A new solution for the energy packet-based dispatching using power/signal dual modulation

Abstract

The current process of transformation affecting the energy system is calling for completely new approaches. This paper investigates the possibility of introducing energy packets as a fundamentally new abstraction concept that is following the transformation of communication networks in the 1970s from synchronous circuit switching to asynchronous store-and-forward routing. Focus is placed on the exploitation of power electronic devices in creating information embedded into the power flow. Considerations on some criticalities and future developments that are needed to further proceed on the development of this new vision are discussed. A simple test in Matlab/SIMULINK is provided in support for the packet dispatching described in the paper.