WO2016100585A2 - Système intuitif - Google Patents

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WO2016100585A2
WO2016100585A2 PCT/US2015/066222 US2015066222W WO2016100585A2 WO 2016100585 A2 WO2016100585 A2 WO 2016100585A2 US 2015066222 W US2015066222 W US 2015066222W WO 2016100585 A2 WO2016100585 A2 WO 2016100585A2
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L12/00—Data switching networks
    • H04L12/28—Data switching networks characterised by path configuration, e.g. LAN [Local Area Networks] or WAN [Wide Area Networks]
    • H04L12/2803—Home automation networks
    • H04L12/2823—Reporting information sensed by appliance or service execution status of appliance services in a home automation network
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    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08B—SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
    • G08B27/00—Alarm systems in which the alarm condition is signalled from a central station to a plurality of substations
    • G08B27/005—Alarm systems in which the alarm condition is signalled from a central station to a plurality of substations with transmission via computer network
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02J—ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
    • H02J9/00—Circuit arrangements for emergency or stand-by power supply, e.g. for emergency lighting
    • H02J9/04—Circuit arrangements for emergency or stand-by power supply, e.g. for emergency lighting in which the distribution system is disconnected from the normal source and connected to a standby source
    • H02J9/06—Circuit arrangements for emergency or stand-by power supply, e.g. for emergency lighting in which the distribution system is disconnected from the normal source and connected to a standby source with automatic change-over, e.g. UPS systems
    • H02J9/062—Circuit arrangements for emergency or stand-by power supply, e.g. for emergency lighting in which the distribution system is disconnected from the normal source and connected to a standby source with automatic change-over, e.g. UPS systems for AC powered loads
    • H02J9/065—Circuit arrangements for emergency or stand-by power supply, e.g. for emergency lighting in which the distribution system is disconnected from the normal source and connected to a standby source with automatic change-over, e.g. UPS systems for AC powered loads for lighting purposes

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  • the grid board or electricity board does not get real information of the grid power health in some or all parts of the system. For example, if there is any grid failure at the location due to any reason such as fuse blown or transformer issue near the location, etc.
  • the grid board may ascertain the status only when the consumer calls the grid board and informs the grid board of the actual state. If the grid board were to fix the problem remotely, the grid board still would not know if the power has been recovered successfully at the original point of failure. This leads to a gap in the overall system where the grid board has insufficient information about the system's health. In certain situations, if there are bad climatic conditions, the grid board may not know if a certain locality has grid power supplied or not.
  • Various embodiments include a system for detecting interruptions, aberrations, dangers, and other indicators of the health of a power grid.
  • the system may include a central "hub” that aggregates data received from various "spokes" in a power grid.
  • the spokes may include sensors and/or other devices that can report changes in local power levels, power interruptions, etc.
  • the hub may include a server capable of processing data, generating reports, generating predictions, etc.
  • a representative of a utility or other service provider may access the server in order to view and respond to information about the power grid.
  • the hub and/or devices within the spokes may engage in demand response. Accordingly, power utilization by various communities, facilities, businesses, homes, appliances, etc., may be managed in such a way as to reduce power consumption. At the same time, demand response may selectively reduce power consumption by those communities, devices, etc., most able to handle a reduction in power. For instance, certain appliances may possess sources of backup power, or may be engaged in functions that can wait until times when there is less overall demand for power from the grid.
  • Figure 1 provides an illustration of a system, according to some embodiments.
  • Figure 2 provides an illustration of a block diagram of system, according to some embodiments.
  • Figure 3 provides an illustration of a block diagram of system, according to some embodiments.
  • Figure 4 provides an illustration of an electrical network at a home, according to some embodiments.
  • Figure 5 provides an illustration of an electrical network at a home, according to some embodiments.
  • Figure 6 provides an illustration of a home with a communications hub, according to some embodiments.
  • IS Intelligent Systems
  • the IS has many sub components distributed at various places.
  • the system may notionally be divided in two parts called hub and spokes.
  • this division into two parts is presented as a way of describing the system, according to various embodiments, and is not intended to be limiting in any way.
