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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2011
Robert J. Harris, Haslet, TX (US);
Christopher D. Pylant, Arlington, TX (US);
Christopher M. Stimek, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Peter C Gardner, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Matthew C Ragsdale, Arlington, TX (US);
Robert J. Harris, Haslet, TX (US);
Christopher D. Pylant, Arlington, TX (US);
Christopher M. Stimek, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Peter C Gardner, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Matthew C Ragsdale, Arlington, TX (US);
Williams Pyro, Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Abstract
A system and method of dynamic distributed control with network topology discovery and load discovery in an isolated distribution grid is provided. Source modules connect to AC generators and output high voltage DC power on ports. Load modules receive the high voltage DC power on connected ports and convert the DC power to AC power. Loads are connected to AC outlets on load modules. A source module discovers the connected network topology through a series of states following the reading of a configuration file and creates an adjacency map. Each module has a microprocessor. Each microprocessor runs load discovery algorithms using its adjacency map as input. Load changes are detected and adjacency maps are amended to maintain consistency across all adjacency maps. Priority is afforded to desired loads when demand exceeds capacity.