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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2013
Schneider Electric Usa, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Kevin M. Jefferies, Raleigh, NC (US);
Benjamin W. Edwards, Rolesville, NC (US);
Matthew L. White, Raleigh, NC (US);
Konstantin A. Filippenko, Grenoble, FR;
Richard K. Weiler, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Schneider Electric USA, Inc., Andover, MA (US);
Abstract
A distributed energy management method and systemare disclosed for managing a charge rate of an array of EVSEsthat share a common power source. In the disclosed method and system, control of the power sharing is distributed at the individual EVSE level. For example, each EVSE includes a communication deviceand a controllerThe communication device is used to receive a signal relating to a present current capacity utilization of the shared circuit, such as an indication of availability or unavailability of current capacity on the shared circuit. The controller is configured to generate a variable update interval, and initiate adjustment of the charge rate of the EVSE according to the variable update interval based on the present current capacity utilization as indicated by the received signal.