  • the system may be notionally divided into more than two or fewer than two parts.
  • the spokes may include places like homes and offices, where the grid power reaches its final destination and gets consumed.
  • the spokes may have one or more intelligent hardware and/or software devices and/or systems.
  • An exemplary device may include a custom computer, a circuit, an appliance, a sensor, etc.
  • a device may provide one or more functions, including: (a) detecting power failure, (b) providing alternate power to local electrical appliances, (c) directing a "demand response", which may include a set of steps to reduce power consumption within a given area, facility, set of appliances, etc. ; (d) detect peak power consumption (e.g., within a given facility, e.g., within a given set of appliances, etc.), (e) direct load balancing among one or more facilities, devices, etc., and (f) communicate data to the hub (e.g., to a central server, utility, etc.).
  • the hub may include two key subsystems.
  • the hub could have more or fewer than two subsystems, and/or that the hub may be divided into subsystems in other ways that what is explicitly described herein.
  • the one subsystem of the hub may include a hosted cloud or server.
  • the server may perform various functions, including one or more of: (a) managing communication to and from spokes; (b) running software to manage configurations from a service provider (e.g., from a grid board service provider); (c) managing the health of spokes; and (d) providing various analytics.
  • the second sub system may include one or more management devices, client terminals, user terminals, or the like.
  • Management devices may be associated with a utility, grid board, service provider, etc.
  • a management device may be located at the premises of a utility.
  • a management device may include a personal computer, workstation, tablet, mobile phone, and/or any other suitable device.
  • a provider may communicate with the hosted cloud or server. The provider may receive information and analytics related to spokes, and may provide direction and instructions for managing and controlling the overall system.
  • a representative of a service provider may access the server through a management device via a web interface.
  • the representative may view logs showing power usage, locations of strain on the power grid, locations of disruption, etc.
  • the representative may view analytics, geographical or topological maps of power utilization, predictions of future power outages, current response being taken to counteract strains on the grid, and/or any suitable data that may aid in managing a power grid and/or in providing any other service.
  • the use of IS at spokes may address some of the drawbacks of a conventional system, and may enable various benefits, some of which are listed below:
  • Intelligent circuits which may include circuits that can provide back-up power in the absence of grid power, and/or provide a control mechanism for appliances and other electronic devices in the absence of grid power.
  • IS at hub level may provide various benefits, some of which are mentioned below:
  • a system may allow for locating power failure and determining various power states of a home and/or regions, and for providing an energy conservation and management system.
  • such a system may be termed an "Intuitive System”.
  • the electrical and electronic devices which work on the grid power or AC power would not work in the absence of electricity.
  • the electricity may fail due to various kinds of reasons such as grid power failure in a specific locality, a blown fuse, intentional power cuts, natural disasters etc.
  • the grid power board or electricity board may not know about the power failure in a specific locality or region unless a consumer calls the electricity board and informs them about it.
  • Electrical and electronic home appliances or products such as light bulbs, lamps, heaters, air conditioners, fans, refrigerators, etc., may work well when there is grid power. However, when the grid power fails, the devices may not function or the devices may become such that they can't be controlled for various functionalities. In some
  • a consumer or electricity or grid board are unaware of the reason for failure. If a consumer calls and informs the electricity or grid board about the issue, then the electricity or grid board may start working on the resolution. Once the power is back, the Electricity Board or Grid board (EB) may not get any acknowledgement or call from the end consumer that the power is back. Due to this, the EB may not always be able to keep track of the time when the electricity is back. Furthermore, many times the reasons are also unknown for the power cuts and power recovery. The EB may face various other challenges, including knowing and analysing the following issues:
  • the extent of a power failure could encompass one house, a couple of houses, or larger localities where there are power outages.
  • the Intuitive system may address one or more of these challenges.
  • the IS has an embedded system with its own battery, microcontroller, global location engine, GSM/CDMA (Global System for Mobile / Code division multiple access) system, intuitive software (e.g., software that can detect an on/off switch state in a circuit with no power and/or cause a device to switch to back-up power in the absence of power) and back-end server or cloud system.
