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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2012
Raiford Smith, Mooresville, NC (US);
Melanie Miller, York, SC (US);
Pedram Mohseni, Charlotte, NC (US);
David Masters, Kannapolis, NC (US);
Raiford Smith, Mooresville, NC (US);
Melanie Miller, York, SC (US);
Pedram Mohseni, Charlotte, NC (US);
David Masters, Kannapolis, NC (US);
Duke Energy Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments are directed to systems and methods for optimizing energy use with one or more optimization engine objects. An optimization engine object may have a plurality of dependent objects including at least a dependent optimization engine object, or at least one of a supply-side or demand-side object. The optimization engine object may receive dependent object attribute data from each of the at least one dependent objects; determine an optimal configuration for the plurality of dependent objects over the first time period subject to at least one optimization constraint; and conditioned upon the optimization engine depending from a superior optimization engine, transmit a net energy usage associated with the optimal configuration to the superior optimization engine.