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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016

Filed:

May. 25, 2012
Applicants:

Rush D. Robinett, Iii, Tijeras, NM (US);

David G. Wilson, Tijeras, NM (US);

Steven Y. Goldsmith, Rochester, MN (US);

Inventors:

Rush D. Robinett, III, Tijeras, NM (US);

David G. Wilson, Tijeras, NM (US);

Steven Y. Goldsmith, Rochester, MN (US);

Assignee:

Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque, NM (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 3/38 (2006.01); H02J 7/34 (2006.01); H02J 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 3/38 (2013.01); H02J 3/382 (2013.01); H02J 7/34 (2013.01); H02J 2003/007 (2013.01); Y02E 60/76 (2013.01); Y04S 40/22 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electric power storage device is described herein, wherein the electric power storage device is included in a microgrid. The electric power storage device has at least one of a charge rate, a discharge rate, or a power retention capacity that has been customized for a collective microgrid. The collective microgrid includes at least two connected microgrids. The at least one of the charge rate, the discharge rate, or the power retention capacity of the electric power storage device is computed based at least in part upon specified power source parameters in the at least two connected microgrids and specified load parameters in the at least two connected microgrids.


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