Load power device, system and method of load control and management employing load identification

Title: Load power device, system and method of load control and management employing load identification

Abstract

A load power device includes a power input, at least one power output for at least one load, a plurality of sensors structured to sense voltage and current at the at least one power output, and a processor. The processor provides: (a) load identification based upon the sensed voltage and current, and (b) load control and management based upon the load identification.

Inventors:: Yang, Yi; Luebke, Charles John; Schoepf, Thomas J.

Issue Date:: 2018-01-09

Research Org.:: Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1416320

Patent Number(s):: 9866021

Application Number:: 14/564,796

Assignee:: EATON CORPORATION (Cleveland, OH)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y04 - INFORMATION OR COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES HAVING AN IMPACT ON OTHER TECHNOLOGY AREAS Y04S - SYSTEMS INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO POWER NETWORK OPERATION, COMMUNICATION OR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING THE ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION, MANAGEMENT OR USAGE, i.e. SMART GRIDS

H - ELECTRICITY H02 - GENERATION H02J - CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER

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Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y04 - INFORMATION OR COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES HAVING AN IMPACT ON OTHER TECHNOLOGY AREAS Y04S - SYSTEMS INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO POWER NETWORK OPERATION, COMMUNICATION OR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING THE ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION, MANAGEMENT OR USAGE, i.e. SMART GRIDS
Y04S20/00 - Systems supporting the management or operation of end-user stationary applications, including also the last stages of power distribution and the control, monitoring or operating management systems at local level
Y04S20/222 - Demand response systems, e.g. load shedding, peak shaving

H - ELECTRICITY H02 - GENERATION H02J - CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER
H02J3/005 - {Arrangements for selectively connecting the load to one among a plurality of power lines or power sources

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02B - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS
Y02B90/20 - Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies mediating in the improvement of the carbon footprint of the management of residential or tertiary loads, i.e. smart grids as enabling technology in buildings sector
Y02B70/3225 - Demand response systems, e.g. load shedding, peak shaving
Y02B70/30 - Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies for improving the carbon footprint of the management of residential or tertiary loads, i.e. smart grids as climate change mitigation technology in the buildings sector, including also the last stages of power distribution and the control, monitoring or operating management systems at local level

H - ELECTRICITY H02 - GENERATION H02J - CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER
H02J2310/14 - The load or loads being home appliances
H02J3/14 - by switching loads on to, or off from, network, e.g. progressively balanced loading

G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01R - MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES
G01R19/2513 - {Arrangements for monitoring electric power systems, e.g. power lines or loads

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y04 - INFORMATION OR COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES HAVING AN IMPACT ON OTHER TECHNOLOGY AREAS Y04S - SYSTEMS INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO POWER NETWORK OPERATION, COMMUNICATION OR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING THE ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION, MANAGEMENT OR USAGE, i.e. SMART GRIDS
Y04S20/242 - the end-user application being or involving home appliances

H - ELECTRICITY H02 - GENERATION H02J - CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER
H02J13/0006 - {for single frequency AC networks}

G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01R - MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES
G01R21/06 - by measuring current and voltage

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DOE Contract Number:: EE0003911

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2014 Dec 09

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 42 ENGINEERING; 24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION; 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION

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Non-intrusive appliance monitor apparatus patent, August 1989

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Perceptive system including a neural network patent, November 1998

Device for preventive detection of faults with recognition of the type of load patent, June 1999

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Arc fault circuit interrupter for a compressor load patent, September 2007

Arc fault circuit interrupter patent, April 2008

Managing power utilized within a local power network patent, May 2013

System and method employing a self-organizing map load feature database to identify electric load types of different electric loads patent, June 2014

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Multiprocessing transient event detector for use in a nonintrusive electrical load monitoring system
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