Patent ID: 9625928
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: G05F,H02J,Y02B,Y02E,Y02P,Y04S

Claim:
1. A system for controlling a microgrid, comprising: a processor-based control system configured to: receive information via a communications pathway from a plurality of microgrid assets within a microgrid system; identify an error associated with an operation of the microgrid system, the error comprising one of: generate an optimal dispatch schedule comprising one or more control signals configured to control the microgrid operation to improve an operational efficiency of the microgrid; wherein, if the error is identified prior to generating the optimal dispatch schedule, the first one of the plurality of microgrid assets associated with the error is excluded from the generation of the optimal dispatch schedule; and determine if the control system is in an auto mode or an advisory mode; deliver, if the stem is in an auto mode, at least a portion of the optimal dispatch schedule via the communications pathway to a processor-based local controller associated with a second one of the plurality of microgrid assets, wherein an operation of the processor-based local controller is based at least in part on the portion of the optimal dispatch schedule; and log, if the control system is in an advisory mode, the optimal dispatch schedule in a memory.