  • GSM/CDMA Global System for Mobile / Code division multiple access
  • a "demand response" or similar service or system may include a service or system that responds to use or demand of power.
  • the use of power may include use of power by an individual, by a community, by a location on a grid, by a portion of a grid, etc.
  • a response may include reducing the use of power, such as by shutting off one or more appliances, reducing the power consumption of an appliance (e.g., reducing level of a thermostat to use less power, e.g., dimming a light to use less power), or otherwise altering power consumption and/or power distribution.
  • a demand response system may be controlled by an electric board, utility, or by any other party.
  • a demand response system may seek to balance or optimize the load on a power grid or portion of a power grid. For example, when there is high demand for power, a demand response system may reduce the use of power consumption to some degree (e.g., by shutting off one or more appliances).
  • Various embodiments include an IS with various components, which may also be referred to as sub-system components.
  • Such sub-system components may include, without limitation, an illumination source (e.g., an LED bulb) with energy source (e.g., battery back-up), an intuitive circuit (as defined below), a communications device (e.g., a SIM card with GSM/CDMA service), a location sensor (e.g., a GPS location module), a server software component, software service for various solutions, etc.
  • an illumination source e.g., an LED bulb
  • energy source e.g., battery back-up
  • an intuitive circuit as defined below
  • a communications device e.g., a SIM card with GSM/CDMA service
  • an IS electronic circuit can be interfaced with electrical or electronic gadgets, such as with air conditioners, heaters, fans, refrigerators, dish washers, washing machine, personal computers, etc.
  • an IS electronic circuit can be interfaced to many electrical or electronic gadgets together or individually.
  • an IS electronic circuit can be interfaced with an individual house, with a couple of houses, and/or with a community together or individually.
  • an Intuitive circuit includes a circuit that can detect whether a switch is on or off even in the absence of grid power.
  • the intuitive circuit may, for example, use an internal power source to broadcast a signal through an electrical network (e.g., through a home electrical network). If the signal is detected back at the intuitive circuit again, then it may be inferred that the signal has traversed a closed circuit, including a closed switch. Accordingly it may be inferred that the switch is on, in some embodiments. If no return signal is detected at the intuitive circuit, then it may be inferred that the switch is off. Accordingly, in various embodiments, an Intuitive circuit may allow a switch to control a device (e.g., a light) even in the absence of electrical power from the power grid.
  • a device e.g., a light
  • an IS electronic circuit includes an Intuitive circuit and algorithm which detects the real state of the grid power i.e. it detects either the On/Off switch has been closed/open or there is a real grid failure.
  • an IS electronic circuit has SIM/data (subscriber identity module / data) or other data card with a GSM/CDMA module (or with a module for using some other mode of wireless communication) with cellular network service.
  • SIM/data subscriber identity module / data
  • GSM/CDMA Global System for Mobile communications
  • an IS electronic circuit has GPS or other location sensor or other location engine.
  • a location engine may be either enabled by the GPS module and/or by cellular service providers' service for location identification, such service possibly including triangulation, GSM tower based identification, etc.
  • an IS can send a notification to an EB via cellular service (SMS/data/audio etc.). The notification may indicate the status of grid power.
  • an IS can send a notification about one or more domestic situations, such as fire alarm, natural disaster, power consumption, demand response status, gas leakage alarms, accidental precautionary alarms etc.
  • an IS has cloud or server based system which receives the various notifications from the individual IS circuits, where such notifications may, for example, indicate the status of grid power.
  • the IS decodes the notification(s) and executes the location based algorithms to identify power failure as well as recovery. This decoding may also give information on the geographical location of the notifying IS circuit or device.
  • the EB can determine and/or analyse the location where there is grid failure, or understand the distribution of grid power consumption (e.g., understand the location(s) where grid consumption highest) and utilise this data for various purpose such as failure/recovery analysis, load balancing, demand response, proactive measures to prevent accidents by turning off grid with the help of various cellular notifications etc.
  • FIG. 1 depicts solution system according to various embodiments.
  • the system is depicted with the hub and spokes as separate subsystems.
  • the spokes 001 may include houses, communities, community places, restaurants, offices, shopping centres, business complexes, and/or factories, either individually, in combination, and/or all together.
