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Title: Method and system employing graphical electric load categorization to identify one of a plurality of different electric load types

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OSTI ID:1324664

A system for different electric loads includes sensors structured to sense voltage and current signals for each of the different electric loads; a hierarchical load feature database having a plurality of layers, with one of the layers including a plurality of different load categories; and a processor. The processor acquires voltage and current waveforms from the sensors for a corresponding one of the different electric loads; maps a voltage-current trajectory to a grid including a plurality of cells, each of which is assigned a binary value of zero or one; extracts a plurality of different features from the mapped grid of cells as a graphical signature of the corresponding one of the different electric loads; derives a category of the corresponding one of the different electric loads from the database; and identifies one of a plurality of different electric load types for the corresponding one of the different electric loads.

Research Organization:
EATON CORPORATION, Cleveland, OH (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
EE0003911
Assignee:
EATON CORPORATION (Cleveland, OH)
Patent Number(s):
9,442,999
Application Number:
13/912,819
OSTI ID:
1324664
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2013 Jun 07
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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