable production sources and generating alert periods at an external operator; evaluating a modulation potential for all the controllable production sources and controllable consumption units at a control centre on the basis of the aforementioned data; addressing the result of this evaluation to the external operator; generating general modulation requests at the external operator and addressing these requests to the control centre; evaluating individual modulation plans at the control centre on the basis of requests given by the external operator and data received from the controllable production sources and controllable consumption units; and applying the resulting modulation orders received from the control station controllable production sources and controllable consumption units, wherein the control centre gives modulation orders to the controllable product sources and to the controllable consumption units at least as per a first time horizon on a day scale at a first pitch in minutes, for modulation orders sent the day before the application thereof, and a second time horizon on the scale of a few hours at a second pitch in minutes, smaller than the first pitch, for modulation orders sent on the day of the application thereof.
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20. A control assembly for controlling an electricity production/consumption system comprising electricity production sources and consumption sources connected via a distribution network, comprising:
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a control centre adapted to transmit modulation orders to controllable consumption units to controllable electricity production sources, said orders corresponding to withdrawal or production orders respectively, based on alert data received from representing controllable an external operator, on data the respective withdrawal potential of consumption units and on data representing the respective production, reduced production, or withdrawal potential of production sources; at each controllable consumption unit, a module adapted to transmit data to the control centre updated in real time representing the respective withdrawal potential of the associated unit; and at least at some controllable production sources, a module adapted to transmit data to the control centre updated in real time representing the respective production, reduced production, or withdrawal of the associated source, wherein the control centre is adapted to give modulation orders to the controllable production sources and to the controllable consumption units as per two time horizons, one 24 hour time horizon at a pitch of 30 minutes for D−
1 modulation requests, and a 4 hour time horizon at a pitch of 10 minutes for D modulation requests.
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21. A control assembly for controlling an electricity production/consumption system comprising electricity production sources and consumption sources connected via a distribution network, comprising:
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a control centre adapted to transmit modulation orders to controllable consumption units and to controllable electricity production sources, said orders corresponding to withdrawal or production orders respectively, based on alert data received from an external operator, on data representing the respective withdrawal potential of controllable consumption units and on data representing the production sources; respective production withdrawal potential of or reduced production at each controllable consumption unit, a module adapted to transmit data to the control centre (400) updated in real time representing the respective withdrawal potential of the associated unit; and at least at some controllable production sources, a module adapted to transmit data to the control centre updated in real time representing the production or withdrawal of the associated source, wherein a controllable production source or a controllable consumption unit which receives two overlapping orders applies an incremental order resulting from the sum of both or else an order resulting from a predefined arbitration in accordance with the type of external operator sending the alert period.
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22. A control assembly for controlling an electricity production/consumption system comprising electricity production sources and consumption sources connected via a distribution network, comprising:
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a control centre adapted to transmit modulation orders to controllable consumption units and to controllable electricity production sources, said orders corresponding to withdrawal or production orders respectively, based on alert data received from an external operator, on data representing the respective withdrawal potential of controllable consumption units and on data representing the respective production, reduced production or withdrawal potential of production sources; at each controllable consumption unit, a module adapted to transmit data to the control centre updated in real time representing the respective withdrawal potential of the associated unit; and at least at some controllable production sources, a module adapted to transmit data to the control centre updated in real time representing the respective production or reduced production even withdrawal of the associated source, wherein each module provides data on its modulation potential in real time, for the next 40 hours at a pitch of 10 minutes.
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23. A control assembly for controlling an electricity production/consumption system comprising electricity production sources and consumption sources connected via a distribution network, comprising:
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a control centre adapted to transmit modulation and orders to controllable consumption units to controllable electricity production sources, said orders corresponding to withdrawal or production orders respectively, based on alert data received from an external operator, on data representing the respective withdrawal potential of controllable consumption units and on data representing the respective production, reduced production, or withdrawal potential of production sources; at each controllable consumption unit, a module adapted to transmit data to the control centre updated in real time representing the respective withdrawal potential of the associated unit; and at least at some controllable production sources, a module adapted to transmit data to the control centre updated in real time representing the production, respective production, or withdrawal of the associated reduced source, wherein the time pitch for data provided by the modules is equal to the minimum pitch of the orders generated by the control station.
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24. A control assembly for controlling an electricity production/consumption system comprising electricity production sources and consumption sources connected via a distribution network, comprising:
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a control centre adapted to transmit modulation orders to controllable consumption units and to controllable electricity production sources, said orders corresponding to withdrawal or production orders respectively, based on alert data received from an external operator, on data representing the respective withdrawal potential of controllable consumption units and on data representing the respective production, reduced production or withdrawal potential of production sources; at each controllable consumption unit, a module adapted to transmit data to the control centre updated in real time representing the respective withdrawal potential of the associated unit; and at least at some controllable production sources, a module adapted to transmit data to the control centre updated in real time representing the respective production, reduced production, or withdrawal of the associated source, wherein the pitch of the alert periods is equal to the pitch of the longest horizon of the orders.
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