IP Power Coordination for Microgrid Supply and Load Curtailment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current electric power grid management systems face challenges in efficiently managing power supply and load curtailment, particularly in integrating micro-scale energy sources and ensuring compliance with utility standards, leading to high costs and inefficiencies in grid stability and reserve creation.
Innovation Solution
The development of an IP-based active power management system that uses a Coordinator to manage power supply and load curtailment through IP messaging, enabling communication between grid elements, devices, and energy management systems, allowing for real-time tracking and control of power flow, and creation of operating reserves.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If detailed attachment modeling and compliance with utility standards are implemented for micro-scale power supply, then grid stability and reliability are improved, but system complexity and implementation cost increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a power management system with a coordinator and IP-based messaging infrastructure as an intermediary layer between micro-scale power sources and the utility grid. This mediator handles the complex compliance requirements, attachment modeling, and communication protocols, shielding individual micro-sources from complexity while ensuring grid reliability through standardized interfaces and centralized coordination.
2Adaptability or versatility
If micro-scale power sources are integrated into the utility grid, then energy diversity and renewable energy utilization are improved, but communication and control infrastructure requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal IP-based communication framework that enables diverse micro-scale power sources (solar, wind, storage, etc.) to integrate with the utility grid through a common messaging protocol. The coordinator and messaging system provide multi-functional capabilities including real-time monitoring, control, billing, and coordination across different energy sources and utility systems, eliminating the need for source-specific communication infrastructure.
3Measurement precision
If real-time power flow tracking and control are implemented, then power supply precision and grid management effectiveness are improved, but data processing requirements and system resource consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback-driven power management system where the coordinator continuously monitors power flow, generation, and consumption data through IP-based messaging from smart meters and control devices. This feedback loop enables real-time tracking and verification of power supply, automatic adjustment of power flow, and precise measurement of power savings and emissions, while the on-demand data collection minimizes continuous resource consumption.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods are disclosed for managing power supplied over an electric power grid from at least one power supply source. A coordinator manages communications between at least one server and the at least one power supply source, wherein the server is operable to initiate power commands, wherein the communications comprise an actual amount of power supply available for the electric power grid from the at least one power supply source, and wherein the at least one power supply source is operable to provide power supply to the electric power grid based on the power commands.