Patent ID: 7231281
Filing Date: 2007-06-12
Classification: H02J,H04L,Y02B,Y02E,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A dynamic power control system for a power network, comprising: one or more switchable power nodes, each having an associated priority level and each comprising a switch element that operates in a first state to electrically couple a first subset of a plurality of power lines and a second subset of said plurality of power lines and that operates in a second state to electrically isolate said first subset of said plurality of power lines from said second subset of said plurality of power lines, and a switch actuator that actuates said switch element to a switch state, said switch state comprising one of said first state, said second state, and zero or more additional states; a control function which receives utility information that is associated with one of a plurality of system priority levels each of which is associated with one of a plurality of switch state configurations of said respective switch states of said one or more switchable power nodes in said power network, and effects actuation of said respective switch actuators of corresponding one or more of said one or more switchable power nodes that require actuation to comply with said respective switch state configuration associated with said received utility information; and a switchable power node configuration setting function for setting said respective priority levels respectively associated with said respective one or more switchable flower nodes.