Energy Virtual Twin Control for Adaptive Microgrid Coordination
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current static electricity management systems are not designed to adapt to daily changes in the electrical system, leading to inefficient energy utilization and negative consequences.
Innovation Solution
A multi-vector energy supply chain management and optimization system that includes a persistent virtual world system and a decentralized energy management system, enabling the digital integration and control of energy flows, and facilitating energy aggregation and exchange between energy-related devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If static electricity management systems are used, then system simplicity is maintained, but energy utilization efficiency deteriorates due to inability to adapt to daily changes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic energy management through a virtual twin system that continuously updates and adapts to changing energy conditions. The system transitions from static to dynamic by using real-time data from energy systems to update the virtual twin, enabling adaptive optimization of energy flows, storage, and distribution based on current conditions, thereby resolving the contradiction between adaptability and complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a virtual twin (digital copy) of the physical energy system that can be manipulated and optimized without affecting the actual system directly. This copying approach allows complex simulations and optimizations to be performed in the virtual environment, then applied to the real system, thus improving adaptability while managing complexity through abstraction.
2Reliability
If decentralized energy management with multiple prosumers is implemented, then energy security and flexibility improve, but system complexity and coordination difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a virtual twin as an intermediary layer between multiple prosumers and the central coordination system. This virtual representation simplifies the coordination of decentralized energy resources by providing a unified interface for simulation, optimization, and control, thereby maintaining energy security and flexibility while reducing the complexity of managing multiple independent agents.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges multiple decentralized energy resources and prosumers into a unified virtual twin representation. By combining these distributed elements into a single virtual model, the system can coordinate and optimize energy flows across all prosumers simultaneously, improving energy security through collective optimization while reducing coordination complexity through consolidation.
3Productivity
If real-time energy optimization is performed, then energy efficiency and cost reduction improve, but computational requirements and processing time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary simulations and optimizations in the virtual twin environment before implementing changes in the physical system. By pre-computing optimal energy management strategies, storage charging/discharging schedules, and distribution patterns in the virtual model, the system can quickly deploy pre-optimized solutions to the real system, thereby improving energy optimization efficiency while minimizing real-time processing time and computational burden.
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AI summary
An energy supply chain management and optimization system comprises an energy system comprising a plurality of inter-connected micro-grids connected to at least one macro-grid. The energy system connects to one or more cloud servers comprising at least one processor and memory storing computer code which, when executed by the at least one processor, implements a persistent virtual world system mapped according to the real world and comprising a plurality of virtual objects including at least one virtual replica of a corresponding real world element. The memory further stores a decentralized energy management system connected to the persistent virtual world system, comprising at least an energy control system configured to, through the virtualization of reality in the persistent virtual world system, digitally control energy flows based on data received from the energy system, and an energy market platform enabling energy aggregation and exchange between energy-related devices. Methods thereof are also disclosed.