Patent ID: 8606372

Claim:
A power distribution grid, the grid comprising: at least one AC generator; a source module electrically connected to each of the at least one AC generator, respectively; and connected to the power distribution grid, the source module comprising: a microprocessor; a memory; a power handling unit converting AC power to high voltage DC power, wherein, the source module receives AC generated power from the generator and outputs DC high voltage power; at least one load module electrically connected to the source module and connected to the power distribution grid, the at least one load module comprising: another microprocessor; another memory; a power handling unit converting the DC high voltage DC power to AC power; at least one AC outlet; at least one pair of a first cable and a second cable electrically connecting the source module to an at least one load module; wherein, the source module outputs DC high voltage power on the first cable, and wherein the at least one load module receives DC high voltage power from the source module on the first cable; wherein the second cable transmits communications between the source module and the at least one load module; a load connected to an at least one AC outlet; a microprocessor in every source module connected to the power distribution grid, respectively; a microprocessor in every load module connected to the power distribution grid, respectively; a memory in the every connected source module, respectively; a memory in the every connected load module, respectively; wherein, the microprocessor of the source module autonomously discovers a topology of the power grid upon initial start up of the power grid and records the topology in an adjacency map; wherein, the microprocessor of the source module and the microprocessor of the at least one load module independently discover system loads and independently modify the current adjacency map with the discovered system loads; further comprising independent control of the every connected source module and of the every connected load module via the respective microprocessor in each module and without utilizing logic distributed across the power distribution grid; and wherein, the power distribution grid lacks a central command module.