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POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND POWER MANAGEMENT METHOD
20220344939 · 2022-10-27 ·

A power management system includes a first receiver for receiving information specifying reverse power flow from a base power meter measuring at least the reverse power flow output from a facility to a power grid, a second receiver for receiving information specifying each of individual output powers of two or more adjustment power supplies provided in the facility, and a controller for specifying each of individual reverse power flows of the two or more adjustment power supplies managed as the reverse power flow. The controller specifies individual reverse power flows of the two or more adjustment power supplies, by executing a correction process of correcting a discrepancy between a sum of the individual output powers of the two or more adjustment power supplies and the reverse power flow based on the individual output powers of the two or more adjustment power supplies.

POWER MANAGEMENT SERVER AND POWER MANAGEMENT METHOD
20220344940 · 2022-10-27 ·

A power management server includes a receiver for receiving, from an upper management server, an adjustment request for requesting a fluctuation adjustment of a frequency of a power grid for each fluctuation cycle of an adjustment target, a transmitter for transmitting, to an adjustment power supply, an adjustment instruction for instructing the fluctuation adjustment of the frequency of the power grid according to the fluctuation cycle of the adjustment target requested by the adjustment request, a management unit for managing a correspondence relationship between the fluctuation cycle of the adjustment target instructed by the adjustment instruction and the adjustment power supply, and a controller for determining an adjustment power supply to which the adjustment instruction is to be transmitted based on the correspondence relationship.

Wind turbine with reduced DC-voltage reserve

The invention relates to a method for operating a wind turbine which comprises a power generator, a generator side converter, a grid side converter, a DC link electrically connected to an output of the generator side converter and an input of the grid side converter. The method comprises monitoring a wind turbine signal for detection of an operational condition which requires an increase of an output voltage of the grid side converter, upon detection of the operational condition, initiate an over-modulation mode wherein the grid side converter is operated with a modulation index in an over-modulation range, and upon the detection of the operational condition, initiate a DC-voltage adjustment mode wherein the a DC-voltage of the DC link is increased from a first voltage level towards a second voltage level.

DISTRIBUTED COLLABORATIVE CONTROL METHOD FOR MICROGRID FREQUENCY UNDER ATTACK OF FALSE DATA INJECTION BASED ON CYBER-PHYSICAL FUSION

A simulation method of distributed collaborative control for a microgrid under the attack of false data injection based on cyber-physical fusion is provided, which includes: establishing a distributed collaborative control simulation model for the microgrid frequency based on an RT_LAB real-time simulation tool OPAL-RT; designing a distributed collaborative control algorithm of a microgrid under the attack of false data injection based on DSP; simulating real-time communication among distributed generations based on an OPNET; simulating constant injection of false data, to realize that the frequency of each distributed generation in the microgrid is finally strictly tracked to the reference frequency. According to the method provided by the present application, no extra state observer is needed to observe the angular frequency states of local and neighboring nodes, so that the adverse effects caused by the attack of false data with a constant injection can be completely eliminated.

INVERTER, POWER SOURCE DEVICE, ENERGY CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM
20230079040 · 2023-03-16 · ·

An inverter of an embodiment includes a power convertor that can perform at least one of a first action of generating electricity to be output to a power system based on a pseudo inertia and a second action of generating electricity to be output to the power system without based on the pseudo inertia, and a transmitter that transmits, to a high-order control system, first information indicating which of the first action and the second action the power converter is performing.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY ESTIMATING ACTIVE POWER CAPABILITY OF AN INVERTER-BASED RESOURCE
20230125298 · 2023-04-27 ·

A method for controlling an inverter-based resource (IBR) having a power converter and a generator connected to an electrical grid includes determining an available active power of the electrical grid. The method also includes determining an available active power of the IBR based on an effect of a speed and a rating of the generator. Further, the method includes determining a minimum available active power based on the available active power of the electrical grid and the available active power of the IBR. Moreover, the method includes determining an active power limit change for the IBR based on one or more thermal margins of the IBR. In addition, the method includes determining an active power estimation as a function of the minimum available active power and the active power limit change. The method further includes providing the active power estimation to a supervisory controller for controlling the IBR.

ADAPTIVE GAIN CONTROL FOR A REACTIVE POWER REGULATOR OF AN INVERTER-BASED RESOURCE
20230126579 · 2023-04-27 ·

A method for controlling an inverter-based resource having a power converter connected to an electrical grid includes receiving, via a regulator of a controller of the inverter-based resource, a plurality of power signals. The method also includes determining, via the regulator, a power error signal as a function of the plurality of power signals. Further, the method includes receiving, via the regulator, a dynamic multiplier factor from a supervisory controller. Moreover, the method includes applying, via the regulator, the dynamic multiplier factor to one or more gains of the regulator to determine one or more modified gains. In addition, the method includes applying the one or more modified gains to the power error signal to obtain an intermediate power signal. Thus, the method includes generating, via the regulator, one or more control commands for the power converter as a function of the intermediate power signal.

Recurring fault protection for wind power plants

A method for operating a wind turbine generator connected to a power network to account for recurring voltage faults on the power network caused by automatic reclosure of at least one circuit breaker following a short-circuit. The method comprises: identifying a deviation of voltage level of the power network from a normal operational voltage level of the network; determining that the identified deviation fulfils criteria for automatic reclosure; and operating the wind turbine generator in a recurring fault mode if automatic reclosure criteria are fulfilled. When operating the wind turbine generator in recurring fault mode, the method comprises: monitoring the recovery of the voltage level from the deviation; categorising the recovery of the voltage as one of at least a strong recovery or a weak recovery; and implementing a ride-through protocol according to the category of recovery.

Recurring fault protection for wind power plants

A method for operating a wind turbine generator connected to a power network to account for recurring voltage faults on the power network caused by automatic reclosure of at least one circuit breaker following a short-circuit. The method comprises: identifying a deviation of voltage level of the power network from a normal operational voltage level of the network; determining that the identified deviation fulfils criteria for automatic reclosure; and operating the wind turbine generator in a recurring fault mode if automatic reclosure criteria are fulfilled. When operating the wind turbine generator in recurring fault mode, the method comprises: monitoring the recovery of the voltage level from the deviation; categorising the recovery of the voltage as one of at least a strong recovery or a weak recovery; and implementing a ride-through protocol according to the category of recovery.

Power rectification method and apparatus

This application provides a power rectification method and apparatus, to supply power to a load by using a power supply capacity gap formed by a communications power that is at an existing network site, thereby achieving a capacity increase. The method includes: obtaining a total input current of each of three phase lines; and when it is determined that a total input current of at least one of the three phase lines is greater than a total input current threshold corresponding to the at least one phase line, adjusting a rectifier connected to the at least one phase line to reduce a total input power of the at least one phase line, so that the total input current of the at least one phase line is less than or equal to the total input current threshold corresponding to the at least one phase line.