System and method for representing power system information

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10620683-B2
Application number	US-201715851932-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 22, 2017
Priority date	Aug 2, 2013
Publication date	Apr 14, 2020
Grant date	Apr 14, 2020

Abstract

A system for representing power system information to a user includes a processor configured to receive data descriptive of logical elements including data descriptive of a first logical element and a second logical element, receive data descriptive of devices including data descriptive of a first device, receive data descriptive of measured characteristics of the devices including data descriptive of a first measured characteristic of the first device, receive data mapping the first device to the first logical element for a first period of time, receive data mapping the first device to the second logical element for a second period of time, receive data requesting at least one summary value for the first logical element over a period of time spanning the first period of time and the second period of time, calculate, in response to receiving the data requesting the at least one summary value.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for tracking power usage of a power system, the system comprising:
one or more measuring devices in communication with elements of the power system and configured to measure one or more characteristics of the power system elements, the power system elements including a plurality of logical elements and a plurality of device elements, the plurality of device elements including devices that provide, use, and/or generate power, and the plurality of logical elements including entities and objects having a relationship to the plurality of device elements;
a computer-based system in communication with the measuring devices, the computer-based system including:
a memory device; and
at least one hardware processor coupled to the memory device and configured to:
receive data descriptive of the plurality of logical elements including data descriptive of a first logical element and a second logical element, the first logical element being different from the second logical element;
receive data descriptive of the plurality of device elements including data descriptive of a first device;
receive data descriptive of a plurality of measured characteristics of the plurality of device elements from the measuring devices including data descriptive of a first measured characteristic of the first device, the first measured characteristic corresponding to power usage of the first device;
receive data mapping the first device to the first logical element for a first period of time, the data mapping including data descriptive of relationships between the first device and the first logical element for the first period of time;
receive data mapping the first device to the second logical element for a second period of time different from the first period of time, the data mapping including data descriptive of relationships between the first device and the second logical element for the second period of time;
receive, from a user interface of the computer-based system, a request for information related to power usage for at least one of the first logical element and the second logical element over a period of time spanning the first period of time and the second period of time;
determine, in response to receiving the request for information related to power usage for the first logical element, power usage for the first logical element using one or more values of the first measured characteristic recorded during the first period of time and not using one or more values of the first measured characteristic recorded during the second period of time; and
use information related to the power usage of the first logical element to track power usage of the power system and provide information on resource use and availability.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the data descriptive of the plurality of device elements includes data descriptive of a second device different from the first device, the data descriptive of the plurality of measured characteristics includes data descriptive of a second measured characteristic of the second device, and the at least one processor is further configured to: receive data mapping the second device to the first logical element for the second period of time; receive data mapping the second device to the second logical element for the first period of time; determine, in response to receiving the request for information related to power usage for the second logical element, power usage for the second logical element using one or more values of the second measured characteristic recorded during the first period of time and using the one or more values of the first measured characteristic recorded during the second period of time; and use information related to the power usage of the second logical element to track power usage of the power system and provide information on resource use and availability.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the data descriptive of the plurality of logical elements includes data descriptive of a third logical element different from the first logical element and the second logical element, and the at least one processor is further configured to: receive data linking the first logical element and the second logical element to the third logical element; receive, from the user interface, a request for information related to power usage for the third logical element over a period of time spanning the first period of time and the second period of time; determine, in response to receiving the request for information related to power usage for the third logical element, power usage for the third logical element using the one or more values of the first measured characteristic recorded during the first period of time, using the one or more values of the first measured characteristic recorded during the second period of time, using the one or more values of the second measured characteristic recorded during the first period of time, and using one or more values of the second measured characteristic recorded during the second period of time; and use information related to the power usage of the third logical element to track power usage of the power system and provide information on resource use and availability.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to provide the information related to the power usage of the first logical element, the second logical element, and the third logical element in the user interface.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first device includes a power distribution unit.

6. The system of claim 3 , wherein the device elements include meters, the first logical element and the second logical element represent circuits, and the third logical element represents a rack.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the power system includes a datacenter and the device elements include racks in the datacenter and circuits located in the racks.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein each of the circuits is associated with a respective metering device of the measuring devices configured to measure power usage at the circuits.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the measuring devices are configured to measure power usage for the racks, and the measured power usage is capable of being divided between the circuits of the racks based on relationship information.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first period of time is the first half of a particular year, the second period of time is the second half of the particular year, and the first device is mapped to the first logical element for the first period of time and not mapped to the second logical element for the second period of time.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the information on resource use and availability is used to determine operational costs for the first logical element over the period of time spanning the first period of time and the second period of time.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the information on resource use and availability is used to determine resource availability of device elements associated with the first logical element.

13. A method for tracking power usage of a power system comprising power system elements with the power system elements in communication with one or more measuring devices configured to measure one or more characteristics of the power system elements, the method comprising:
receiving, at an input of a hardware processor of a computer-based system in communication with the measuring devices, data descriptive of a plurality of logical elements of the power system elements including data descriptive of a first logical element and a second logical element, the first logica

Assignees

• Schneider Electric Usa Inc

Inventors

• Yeo Jeffrey W
• Tovey Peter
• Pettit James
• Nelson Avro Anthony Sargeaunt
• Schubert Shannon
• Smith Peter
• Swinkels Mark Anthony Mary
• Ducharme Timothy Robert

Classifications

• Y04S10/40

  Display of information, e.g. of data or controls · CPC title

• H02J3/00

  Circuit arrangements for AC mains or AC distribution networks · CPC title

• G06F1/3206 Primary

  Monitoring of events, devices or parameters that trigger a change in power modality · CPC title

• H02J13/001

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H02J2003/007

  Electricity · mapped topic