| EDSA MICRO CORPORATION Patent applications |
| Patent application number | Title | Published |
| 20110082597 | MICROGRID MODEL BASED AUTOMATED REAL TIME SIMULATION FOR MARKET BASED ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM OPTIMIZATION - Systems and methods for optimizing energy consumption in multi-energy sources sites are provided. These techniques include developing a real-time model and a virtual model of the electrical system of a multi-energy source site, such as a microgrid. The real-time model represents a current state of the electrical system can be developed by collecting data from sensors interfaced with the various components of the electrical system. The virtual model of the electrical system mirrors the real-time model of the electrical system and can be used to generate predictions regarding the performance, availability, and reliability of cost and reliability of various distributed energy sources and to predict the price of acquiring energy from these sources. The virtual model can be used to test “what if” scenarios, such as routine maintenance, system changes, and unplanned events that impact the utilization and capacity of the microgrid. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110082596 | REAL TIME MICROGRID POWER ANALYTICS PORTAL FOR MISSION CRITICAL POWER SYSTEMS - Systems and method for providing a microgrid power analytics portal for mission critical power systems are provided. The techniques disclosed herein provides for real-time modeling, evaluation, and commodity market pricing and optimization for an electrical network that includes microgrids using data collected from virtually any digital data source. The portal is platform independent and can be configured to collect and aggregate real-time data from sensors interfaced with components of the electrical network regardless of proprietary architectures or vendor-specific limitations imposed by the sensors or data collection software. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20100268396 | SYSTEM FOR COMPARING REAL-TIME DATA AND MODELING ENGINE DATA TO PREDICT ARC FLASH EVENTS - A system for making real-time predictions about an arc flash event on an electrical system is disclosed. The system includes a data acquisition component, an analytics server and a client terminal. The data acquisition component is communicatively connected to a sensor configured to acquire real-time data output from the electrical system. The analytics server is communicatively connected to the data acquisition component and is comprised of a virtual system modeling engine, an analytics engine and an arc flash simulation engine. The arc flash simulation engine is configured to utilize the virtual system model to forecast an aspect of the arc flash event. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100262411 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REAL-TIME SYSTEM MONITORING AND PREDICTIVE ANALYSIS - A system for providing real-time modeling of an electrical system under management is disclosed. The system includes a data acquisition component, a virtual system modeling engine, and an analytics engine. The data acquisition component is communicatively connected to a sensor configured to provide real-time measurements of data output from an element of the system. The virtual system modeling engine is configured to generate a predicted data output for the element. The analytics engine is communicatively connected to the data acquisition system and the virtual system modeling engine and is configured to monitor and analyze a difference between the real-time data output and the predicted data output. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100168931 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ALARM FILTERING AND MANAGEMENT WITHIN A REAL-TIME DATA ACQUISITION AND MONITORING ENVIRONMENT - A system for filtering and interpreting real-time sensory data from an electrical system is disclosed. The system includes a data acquisition component, a power analytics server and a client terminal. The data acquisition component acquires real-time data output from the electrical system. The power analytics server is comprised of a virtual system modeling engine, an analytics engine, and a decision engine. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100023309 | METHOD FOR PREDICTING SYMMETRIC, AUTOMATED, REAL-TIME ARC FLASH ENERGY WITHIN A REAL-TIME MONITORING SYSTEM - A system for making real-time predictions about an arc flash event on an electrical system comprises a data acquisition component communicatively connected to a sensor configured to acquire real-time data output from the electrical system; an analytics server communicatively connected to the data acquisition component and comprising a virtual system modeling engine configured to generate predicted data output for the electrical system using a virtual system model of the electrical system, an analytics engine configured to monitor the real-time data output and the predicted data output of the electrical system, and an arc flash simulation engine configured to use the virtual system model updated based in the real-time data to forecast an aspect of the arc flash event. