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REACTIVE POWER COMPENSATION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF
20170358983 · 2017-12-14 ·

The present disclosure relates a reactive power compensation system including a detection unit for acquiring loading state information of a plurality of loads, a reactive power compensation unit for compensating reactive power, and a controller for controlling the reactive power compensation unit to perform flicker compensation or power factor compensation based on a control signal according to the loading state information.

Grid tied system controller including logic coupled to a photovoltaic station and an energy storage system

A battery energy storage system control system, including: logic coupled to a photovoltaic station and an energy storage system and executing a photovoltaic station capacity firming algorithm operable for making a combined output of the photovoltaic station and the energy storage system substantially constant such that power swings on an associated feeder system are avoided; logic coupled to the photovoltaic station and the energy storage system and executing a voltage support algorithm operable for holding point of common coupling voltage and phase values substantially equal to substation voltage and phase values via power injection or removal; and logic coupled to the photovoltaic station and the energy storage system and executing an energy time shift algorithm operable for storing energy during periods of relatively low demand and providing energy during periods of relatively high demand.

VIRTUAL IMPEDANCE COMPREHENSIVE CONTROL METHOD FOR INDUCTIVE POWER FILTERING SYSTEM
20170353101 · 2017-12-07 ·

The disclosure discloses a virtual impedance comprehensive control method for an inductive power filtering (IPF) system. According to the disclosure, harmonic damping control at grid side and zero impedance control of filters are organically combined according to a technical problem which is unsolved and process difficulty in equipment manufacturing in an existing filtering method, so that the problem of performance reduction of passive filtering equipment caused by a change in an impedance parameter of a power grid system is solved on one hand, optimization control over a quality factor of the passive filtering equipment may be implemented to reduce dependence on an equipment production process level on the other hand, a quality factor of the single-tuned filters may meet a design requirement, and an overall filtering characteristic is further improved.

REACTIVE POWER COMPENSATION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF
20170346287 · 2017-11-30 ·

The present disclosure relates to a reactive power compensation system includes a first measurement unit, a second measurement unit, a reactive power compensation unit, and a controller. The first measurement unit measures impedance of each of at least one load. The second measurement unit measures a voltage and current provided to the at least one load. The reactive power compensation unit compensates the leading reactive power or the lagging reactive power. The controller monitors a change of the impedance in real time, checks a change of the voltage or current according to the change of the impedance, and controls the reactive power compensation unit according to a result of the check to compensate the leading reactive power or the lagging reactive power.

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Series compensator and control method

The present invention provides a series compensator and a control method. The series compensator includes a series transformer, a series transformer bypass device, a voltage source converter, a high-speed converter bypass device, a high-speed switch, and a reactor. The reactor and the high-speed switch are connected in parallel to form a current limiting module; one winding of the series transformer has two ends connected in series to a line, and the other winding thereof is sequentially connected to the current limiting module and the high-speed converter bypass device; the voltage source converter and the high-speed converter bypass device are connected in parallel; and at least one winding of the series transformer are connected in parallel to at least one series transformer bypass device. The series compensator of the present invention indirectly provides the current limiting module, so as to effectively limit the short-circuit current of a system, reduce the fault current to which the compensator is subjected, and improve the reliability of an alternating current system and the series compensator. Moreover, the current limiting module has a low voltage level, and the high-speed switch has a small breaking current, thereby providing good industrial applicability.

CONTROL DEVICE FOR STATIC VAR COMPENSATOR AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
20170317497 · 2017-11-02 · ·

A control device for a static var compensator (SVC) includes: a monitoring control unit configured to generate an error presence/absence signal based on a control signal inputted from a system controller; a valve signal processing unit configured to generate a valve state signal based on databack signals respectively inputted from a plurality of valves; a CPU control unit configured to generate a state information signal based on the error presence/absence signal and the valve state signal; and a firing signal output control unit configured to generate a firing signal according to the state information signal.

A HYBRID POWER PLANT AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A HYBRID POWER PLANT
20220060025 · 2022-02-24 ·

The invention relates to a hybrid power plant for producing power to the electrical grid, the hybrid power plant comprising a plurality of energy assets; a first renewable power generating unit, such as wind turbine generators, and an energy storage unit, preferably a battery energy storage system. The hybrid power plant has a power plant controller arranged to communicate with the plurality of energy assets, and, when an under-frequency event occurs, the energy storage unit provides frequency support during the under-frequency event by providing additional power as a function of a state of charge of the energy storage unit at the time when the under-frequency event occurs. Thus, during an under-frequency event, it is possible to obtain a more stable power output from the hybrid power plant.

Method and system for high-speed power source transfer (HS-PST)

An electronic device configured to switchover power from a primary source to an alternate source to maintain continuity of power supplied to a load bus. The electronic device includes one or more processors configured to identify availability of the alternate source using source monitoring in order to measure and calculate a tracking frequency for controlling a variable sampling interval of the one or more processors. The processors are configured to store signal samples and associated time stamps into a variable length buffer and store new sample values and associated new time stamps into the fixed length buffer. The processors are configured to determine attributes from samples of the alternate source using the tracking frequency. The processors are configured to execute a source switchover signal when the primary source is unavailable based by comparing load bus attributes to alternate source attributes at an estimated instance of switchover.

Modular, scalable, multi-function, power quality system for utility networks
09795048 · 2017-10-17 · ·

A modular, scalable, multi-function, power quality system provides a modular and scalable power conditioning system for utility networks. A configurable frame is coupled to an electrical input and an electrical output. A plurality of functional slots each including a receiving connector are coupled to the frame. One or more unique function subsystems are coupled to selected functional slots. Each unique function subsystem includes one or more electrical components coupled to the receiving connector of selected functional slots configured to define functional capability associated with the one or more functional slots. A plurality of identical power modules are disposed in selected functional slots of each of the one or more unique function subsystems. A controller coupled to each of the power modules is configured to enable the power modules in predetermined functional slots of the one or more unique subsystems to perform a predetermined function associated with the electrical input or the electrical output.

SWITCHING SCHEME FOR STATIC SYNCHRONOUS COMPENSATORS USING CASCADED H-BRIDGE CONVERTERS
20170294853 · 2017-10-12 ·

A static synchronous compensator includes at least one converter pole for producing a first phase of an AC voltage waveform having a fundamental cycle. The first phase of the AC voltage waveform includes alternating converter pole charging and discharging regions in each fundamental cycle. The at least one converter pole includes a plurality of cascaded H-bridge cells, each having a DC voltage source and a plurality of switches. The switches are capable of being switched to produce a plurality of switching states. There is a controller configured to control the switching states of the plurality of switches of each of the cascaded H-bridge cells based on the voltages of DC voltage sources of the H-bridge cells and on whether the AC waveform is in the converter pole charging region or the converter pole discharging region.