Patents Assigned to SPIRAE, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20160292597
    Abstract: An energy services bridge interposed between one or more energy service providers and an energy distribution network operator manages a plurality of diversified energy consumer service plans so as to be compliant with the physical and technical constraints of the transmission/distribution gird. The energy services bridge further conveys real-time information regarding the state of the transmission/distribution grid to the plurality of energy service providers enabling active management of the service plans and correspondingly active management of the transmission/distribution grid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: Spirae, Inc.
    Inventor: Sunil Cherian
  • Patent number: 9324116
    Abstract: An energy services bridge interposed between one or more energy service providers and an energy distribution network operator manages a plurality of diversified energy consumer service plans so as to be compliant with the physical and technical constraints of the transmission/distribution gird. The energy services bridge further conveys real-time information regarding the state of the transmission/distribution grid to the plurality of energy service providers enabling active management of the service plans and correspondingly active management of the transmission/distribution grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Spirae, Inc.
    Inventor: Sunil Cherian
  • Patent number: 9300137
    Abstract: A control system for a distributed power grid includes a simulation module operative to directly interface with operational control of distributed energy resources (DER) to develop and when necessary dynamically modify control inputs of the distributed power grid. By conducting a decentralized and distributed simulation of DER topology (components and their surrounding infrastructure) each distributed control module can simulate control response characteristics of a plurality of DER to determine a control methodology necessary to achieve a desired target. Once developed the same control inputs can be directly applied to physical DER and thereafter monitored to validate performance. Once validated, operational control of the DER is established while ongoing modifications of the control inputs continues in parallel to maintain desired performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Spirae, Inc.
    Inventors: Sunil Cherian, Oliver Pacific
  • Publication number: 20150012146
    Abstract: A system for dynamically managing and controlling distributed energy resources in a transmission/distribution power grid is disclosed. A plurality of regions within a transmission/distribution power grid is autonomously managed using regional control modules. Each regional control module oversees the management and control of the transmission/distribution power grid and is further associated with a plurality of local control modules that interface with distributed energy resources within a region. Power production and power consumption are monitored and analyzed by the enterprise control module which, upon determining that power consumption within a region does not match power producing capability, dynamically reallocates distributed energy resources throughout the grid keeping the system balance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: SPIRAE, INC.
    Inventors: Sunil Cherian, Brendan Keogh, Oliver Pacific
  • Patent number: 8825218
    Abstract: A system for dynamically managing and controlling distributed energy resources in a transmission/distribution power grid is disclosed. A plurality of regions within a transmission/distribution power grid is autonomously managed using regional control modules. Each regional control module oversees the management and control of the transmission/distribution power grid and is further associated with a plurality of local control modules that interface with distributed energy resources within a region. Power production and power consumption are monitored and analyzed by the enterprise control module which, upon determining that power consumption within a region does not match power producing capability, dynamically reallocates distributed energy resources throughout the grid keeping the system balance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Spirae, Inc.
    Inventors: Sunil Cherian, Brendan Keogh, Oliver Pacific
  • Publication number: 20130166085
    Abstract: A system for dynamically managing and controlling distributed energy resources in a transmission/distribution power grid is disclosed. A plurality of regions within a transmission/distribution power grid is autonomously managed using regional control modules. Each regional control module oversees the management and control of the transmission/distribution power grid and is further associated with a plurality of local control modules that interface with distributed energy resources within a region. Power production and power consumption are monitored and analyzed by the enterprise control module which, upon determining that power consumption within a region does not match power producing capability, dynamically reallocates distributed energy resources throughout the grid keeping the system balance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: SPIRAE, INC.
    Inventor: SPIRAE, INC.
  • Patent number: 8401709
    Abstract: A system for dynamically managing and controlling distributed energy resources in a transmission/distribution power grid is disclosed. A plurality of regions within a transmission/distribution power grid is autonomously managed using regional control modules. Each regional control module oversees the management and control of the transmission/distribution power grid and is further associated with a plurality of local control modules that interface with distributed energy resources within a region. Power production and power consumption are monitored and analyzed by the enterprise control module which, upon determining that power consumption within a region does not match power producing capability, dynamically reallocates distributed energy resources throughout the grid keeping the system balance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: SPIRAE, Inc.
    Inventors: Sunil Cherian, Brendan Keogh, Oliver Pacific
  • Publication number: 20130054036
    Abstract: An energy services bridge interposed between one or more energy service providers and an energy distribution network operator manages a plurality of diversified energy consumer service plans so as to be compliant with the physical and technical constraints of the transmission/distribution gird. The energy services bridge further conveys real-time information regarding the state of the transmission/distribution grid to the plurality of energy service providers enabling active management of the service plans and correspondingly active management of the transmission/distribution grid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: SPIRAE, INC.
    Inventor: Sunil Cherian
  • Publication number: 20120029720
    Abstract: A distributive and decentralized power grid control system passes aggregate information to and from hierarchal nodes. A particular node can operates without knowing anything about which specific assets are available for control below it in the hierarchy or the individual capabilities of those assets. Moreover the objective function is distributed in that parent nodes may or may not have access to all local goals of its children nodes. The computational burden for building a control solution is spread among many computational nodes within the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: SPIRAE, INC.
    Inventors: Sunil Cherian, Holger Kley, Oliver Pacific
  • Publication number: 20120029897
    Abstract: A control system for a distributed power grid includes a simulation module operative to directly interface with operational control of distributed energy resources (DER) to develop and when necessary dynamically modify control inputs of the distributed power grid. By conducting a decentralized and distributed simulation of DER topology (components and their surrounding infrastructure) each distributed control module can simulate control response characteristics of a plurality of DER to determine a control methodology necessary to achieve a desired target. Once developed the same control inputs can be directly applied to physical DER and thereafter monitored to validate performance. Once validated, operational control of the DER is established while ongoing modifications of the control inputs continues in parallel to maintain desired performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: SPIRAE, INC.
    Inventors: Sunil Cherian, Oliver Pacific
  • Publication number: 20110106321
    Abstract: A system for dynamically managing and controlling distributed energy resources in a transmission/distribution power grid is disclosed. A plurality of regions within a transmission/distribution power grid is autonomously managed using regional control modules. Each regional control module oversees the management and control of the transmission/distribution power grid and is further associated with a plurality of local control modules that interface with distributed energy resources within a region. Power production and power consumption are monitored and analyzed by the enterprise control module which, upon determining that power consumption within a region does not match power producing capability, dynamically reallocates distributed energy resources throughout the grid keeping the system balance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: Spirae, Inc.
    Inventors: Sunil Cherian, Brendan Keogh, Oliver Pacific