A gateway system for a building comprises: a first relay to couple a first line of the gateway system to a first grid line of a power grid; a second relay to couple a second line of the gateway system to a second grid line of the power grid; a neutral line coupled to a neutral grid line of the power grid; a first electric-vehicle (EV) line coupled to the first line of the gateway system, the first EV line configured for being coupled to a first line of an EV charging connector; a second EV line coupled to the second line of the gateway system, the second EV line configured for being coupled to a second line of the EV charging connector, wherein the EV charging connector has no neutral line; and a balancing converter coupled to the first and second lines of the gateway system.

The present invention discloses a method and device for formulating a coordinated action strategy of SSTS and DVR for voltage sag mitigation. The influence of voltage sag on a whole industrial process of a sensitive user is analyzed, and the sensitive loads of SSTS and DVR which satisfy a governance need are grouped; a practical governance scenario of installing a plurality of DVR is considered to install a minimum-capacity DVR to realize a target of a minimum interruption probability of the whole industrial process of the user; an optimal coordinated governance solution of SSTS and DVR based on sensitive load grouping is proposed; a classification result is obtained for duration time at a time when a voltage sag event occurs through a decision tree constructed based on historical data.

A method of controlling a microgrid comprises receiving, by a power management system, PMS, of the microgrid, operating point values for a plurality of controllable assets. The method comprises determining, by the PMS, an asset headroom. The method comprises determining, by the PMS, a modified operating point value that is dependent on the received operating point value of the controllable asset, the determined asset headroom of the controllable asset, and a total power offset of the microgrid. The method comprises controlling, by the PMS, the controllable assets for which the modified operating point values have been determined in accordance with the modified operating point values.

Methods include, in response to a line frequency variation of a power grid, adjusting a voltage setpoint of a voltage regulator coupled to the power grid at a grid edge to maintain a voltage at the grid edge, wherein the adjusting the regulated voltage setpoint is configured to reduce the line frequency variation to stabilize the line frequency of the power grid. Apparatus include a voltage regulator configured to couple to a power grid at a grid edge and to maintain a voltage at the grid edge, wherein the voltage regulator is further configured to adjust a voltage setpoint of a voltage regulator in response to a line frequency variation of the power grid to reduce the line frequency variation and stabilize the line frequency of the power grid.

Methods include, in response to a line frequency variation of a power grid, adjusting a voltage setpoint of a voltage regulator coupled to the power grid at a grid edge to maintain a voltage at the grid edge, wherein the adjusting the regulated voltage setpoint is configured to reduce the line frequency variation to stabilize the line frequency of the power grid. Apparatus include a voltage regulator configured to couple to a power grid at a grid edge and to maintain a voltage at the grid edge, wherein the voltage regulator is further configured to adjust a voltage setpoint of a voltage regulator in response to a line frequency variation of the power grid to reduce the line frequency variation and stabilize the line frequency of the power grid.

A generator system can include a generator configured to produce an output of alternating current (AC), a rectifier connected to the generator to rectify the AC into direct current (DC) rectifier output, an inverter connected to the rectifier to receive the DC rectifier output and configured to output three phase AC inverter output, and a plurality of output lines connected to the inverter to receive the three phase AC inverter output. The system can include a control module configured to control the output of the inverter. The control module can be operatively connected to one or more of the output lines via one or more local sense leads to receive a local feedback. The control module can be configured to control the inverter as a function of the local feedback to provide one or more of protection, voltage regulation, or harmonic correction.

Responding to grid events is provided. The system determines, based on an event, to modify an electrical load of a site. The system selects a parameter for the site to adjust to modify the electrical load. The system identifies a script constructed from previously processed interactions between a human-machine interface of the building management system to adjust the parameter for the site. The system establishes a communication session with a remote access agent executed by a computing device of the site to invoke the building management system of the site. The system generates a sequence of commands defined by the script to adjust the one or more parameters for the site. The system transmits the sequence of commands to cause the remote access agent to execute the sequence of commands on the human-machine interface of the building management system to modify the electrical load of the site.

Responding to grid events is provided. The system determines, based on an event, to modify an electrical load of a site. The system selects a parameter for the site to adjust to modify the electrical load. The system identifies a script constructed from previously processed interactions between a human-machine interface of the building management system to adjust the parameter for the site. The system establishes a communication session with a remote access agent executed by a computing device of the site to invoke the building management system of the site. The system generates a sequence of commands defined by the script to adjust the one or more parameters for the site. The system transmits the sequence of commands to cause the remote access agent to execute the sequence of commands on the human-machine interface of the building management system to modify the electrical load of the site.

An electrical power distribution system configured to automatically regulate one or more Voltage/VAR control devices for optimization of one or more user defined metrics in an alternating current (AC) electrical power distribution system that includes one or more power distribution lines configured to transmit AC electrical power between a substation and a plurality of loads, each power distribution line including one or more Voltage/VAR control devices configured to regulate voltage and reactive power of the AC electrical power on the power distribution line according to an operational setting for each of the one or more Voltage/VAR control devices and one or more sensors configured to sense a sensed quality of the AC electrical power on the one or more power distribution lines with at least one communication network communicating with the one or more Voltage/VAR control devices and the one or more sensors.

Provided are a method and system for controlling a voltage. The method includes: acquiring a current output voltage of an inverter; calculating a current voltage error of the current output voltage relative to a given output voltage; inputting the current voltage error into a fuzzy controller to determine a target output voltage of the inverter; determining an amplitude adjustment command based on a difference between an amplitude of the target output voltage and an amplitude of the current output voltage; determining a phase adjustment command based on a difference between a phase of the target output voltage and a phase of the current output voltage; and adjusting an amplitude and a phase of an output voltage of the inverter according to the amplitude adjustment command and the phase adjustment command respectively, to maintain the output voltage of the inverter within a preset range.