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Wireless power transfer for a photovoltaic power source

A wireless photovoltaic power system is provided. The wireless photovoltaic power system includes photovoltaic cell units that provide power. Each of the photovoltaic cell units include a photovoltaic cell. The wireless photovoltaic power system includes a first wireless power device that receives the power. The first wireless power device includes a coil that provides a magnetic field to wirelessly transfer the power to a second wireless power device. The first wireless power device provides a combinational implementation of a maximum power point tracking of the photovoltaic cell units and a power control of a load.

GRID FORMING VECTOR CURRENT CONTROL
20230010298 · 2023-01-12 ·

The present disclosure provides a grid forming vector current control system configured to emulate a virtual synchronous machine (VSM). The disclosed system comprises a droop control unit, a current control unit, a virtual admittance unit and a phase locked loop (PLL) unit. The virtual admittance unit and the PLL unit are configured to emulate an inertia of the VSM. A virtual current source is connected in parallel to the VSM.

GRID FORMING VECTOR CURRENT CONTROL
20230010298 · 2023-01-12 ·

The present disclosure provides a grid forming vector current control system configured to emulate a virtual synchronous machine (VSM). The disclosed system comprises a droop control unit, a current control unit, a virtual admittance unit and a phase locked loop (PLL) unit. The virtual admittance unit and the PLL unit are configured to emulate an inertia of the VSM. A virtual current source is connected in parallel to the VSM.

METHOD FOR COUPLING A HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT TO THE GRID COMPRISING AT LEAST TWO HYDROELECTRIC UNITS
20230010493 · 2023-01-12 ·

The invention concerns a method for coupling a hydroelectric power plant in a turbine mode to a grid, in order to generate power for a grid, said hydroelectric power plant comprising at least a first hydroelectric unit (10) and a second hydroelectric unit (100), each provided with a runner (6) mechanically coupled to a shaft line (8) and to a generator, a distributor (4) comprising guide vanes to control a flow of water to said runner, said hydroelectric power plant further comprising a variable frequency drive (20), the method comprising: a) starting the rotation of at least said first hydroelectric unit (10) and said second hydroelectric unit (100); b) connecting the variable frequency drive (20) to the generator of the first hydroelectric unit (10) and to the grid and stabilizing the speed of the first hydroelectric unit c) connecting the first hydroelectric unit (10) to the grid and disconnecting the generator of the first hydroelectric unit from the variable frequency drive (20); d) connecting said variable frequency drive (20) to the generator of the second hydroelectric unit (100) and to the grid and stabilizing the speed of the second. hydroelectric unit; e) connecting the second hydroelectric unit (100) to the grid and disconnecting the generator of the second hydroelectric unit from said variable frequency drive (20).

ENERGY DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
20230009250 · 2023-01-12 · ·

An electrical energy distribution system for a vessel or platform includes a plurality of DC buses, each DC bus coupled to a corresponding energy storage bus; each energy storage bus being coupled to a neighboring energy storage bus of the system through a first DC/DC converter. The plurality of energy storage buses are connected together to form a ring. Each energy storage bus is further coupled to an energy store through a second DC/DC converter.

RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEM STABILIZATION SYSTEM AND SYSTEM STABILIZATION SUPPORT METHOD
20230012079 · 2023-01-12 ·

Provided are an operation limit value management unit managing an operation limit value related to the power flow power of system equipment and a determination unit calculating the power flow state for each set time of the future of a power system based on load dispatching information including a power generation plan value, a predicted output value, and a predicted value of power demand and determining whether or not stable is each power flow state by comparison with the operation limit value. The determination unit sequentially changes the first output power of a first power source defined by the power generation plan value of the first power source and calculates each power flow state based on power including the changed first output power and a predicted value of the output of a second power source.

Transaction-enabling systems and methods for customer notification regarding facility provisioning and allocation of resources

The present disclosure describes transaction-enabling systems and methods. A system can include a facility including a core task including a customer relevant output and a controller. The controller may include a facility description circuit to interpret a plurality of historical facility parameter values and corresponding facility outcome values and a facility prediction circuit to operate an adaptive learning system, wherein the adaptive learning system is configured to train a facility production predictor in response to the historical facility parameter values and the corresponding outcome values. The facility description circuit also interprets a plurality of present state facility parameter values, wherein the trained facility production predictor determines a customer contact indicator in response to the plurality of present state facility parameter values and a customer notification circuit provides a notification to a customer in response.

Devices with Multiple Electrical Converters for Synchronized Electrical Charge Extraction
20230011704 · 2023-01-12 · ·

A method includes converting an electrical output provided by an energy generator with a first voltage converter; and, subsequent to converting the electrical output provided by the energy generator with the first voltage converter, activating, with a microprocessor, a second voltage converter for converting the electrical output provided by the energy generator with the second voltage converter. An electrical device with a microprocessor for selecting one of two or more voltage converters is also described.

System and method for converter control of an inverter-based resource

A method for controlling an inverter-based resource (IBR) connected to an electrical grid includes receiving grid parameter(s) and applying a droop function to the grid parameter(s) to determine a power droop signal. Further, the method includes receiving a power reference signal. Moreover, the method includes determining a power command signal as a function of the power droop signal and the power reference signal to allow for a fast response in a power output of the IBR to the grid parameter(s). The method also includes applying power constraint(s) to the power command signal to limit how much the power output of the IBR can be changed due to the grid parameter(s). Further, the method includes determining one or more control commands for the IBR based, at least in part, on the power command signal. Thus, the method includes controlling the IBR based, at least in part, on the power command signal.

Method and system for power balancing
11552473 · 2023-01-10 · ·

The present invention relates to a method for power balancing a power grid (10) having multiple phases (12:1,2 3) and a common ground (0). The power grid (10) is connected to at least one load (13, 17) causing a non-uniform power consumption between the multiple phases (12: 1, 2, 3) of the power grid (10). The method comprises: monitoring power provided to the power grid (10) in controller (18), storing available energy in the power grid (10) in an energy storage (16) using multiple inverters (I1, I2, I3), each inverter (I1, I2, I3) is connected between the energy storage (16) and each phase (12: 1, 2, 3) of the power grid (10), and redistributing power between phases (12: 1, 2, 3) based on power available in the energy storage (16) by controlling power flow through the inverters (I1, I2, I3) by the controller (18) based on the non-uniform power consumption.