Packetized Energy Delivery Digital Grid System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current power grids are prone to failures due to line overload and inefficiencies, as they operate continuously and deliver energy indiscriminately, lacking the ability to accurately monitor and meet specific customer demands in real-time.
Innovation Solution
A digital grid system that delivers energy in packetized form, with each packet addressed to a specific customer, using energy quanta that can be stored and routed efficiently, allowing for precise demand management and minimizing waste.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If continuous energy delivery is used in traditional grids, then energy is always available to customers, but line overload and inefficiencies occur due to indiscriminate energy distribution
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments continuous energy delivery into discrete energy packets that can be individually addressed and routed to specific customers. Each packet contains a destination address field that enables selective delivery, preventing energy waste on inactive or non-requiring customers while maintaining reliability for those who need it.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements periodic energy delivery through time-synchronized packet transmission. Energy packets are delivered in periodic intervals with precise timing control, allowing the system to maintain continuous availability for active customers while avoiding continuous indiscriminate distribution that causes energy waste.
2Stability of the object's composition
If global monitoring of supply and demand is implemented, then system stability is maintained, but real-time specific customer demand monitoring is not achieved
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms where each energy packet carries information about customer demand and system state. The addressed delivery system creates closed-loop feedback between global grid monitoring and local customer-specific demand detection, enabling both grid stability maintenance and precise individual customer monitoring through the packet addressing and routing infrastructure.
3Adaptability or versatility
If packetized energy delivery with addressing is used, then targeted energy supply to specific customers is achieved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by designing energy packets that simultaneously carry multiple functions: energy delivery, customer identification, routing information, and timing synchronization. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate systems for each function, thereby managing complexity while achieving targeted energy supply capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary addressing system that mediates between the energy source and customers. The address fields and routing infrastructure act as intermediaries that simplify the interaction complexity by providing a standardized interface for targeted delivery, rather than requiring direct complex point-to-point control between all components.
4Productivity
If energy is delivered continuously to all customers, then no customer is left without power, but efficiency decreases due to unused energy distribution
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-addressing energy packets to specific customers before transmission. The system proactively routes energy only to customers who have indicated demand or are currently active, preventing the distribution of unused energy to customers who do not need it, thereby improving efficiency and reducing energy loss.
Data Source
AI summary
Methods and apparatus for packetized energy distribution are provided. A data and power delivery network, called a digital grid, is provided to facilitate delivery of power upon request. Energy bits (quanta) serve as a means to deliver energy as well as coding. Voltage pulses of varying time scales are used for coding and current levels help to accurately meet customer's demand. Energy is sent as packets (a combination of energy bits), and specific energy packets are addressed to specific customers permitting accurate monitoring and distribution of electrical energy.