Patents Assigned to Heila Technologies, Inc.
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Patent number: 11942782Abstract: An asset manager controls power distribution within an aggregated distributed energy resources system (“DERs system”) having a plurality of assets. The asset manager is configured to operate with a given asset. As such, the asset manager has 1) an interface to receive asset information relating to the given asset and to communicate with another asset manager in the DERs system, and 2) a function generator configured to produce a local cost function using data relating to the given asset only. The local cost function represents a portion of a system cost function for the DERs system. The asset manager also has 3) a controller configured to use the local cost function for the given asset to manage operation of the given asset in the DERs system. In addition, the controller also is configured to determine, using the local cost function, an operating point for the given asset.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2023Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Heila Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jorge Elizondo Martinez, Albert Tak Chun Chan, Jose Jamil Dunia Dahdah, Francisco A Morocz Bazzani
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Patent number: 11664678Abstract: An asset manager controls power distribution within an aggregated distributed energy resources system (“DERs system”) having a plurality of assets. The asset manager is configured to operate with a given asset. As such, the asset manager has 1) an interface to receive asset information relating to the given asset and to communicate with another asset manager in the DERs system, and 2) a function generator configured to produce a local cost function using data relating to the given asset only. The local cost function represents a portion of a system cost function for the DERs system. The asset manager also has 3) a controller configured to use the local cost function for the given asset to manage operation of the given asset in the DERs system. In addition, the controller also is configured to determine, using the local cost function, an operating point for the given asset.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Heila Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jorge Elizondo Martinez, Albert Tak Chun Chan, Jose Jamil Dunia Dahdah, Francisco A. Morocz Bazzani
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Patent number: 11616365Abstract: A method tests the configuration of an aggregated DERs system using distributed asset managers in a decentralized hardware-in-the-loop (“HIL”) scheme. The managers contain the model of the asset they are meant to control. The method programs an asset manager with a model of a DERs asset. A plurality of asset managers are connected to a central controller. The plurality of asset managers are also connected to a simplified hardware-in-the-loop platform. The simplified HIL platform is configured to solve a network model, a load model, a non-controllable asset model, and a grid model. The method tests the DERs system control structure by using: (a) the simplified HIL platform to solve the network model, the load model, the non-controllable asset model, and the grid model, and (b) the asset manager to solve the model of the DERs asset, without any simulation between the central controller and the distributed asset managers.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Heila Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Jorge Elizondo Martinez
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Patent number: 11451088Abstract: A method determines the topology of a DERs system having a plurality of assets, where at least one of the assets is a controllable asset. The method injects a power signal at a given frequency from a controllable asset into the DERs system. The voltage at each of the plurality of assets is measured, and the magnitude of perturbation of the voltage at the given frequency is determined for each of the plurality of assets. The method then constructs the topology of the DERs system as a function of the differences of the magnitude of perturbations of each of the plurality of assets.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: Heila Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jorge Elizondo Martinez, Albert Tak Chun Chan, Francisco A. Morocz Bazzani
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Patent number: 10971931Abstract: A method tests the configuration of an aggregated DERs system using distributed asset managers in a decentralized hardware-in-the-loop (“HIL”) scheme. The managers contain the model of the asset they are meant to control. The method programs an asset manager with a model of a DERs asset. A plurality of asset managers are connected to a central controller. The plurality of asset managers are also connected to a simplified hardware-in-the-loop platform. The simplified HIL platform is configured to solve a network model, a load model, a non-controllable asset model, and a grid model. The method tests the DERs system control structure by using: (a) the simplified HIL platform to solve the network model, the load model, the non-controllable asset model, and the grid model, and (b) the asset manager to solve the model of the DERs asset, without any simulation between the central controller and the distributed asset managers.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2019Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: Heila Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Jorge Elizondo Martinez
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Patent number: 10903650Abstract: An asset manager controls power distribution within an aggregated distributed energy resources system (“DERs system”) having a plurality of assets. The asset manager is configured to operate with a given asset. As such, the asset manager has 1) an interface to receive asset information relating to the given asset and to communicate with another asset manager in the DERs system, and 2) a function generator configured to produce a local cost function using data relating to the given asset only. The local cost function represents a portion of a system cost function for the DERs system. The asset manager also has 3) a controller configured to use the local cost function for the given asset to manage operation of the given asset in the DERs system. In addition, the controller also is configured to determine, using the local cost function, an operating point for the given asset.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2018Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: Heila Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jorge Elizondo Martinez, Albert Tak Chun Chan, Jose Jamil Dunia Dahdah, Francisco A. Morocz Bazzani
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Patent number: 10892638Abstract: A method determines the topology of a DERs system having a plurality of assets, where at least one of the assets is a controllable asset. The method injects a power signal at a given frequency from a controllable asset into the DERs system. The voltage at each of the plurality of assets is measured, and the magnitude of perturbation of the voltage at the given frequency is determined for each of the plurality of assets. The method then constructs the topology of the DERs system as a function of the differences of the magnitude of perturbations of each of the plurality of assets.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2018Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: Heila Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jorge Elizondo Martinez, Albert Tak Chun Chan, Francisco A. Morocz Bazzani