Patents by Inventor Sam Weckx

Sam Weckx 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 and system for distributing and/or controlling an energy flow taking into account constraints relating to the electricity network
    Patent number: 10063052
    Abstract: Method and system for distributing and/or controlling an energy flow to a cluster of a plurality of nodes in an electricity network, wherein each node has an associated status, taking into account constraints relating to the energy delivered to the nodes and constraints relating to the electricity network, comprised of: allocating a local agent to each node of the cluster of a plurality of nodes, wherein the local agent receives a priority for energy to be delivered; allocating a regional concentrator agent to the regional network, comprising at least a part of the cluster, wherein a total of the at least one regional network forms the electricity network; receiving by the at least one regional concentrator agent, the priority for energy to be delivered among the nodes and determining an aggregate priority for energy to be delivered to the at least one regional network, depending on voltage limitations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignees: KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN, VITO NV
    Inventors: Sam Weckx, Johan Driesen, Reinhilde D'Hulst, Bert Claessens
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING AND/OR CONTROLLING AN ENERGY FLOW TAKING INTO ACCOUNT CONSTRAINTS RELATING TO THE ELECTRICITY NETWORK
    Publication number: 20150280436
    Abstract: Method and system for distributing and/or controlling an energy flow to a cluster of a plurality of nodes in an electricity network, wherein each node has an associated status, taking into account constraints relating to the energy delivered to the nodes and constraints relating to the electricity network, comprised of: allocating a local agent to each node of the cluster of a plurality of nodes, wherein the local agent receives a priority for energy to be delivered; allocating a regional concentrator agent to the regional network, comprising at least a part of the cluster, wherein a total of the at least one regional network forms the electricity network; receiving by the at least one regional concentrator agent, the priority for energy to be delivered among the nodes and determining an aggregate priority for energy to be delivered to the at least one regional network, depending on voltage limitations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicants: VITO NV, KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN
    Inventors: Sam Weckx, Johan Driesen, Reinhilde D'Hulst, Bert Claessens