Patent ID: 8965588
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: G06F,H02J,Y02E,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A first controller configured to provide decentralized coordinated control over a first segment of an electrical distribution system supplied by a first substation while a second controller is providing decentralized coordinated control over a second segment of the electrical distribution system supplied by a second substation, the first controller comprising: a network interface configured to receive first measurements associated with the first segment of the electrical distribution system and transmit a control signal configured to control equipment of the first segment of the electrical distribution system, wherein the first controller is configured not to control equipment of the second segment of the electrical distribution system supplied by the second substation that is controlled by the second controller; and data processing circuitry configured to run first simulation of the first segment of the electrical distribution system simulating various equipment configurations based at least in part on the first measurements, to select from among the various equipment configurations an equipment configuration that is expected to cause a voltage deviation of the first segment of the electrical distribution system to approach a desired value, and generate the control signal, wherein the control signal is configured to cause the equipment of the first segment of the electrical distribution system to conform to the equipment configuration but not to control equipment of the second segment; wherein the network interface is configured to communicate with the second controller at least during a time the first segment is providing power to a recovered portion of the second segment providing decentralized coordinated control, and wherein the data processing circuitry comprises structure to control the equipment of the first segment based at least partly on communication with the second controller at least during the time the first segment is providing power to the recovered portion of the second segment.