  • the spoke may include IS components 002.
  • An IS component 002 is configured with connection to hub or hubs and broadcasts local intelligence to hub.
  • the component 002 is also configured with a demand response protocol.
  • the component 002 can come in many forms, configurations, etc.
  • the component 002 may include, various circuits, devices, appliances, etc., such as LED, bulb, electronic gadget, active device with demand response configuration, high power switching relays to operate the heavy duty electrical appliances, GPS/GPRS (Global Positioning System / General packet radio service) system, Wi-Fi access points, Wi-Fi routers etc.
  • the component 002 may store and/or execute one or more software programs, modules, algorithms, etc., in order to carry out steps in accordance with one or more embodiments.
  • a communication channel to the hub subsystem according to various embodiments.
  • the communication channel may be secured.
  • Communication channel 003 could take the form of wired or wireless internet communication or via GPRS communication for telecommunication service provider.
  • a server may take the form of a cloud subsystem or hosted cloud or on premise server, according to various embodiments.
  • the server may execute various algorithms to carry out one or more embodiments as described herein.
  • an administrator access point may include a terminal, a computer, an Internet connection and/or any other means for connecting with server 400.
  • the access point may be located or hosted at the grid board or service provider (e.g., at a utility's offices).
  • the access point 500 may allow a user to exercise control over the function of the server 004.
  • the access point may be web based.
  • the access point 005 may make secured connection with server 004 and control the functionality of server 004.
  • FIG. 2 depicts a block diagram of an IS according to some embodiments.
  • Fig 2 represents the high level system with various blocks depicting various subsystems of the IS.
  • LED or bulb or electronic gadget may include battery, GPS module, GSM module and intuitive circuit, according to various embodiments.
  • the subsystem components of 002 may detect the real grid power failure or the state of on/off switch.
  • the subsystem components of device 002 may detect the real power failure inside the house, or office or the location where it is installed.
  • the device 002 may have GPS and GSM units embedded in the system which may help to understand the existing location where it is installed.
  • device 002 and/or the subsystem components of device 002 would then send the state of power failure to the cloud or server.
  • the server may be still on-line due to the presence of power at its location.
  • the server may run various software, including an application and notification system for taking appropriate actions, such actions including one or more of: (a) assigning staff to address the power failure; (b) providing analytics for analysing the various trends for one or more localities; (c) understanding if the power failure happened only at an individual house or for an entire locality (and/or otherwise localizing the point of a power failure); (d) maintaining a database for "demand response" subscription and take appropriate actions accordingly; (e)understanding when the power is coming back; (f) performing various root cause analysis, etc.
  • an application and notification system for taking appropriate actions, such actions including one or more of: (a) assigning staff to address the power failure; (b) providing analytics for analysing the various trends for one or more localities; (c) understanding if the power failure happened only at an individual house or for an entire locality (and/or otherwise localizing the point of a power failure); (d) maintaining a database for "demand response" subscription and take appropriate actions accordingly; (e)understanding when the power is coming back; (f)
  • a database may contain a "demand response" subscription. This may include records of one or more entities, including devices, appliances, houses, communities, facilities, businesses, etc., where such entities are consumers of power.
  • the database may store various information about such entities, including average power consumed, importance of its function (e.g., whether the device is a life-support system or a simple cleaning appliance), priority, availability of back-up power, preferred time of usage, expected time of usage, and/or any other information about the entity.
  • Such information may be used in creating demand response, whereby one or more entities are caused to reduce their power consumption in response to excess power demand. For example, entities which use a lot of power or have lower priority may be caused to reduce power consumption as part of demand response.
  • the subsystem components of device 002 can be installed directly to the grid power coming at the house without any on/off switch or any other circuit which disrupts its power. In such situation, the device 002 may clearly detect the state of the grid power status.
  • the subsystem components of device 002 include a software API to communicate with cellular service provider. This API or software would request the location of the device 002 to the cellular service provider either by triangulation, by tower location, or by any other method.
  • the subsystem components of device 002 can register its address to the cloud or server at the time of installation. The grid board or electricity board would identify the location of device 002 by any or all the techniques mentioned above.
