Smart Grid Energy Routing System for Supply Demand Balance
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Solution Overview
Problem
In smart grid environments, existing demand/response methods fail to effectively manage electrical power supply and demand imbalances, leading to power shortages and unfair pricing due to discordance between production and consumption, where consumers may face shortages and relative losses from external factors.
Innovation Solution
An energy management system that includes an electrical power producing apparatus collecting real-time price and production information, analyzing it, and controlling production, combined with a micro grid and energy routing service apparatus for efficient power transmission and information processing, enabling consumers to become both producers and consumers, and routing power to its intended destination based on analyzed information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If demand/response methods are used to manage electrical power supply and demand, then power supply management is simplified, but supply and demand imbalances persist leading to power shortages and unfair pricing
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the energy routing apparatus continuously monitors power production information from producers and consumption information from consumers, analyzes the supply and demand status in real-time, and dynamically adjusts power routing decisions. This closed-loop feedback system enables the network to automatically respond to imbalances, routing power from surplus producers to deficit consumers, thereby maintaining supply stability without complex centralized management.
Solution Approach 2:
The energy routing apparatus serves as an intermediary between power producers and consumers. It collects production information from producers, analyzes consumption needs of consumers, and makes intelligent routing decisions to match supply with demand. This intermediary layer simplifies management by automating the matching process while ensuring reliable power delivery, eliminating the need for complex demand/response control mechanisms.
2Ease of operation
If centralized demand/response control is implemented, then pricing control is simplified, but consumers bear relative losses from external factors beyond their control
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables consumers to actively participate in power management by allowing them to select their preferred power sources based on production information. Consumers can choose to consume power from specific producers, effectively making their own pricing and sourcing decisions. This self-service approach eliminates unfair pricing impositions, as consumers are not forced to accept prices determined by external factors beyond their control, while still maintaining simplified pricing structures through transparent producer-consumer direct connections.
3Reliability
If power is supplied to specific users by dedicated producers, then power quality is maintained, but power shortages occur when other systems experience supply issues
Solution Approach 1:
The energy routing apparatus provides universal power routing capability that can handle multiple scenarios: routing power from specific producers to preferred consumers while also enabling alternative routing when supply issues occur. The system maintains the ability to provide dedicated producer-consumer connections for quality assurance, while simultaneously offering network-wide power redistribution capabilities to ensure availability when local supply fails, making the system multi-functional in handling both quality and availability requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary analysis of power production information and consumption needs before actual power delivery. By pre-analyzing the power network status, producer capacities, and consumer requirements, the energy routing apparatus can proactively identify potential supply issues and prepare alternative routing paths. This preliminary action ensures that when supply problems occur in dedicated systems, power can be quickly redirected from alternative producers, maintaining both quality and availability.
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AI summary
An energy management system in a smart grid environment includes: an electrical power producing apparatus for collecting and analyzing real time price information and electrical power production environment information inputted through a communication network interface to thereby determine a control of an electrical power production; a micro grid, connected to the electrical power producing apparatus, for supplying an electrical power in a local micro grid environment; an electrical power grid, connected to the micro grid, for supplying a main power; and an energy routing service apparatus for transmitting an electrical power and processing an energy information packet for a control of an electrical power flow.