Patents by Inventor Greg Link

Greg Link 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).

  • Techniques to determine settings for an electrical distribution network
    Patent number: 9619848
    Abstract: Techniques to determine settings for an electrical distribution network are described. Some embodiments are particularly directed to techniques to determine settings for an electrical distribution network using power flow heuristics. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may comprise a model reception component, a forecast component, and an optimization component. The model reception component may be operative to receive a model of an electrical distribution network having multiple capacitor banks and multiple voltage regulators, each of the multiple capacitor banks represented in the model by a model capacitor bank, each of the multiple voltage regulators represented in the model by a model voltage regulator, the electrical distribution network having a radial layout in which power flows from a source to multiple nodes in which each node is associated with one voltage regulator. The forecast reception component may be operative to receive a forecast for demand on the electrical distribution network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: SAS Institute Inc.
    Inventors: Arnulfo D. de Castro, Glenn Lampley, Xinmin Wu, Greg Link
  • TECHNIQUES TO DETERMINE SETTINGS FOR AN ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION NETWORK
    Publication number: 20140330441
    Abstract: Techniques to determine settings for an electrical distribution network are described. Some embodiments are particularly directed to techniques to determine settings for an electrical distribution network using power flow heuristics. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may comprise a model reception component, a forecast component, and an optimization component. The model reception component may be operative to receive a model of an electrical distribution network having multiple capacitor banks and multiple voltage regulators, each of the multiple capacitor banks represented in the model by a model capacitor bank, each of the multiple voltage regulators represented in the model by a model voltage regulator, the electrical distribution network having a radial layout in which power flows from a source to multiple nodes in which each node is associated with one voltage regulator. The forecast reception component may be operative to receive a forecast for demand on the electrical distribution network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: SAS INSTITUTE INC.
    Inventors: Arnulfo D. de Castro, Glenn Lampley, Xinmin Wu, Greg Link, Michelle Gail Opp, Melanie Louise Bain Gratton