  • the subsystem components of device 002 would at times (e.g., occasionally, periodically, and/or always) state the heartbeat (e.g., the current rate of usage, e.g., the current level of usage) for grid power, location, power consumption of the home, real-time status of the grid power availability, managing the services of "demand response” etc.
  • the heartbeat e.g., the current rate of usage, e.g., the current level of usage
  • the subsystem component 004 depicts the cloud or server system which takes the online and offline data from device 002.
  • the server would be typically managed by the grid board for various applications such as grid failure notification, overall analytics for monitoring the trends, command and control for device 002, detect the state of various devices similar to device 002 in and around the locality where there is a grid failure, status of power recovery, root cause analysis for the power failure, power load analysis, managing the "demand response" based on the subscription etc.
  • the subsystem component, module 102 depicts the analytics, algorithms, and data intelligence derived from the data received from device 002, grid board and various parameters set for various applications.
  • the subsystem component, module 103 depicts the services to be built in and around the analysis, data, subscription, etc., by the grid power board.
  • Exemplary services may include managing the "demand response", load balancing, power shading, taking anticipatory actions based on the trends, results of overall analytics etc.
  • the subsystem component 001 depicts an individual home or community or industry which is installed with the system 002.
  • the subsystem component 201, 202, 204 depicts more than one IS such as 002.
  • the components such as 201 , 202, and 204 altogether could be a part of a community or part of different communities, different districts, different states etc.
  • the subsystem components 201, 202, 204 relate to a community. If there is a power failure only in 201 and not in 202 and/or 204 then it may be inferred that there is no defect or issue with the grid power board. The problem could be related to the individual home or 201. In such situations, the subsystem components 004 (e.g., cloud or server 004) could perform an analysis, localize the problem and take appropriate anticipator actions, services etc.
  • the subsystem components 004 e.g., cloud or server 004
  • the subsystem component 300 depicts a typical electrical network at home where there may be connected one or more electrical and electronic gadgets to the power line and neutral.
  • the subsystem component 301 may include components similar to those of device 002.
  • component 301 may include a battery (or other source of power), intuitive electronics, GPS, GSM/CDMA interface.
  • the subsystem component 302 depicts electrical or electronic gadgets with PLC circuit to be used for Power Line Communication.
  • power line communication or the like may refer to a means of communication that allows electrical wiring to carry data as well as electrical power.
  • grid board may send respective command to 301 to switch off the heavy duty devices such as device/system 302.
  • the device/system 301 may decode the information from the grid power board and send the respective communication to the device/system 304 over power line communication. (As will be appreciated, other modes of communication may also be used, in various embodiments.) This in turn switches off or on the power to 302.
  • the device/system 302 may be turned on or off or controlled for its operation based on the subscription or services opted by the user for the device/system 304's operation.
  • the grid power board may analyse the domestic power consumption may be very high during peak power and decide to reduce the power load by turning of the heavy duty equipment's such as device/sy stem 302 and 304 through remote services of the cloud.
  • the device/system 304 may send the status of its power consumption to device/system 301.
  • the device/system 301 may, in turn, send the overall power consumption patterns, periodicity of power usage, etc., to electricity board such that the device/system 302's operational power requirement can be optimally managed using smart services from grid power board.
  • the subsystem component 303 depicts a typical electrical or electronic gadget controlled by on/off switch for it operation.
  • the component 303 is depicting a standard device working in the environment where the IS (including 301 and 302) has been incorporated into the existing system.
  • the subsystem component 400 depicts similar functionality to that of 300.
  • the device/sy stems 301 and 304 may operate as separate electronic circuits.
  • the device system 401 may combine or integrate the functions of both device/systems 301 and 304 for various functionalities.
  • At 402 is depicted a standard device working in the environment where the IS (400 and 401) has been incorporated into the existing system.
  • the subsystem component 502 depicts a wireless internet router or repeater.
  • the subsystem component 002 depicts wireless internet connectivity to local home or building covering certain area around it vicinity.
  • the subsystem component 501 depicts internet router with or without battery and wireless connectivity.
