US Patent Issued to University of Vermont and State Agricultural College on March 18 for "Decentralized frequency control with packet-based energy management" (Vermont Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,456, issued on March 18, was assigned to University of Vermont and State Agricultural College (Burlington, Vt.).

"Decentralized frequency control with packet-based energy management" was invented by Mads Almassalkhi (South Burlington, Vt.), Hani Mavalizadeh (Burlington, Vt.) and Luis A. Duffaut Espinosa (Williston, Vt.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Demand response methodologies for primary frequency response (PFR) for under or over frequency events. Aspects of the present disclosure include methods for controlling a fleet of distributed energy resources equipped for PFR and quantifying in real time an amount of primary frequency co...