Stochastic power processing through logic operation of power packets

Abstract

This article presents an application of the recently proposed logic operation of power based on power packetization. In a power packet despatching system, the power supply can be considered as a sequence of power pulses, where the occurrence of pulses follows a probability that corresponds to the capacity of the power sources or power lines. In this study, we propose a processing scheme to reshape a stream of power packets from such stochastic sequences to satisfy the load demand. The proposed scheme is realized by extending the concept of stochastic computing to the power domain. We demonstrate the operation of the proposed scheme through experiments and numerical simulations by implementing it as a function of a power packet router, which forms a power packet despatching network. The stochastic framework proposed in this study provides a new design foundation for low-power distribution networks as an embodiment of the close connection between the cyber and physical components.