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20090149972 | REAL-TIME SYSTEM FOR VERIFICATION AND MONITORING OF PROTECTIVE DEVICE SETTINGS WITHIN AN ELECTRICAL POWER DISTRIBUTION NETWORK AND AUTOMATIC CORRECTION OF DEVIANCES FOUND - A system for real-time verification of protective device system configuration settings on a monitored system, is disclosed. The system includes a data acquisition component, a virtual system model database, a protective device system verification engine. The data acquisition component is communicatively connected to a sensor configured to real-time protective device configuration data output from a protective device that is part of the monitored system. The virtual system model database is configured to update a virtual mode of the system based on the status of the protective devices and to store a virtual system model of the monitored system, including preset protective device configuration settings for the protective device. The protective device system verification engine configured to monitor the real-time protective device configuration data and the preset protective device configuration settings and generate a warning when there is a difference between the real-time protective device configuration data and the preset protective device configuration settings. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090113049 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REAL-TIME FORECASTING AND PREDICTING OF ELECTRICAL PEAKS AND MANAGING THE ENERGY, HEALTH, RELIABILITY, AND PERFORMANCE OF ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEMS BASED ON AN ARTIFICIAL ADAPTIVE NEURAL NETWORK - A system for utilizing a neural network to make real-time predictions about the health, reliability, and performance of a monitored system are disclosed. The system includes a data acquisition component, a power analytics server and a client terminal. The data acquisition component acquires real-time data output from the electrical system. The power analytics server is comprised of a virtual system modeling engine, an analytics engine, an adaptive prediction engine. The virtual system modeling engine generates predicted data output for the electrical system. The analytics engine monitors real-time data output and predicted data output of the electrical system. The adaptive prediction engine can be configured to forecast an aspect of the monitored system using a neural network algorithm. The adaptive prediction engine is further configured to process the real-time data output and automatically optimize the neural network algorithm by minimizing a measure of error between the real-time data output and an estimated data output predicted by the neural network algorithm. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090105998 | METHOD FOR PREDICTING ARC FLASH ENERGY AND PPE CATEGORY WITHIN A REAL-TIME MONITORING SYSTEM - A method for simulating an arc flash event on an electrical power system is disclosed. The virtual system model of the electrical system is modified to introduce a short circuiting feature. The standard to supply equations used in the arc flash event calculations is chosen. The arc flash event is simulated using the modified virtual system model in accordance with the chosen standard. The quantity of arc energy released by the arc flash event is calculated using results from the simulation. The report that forecasts an aspect of the arc flash event is communicated. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090099832 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY CONVERTING CAD DRAWING FILES INTO INTELLIGENT OBJECTS WITH DATABASE CONNECTIVITY FOR THE DESIGN, ANALYSIS, AND SIMULATION OF ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEMS - A computer system for converting a computer aided design drawing file of an electrical power system into one or more component objects for power analytic analysis and simulation, is disclosed. The computer system can include a processor, a memory, a display device, and an input device. The memory device can be coupled to the processor and configured to maintain a component classification database, an import engine, computer aided design drawing parser, and a symbol classification engine. The display device can be coupled to the processor and configured for displaying the computer aided design drawing file of the electrical power system. The processor can be operative to execute instructions within the import engine to control the import of the computer aided design drawing file to the computer, execute instructions within the computer aided design drawing parser to control the parsing of the computer aided design drawing file into at least one component object containing a component symbol and execute instructions within the symbol classification engine to control the assigning of a component classification to the component symbol. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090083019 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTUITIVE MODELING OF COMPLEX NETWORKS IN A DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT - A system for modeling a topology of an electrical power system is disclosed. The system can include a processor, a memory, a display device, and an input device. The memory device can be coupled to the processor and configured to maintain a component database, a component control engine, and a power system topology modeling engine. The display device can be coupled to the processor and configured for displaying the topology of the electrical power system. The input device can be coupled to the processor and can be operative to select one of the plurality of power system components stored in the component database as a selected component, position the selected component within a framework, and interface the selected component with other selected components within the framework. The processor can be operative to execute instructions within the component control engine to control the position of the selected components within the framework and execute instructions within the power system topology modeling engine to render the topology of the electrical system after the selected components have been positioned. