US 12,322,976 B2
Controller for a portable microgrid system and methods of use
Darrin Moorman, Johnstown, CO (US)
Assigned to Moser Engine Service, Inc., Evansville, WY (US)
Filed by Moser Energy Systems, Evansville, WY (US)
Filed on Feb. 12, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/438,936.
Application 18/438,936 is a continuation of application No. 18/467,285, filed on Sep. 14, 2023, granted, now 11,936,190.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/375,649, filed on Sep. 14, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0186796 A1, Jun. 6, 2024
Int. Cl. H02J 3/46 (2006.01); B60L 53/51 (2019.01); B60L 53/53 (2019.01); B60L 53/62 (2019.01); B60L 53/64 (2019.01); G06Q 30/0283 (2023.01); H02J 3/38 (2006.01)
CPC H02J 3/46 (2013.01) [B60L 53/51 (2019.02); B60L 53/53 (2019.02); B60L 53/62 (2019.02); B60L 53/64 (2019.02); G06Q 30/0283 (2013.01); H02J 3/381 (2013.01); H02J 2300/24 (2020.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
providing a portable microgrid system;
wherein the portable microgrid system comprises:
a battery operably connected to a first behind-the-meter energy source and a second behind-the-meter energy source;
wherein each of the first behind-the-meter energy source and the second behind-the-meter energy source is an energy source that is capable of providing energy to the battery without the energy having been stepped up for transmission to a local power grid;
and
a microgrid controller operably coupled to the battery;
harvesting, by the portable microgrid system, energy from the first behind-the-meter energy source and the second behind-the-meter energy source;
wherein a first energy source controller is associated with the first behind-the-meter energy source;
wherein a second energy source controller is associated with the second behind-the-meter energy source; and
wherein the microgrid controller is operably connected to the first energy source controller and the second energy source controller;
storing, in the battery of the portable microgrid system, at least a portion of the harvested energy;
receiving, by the microgrid controller and via a network, a reservation request for a future charge of a charging load that is mobile;
wherein the reservation request is sent from a mobile communication device; and
wherein the reservation request includes a preferred charge parameter associated with the future charge;
receiving, by the microgrid controller, real-time information associated with an availability and resource makeup of the at least a portion of the harvested energy stored in the battery, an availability of energy from the first behind-the-meter energy source, and an availability of energy from the second behind-the-meter energy source;
wherein the resource makeup of the at least a portion of the harvested energy is defined by amounts of the harvested energy attributable to each of the first behind-the-meter energy source and the second behind-the-meter energy source;
identifying, using the microgrid controller and based on the real-time information and the reservation request, an energy mix that includes an amount of energy needed from each of the first behind-the-meter energy source and the second behind-the-meter energy source to achieve the preferred charge parameter of the reservation request;
controlling the first energy source controller and/or the second energy source controller, using the microgrid controller and based on the real-time information, the reservation request, and the energy mix, to adjust the amount of energy being harvested to achieve the energy mix; and
supplying, by the portable microgrid system, at least a portion of the future charge of the reservation request using the energy mix.