Control of multiple power plants at a site to provide a distributed resource in a utility grid
USRE41821E1 · kind E1 · reissue
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| Filing date | Dec 21, 2004 |
| Grant date | Oct 12, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 21, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC —)General
Abstract
A site management system (11) is provided for a power system (8) at site in a utility distribution grid (10). The power system (8) includes multiple fuel cell power plants, e.g., fuel cells, (18) and one or more loads (14), for selective connection/disconnection with the grid (10). The site management system (11) controls the power plants (18) in an integrated manner, alternatively in a grid connected mode and a grid independent mode. The multiple power plants (18) at the site may be viewed and operated as a unified distributed resource on the grid (10). The site management system (11) provides signals representative of the present power capability (Kw Capacity—88) of each of the power plants (18), and a signal (Total Kw Capacity—95) representative of the total present power capability at the site. These power representations are used to appropriately assign power dispatch loadings to the respective fuel cells power plants (18) in the grid connected mode and in the grid independent mode, and may also be used for load shedding.
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