#H02J3/14

METHOD FOR OPERATING A PROCESS PLANT AND CORRESPONDING PROCESS PLANT

The invention relates to a method for operating a process plant (200), the process plant comprising one or multiple plant components (212) operated by providing electrical power received from a grid o…

DRIVE·May 27·2 min read

H02J3/14 LINDE GMBH [DE]

ENERGY RESOURCE CONTROL METHOD, CONTROL DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

An energy resource control method includes: generating a control command for controlling one or more energy resources; setting a restoration state for the one or more energy resources at or after an e…

DRIVE·May 14·1 min read

H02J3/14 Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

ADAPTIVE CONTROL OF ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION

Systems, methods, and controllers for controlling an adjustment process for a target system are provided. A central controller receives time-related electrical energy demand data, sensor data from con…

DRIVE·May 14·1 min read

H02J3/14 Pascal Choquet

Reliable Time-Controlled System and Method for Energy Management

The invention relates to a reliable system and method for energy management at an end user of electrical energy. The proposed energy management system comprises two substantially independent fault con…

DRIVE·Feb 26·1 min read

H02J3/14 TTTECH COMPUTERTECHNIK AG

POWER PLANT HAVING A FLEXIBLE FIRM SKID

A method of operating a power plant is provided. The method includes generating, with the one or more power generators, a total plant power. The method further includes supplying, with a back up power…

DRIVE·Feb 27·1 min read

H02J3/14 GE Infrastructure Technology LLC

Method and Apparatus for Electrical Load Control Network

The methods and apparatus described enable automatic configuration, or commissioning, of controller devices and load control devices through a low voltage communication network controlled by one or mo…

DRIVE·Jan 30·1 min read

H02J3/14 The Watt Stopper, Inc.

ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGER ENERGY MANAGEMENT EQUIPMENT FOR USE WITH GENERATOR BACK-UP

Systems and methods are provided for managing Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) for use with a generator back-up. The EVSE can receive electrical power to generate an electrical load while moni…

DRIVE·Nov 14·2 min read

H02J3/14 Generac Power Systems, Inc.

LOAD SHARING FOR MULTIPLE AUXILIARY LOW VOLTAGE BUSES OF VEHICLES

Examples described herein provide a method that includes providing a first electric power pathway from a battery to a first auxiliary low voltage bus via a direct-current (DC)/DC converter and a first…

DRIVE·Aug 22·1 min read

H02J3/14 GM Global Technology Operations LLC

LOAD SHEDDING IN ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE

A method, apparatus, and system for disconnecting loads from the electrical grid are disclosed. An application programming interface (API) frontend of an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) load sh…

DRIVE·Aug 8·1 min read

H02J3/14 Itron, Inc.

ADAPTIVE CONTROL OF ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION

DRIVE·Jun 6·1 min read

H02J3/14 Barksdale, Inc.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING ENERGY USAGE BASED ON USER PREFERENCES

An energy optimization platform may receive user preference information associated with operations of assets of a microgrid. The user preference information may identify user preferences regarding red…

DRIVE·May 23·2 min read

H02J3/14 Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

TECHNIQUES FOR ORCHESTRATED LOAD SHEDDING

Disclosed techniques relate to orchestrating power consumption reductions across a number of hosts. Power consumption of power-drawing devices (e.g., hosts, servers, etc.) may be monitored with respec…

DRIVE·May 9·1 min read

H02J3/14 Oracle International Corporation

SEVERE WEATHER-DRIVEN LARGE-SCALE OUTAGE MANAGEMENT FOR EMERGENCY POWER GRID

Provided is a system and method that can safely generate and execute an outage plan for a power grid based on severe weather-driven events. In one example, the method may include receiving predicted o…

DRIVE·Mar 21·1 min read

H02J3/14 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

Systems, apparatus, and methods for power management

Systems, apparatus, and methods for controlling power modes in electronic devices are provided. A system may include an electronic device and an input device that sends power mode selection informatio…

DRIVE·Mar 7·1 min read

H02J3/14 D&R Tech LLC

Method and Apparatus for Electrical Load Control Network

DRIVE·Feb 8·1 min read

H02J3/14 The Watt Stopper, Inc.

METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ADJUSTING POWER CONSUMPTION BASED ON A FIXED-DURATION POWER OPTION AGREEMENT

Examples relate to adjusting load power consumption based on a power option agreement. A computing system may receive power option data that is based on a power option agreement and specify minimum po…

DRIVE·Dec 28·1 min read

H02J3/14 LANCIUM LLC

INTELLIGENT ALGORITHM FOR MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING THROUGH LOAD MANAGEMENT IN SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS

Principles of the present disclosure present an advanced control algorithm related to improving maximum power point tracking of a renewable energy system such as a solar photovoltaic system through lo…

DRIVE·Nov 30·1 min read

H02J3/14 Meng Tao

TRANSIENT LOAD MANAGEMENT

Sensing circuitry and clock management circuitry provide transient load management. The sensing circuitry detects a voltage, current, and/or activity associated with a system-on-chip (SoC) and determi…

DRIVE·Oct 12·1 min read

H02J3/14 Micron Technology, Inc.

DOMESTIC APPLIANCE HAVING DEMAND-RESPONSE POWER CONSUMPTION CONTROL

A power control device for an electrically powered appliance may selectively switch off one 110-volt input (of two separate 110-volt input lines) of a 220-volt power supply to the appliance during cer…

DRIVE·Sep 21·1 min read

H02J3/14 WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

DOMESTIC APPLIANCE HAVING DEMAND-RESPONSE POWER CONSUMPTION CONTROL

DRIVE·Sep 21·1 min read

H02J3/14 WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

GUIDANCE DEVICE FOR SELECTING SAFETY FACTORY, GUIDANCE METHOD FOR SELECTING SAFETY FACTORY, AND METHOD OF OPERATING FACTORY

A guidance device for selecting a safety factory according to the present invention is a guidance device that selects a safety factory, which is an operating factory at the time of a power failure, an…

DRIVE·Aug 3·1 min read

H02J3/14 JFE STEEL CORPORATION

DEMAND ADJUSTMENT CONTROL SYSTEM, DEMAND ADJUSTMENT CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

A demand adjustment control system includes an obtainer, a determiner, and a controller. The obtainer obtains a target adjustment amount according to a temporary demand adjustment request. The determi…

DRIVE·Jul 20·2 min read

H02J3/14 Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ADJUSTING POWER CONSUMPTION BASED ON A FIXED-DURATION POWER OPTION AGREEMENT

DRIVE·Jun 29·1 min read

H02J3/14 LANCIUM LLC

POWER CAPABILITY DETERMINATION DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND POWER CAPABILITY DETERMINATION METHOD

A power capability determination device is arranged to determine a power capability of a power source, and includes a connector, a load circuit, a switch circuit, a voltage monitor circuit, and a proc…

DRIVE·Jun 29·2 min read

H02J3/14 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.

DYNAMIC ELECTRICAL LOAD CONTROL

A load control unit includes a first input terminal configured to receive power, a second input terminal configured to receive load information, a first output terminal configured to provide a first p…

DRIVE·May 4·1 min read

H02J3/14 Lockheed Martin Corporation

THREE-PHASE AC LOAD UNBALANCE DETECTION AND BALANCING METHOD AND CIRCUIT

A method comprises, at a power balancing circuit for three-phase AC power: feeding three power phases to respective loads; measuring power drain on the three power phases by the respective loads; base…

DRIVE·Mar 30·2 min read

H02J3/14 Cisco Technology, Inc.

POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM

A power supply system that outputs AC power to an object to which power is to be supplied includes: a first power supply circuit including a DC battery string and an inverter and configured to output …

DRIVE·Mar 2·1 min read

H02J3/14 TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENERGY-RELATED LOAD OPTIMIZATION

Provided are energy device control systems for distributed grid subsystem that control a first power demand of a plurality of appliances. The control system comprises a graphical user interface config…

DRIVE·Mar 2·1 min read

H02J3/14 Clarity Grid Solutions, Inc.

