US 11,929,690 B2
Microgrid controller with one or more sources
Robert Anthony Soverns, Pendleton, IN (US); and Alex Spencer Creviston, Muncie, IN (US)
Assigned to GO ELECTRIC INC., Anderson, IN (US)
Filed by GO ELECTRIC, INC., Anderson, IN (US)
Filed on Dec. 17, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/125,372.
Application 17/125,372 is a continuation of application No. 16/444,022, filed on Jun. 18, 2019, granted, now 10,903,761.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/686,305, filed on Jun. 18, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0104959 A1, Apr. 8, 2021
Int. Cl. H02J 3/14 (2006.01); G06F 1/3206 (2019.01); H02M 7/797 (2006.01)
CPC H02M 7/797 (2013.01) [G06F 1/3206 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operation for a microgrid for power by a number of power sources, the method comprising:
detecting one or more characteristic power features of first and second power sources of the number of power sources,
comparing the detected characteristic power features of the first and second power sources, including ranking the power sources according to power capacity of each power source,
determining an apportionment of power between the first and second power sources for communication to the load, and
connecting the number of power sources to provide power for output to the load based on the determined apportionment between the first and second power sources.
 
19. A microgrid control system for governing power output to a load from a number of power sources, comprising:
a control device configured to sense characteristic power features of the number of power sources, to compare characteristic power features of the number of power sources including ranking the power sources according to power capacity of each power source, to determine an apportionment of power between the number of power sources for communication to the load based on the sensed characteristic power features, and to provide instructions to selectively provide power for output to a load based on the determined apportionment, and
a DC link bus configured to selective connect one or more of the number of power sources for output to provide power to the load based on the instructions from the control device.