Patents by Inventor Oliver Pacific

Oliver Pacific 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).

  • 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
  • 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: 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: 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: 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