Peer-to-Peer Energy Exchange Coordination Unit
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current electrical energy distribution systems lack the ability to efficiently manage energy routing, prioritize energy sources based on technical and ecological criteria, and ensure traceability and safety at a low cost, particularly in residential networks, where direct current and alternating current systems coexist without optimal integration.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that utilize a coordination unit connected to a node in each private network, relays, and digital certificates to manage energy resources and requirements across multiple networks, allowing for peer-to-peer energy transactions, reducing AC/DC conversions, and enabling users to select energy based on pricing, technical, and ecological criteria.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional electrical energy distribution management adapts the network to fulfill each demand in real time, then energy supply stability is improved, but device complexity and loss of energy increase due to multiple AC/DC conversions and lack of direct peer-to-peer energy exchange
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables energy-producing entities to directly supply energy to consuming entities without intermediary intervention. The peer-to-peer energy exchange platform allows autonomous negotiation and transaction between producers and consumers, eliminating the need for complex centralized adaptation mechanisms while maintaining supply stability through direct matching of supply and demand.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a peer-to-peer energy exchange platform as an intermediary that facilitates direct energy transactions between producers and consumers. This digital platform mediates the matching, negotiation, and transaction processes, reducing the need for complex physical network adaptation while maintaining reliable energy supply through intelligent routing.
2Adaptability or versatility
If electricity is transported through general distribution networks in alternating current, then compatibility with existing infrastructure is maintained, but loss of energy increases due to multiple AC/DC conversions
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments energy transport into direct peer-to-peer connections bypassing the general distribution network when possible. By creating dedicated energy exchange pathways between producers and consumers, the system eliminates unnecessary AC/DC conversion steps while maintaining compatibility with existing AC infrastructure for cases where general network usage is required.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary matching and routing of energy flows before physical transmission. By pre-coordinating energy exchanges between producers and consumers through the digital platform, the system optimizes transmission paths to minimize AC/DC conversions, performing necessary conversions only when infrastructure compatibility requires it.
3Productivity
If no local intelligence device negotiates energy directly peer-to-peer, then system simplicity is maintained, but productivity and loss of information decrease due to inability to trace energy origin and negotiate based on ecological criteria
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements comprehensive feedback mechanisms where energy-producing entities receive information about their energy consumption and production patterns. The peer-to-peer platform provides real-time feedback on energy transactions, origin tracing, and ecological impact, enabling informed negotiation and optimization of energy exchanges while maintaining system efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The digital peer-to-peer energy exchange platform acts as an intermediary that captures, stores, and transmits energy traceability information between producers and consumers. This intermediary system maintains detailed records of energy origin, transaction details, and ecological characteristics, preventing information loss while enabling efficient productivity through intelligent matching.
4Loss of energy
If multiple losses during energy conversion are not reduced, then system simplicity is maintained, but loss of energy and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables energy-producing entities to directly supply energy to consuming entities through peer-to-peer transactions, eliminating intermediary conversion steps. This self-service approach allows producers to export surplus energy directly to consumers, reducing AC/DC conversion losses while the digital platform manages the complexity of matching and transaction coordination.
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A method for exchanging electrical energy between a plurality of private electricity networks each comprising: a coordination unit, groups of electrical devices, and a plurality of relays arranged on the power supply lines of the devices. The method comprises: a) transmitting device status data from the devices to the coordination unit, b) establishing a set of electrical energy resources and requirements, c) comparing the set of resources and requirements with those of other private networks, d) allocating the requirements and resources to one another, e) ensuring at least part of the routing of electrical energy by means of digital certificates and instructions for drawing electrical energy that are sent to the relays, f) keeping record of each energy exchange in order to define a transaction between two private networks.