A converting device arranged to transfer thermodynamic energy of a compressed working fluid into electrical energy. The converting unit is comprised of at least one cylinder which encloses a piston. In an embodiment, said at least one piston is provided with a magnetic portion. A ferromagnetic coil surrounds the piston and is integrated with the cylinder. As the piston moves through the coil, electrical energy is generated.

Systems and methods involving dynamic recharge features and functionality for electric vehicles and other applications are disclosed. In one example, an illustrative electro-mechanical power system may comprise an electric vehicle (EV) motor that drives a shaft, an EV battery module coupled to the EV motor, and a dynamic recharge system coupled to the EV battery module, wherein the DRS includes an ambient air intake, a turbo coupled to the air intake and configured to create power that is used to charge the EV battery module, and a generator assembly. Further, the generator assembly may include a generator and a generator control module, wherein the generator includes a rotor coupled to the turbo, and the generator control module includes control electronics that manage and provide the electrical energy as an output to the EV battery module and/or the EV motor. Other embodiments for differing applications are also disclosed.

The invention relates to a method for controlling power generation of a VSM wind turbine. The wind turbine comprises a machine side converter, a line side converter, a DC link, and an electric storage device electrically connected to the DC link. The method comprises determining a first power control signal to the machine side converter, determining a second power control signal for controlling a desired output power of the line side converter based on a storage device voltage error, and a power production reference, and determining a charging current reference for controlling charging and discharging of the electric storage device based on a DC-link voltage error.

The present application provides a method and a system for controlling continuous high voltage ride-through and low voltage ride-through of a permanent magnet direct-driven wind turbine. The method includes: determining a transient time period during which the wind turbine is transitioned from a high voltage ride-through state to a low voltage ride-through state; controlling the wind turbine to provide, during the transient time period, a gradually increasing active current to the point of common coupling; and controlling the wind turbine to provide, during the transient time period, a reactive current to the point of common coupling according to an operation state of the wind turbine before the high voltage ride-through state.

The present subject matter is directed to a system and method for regulating reactive power in a wind farm connected to a power grid so as to improve reactive speed-of-response of the wind farm. The method includes receiving a voltage feedback from the power grid and a voltage reference and calculating a linear voltage error as a function of the voltage feedback and the voltage reference. A further step includes generating a first output based on the linear voltage error via a first control path having a first voltage regulator. A further step includes determining a non-linear voltage error based on the linear voltage error via a second control path having a second voltage regulator. A second output is generated via the second control path based on the non-linear voltage error. As such, a reactive power command is generated as a function of the first and second outputs.

Systems and apparatuses include an alternator including a stator and a rotor structured to be coupled to a crankshaft of a prime mover, and processing circuits structured to: determine a crankshaft position, associate a crankshaft timestamp with the crankshaft position, determine a stator voltage waveform position, associate a stator voltage waveform timestamp with the stator voltage waveform position, determine a common time base using the crankshaft timestamp and the stator voltage waveform timestamp, determine a rotor position based on the crankshaft position and associated with the common time base, determine a load angle based on the rotor position and the stator voltage waveform position using the common time base, compare the load angle to a stability limit, and transmit a predicted pole slip signal to at least one of the prime mover or the alternator to inhibit a pole slip event when the load angle exceeds the stability limit.

A method for controlling a three-level back-to-back voltage source power conversion assembly includes receiving an indication of a DC or AC unbalance occurring in voltage of a DC link. The power conversion assembly has a first power converter coupled to a second power converter via the DC link. In response to receiving the indication, the method includes activating a balancing algorithm that includes determining a deviation of a midpoint voltage of the DC link as a function of a total voltage of the DC link, calculating a voltage compensation needed for pulse-width modulation signals of the power conversion assembly based on the deviation, and coordinating common mode voltage injection from each of the power converters independently at a neutral point of the power conversion assembly based on the voltage compensation, thereby minimizing the at least one of the DC unbalance or the AC unbalance at any given operating condition.

A method of detecting angular position sensor offset mar (PSOE) in a permanent magnet synchronous machine operated from a closed-loop field oriented control and controller adapted to detect PSOE in a permanent magnet synchronous machine, includes sensing an electrical parameter of a machine drive current with a sensor from a location on the closed-loop field oriented control and comparing the electrical parameter with machine commands provided to the closed-loop field oriented control. It is determined that a PSOE has occurred from the comparing.

Provided is a method of generating a converter control signal for a generator side converter portion, in particular of a wind turbine, being coupled to a generator, in particular a permanent magnet synchronous machine, the method including: deriving at least one harmonic torque reference, in particular based on a harmonic torque demand and/or a torque indicating feedback signal; deriving at least one harmonic flux reference, in particular based on a harmonic stator voltage demand and/or a stator voltage indicating feedback signal; adding all of the at least one harmonic torque reference to a fundamental torque reference and subtracting an estimated generator torque to derive a torque error; adding all of the at least one harmonic flux reference to a fundamental flux reference and subtracting an estimated generator flux to derive a flux error; and deriving the converter control signal based on the torque error and the flux error.

The invention provides an adaptive inertial control method based on IIDG (Inverter Interfaced Distributed Generator) of a virtual synchronous motor. By building an adaptive virtual inertia and IIDG output frequency model, the adaptive control sensitive factor is selected from a model according to the virtual synchronous motor dynamic response features; the adaptive inertial upper and lower limits are selected from a model according to the energy storage configuration constraint; the IIDG optimization control strategy is obtained. The control on the grid-connected inverter distributive power supply can be realized, so that the IIDG output is more stable; the interference on the system can be well handled; meanwhile, the characteristics of small overshoot and fast response are realized; the ultra-high dynamic features are realized.