Patent ID: 11901732
Assignee: COULOMB TECHNOLOGIES
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B | IPC B  H

Claim 16:
17. A method comprising:
branching data items of feeders of a power grid connected to a substation into respective groups,
wherein each feeder comprises multiple segments, and
wherein the data items are provided on a per-segment basis for each feeder;

generating an ordered data structure including entries for data items of segments of a particular group for a particular feeder,
wherein the entries are ordered based on a distance of each corresponding segment from the substation,
wherein a beginning entry is for a head segment closest to the substation of the power grid,
wherein a last entry corresponds to an interconnection segment including an interconnection point for an electric vehicle (EV) charging station, and
wherein to generate the ordered data structure comprises:
traversing through an adjacency map starting at the head segment by moving data of an identified segment from an unknown set to a known set;
identifying a subset of segments in the unknown set having a minimum geographic distance to a subset of segments in the known set; and
updating the ordered data structure to indicate adjacent segments having the minimum geographic distance,
wherein traversing through the ordered data structure is performed iteratively and terminates when the unknown set is empty;

constructing a feeder load profile, based on the ordered data structure, that depicts load capacity for the particular feeder as a function of a distance from the substation; and
discovering, based on the feeder load profile, that an upgrade to the power grid is required to increase available load capacity at the interconnection point above a threshold load capacity required to support the EV charging station.