A system architecture and method for enabling hierarchical intelligent control with appropriate-speed communication and coordination of control using intelligent distributed impedance/voltage injection modules, local intelligence centers, other actuator devices and miscellaneous FACTS coupled actuator devices is disclosed. Information transfer to a supervisory utility control is enabled for responding to integral power system disturbances, system modelling and optimization. By extending the control and communication capability to the edge of the HV power grid, control of the distribution network through FACTS based Demand response units is also enabled. Hence an integrated and hierarchical total power system control is established with distributed impedance/voltage injection modules, local intelligence centers, connected other actuator devices, miscellaneous FACTS coupled devices and utility supervisory all networked at appropriate speeds allowing optimization of the total power system from generation to distribution.

An intelligent impedance injection module is for use with transmission lines in a power grid. The intelligent impedance injection module has a plurality of transformer-less impedance injector units and a controller. The controller changes injector gain of the impedance injector units to compensate for current swings in a transmission line.

A power supply assembly including a source connection system including a primary source connection, a load connection, a converter system including at least one converter controllable for reactive power compensation, an energy saving transfer route connecting the primary source connection electrically to the load connection, and bypassing the converter system, and a control system. The control system is adapted to provide an efficiency optimization operation including transferring energy through the energy saving transfer route, and controlling the converter system according to an optimal operating scheme that optimizes efficiency of the power supply assembly while keeping reactive power drawn from the source connection system within a required range, wherein the optimal operating scheme defines an optimal combination for the converters used for reactive power compensation such that each of the converters operates in a predetermined optimal efficiency range thereof.

An energy transmission system is provided for a power generation plant including. plural distributed power generation devices and a flow battery system that includes plural charging stacks including electrochemical flow, wherein each charging stack is associated with one or a group of the power generation devices of the power generation plant and wherein each charging stack is configured to receive electrical energy produced by the associated power generation device or group of power generation devices and to energi/e an electrolyte of the flow battery system by the received electrical energy; a central storage unit configured to store the electrolyte of the flow battery system; a discharging stack including electrochemical flow cells, wherein the discharging stack is configured to extract electrical energy from the electrolyte and to provide the electrical energy to a power gri A wind farm including wind turbines and including such energy transmission system is further provided.

Systems for power factor correction are provided. Aspects include a voltage source connected to a first node, wherein the voltage source is configured to provide a first voltage, a sense resistor connected between the first node and a second node, a load connected to the second node, a power factor correction capacitor connected in parallel with the load, and a controlled voltage source configured to provide a second voltage to the power factor correction capacitor based on a control signal, wherein the control signal is received from a power factor correction circuit configured to determine a time difference between a zero-crossing of a voltage signal and a zero-crossing of a current signal from the voltage source.

Apparatus and method for controlling reactive power. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a bidirectional power converter comprising a switched mode cycloconverter for generating AC power having a desired amount of a reactive power component.

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.

Systems and methods are disclosed herein to a power factor adjustor comprising: a power factor measurement unit configured to measure the power factor on an input line to a load and generate a power factor correction signal based on the measured power factor; and a power factor adjustment unit connected to the power factor measurement unit comprising: a fixed capacitor connected in series to a first switching device; and an adjustable element having a variable capacitance connected in parallel to the fixed capacitor and in series to a second switching device, wherein the overall capacitance of the power factor adjustment unit is adjusted by adjusting the capacitance of the adjustable element or by toggling the first and second switching devices in response to the power factor correction signal.

A system architecture and method for enabling hierarchical intelligent control with appropriate-speed communication and coordination of control using intelligent distributed impedance/voltage injection modules, local intelligence centers, other actuator devices and miscellaneous FACTS coupled actuator devices is disclosed. Information transfer to a supervisory utility control is enabled for responding to integral power system disturbances, system modelling and optimization. By extending the control and communication capability to the edge of the HV power grid, control of the distribution network through FACTS based Demand response units is also enabled. Hence an integrated and hierarchical total power system control is established with distributed impedance/voltage injection modules, local intelligence centers, connected other actuator devices, miscellaneous FACTS coupled devices and utility supervisory all networked at appropriate speeds allowing optimization of the total power system from generation to distribution.

A power supply assembly including an alternating current primary source connection, a direct current secondary source connection, an alternating current load connection, a DC link, a direct-current converter connected electrically between the secondary source connection and the DC link, and a load supply converter connected electrically between the DC link and the load connection. The power supply assembly includes a trickle charger converter connected electrically between at least one alternating current connection and the secondary source connection, a nominal power of the trickle charger converter being less than nominal powers of the direct-current converter and the load supply converter.