Smart-Grid Adaptive Power Management Method and System With Power Factor Optimization and Total Harmonic Distortion Reduction

摘要

A method and system of power factor optimization and total harmonic distortion are provided under the premise of efficient power management and distribution on an electrical grid. The method and system include a novel optimization technique based on a novel current profiling methodology enabling real-time power management with power factor correction as a function of the optimization. The optimization can be performed under dynamic current constraints. When deployed on an electrical grid, the method and system can provide a new technique for power management targeting an efficiency of the electrical grid. The method and system can thus provide for reduced costs of energy production and reduced carbon emissions into the atmosphere.

主权项

1. An intelligent load management unit controller (ILMUC) for facilitating power factor correction (PFC) in an electrical power system, said ILMUC comprising:
one or more switches configured to switch current from a system power supply to a load in an electrical power system, said one or more switches configurable to being switched in accordance with a plurality of different switching configurations and under a plurality of different system load conditions; a communications device configured to communicate load information of said load to a central power management server; and a microcontroller configured to respond to a command from said central power management server to configure and control said one or more switches in accordance with an optimum switching configuration determined based on load information communicated to said central power management server, said optimum switching configuration comprising a switching configuration that maximizes a power factor of said electrical power system when implemented under a first system load condition.