Electric Vehicle Grid Guidance Controller for Power Balance

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing electric power demand and supply adjustment methods do not effectively consider the electric storage state of charge or discharge spots in responding to power requests from transmission and distribution facilities, leading to instability in power balance.

Innovation Solution

An electrical grid system with controllers to obtain and analyze power demand/supply requests, electric storage state information, and vehicle information, calculating a supply and demand satisfaction level to guide electric vehicles to charge or discharge spots, adjusting storage states to match demand, and providing incentives for timely charging/discharging.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If electric power demand and supply adjustment is performed based only on storage battery performance indicators and physical distance, then user participation is encouraged, but the electric storage state of charge or discharge spots and electric power demand and supply state of the facility are not properly examined

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveUser participation in demand and supply adjustmentVSAvoidElectric power demand and supply balance stability
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements feedback mechanisms by continuously monitoring the electric storage state (SOC) of charge/discharge spots and the electric power demand and supply state of the facility. The supply and demand satisfaction level calculation controller uses this feedback to dynamically adjust guidance decisions, ensuring that user participation is directed toward actions that actually stabilize the power balance while considering the current state of storage facilities.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The supply and demand satisfaction level calculation controller acts as an intermediary that bridges the gap between user-level actions (charging/discharging) and facility-level needs (power balance stability). It processes information from both the storage battery performance indicators and the electric storage state of charge/discharge spots, translating these into guidance decisions that satisfy both user convenience and system reliability requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If multiple parameters including electric storage state and supply and demand satisfaction level are considered, then power balance stability is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveElectric power demand and supply balance stabilityVSAvoidSystem control structure
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The control system is segmented into distinct functional modules: an obtaining controller that collects data from multiple sources (storage battery performance indicators, electric storage state of charge/discharge spots, facility power state), a supply and demand satisfaction level calculation controller that processes this data, and a guidance controller that issues recommendations. This segmentation allows each module to handle specific tasks independently, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining comprehensive monitoring and control capabilities.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Speed

If real-time monitoring of electric storage state and power demand/supply state is implemented, then response speed to power requests is improved, but information processing requirements and system complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveResponse speed to power requestsVSAvoidInformation processing system
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by continuously monitoring and pre-calculating the supply and demand satisfaction level based on current electric storage state and power demand/supply state. This allows the guidance controller to immediately issue recommendations when power balance stabilization is needed, without requiring complex real-time calculations at the moment of decision, thus improving response speed while managing information processing requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentEP4160847A1Electrical grid system
Publication Date: 2023.04.05 PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS INC
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AI summary

The herein disclosed electrical grid system includes: a first obtaining controller that obtains the electric power demand or supply request information from the electric power transmission and distribution facility; a second obtaining controller that obtains an electric storage state information; a third obtaining controller that obtains a vehicle information of an electric vehicle; a supply and demand satisfaction level calculation controller that calculates a supply and demand satisfaction level based on the electric power demand or supply request information; a selection controller that selects an electric vehicle to be guided to the charge or discharge spot based on the vehicle information obtained by the third obtaining controller and the supply and demand satisfaction level calculated by the supply and demand satisfaction level calculation controller; and a communication controller that sends a guide information to the selected electric vehicle.