US 11,720,831 B2
Optimal control technology for distributed energy resources
Richard H. Meeker, Tallahassee, FL (US); Md Omar Faruque, Tallahassee, FL (US); Juan Ospina, Tallahassee, FL (US); Alvi Newaz, Tallahassee, FL (US); Emmanuel Collins, Tallahassee, FL (US); Griffin Francis, Newton, MA (US); and Nikhil Gupta, Tallahassee, FL (US)
Assigned to The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc., Tallahassee, FL (US)
Filed by The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc., Tallahassee, FL (US)
Filed on May 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/324,733.
Application 17/324,733 is a continuation of application No. 16/049,785, filed on Jul. 30, 2018, granted, now 11,043,815.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/538,637, filed on Jul. 28, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0281076 A1, Sep. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/04 (2023.01); G06Q 30/02 (2023.01); G06Q 50/06 (2012.01); G05B 13/02 (2006.01); G05B 13/04 (2006.01); H02J 3/38 (2006.01); H02J 3/14 (2006.01); H02J 3/32 (2006.01); H02J 3/48 (2006.01); H02J 3/50 (2006.01); G06Q 30/0201 (2023.01); H02J 3/00 (2006.01); H02J 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06Q 10/04 (2013.01) [G05B 13/027 (2013.01); G05B 13/048 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0206 (2013.01); G06Q 50/06 (2013.01); H02J 3/007 (2020.01); H02J 3/0075 (2020.01); H02J 3/14 (2013.01); H02J 3/32 (2013.01); H02J 3/38 (2013.01); H02J 3/381 (2013.01); H02J 3/48 (2013.01); H02J 3/50 (2013.01); H02J 3/003 (2020.01); H02J 13/00002 (2020.01); H02J 2203/20 (2020.01); H02J 2300/24 (2020.01); Y04S 50/12 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
determining, by one or more computer processors coupled to at least one memory, at a first time, a first cost associated with one or more renewable energy sources within a microgrid,
determining, by the one or more computer processors, at a second time, a second cast associated with the one or more renewable energy sources with in the microgrid,
determining, by the one or more computer processors, a heuristic based on the first cost and the second cost;
determining, by the one or more computer processors, based on the heuristic, an estimated cost associated with the one or more renewable energy sources within the microgrid;
determining, by the one or more computer processors, based on the estimated cast, an allocation of the one or more renewable energy sources within the microgrid to one or more loads in the microgrid;
generating one or more control signals based on the allocation of the one or more renewable energy sources within the microgrid; and
causing to send the control signals to one or more controllers in the microgrid.