Management of a virtual power infrastructure

摘要

A virtual power infrastructure for managing distribution of power to a plurality of power demanding units from a plurality of power generators includes a demand manager having logical descriptions of the power demanding units, in which the demand manager is configured to determine power load demands of the power demanding units using the logical descriptions of the power demanding units, and a capacity manager having logical descriptions of the power generators. The capacity manager is configured to determine allocation of power capacity supplied to the power generators from one or more of the power generators to meet the power load demands of the power demanding units, while satisfying one or more predetermined constraints associated with at least one of the power demanding units and the power generators.

主权项

1. A virtual power infrastructure, comprising:
a non-transitory computer readable storage medium with instructions stored thereon for managing distribution of power to a plurality of power demanding units from a plurality of power generators, wherein the plurality of power demanding units and the plurality of power generators are each a separate non-overlapping set of a plurality of entities and the plurality of power generators includes at least two types of power generators, wherein the two types of generators includes at least two of nuclear power, natural gas power, coal-based power, solar power, wind power, and water power, said infrastructure comprising:
a demand manager having logical descriptions of the power demanding units, wherein the demand manager determines power load demands of the power demanding units using:
the logical descriptions of the power demanding units;a determination of a reliability of at least one of the plurality of power generators; anda first cost for a first amount of energy produced by at least one of the at least two types of power generators and a second cost for a second amount of energy produced by at least another of the at least two types of power generators;a capacity manager having logical descriptions of the power generators, wherein the power generators supply power to the power demanding units, and wherein the capacity manager determines allocation of power capacity supplied to the power demanding units from one or more of the power generators to meet the power load demands of the power demanding units, while satisfying one or more predetermined constraints that include a selection by a consumer of the power that indicates the first cost of the first amount of energy and the second cost of the second amount of energy associated with at least one of the power demanding units, wherein the first amount of energy and the second amount of energy are selected based on a total cost for energy from the at least two types of power generators,wherein the one or more predetermined constraints comprise one or more of service level agreement (SLA) provisions and power generator distribution constraints.