Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Photovoltaic grid capacity sensor
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Application No.: US17185248Application Date: 2021-02-25
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Publication No.: US11594885B2Publication Date: 2023-02-28
- Inventor: Brice MacLaren , James Macomber , Megan Richardson
- Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Applicant Address: US MA Cambridge
- Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Current Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Cambridge
- Agency: Daly, Crowley, Mofford & Durkee, LLP
- Main IPC: H02J3/00
- IPC: H02J3/00 ; H02J7/00

Abstract:
In one aspect, a method to determine a capacity of a microgrid includes applying a current test load to the microgrid and measuring a current through an energy storage device, the current indicating a charging status of the energy storage device based on a current load being applied to the microgrid through activated power outlets being served by the microgrid and the current test load, the energy storage device being integrated with the microgrid. The method also includes, responsive to a determination that the measured current based on the current load being applied to the microgrid and the current test load indicates that the energy storage device is discharging, determining the capacity of the microgrid, wherein the capacity is the current load being applied to the microgrid through activated power outlets and a test load applied to the microgrid immediately preceding the current test load.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210281069A1 PHOTOVOLTAIC GRID CAPACITY SENSOR Public/Granted day:2021-09-09
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