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Title: Intelligent sensor and controller framework for the power grid

Abstract

Disclosed below are representative embodiments of methods, apparatus, and systems for monitoring and using data in an electric power grid. For example, one disclosed embodiment comprises a sensor for measuring an electrical characteristic of a power line, electrical generator, or electrical device; a network interface; a processor; and one or more computer-readable storage media storing computer-executable instructions. In this embodiment, the computer-executable instructions include instructions for implementing an authorization and authentication module for validating a software agent received at the network interface; instructions for implementing one or more agent execution environments for executing agent code that is included with the software agent and that causes data from the sensor to be collected; and instructions for implementing an agent packaging and instantiation module for storing the collected data in a data container of the software agent and for transmitting the software agent, along with the stored data, to a next destination.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1202277
Patent Number(s):
9094385
Application Number:
13/204,606
Assignee:
Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, WA)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01R - MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES
G - PHYSICS G06 - COMPUTING G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-76RL01830
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2011 Aug 05
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING; 24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION

Citation Formats

Akyol, Bora A., Haack, Jereme Nathan, Craig, Jr., Philip Allen, Tews, Cody William, Kulkarni, Anand V., Carpenter, Brandon J., Maiden, Wendy M., and Ciraci, Selim. Intelligent sensor and controller framework for the power grid. United States: N. p., 2015. Web.
Akyol, Bora A., Haack, Jereme Nathan, Craig, Jr., Philip Allen, Tews, Cody William, Kulkarni, Anand V., Carpenter, Brandon J., Maiden, Wendy M., & Ciraci, Selim. Intelligent sensor and controller framework for the power grid. United States.
Akyol, Bora A., Haack, Jereme Nathan, Craig, Jr., Philip Allen, Tews, Cody William, Kulkarni, Anand V., Carpenter, Brandon J., Maiden, Wendy M., and Ciraci, Selim. Tue . "Intelligent sensor and controller framework for the power grid". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1202277.
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abstractNote = {Disclosed below are representative embodiments of methods, apparatus, and systems for monitoring and using data in an electric power grid. For example, one disclosed embodiment comprises a sensor for measuring an electrical characteristic of a power line, electrical generator, or electrical device; a network interface; a processor; and one or more computer-readable storage media storing computer-executable instructions. In this embodiment, the computer-executable instructions include instructions for implementing an authorization and authentication module for validating a software agent received at the network interface; instructions for implementing one or more agent execution environments for executing agent code that is included with the software agent and that causes data from the sensor to be collected; and instructions for implementing an agent packaging and instantiation module for storing the collected data in a data container of the software agent and for transmitting the software agent, along with the stored data, to a next destination.},
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