Distributed Power Routing Using Device Account and Path Analytics
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Solution Overview
Problem
The current centralized electrical power grid is struggling to effectively manage the increasing penetration of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) and the evolution of smart electronic devices, leading to power quality and load profile issues.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for managing electrical power distribution, utilizing a controller to maintain account statuses for various devices, including generation, consumption, storage, and transmission devices. The controller generates record objects for power units, identifies optimal transmission paths, and updates event trackers to route power efficiently.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a centralized power grid structure is used, then power distribution control is simplified, but the system cannot effectively manage increasing Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) and smart electronic devices
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the centralized power grid into distributed accounts representing individual devices (generation, consumption, storage, and transmission devices). Each account maintains its own status and power unit records, allowing the system to manage DERs and smart devices independently while maintaining overall grid coordination through the controller.
2Reliability
If power routing is optimized based on device status, then power quality and load profiles improve, but the computational complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The controller proactively identifies optimal paths for power units before actual power transmission occurs. By maintaining status information for all device accounts and pre-calculating routing decisions based on current device states, the system ensures power quality and load profile optimization without real-time computational delays.
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors device status across all accounts and uses this feedback to dynamically adjust power routing decisions. The controller generates control signals based on real-time status information, ensuring that power quality and load profiles are maintained despite changing grid conditions.
3Ease of operation
If detailed account status tracking is implemented for each device, then power distribution control is improved, but data management complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal account structure that can represent any device type (generation, consumption, storage, or transmission) with a common data model. Each account contains standardized fields for device identifier, status information, and associated power units, allowing the controller to manage diverse devices through a unified interface while reducing data management complexity.
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AI summary
Systems and methods for managing the distribution of electrical power are disclosed. The system can maintain a status of each account of a plurality of accounts. Each account can correspond to an electrical power generation device, an electrical power consumption device, and an electrical power transmission device. The system can generate a first record object in response to the generation of a unit of power. The system can identify a first path identifying a source device and a destination device to transmit the unit of power. The system can generate a control signal to route the unit of power from the source device to the destination device. The system can update an event tracker to indicate the routing of the unit of power. The system can generate a second record object corresponding to the destination device. The system can update a second account to include the second record object.