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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2023
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Suresh Baddam Reddy, Peoria, IL (US);
Kevin J. Sergott, Dunlap, IL (US);
Leo Roger Edward Shead, Peterborough, GB;
Gavin Williams, Stamford, GB;
Yanchai Zhang, Dunlap, IL (US);
Ranjay Singh, Kanpur, IN;
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A microgrid controller microgrid controller of a microgrid system includes processing circuitry configured to calculate real time power demand on the microgrid system; identify candidate energy assets of the microgrid system to activate according to the calculated real time power demand; dispatch candidate energy assets according to lower unit power cost when the candidate energy assets have unit power cost that does not vary with overlapping power distribution among multiple energy assets regardless of whether the unit power cost varies with time; dispatch candidate energy assets according to an a-priori determined optimization of power distribution when the candidate energy assets have unit power cost that varies with overlapping power distribution and does not vary with time; and dispatch candidate energy assets according to real time optimization of power distribution when the candidate energy assets have unit power cost that varies with overlapping power distribution and varies with time.