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTELLIGENT SPLITTING AND CONTROLLING OF A HIGH VOLTAGE OUTLET

A power management device for intelligently splitting and controlling a high power outlet is described. The device includes a housing, power input, outlets, power sensor, and a controller. The housing…

DRIVE·Jan 5·1 min read

H02J3/14 Splitvolt, Inc.

RESILIENT MICRO-NETWORK OF ELECTRICAL RADIATOR-TYPE HEATING APPLIANCES

A micro-network includes at least two heating appliances with communication modules, one being used for obtaining and transmitting a first data set having at least one measurement related to the elect…

DRIVE·Jan 5·2 min read

H02J3/14 LANCEY ENERGY STORAGE

UTILITY POWER DISTRIBUTION BRANCH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

There is provided a system for assigning power to a plurality of smart appliances. The system includes a plurality of smart outlet assemblies. Each of the smart outlet assemblies is paired to and in e…

DRIVE·Dec 22·1 min read

H02J3/14 Cheuk Kwan LUI

POWER-AWARE METHOD, POWER-AWARE SYSTEM AND CONVERTER

Disclosed are a power-aware method, a power-aware system and a converter. The power-aware method includes: receiving an input signal, wherein the input signal is a capacitive type, a resistive type, a…

DRIVE·Dec 1·1 min read

H02J3/14 HANG ZHOU NANO CORE CHIP ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD

FREQUENCY BALANCING BY POWER SUPPLY UNITS

A method for providing frequency balancing in a power network grid by an RBS of a radio communication network. The RBS includes one or more power supply units, PSUs, connected to the power network gri…

DRIVE·Nov 24·2 min read

H02J3/14 Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)

DOMESTIC APPLIANCE DEMAND-RESPONSE POWER CONSUMPTION CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD

A power control device for an electrically powered appliance may selectively switch off one 110 volt input (of two separate 110 volt input lines) of a 220 volt power supply to the appliance during cer…

DRIVE·Nov 17·1 min read

H02J3/14 WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

PORTABLE CONTROLLER FOR DRYING EQUIPMENT AND RELATED SYSTEM AND METHOD

Current technologies for restoring buildings and spaces, such as drying processes to remove water damage, are prone to technical error and operational error. A portable controller is herein provided t…

DRIVE·Nov 10·1 min read

H02J3/14 ROBBIE RESTORATION TECHNOLOGIES INC.

STATE RETENTION LOAD CONTROL SYSTEM

A device may detect a power removal event, determine whether the power removal event is a local power removal event or a system power removal event, and perform state correction. For example, the devi…

DRIVE·Nov 10·2 min read

H02J3/14 Lutron Technology Company LLC

DEMAND RESPONSE OF LOADS HAVING THERMAL RESERVES

Systems and methods are described herein that improve grid performance by smoothing demand using thermal reserves. The smoothed demand can reduce peak loads as well as the ramp rate of demand that wil…

DRIVE·Nov 3·1 min read

H02J3/14 Eaton Intelligent Power Limited

ELECTRICAL LOAD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD

Techniques for distributing electrical power to a plurality of electrical loads can include coupling an existing group of electrical loads to a common power source through a load management system, me…

DRIVE·Oct 20·1 min read

H02J3/14 Ergotron, Inc.

ADAPTIVE CONTROL OF ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION

A method for controlling a process that draws power from an electrical power source operates by obtaining time-related electrical demand data from the electrical power source and adaptively adjusting …

DRIVE·Sep 15·1 min read

H02J3/14 Barksdale, Inc.

ELECTRICAL LOAD BALANCING DEVICE

A method for controlling an electric device includes monitoring a usage of an electric supply of an electric network and determining that an excess capacity of the electric supply is less than a requi…

DRIVE·Sep 1·1 min read

H02J3/14 Taner-Jay CAIRNS