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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2004
Ricky M. Ross, Ellington, CT (US);
Francis A. Fragola, Jr., Wallingford, CT (US);
Herbert C. Healy, Windsor, CT (US);
Douglas Gibbons Young, Henderson, NV (US);
Ricky M. Ross, Ellington, CT (US);
Francis A. Fragola, Jr., Wallingford, CT (US);
Herbert C. Healy, Windsor, CT (US);
Douglas Gibbons Young, Henderson, NV (US);
UTC Power Corporation, South Windsor, CT (US);
Abstract
A site management system () is provided for a power system () at site in a utility distribution grid (). The power system () includes multiplefuel cellpower plants, e.g., fuel cells,() and one or more loads (), for selective connection/disconnection with the grid (). The site management system () controls the power plants () in an integrated manner, alternatively in a grid connected mode and a grid independent mode. The multiple power plants () at the site may be viewed and operated as a unified distributed resource on the grid (). The site management system () provides signals representative of the present power capability (Kw Capacity—) of each of the power plants (), and a signal (Total Kw Capacity—) representative of the total present power capability at the site. These power representations are used to appropriately assign power dispatch loadings to the respectivefuel cellspower plants() in the grid connected mode and in the grid independent mode, and may also be used for load shedding.