  • the component 502 has internet connectivity to either 002 and or 501 such that it provides the wireless internet connectivity in the areas at home where 002 or 501 does not have wireless signal reach.
  • the component 502 acts as a wireless repeater for the paired device such as 002 and or 501.
  • the component 502 provides the Wi-Fi internet connectivity to the end user in the presence or absence of the grid power.
  • the component 502 would have the intuitive electronic circuit to detect the presence or absence of the grid power and provide the internet connectivity as per users control irrespective the availability of grid power.
  • a spoke has grid failure detection circuit.
  • a spoke may have more than one gird failure detection circuit. Once such a circuit detects the grid failure it sends this status to hub. The hub in turn investigates and/or directs the investigation of the cause of failure. The failure may turn out to be a failure at the home/domestic level, at the community level, or at any other level. If there is community level failure, then the grid board may receive signals from many detection circuits and/or spokes from the community. This may help the grid board to analyse the root cause and take corrective steps. After the corrective steps have been taken, the grid power may be recovered at spokes. The spokes may send the latest status back to hub, and may accordingly provide the hub with an indication that power has been recovered. In this way, the grid board gets confirmation that the system is up and running.
  • a spoke system includes battery back-up.
  • one or more devices, circuits, locales, dwellings, businesses, communities, etc. may have battery backup.
  • a local communication network may be created at one or more spokes.
  • two or more circuits e.g., circuits mounted on various gadgets
  • These circuits may detect a power outage.
  • These circuits may also send indications of the health of grid power to the hub.
  • Health indicators may include indicators of any peak load situations (e.g., power usage is at peak capacity), power interruptions, grid heartbeat, notifications that a given spoke is responding to demand response, etc.
  • one or more circuits in a spoke detects peak loading of the grid power by domestic devices.
  • the peak loading can be detected either by measuring dip in voltage on mains or peak loading current drawn by the spoke.
  • a user is running the washing machine when the given spoke is already drawing the maximum average power allocated to it. In this situation, the user will be paying a higher electricity bill if the situation happens during a demand response episode.
  • the spoke circuit detects the peak power and sends a command to other intelligent spoke devices to turn off.
  • other intelligent devices may include devices mounted before (or otherwise associated with) a refrigerator, heater etc.
  • An appliance itself might constitute an intelligent device, in various embodiments.
  • an intelligent device may turn itself for the duration when power hungry devices (e.g., washing machines, etc.) are drawing high or peak power.
  • power hungry devices e.g., washing machines, etc.
  • the above scenario could also occur even during non-demand response episodes.
  • the user is allocated an average as well as maximum power to be consumed per month.
  • the grid board and/or service provider would have one or more spokes registered with them for demand response.
  • the hub broadcasts the demand response notifications, which are received by the registered spokes.
  • spokes may take responsive actions. Such actions may include directing certain appliances or devices to reduce power consumption, directing certain appliances or devices to switch to battery power or other backup power, etc.
  • an intuitive circuit may receive information on the start of a demand response episode (e.g., may receive a notice that power consumption should be reduced in light of high demand) and cuts off the power from the grid or mains and operates on battery power (or on other backup power).
  • a user may receive points, credits, rewards, payments, or, any other incentive in return for responding to demand response episodes. For example, a user may receive discounts on his utility bill for reducing power consumption at times of peak power demand by others in the community. A user may thereby be incentivized to improve the overall health of the electrical grid, including during times of high vulnerability (e.g., to outages, interruptions, etc.).
  • a spoke device that includes an Intuitive circuit may shut down a high power device to reduce the electricity bills.
  • electricity bills may increase during times of high demand, and reducing power consumption at such times may lead to significant savings.
  • the hub is deployed either on the hosted cloud or server or on premise server as per the business needs of grid board or service provider or private companies as per the contractual terms between them.
  • spokes there may be secured communication between the spokes and hub.
  • the spoke devices may have battery back-up so they communicate with hub even though there are interruptions in power from grid.
  • a spoke device may have separate data connectivity with a mobile or telephone service provider, where such connectivity may be independent (or not wholly dependent) of the presence of grid power.
