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Patent US10025337
Issued 2018-07-17
Method And System For Managing An Electrical Distribution System In A Facility
A system and method for managing an electrical distribution system in a facility is disclosed. In one aspect, the method may include receiving at a computer system from a monitoring system data related to actual energy use of components of the electrical distribution system, receiving at the computer system a request for a modification to the electrical distribution system, using the computer system, providing a revised electrical distribution system design based on the request and the data related to actual energy use using a system optimization function for the electrical distribution system, modifying the electrical distribution system in accordance with the revised electrical distribution system design to provide a modified electrical distribution system in the facility, and receiving at the computer system from the monitoring system data related to actual energy use of components of the modified electrical distribution system.
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- 1. A method for managing an electrical distribution system in a facility, the method comprising:
conducting, using a computer system, measurements related to power quality at a plurality of nodes in the electrical distribution system using a monitoring system; receiving at a computer system from the monitoring system data related to actual energy use of components of the electrical distribution system and data related to the power quality at the plurality of nodes in the electrical distribution system; using the computer system, generating a current network reliability status for the electrical distribution system based on the data related to the power quality; using the computer system, providing an estimate of power quality at a node in the electrical distribution system other than the plurality of nodes based on the data related to the power quality; receiving at the computer system a request for a modification to the electrical distribution system; using the computer system, providing a revised electrical distribution system design based on the request and the data related to actual energy use using a system optimization function for the electrical distribution system, the system optimization function including at least one calculation of a current power reliability metric for the electrical distribution system based on the network reliability status and the estimate of power quality; modifying the electrical distribution system in accordance with the revised electrical distribution system design to provide a modified electrical distribution system in the facility; and receiving at the computer system from the monitoring system data related to actual energy use of components of the modified electrical distribution system.
- 9. A system for managing an electrical distribution system, the system comprising:
a monitoring system having a plurality of electrical monitors coupled to components of the electrical distribution system; and a controller coupled to the monitoring system and configured to:
conduct measurements related to power quality at a plurality of nodes in the electrical distribution system using the monitoring system;
receive from the monitoring system data related to actual energy use of the components of the electrical distribution system and data related to power quality at the plurality of nodes in the electrical distribution system;
generate a current network reliability status for the electrical distribution system based on the data related to the power quality;
provide an estimate of power quality at a node in the electrical distribution system other than the plurality of nodes based on the data related to the power quality;
receive a request for a modification to the electrical distribution system;
generate a revised electrical distribution system design based on the request and the data related to actual energy use using a system optimization function for the electrical distribution system, the system optimization function including at least one calculation of a current power reliability metric for the electrical distribution system based on the network reliability status and the estimate of power quality;
receive from the monitoring system data related to actual energy use of components of the modified electrical distribution system.
- 17. A non-transitory computer-storage medium having stored thereon sequences of instruction including instructions that will cause a processor to:
conduct measurements related to power quality at a plurality of nodes in the electrical distribution system using a monitoring system; receive from the monitoring system data related to actual energy use of components of an electrical distribution system and data related to power quality at the plurality of nodes in the electrical distribution system; generate a current network reliability status for the electrical distribution system based on the data related to the power quality; provide an estimate of power quality at a node in the electrical distribution system other than the plurality of nodes based on the data related to the power quality; receive a request for a modification to the electrical distribution system; generate a revised electrical distribution system design based on the request and the data related to actual energy use using a system optimization function for the electrical distribution system, the system optimization function including at least one calculation of a current power reliability metric for the electrical distribution system based on the network reliability status and the estimate of power quality; and receive from the monitoring system data related to actual energy use of components of the modified electrical distribution system.
