US 11,728,653 B2
Autonomous regulation of grid edge devices
Rohit Moghe, Santa Clara, CA (US); Kaveh Rahimi, Santa Clara, CA (US); and Hong Chun, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Assigned to SENTIENT ENERGY TECHNOLOGY, LLC, Wichita, KS (US)
Filed by SENTIENT ENERGY TECHNOLOGY, LLC, Wichita, KS (US)
Filed on Jun. 2, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/890,935.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/862,563, filed on Jun. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0403411 A1, Dec. 24, 2020
Int. Cl. H02J 3/38 (2006.01); H02J 13/00 (2006.01); G05B 19/04 (2006.01); H02J 3/28 (2006.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01)
CPC H02J 3/381 (2013.01) [G05B 19/042 (2013.01); H02J 3/28 (2013.01); H02J 13/00002 (2020.01); G05B 2219/2639 (2013.01); H02J 2300/24 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for autonomously regulating grid edge devices (GEDs), the method being implemented in a computer system comprising a non-transient electronic storage and one or more physical computer processors, the computer-implemented method comprising:
obtaining, from the non-transient electronic storage, a first setpoint voltage for a GED, wherein the GED is implemented on a secondary side of a distribution line providing electricity for a consumer;
generating, with the one or more physical computer processors, an average VAR value based at least in part on VARs generated by the GED over a first time interval;
generating, with the one or more physical computer processors, an average voltage value based at least in part on voltage received by the GED over the first time interval; and
adjusting, with the one or more physical computer processors, the first setpoint voltage to a second setpoint voltage based at least in part on a difference between the average voltage value and the first setpoint voltage exceeding a voltage threshold value and a comparison between the average VAR value and one or more of: a maximum VAR threshold value or a minimum VAR threshold value.