Patents by Inventor Stijn Vandael

Stijn Vandael has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for distributing an energy flow over a predetermined period of time to a cluster of a plurality of devices taking into account constraints relating to the energy to be delivered to the devices, a computer program for performing such a method and a system therefor
    Patent number: 9703308
    Abstract: Method for distributing an energy flow to a cluster of a plurality of devices taking into account constraints relating to the energy to be delivered to the devices, comprising the steps of: A. gathering flexibility information of the respective devices in the cluster, combining the flexibility information of the devices of the cluster into flexibility information for the cluster, B. determining accumulated energy to be delivered in function of time over the predetermined period of time, C. supplying the determined accumulated energy to the cluster by obtaining, from the flow of energy, power in function of time based on the determined accumulated energy to be delivered in function of time, determining priority for power for all devices in the cluster and distributing the obtained power among the devices of the cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignees: VLAAMSE INSTELLING VOOR TECHNOLOGISCH ONDERZOEK (VITO), KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN
    Inventors: Bert Claessens, Maarten Hommelberg, Stijn Vandael