US 12,015,275 B2
Hybrid power plant
Rajni Burra, Scottsdale, AZ (US); Deepak Raj Sagi, Karnataka (IN); and Arvind Kumar Tiwari, Niskayuna, NY (US)
Assigned to General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US)
Appl. No. 17/311,769
Filed by General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 12, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/065970
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 8, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/123799, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 18, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201841047089 (IN), filed on Dec. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0029424 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. H02J 3/38 (2006.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01); H02J 3/00 (2006.01); H02J 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC H02J 3/381 (2013.01) [G05B 19/042 (2013.01); H02J 3/004 (2020.01); H02J 13/00001 (2020.01); G05B 2219/24215 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2619 (2013.01); H02J 2300/24 (2020.01); H02J 2300/28 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hybrid power plant comprising:
a plurality of power sources;
a plurality of controllers corresponding to and configured to operate said plurality of power sources according to corresponding operating set points;
a hybrid plant controller coupled to said plurality of controllers and configured to transmit the corresponding operating set points to said plurality of controllers; and
a computing system coupled to said hybrid plant controller and configured to:
receive a first set of input parameters from a first subscriber of said hybrid power plant;
carry out a first level of services to which the first subscriber subscribes, based on the first set of input parameters, to determine operating parameters for the first subscriber;
receive a second set of input parameters from a second subscriber of said hybrid power plant;
carry out a second level of services to which the second subscriber subscribes, based on the second set of input parameters, to determine operating parameters for the second subscriber; and
compute the corresponding operating set points based on an aggregate of i) the operating parameters determined for the first subscriber using the first level of service and ii) the operating parameters determined for the second subscriber using the second level of services.