Patent ID: 9454143
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: G05B,H02J,Y02B,Y04S

Claim Text:
1. An electric capacity rating system for determining the quantity of electrical energy that can flow through electric power facilities for a given time period and at any given point in time, comprising: a processor for receiving and storing information about the capability of resources to transfer electric power in one or more electric power facilities; a capability datastore in communication with said processor for determining electrical transfer capabilities of each resource in the one or more electric power facilities for a given time period and at any given point in time, wherein the resources include: overhead line conductors, underground cables, conductor splices, conductor compression terminals, buses, disconnects, wave traps, current limiting reactors, circuit breakers, circuit switches, current transformers, series capacitors, shunt capacitors, substations and relays; an external factors datastore for determining a plurality of variables which affect said electrical transfer capabilities of electric power facilities; and a resource manager for allocating said plurality of resources by optimizing said electrical transfer capabilities of electric power facilities for a given time period and at any given point in time based on said plurality of variables; said resource manager correlating said plurality of variables with said electrical transfer capabilities of each resource to compute an overall electric transfer capacity rating for a given time period and at a given point in time for said one or more electric power facilities, wherein the overall electric transfer capacity rating indicates the quantity of electrical energy that can flow through said one or more electric power facilities; and said resource manager, said external factors datastore, and said capability datastore being in processing communication with said processor and with each other.