US 11,942,782 B2
Grid asset manager
Jorge Elizondo Martinez, Sonoma, CA (US); Albert Tak Chun Chan, Castro Valley, CA (US); Jose Jamil Dunia Dahdah, Gainesville, FL (US); and Francisco A Morocz Bazzani, Somerville, MA (US)
Assigned to Heila Technologies, Inc., Somerville, MA (US)
Filed by Heila Technologies, Inc., Somerville, MA (US)
Filed on May 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/195,030.
Application 18/195,030 is a continuation of application No. 17/155,382, filed on Jan. 22, 2021, granted, now 11,664,678.
Application 17/155,382 is a continuation of application No. 16/054,377, filed on Aug. 3, 2018, granted, now 10,903,650, issued on Jan. 26, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/540,974, filed on Aug. 3, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0275456 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H02J 3/14 (2006.01); G06Q 10/04 (2023.01); H02J 3/00 (2006.01); H02J 3/46 (2006.01); H02J 13/00 (2006.01); G06Q 50/06 (2012.01)
CPC H02J 13/00004 (2020.01) [G06Q 10/04 (2013.01); H02J 3/00 (2013.01); H02J 3/001 (2020.01); H02J 3/14 (2013.01); H02J 3/46 (2013.01); H02J 13/00002 (2020.01); G06Q 50/06 (2013.01); H02J 2203/20 (2020.01); H02J 2310/64 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An asset manager configured to control distribution of power within an aggregated distributed energy resources system (“DERs system”), the DERs system having a plurality of assets and a system cost function, the asset manager being configured to operate with a given asset in the DERs system, each given asset having a local function as part of the system cost function, the asset manager comprising:
an interface configured to receive asset information relating to the given asset and to communicate with at least one other asset manager or a central controller in the DERs system;
a function generator operatively coupled with the interface, the function generator configured to produce a local cost function using data relating to the given asset;
a controller configured to determine, using the local cost function, an operating point for the given asset, wherein the controller is also configured to use real data from the asset to determine a turn-on time of the asset,
the controller also being configured to use the determined operating point and the turn-on time for the given asset to manage operation of the given asset in the DERs system.