  • two or more spoke devices may form a local network (e.g., an intemet hub) which is connected to Wi-Fi hub at spoke. This Wi-Fi hub may also run on battery back-up as per the configuration of spoke.
  • forming a local intemet hub helps by using one single intemet facing connection to a server, cloud, etc.
  • the hub receives the status of grid health from one or more (e.g., from all) spokes periodically.
  • the data communication is spread such way that there is no load on cloud or server from many simultaneous communications.
  • data about grid health may be communicated to the hub at random intervals, or at random times during a designated window, so as to reduce the likelihood of high concurrent data transmission.
  • the server may run analytics (e.g., may run analytical algorithms), and may analyse such things as: (a) grid failure (e.g., times, locations, etc. of grid failure); (b) recovery of power at spokes and/or communities (e.g., places and times where grid power has been recovered); (c) demand response broadcasting (e.g., which parties have been informed about a demand response episode, which parties have responded, which parties have endeavoured to reduce power consumption, etc.); (d) collecting credit points, (e.g., which parties have earned credit points) etc.
  • grid failure e.g., times, locations, etc. of grid failure
  • recovery of power at spokes and/or communities e.g., places and times where grid power has been recovered
  • demand response broadcasting e.g., which parties have been informed about a demand response episode, which parties have responded, which parties have endeavoured to reduce power consumption, etc.
  • credit points e.g., which parties have earned credit points
  • the hub runs notifications and reporting to spokes and grid board or service provider. These notifications may include notifications about grid power failures sent to grid board or service provider, demand response start and end notices sent to users and spokes, billing related reporting to users, grid board, service provider etc.
  • user or client device, a client terminal, etc. may be associated with a grid board, service provider as well as user.
  • the client terminal may allow a grid board representative or other party to peruse information received at the server.
  • a client application can be enabled via secured web browser connection with hosted cloud or server. Or there can be smart phone apps which make secured connection with hosted cloud or server for accessing status, notifications, reports etc.
  • the system can predict the amount of electricity savings during demand response based on various parameters like typical peak load during day, individual loading partem at home etc.
  • the system may, for example, award credit points based on savings achieved.
  • the Grid board in order to instruct or motivate users and/or other spoke constituents to reduce power during demand response episodes, can broadcast special communications to individual home or common messages to multiple homes. In various embodiments, messages and/or computer instructions may be sent to individual devices to instruct them to reduce power consumption by an associated appliance, facility, home, business, etc.
  • the failure of any IS devices can be communicated so that the grid board knows to replace them.
  • a rationing device may be operable to limit, or cap the amount of power that goes to a spoke, community, house, business, dwelling, etc.
  • the rationing device may ration power based on the availability of power overall, the capacity of a particular spoke (or community, etc.) to handle the power, the strain at a particular spoke (or community, etc.), or based on any other reason.
  • a device connected to an electrical grid comprising:
  • processor in which the processor executes computer code stored in the memory to:
  • the device may server the functions of an appliance, for example.
  • D.1 The device of embodiment D in which the functional portion is one of: (a) a heating unit; (b) a cooling unit; (c) washing machine; (d) a dryer; (e) a water boiler; (f) a lighting unit; and (g) a fan.
  • D.5 The device of embodiment D, in which, in determining that the grid is not operating in a healthy manner, the processor determines that the second level of power is less than an average historical level of power available in the electrical grid.
  • an appliance, device, etc. may be switched to battery power even if there is still available grid power.
  • the switch may be performed as a precaution to improve grid health, reduce the chances for a power outage, etc.
  • an appliance can detect the state of a switch even in the absence of grid power.
  • a signal generator for transmitting an electrical signal into the electrical grid; a receiver for receiving the same electrical signal back from the electrical grid in the event the signal has traversed a closed loop within the grid; a logic element for inferring an on or off state of a switch within the electrical grid based on a positive or negative detection of the electrical signal at the receiver; and
  • a communications port for transmitting an indication of the on or off state of the switch to the processor.
  • a system may be capable of determining the source of a failure or other problem in an electrical grid.
