Method and apparatus for operating electrical devices in mutually coordinated fashion

US11658484B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SMA Solar Technology AG · DE

Inventors

• Stefan Boerger · Kassel, DE
• Andreas Strusch · Vellmar, DE
• Dirk Schlote · Kassel, DE
• Matthias Groene · Kassel, DE
• Raimund Thiel · Bad Zwesten, DE
• Rachel Anne Hegemann · Darmstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 26, 2020
• Grant date: May 23, 2023
• Expiry date: Nov 15, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y04S20/242
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

To operate electrical devices, power consumptions of all the electrical devices are continually captured and assigned to the individual electrical devices and at least one desired result is achieved by virtue of at least a first control instance of the electrical devices, the operation of which helps to achieve a desired result, and a second control instance of the electrical devices, the operation of which likewise helps to achieve the desired result. The devices are operated in a coordinated fashion. To this end, measured values from multiple measured value transmitters are captured by operating the multiple electrical devices. Correlations between changes in the measured values of the individual measured value transmitters over time and changes in the power consumptions of the individual electrical devices over time are determined and the desired result is selected from a subgroup of results.