Patent ID: 11942782
Assignee: HEILA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G  Y | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. An asset manager configured to control distribution of power within an aggregated distributed energy resources system (“DERs system”), the DERs system having a plurality of assets and a system cost function, the asset manager being configured to operate with a given asset in the DERs system, each given asset having a local function as part of the system cost function, the asset manager comprising:
an interface configured to receive asset information relating to the given asset and to communicate with at least one other asset manager or a central controller in the DERs system;
a function generator operatively coupled with the interface, the function generator configured to produce a local cost function using data relating to the given asset;
a controller configured to determine, using the local cost function, an operating point for the given asset, wherein the controller is also configured to use real data from the asset to determine a turn-on time of the asset,
the controller also being configured to use the determined operating point and the turn-on time for the given asset to manage operation of the given asset in the DERs system.