  • a system for analysing strain in a power grid comprising:
  • a server comprising:
  • first device electrically coupled to the power grid at a first location
  • second device electrically coupled to the power grid at a second location
  • each device separately comprising:
  • a sensor for detecting electrical power at its respective location on the power grid
  • a device processor in which the device processor executes computer instructions stored in the device memory to:
  • server processor executes computer instructions stored in the server memory to: receive from the first device a first indication of a first level of electrical power at the first location;
  • server communications port directs the server communications port to transmit an indication of a remedial action to a responsible party.
  • each device further comprises a source of back-up power.
  • A.x.1 The system of embodiment A.1 in which the source of back-up power is a battery.
  • the server takes corrective action by telling a maintenance person where the location of the disruption is.
  • the point of disruption is determined as a point that is "upstream" of both the first and second device locations.
  • A.2 The system of embodiment A in which the first indication indicates a presence of electrical power, the second indication indicates an absence of electrical power, and in which the third location is determined as a location on the grid through which power flows to the second location but not to the first location.
  • demand response may include selectively shutting off appliances, or, at a larger scale, selectively shutting off a home, etc.
  • a system comprising:
  • an electrical network comprising one or more power lines
  • each appliance connected to the electrical network and drawing electrical power from the network;
  • the device comprising:
  • processor in which the processor executes computer instructions stored in the memory to:
  • Various embodiments include methods of determining what the permissible levels of power are. For example, if now is a peak load time, then permissible levels may be lower (e.g., for any given household, entity, community, etc.).
  • the user has an average power allotment for the month
  • the device sends a health message to the server.
  • the message may be, for example, about the first power level.
  • the appliance when power levels are no longer under strain, the appliance can be told to come back on again.
  • a device tells an appliance to actually shut off (as opposed to just reducing its power utilization).
  • a device communicates with an appliance via power-line communication.
  • B.1 The system of embodiment B in which the communications port is coupled to the electrical network and in which the communications port transmits the instructions to the first appliance via power line communication.
  • B.2 The system of embodiment B in which, in determining the first appliance, the processor determines the first appliance as the appliance that is using the most power from among the set of active appliances.
  • B.3 The system of embodiment B in which, in determining the first appliance, the processor determines the first appliance as the appliance that has the lowest priority from among the set of active appliances.
  • demand response may be performed at a high level, such as at the the grid level.
  • a system comprising: an electrical network comprising a first power line and a second power line, each power line branching from a common hub and delivering power, respectively to a first community and to a second community;
  • a rationing device located at the hub, in which the rationing device is operable to independently adjust the amount of power that goes to each power line;
  • server processor executes computer instructions stored in the server memory to:
  • server communications port to transmit instructions to the rationing device to reduce the level of power that goes to the first power line.
  • the client processor executes computer instructions stored in the client memory to:
  • C.1.2 The system of embodiment C.1 in which the client terminal is a smartphone.
  • C.2 The system of embodiment C in which each sensor is built into an appliance.
  • C.3 The system of embodiment C in which each sensor is a standalone device.

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L'invention concerne, selon divers modes de réalisation, un "système intuitif" qui détecte l'état du réseau électrique au domicile ou dans des lieux commerciaux et/ou des régions et gère en conséquence le fonctionnement de divers systèmes électriques et électroniques. Dans divers modes de réalisation, un serveur peut recevoir des données provenant de dispositifs placés à l'intérieur dudit réseau. Le serveur peut cumuler, analyser, présenter et/ou agir sur les données reçues. Le système peut permettre aux fournisseurs de gérer la santé du réseau électrique, des rapports de surveillance de pannes de courant, analyser les causes et les durées des pannes, intervenir dans la réponse à la demande, déterminer des demandes de puissance de crête, etc. Le système peut activement réduire les exigences en matière de puissance, par exemple, par réduction sélective du réseau électrique disponible pour les concitoyens. Par ailleurs, les concitoyens peuvent quant à eux se tourner vers des systèmes d'alimentation de secours, qui peuvent être un facteur déterminant pour une réception réduite du réseau électrique par les concitoyens. Le système intuitif peut également réduire la charge du réseau électrique en limitant des dispositifs de grande puissance.
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