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090076749 | ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEM MODELING, DESIGN, ANALYSIS, AND REPORTING VIA A CLIENT-SERVER APPLICATION FRAMEWORK - A system for an intelligent web-based monitoring and management of an electrical system is disclosed. The system comprises a data acquisition component communicatively connected to a sensor configured to acquire real-time data output from the electrical system; a web application server communicatively connected to the data acquisition component, the web application server configured to transmit a user interface to a client terminal, the web application server comprising: a virtual system model database communicatively connected to the data acquisition component, the virtual system model database configured to store a virtual system model of the electrical system, a power analytic simulation engine comprising a virtual system modeling engine communicatively connected to the virtual system model database, the virtual system modeling engine configured to generate a predicted data output for the electrical system utilizing the virtual system model of the electrical system, and an analytics engine communicatively connected to the virtual system model database, the analytics engine configured to monitor the real-time data output and the predicted data output of the electrical system, and to initiate a calibration and synchronization operation to update the virtual system model when a difference between the real-time data output and the predicted data output exceeds a threshold, and a client terminal communicatively connected to the web application server, the client terminal configured to display the user interface. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090063122 | REAL-TIME STABILITY INDEXING FOR INTELLIGENT ENERGY MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT OF ELECTRICAL POWER NETWORK SYSTEM - A system and method for intelligent monitoring and management of an electrical system is disclosed. The system includes a data acquisition component, a power analytics server and a client terminal. The data acquisition component acquires real-time data output from the electrical system. The power analytics server is comprised of a real-time electrical system security index engine that calculates real-time system security index values from stability indices data generated from a virtual system model of the electrical system. The client terminal displays the system security index values to assess the security and stability of the electrical system. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20080263469 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATION OF A SCHEMATIC USER INTERFACE FOR MONITORING AND PREDICTING THE REAL-TIME HEALTH, RELIABILITY AND PERFORMANCE OF AN ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEM - A system for automatically generating a schematic user interface of an electrical system is disclosed. The system includes a data acquisition component, a power analytics server and a client terminal. The data acquisition component acquires real-time data output from the electrical system. The power analytics server is comprised of a virtual system modeling engine, an analytics engine, a machine learning engine and a schematic user interface creator engine. The virtual system modeling engine generates predicted data output for the electrical system. The analytics engine monitors real-time data output and predicted data output of the electrical system. The machine learning engine stores and processes patterns observed from the real-time data output and the predicted data output to forecast an aspect of the electrical system. The schematic user interface creator engine is configured to create a schematic user interface that is representative of the virtual system model and link the schematic user interface to the data acquisition component. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080262820 | REAL-TIME PREDICTIVE SYSTEMS FOR INTELLIGENT ENERGY MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT OF ELECTRICAL POWER NETWORKS - A system for intelligent monitoring and management of an electrical system is disclosed. The system includes a data acquisition component, a power analytics server and a client terminal. The data acquisition component acquires real-time data output from the electrical system. The power analytics server is comprised of a real-time energy pricing engine, virtual system modeling engine, an analytics engine, a machine learning engine and a schematic user interface creator engine. The real-time energy pricing engine generates real-time utility power pricing data. The virtual system modeling engine generates predicted data output for the electrical system. The analytics engine monitors real-time data output and predicted data output of the electrical system. The machine learning engine stores and processes patterns observed from the real-time data output and the predicted data output to forecast an aspect of the electrical system. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080215302 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REAL-TIME DYNAMIC SIMULATION OF UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLY SOLUTIONS AND THEIR CONTROL LOGIC SYSTEMS - A system for real-time modeling of uninterruptible power supply (UPS) control elements protecting an electrical system is disclosed. The system includes a data acquisition component, a power analytics server and a client terminal. The data acquisition component acquires real-time data output from the electrical system. The power analytics server is comprised of a virtual system modeling engine, an analytics engine and a UPS transient stability simulation engine. | 09-04-2008 |