A method of operating a power generating system for a wind turbine connected to an electrical grid, the power generating system comprising a power generator, a converter, a transformer and a tap changer, the method comprising; monitoring a signal for detecting a voltage in the electrical grid which requires an increase in output voltage from the power generating system; determining a partial-load condition of the converter, which corresponds to the converter being configured to output a voltage which is substantially below its maximum output voltage; and upon determining the partial-load condition, operating the tap changer to tap down the transformer, and operating the converter to provide the required increase in output voltage from the power generating system.

Systems and methods for improved anomaly detection for rotating machines. An example method may include determining that power generation is to be performed based on a voltage instead of a power factor; receiving a command voltage; receiving a measured voltage value from a first location in a power generation network; determining that the measured voltage value from the first location is less than the command voltage value; determining that a current value associated with a transmission line at the third location is less than a threshold current value; determining that a reactive power of a power generation component at a third location is less than a maximum reactive power of the component; and increasing, based on the determination that the reactive power of the component at the third location is less than a maximum reactive power of the component, the reactive power of the component.

A power plant control system for a first renewable energy power plant comprising one or more renewable energy generators. The power plant control system comprises receiving means for receiving a power delivery demand from a transmission grid operator; control means configured to control the one or more renewable energy generators of the first renewable energy power plant so as to supply power that targets the received power delivery demand; and communication means configured to transmit a request to one or more further renewable energy power plant control systems to request operation of one or more power compensation units associated with respective ones of the further renewable energy power plants.

A system and method are provided for controlling a power generating system having at least one power generating subsystem connected to a point of interconnection (POI). Accordingly, the subsystem controller of the power generating subsystem obtains a first data signal indicative of an electrical parameter at the POI and a second data signal indicative of the electrical parameter at the generating subsystem. The second data signal has a higher fidelity than the first data signal. The second data signal is utilized by the subsystem controller to generate a first modeled value for the electrical parameter at the POI which compensates for the lower-fidelity first data signal. The subsystem controller generates a setpoint command for the power generating subsystem based, at least in part, on the first modeled value for the electrical parameter.

A wireless battery management system includes a plurality of slave BMSs coupled to a plurality of battery modules in one-to-one correspondence. Each slave BMS is configured to operate in active mode and sleep mode. Each slave BMS is configured to wirelessly transmit a detection signal indicating a state of the battery module. The wireless battery management system further includes a master BMS configured to wirelessly receive the detection signal from each of the plurality of slave BMSs. The master BMS is configured to set a scan cycle and a scan duration for each of the plurality of slave BMSs based on the detection signal, and wirelessly transmit a control signal to the plurality of slave BMSs. The control signal includes a wireless balancing command indicating the scan cycle and the scan duration set for each of the plurality of slave BMSs.

A method for controlling a wind farm electrical power system is presented. The wind farm electrical power system includes a controller and a plurality of wind turbines electrically connected to an electrical grid through a point of interconnection. Each wind turbine includes a voltage regulator. The method includes receiving, via the controller, one or more electrical signals associated with the point of interconnection for a frequency domain. Further, the method includes estimating, via an estimator of the controller, a voltage sensitivity of the electrical grid using the one or more electrical signals. Moreover, the method includes dynamically controlling a voltage of the wind farm electrical power system at the point of interconnection based on the voltage sensitivity.

Implementations of fuel gauges may include a voltage sensor coupled with a memory, a processor coupled with the memory, a mode control logic circuit coupled with the voltage sensor, and a sampling timer coupled with the voltage sensor. The memory may include a plurality of relative state of charge (RSOC) values of a battery. The plurality of RSOC values may be used to calculate a plurality of internal resistance values. The fuel gauge may be configured to either increase, decrease, or maintain a sampling frequency based upon a measured power being drawn by a load coupled to the battery.

A method for calibrating a unit controller with a managing process determining a position of a decoupler mechanism on the pumping unit. The managing process can calibrate the unit controller with a dual pump mode in response to determining the decoupler mechanism is in a coupled position. The managing process can calibrate the unit controller with a single pump mode in response to determining the decoupler mechanism is in a decoupled position with the pumping unit operating with the first fluid end coupled to the power end and the second fluid end decoupled from the power end. The system controller can pump a wellbore treatment fluid in accordance with the pumping unit in i) the dual pump mode or ii) the single pump mode.

A high-voltage DC transformation apparatus, a power system and a control method of the power system. The high-voltage DC transformation apparatus is electrically connected to at least one high-voltage DC power generator. The high-voltage DC transformation apparatus includes at least one bidirectional AC/DC conversion module, at least one first transformer and at least one unidirectional rectifier module. A DC terminal of the bidirectional AC/DC conversion module is electrically connected to the corresponding high-voltage DC power generator. The first transformer includes a first transmission terminal and a second transmission terminal. The first transmission terminal is electrically connected to an AC terminal of the corresponding bidirectional AC/DC conversion module. The unidirectional rectifier module includes an input terminal and an output terminal. The input terminal is electrically connected to the second transmission terminal of the corresponding first transformer, and the output terminal is electrically connected to a high-voltage grid.

The present disclosure relates to a wind turbine comprising a wind turbine rotor with a plurality of blades supported on a support structure, a generator operatively coupled to the wind turbine rotor for generating electrical power, a power electronic converter for converting electrical power generated by the generator to a converted AC power of predetermined frequency and voltage, and a main wind turbine transformer having a low voltage side and a high voltage side for transforming the converted AC power to a higher voltage. One or more electric filters are connected to the high voltage side of the main transformer, wherein the electric filters are arranged in the support structure. The present disclosure also relates to wind farms, and particularly offshore wind farms, and to methods for operating wind farms.