Estimating capacity and usage pattern of behind-the-meter energy storage in electric networks

    公开(公告)号:US11537957B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-27

    申请号:US16793206

    申请日:2020-02-18

    IPC分类号: G06Q10/04 H02J3/14 G06Q50/06

    摘要: The present disclosure provides a method and a system for estimating capacity and usage pattern of behind-the-meter energy storage in electric networks. Conventional techniques on estimating an effective capacity of behind-the-meter energy storage of a consumer, in presence of distributed energy generation units is limited, computationally intensive and provide inaccurate prediction. The present disclosure provides an accurate estimate of the effective capacity and usage pattern of behind-the-meter energy storage of a target consumer utilizing data samples received from a utility in presence of one or more distributed energy generation units, using an energy balance equation with less computation and accurate prediction. Based on accurate estimation of the effective capacity and usage pattern, the utility may plan for proper infrastructure to meet power demands of the consumers.

    Systems and methods for optimizing incentives for demand response

    公开(公告)号:US11301941B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-12

    申请号:US15804337

    申请日:2017-11-06

    摘要: Electrical utilities offer incentives to customers to reduce consumption during periods of demand-supply mismatch. A building's participation in demand response (DR) depends both on its ability (due to building constraints), and its willingness (a function of incentive) to reduce electricity. Customers prefer a large incentive whereas a utility would want to minimize the revenue outflow to achieve a target reduction. Systems and methods of the present disclosure identify optimal incentive from the utility's perspective reflecting this trade-off. A model is built to estimate the demand response potential (DRP) of a building for a given incentive offered by the utility. The models for individual buildings are used to characterize the behavior of an ensemble of buildings. The utility may then decide optimum incentives that should be offered to achieve a target DR, using the associated DRP.

    LEAK LOCALIZATION IN WATER DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS
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    发明申请
    LEAK LOCALIZATION IN WATER DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS 审中-公开
    水分配网络中的泄漏本地化

    公开(公告)号:US20160349141A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-12-01

    申请号:US15112246

    申请日:2015-02-17

    摘要: Described herein, are methods and systems for locating a leak in a water distribution network. According to an implementation, a leak situation in the water distribution network is detected based on a flow difference value between an actual flow value and a predicted flow value of an inlet flow meter of the water distribution network at at least one time interval. Leak signature values of demand nodes in the water distribution network at the at least one time interval are determined. A leak signature value of a respective demand node at a respective time interval is determined based on centrality metrics, the predicted flow value at the respective time interval, and static physical properties related to the water distribution network. At least one possible leak node is identified based on the flow difference value and the leak signature values of the demand nodes at the at least one time interval.

    摘要翻译: 这里描述的是用于定位配水网络中的泄漏的方法和系统。 根据实施方式,基于水分配网络的入口流量计的实际流量值和预测流量值之间的流量差在至少一个时间间隔来检测配水网络中的泄漏情况。 确定在至少一个时间间隔的配水网络中的需求节点的签名值。 基于中心度量,各时间间隔的预测流量值和与配水网络相关的静态物理特性来确定相应时间间隔处的相应需求节点的泄漏签名值。 基于在至少一个时间间隔的需求节点的流量差值和泄漏签名值来识别至少一个可能的泄漏节点。

    Predicting vehicle travel time on routes of unbounded length in arterial roads

    公开(公告)号:US11486718B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-01

    申请号:US15909566

    申请日:2018-03-01

    摘要: A system and method for predicting travel time of a vehicle on routes of unbounded length within arterial roads. It collects historical information from probe vehicles positions using GPS technology in a periodic fashion and the sequence of links traversed between successive position measurements. Further, it collects information of neighborhood structure for each link within the arterial roads network. Any of the existing conditional probability distribution functions could be used to capture the spatio-temporal dependencies between each link of the arterial network and its neighbors. It learns the parameters of this data driven probabilistic model from historical information of probe vehicle trajectories traversed within the arterial roads network using an associated expectation maximization method. Finally it predicts travel time of vehicles on routes of unbounded length in a novel fashion within the network of arterial roads using the learnt parameters and current real time information of trajectories of vehicle.

    System and method for energy sample forecasting of HVAC-R systems

    公开(公告)号:US10564195B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-18

    申请号:US15057821

    申请日:2016-03-01

    IPC分类号: G01R22/06

    摘要: A technique for energy sample forecasting of heating, venting and air conditioning-refrigeration (HVAC-R) systems is disclosed. In an example, a first expected energy sample of a HVAC-R system at a first time period is forecasted by modelling actual energy samples of the HVAC-R system at previous time periods using a statistically-based seasonal-autoregressive integrated moving average (SARIMA) model. Further, an anomaly is detected at the first time period when deviation between the first expected energy sample and an actual energy sample at the first time period is greater than a dynamic context sensitive threshold. Also, an expected energy sample at next time period is forecasted by modelling a second expected energy sample of the HVAC-R system at the first time period using the statistically-based SARIMA model upon detecting anomaly. The second expected energy sample is forecasted by modelling the actual energy samples at the previous time periods using a physical model.

    ELECTRIC VEHICLE BASED MICRO GRID IDENTIFICATION FOR ON-DEMAND POWER SUPPLY

    公开(公告)号:US20190143829A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-16

    申请号:US16020672

    申请日:2018-06-27

    IPC分类号: B60L11/18 H02J3/14

    摘要: Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) technologies are being adopted to reduce peak demand and to take over as energy sources during grid instability. It is necessary to estimate attributes of electric vehicle trips and residual battery charge in order to correctly predict spatio-temporal availability of energy from EVs to form a micro grid. However, it may not be feasible to get the required attributes for all vehicles in a city-scale traffic scenario. Embodiments of the present disclosure and system address the problem of accurately estimating the local energy reserve that is available from parked EVs during a given time of the day. In addition, the system also determines which neighborhoods have the potential to form micro grids using the parked EVs during a given time period. This will help grid operator(s) to plan and design smart grids which can create EV-powered micro grids in neighborhoods during periods of peak demand or during disruptions.

    Methods and systems for benchmarking asset performance

    公开(公告)号:US11609156B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-21

    申请号:US16578061

    申请日:2019-09-20

    摘要: Traditionally, benchmarking of asset performance involves comparing actual performance with ideal values that correspond to test conditions which may not be realized in practice leading to inappropriate ranking of the assets. Systems and methods of the present disclosure use condition-aware reference curves for estimating the maximum possible operating efficiencies (under specific operating conditions) instead of the theoretical maximum efficiencies. The reference curves are received from the manufacturer or obtained from on-site test results. Benchmarking is then performed based on two dimensions, viz., an inter-asset metric and an intra-asset metric that are analogous to the first law and second law of thermodynamics respectively. The two-dimensional benchmarking then helps in identifying inefficient assets that may be analyzed further for finding the root cause. Tracking the performance of assets over time greatly helps in operations and maintenance, and thus reducing downtime of systems and accordingly the operating costs.