Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
322020000 | Power factor or phase relationships | 12 |
20080303489 | Controller of doubly-fed induction generator - Disclosed is a controller of a grid coupled type doubly-fed induction generator having a multi-level converter topology, which can control the doubly-fed induction generator having a high voltage specification and can perform a fault ride-through function, an anti-islanding function and a grid voltage synchronization function required for a dispersed power generation facility. The controller makes a H-bridge multi-level converter generate a three-phase voltage waveform resulted from the structure that single-phase converters each being composed of a 2-leg IGBT are stacked in a serial manner, and controls a rotor current so as to make the rotor coil of the doubly-fed induction generator in charge of a slip power only. The boost converter is composed of a 3-leg IGBT and a boost inductor generating a direct current voltage of its source required for the H-bridge multi-level converter. | 12-11-2008 |
20090212746 | Systems and Methods for Optimizing the Operation of a Generator - Methods and systems for minimizing power loss in generator are disclosed, including providing one or more operating parameters for a generator, and determining an optimal field power and an optimal phase angle, where the optimal field power and the optimal phase angle substantially minimize a power loss in operating the generator at the one or more operating parameters. | 08-27-2009 |
20090251111 | STATIC COMPENSATOR APPARATUS FOR HVDC SYSTEM - A static compensator apparatus for a HVDC system may control harmonic wave compensation at high passive speed to meet operating characteristics of the HVDC system. A static compensator is turned-on in a normal mode and compensates for invalid power and removes a harmonic wave generated by the high voltage direct current system. A static compensator controller controls an operation of the static compensator. A diesel power generator operates complementarily to the static compensator and being turned-on when the high voltage direct current system starts. | 10-08-2009 |
20100301814 | SYNCHRONOUS GENERATOR PROTECTION - A scheme for synchronous generator protection is provided. Based on generator input and transformer output phase information, along with the energy function concept, the scheme for synchronous generator protection provides early detection of a loss of synchronism of a generator. As such, the generator with loss of synchronism can be tripped before the generator actually slips. An example for how such a synchronous generator protection schemes may function, is also provided. | 12-02-2010 |
20110210705 | METHOD FOR REGULATING THE REACTIVE POWER GENERATED OR ABSORBED BY A SYNCHRONOUS ELECTRIC GENERATOR AND SYNCHRONOUS ELECTRIC GENERATOR - A method for regulating the reactive power generated or absorbed by a synchronous electric generator includes regulating a quantity of coils disposed in line with a stator winding. Additionally, a generator operating point of the generator is regulated. | 09-01-2011 |
20120176099 | Controller device for controlling a power converter device - A controller device for controlling a power converter device of an electrical generator during rotation of the electrical generator includes a signal converter which is configured to receive an angle signal and in response hereto transposes a current feedback onto two axes of a rotating d, q-reference frame. Further, a current controller has a regulator receiving a d-axis feedback and a d-axis demand and provides in response hereto a d-axis response operative in reducing the difference between the d-axis feedback and the d-axis demand. An error unit provides an error signal indicative of an angle error of the rotating reference frame on the basis of the d-axis response of the d-axis regulator. | 07-12-2012 |
20130076316 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT IN CONNECTION WITH A CASCADE-FED ASYNCHRONOUS GENERATOR - A method and apparatus are provided for controlling a cascade-fed asynchronous generator in connection with a voltage dip of a network fed by the generator. A frequency converter is connected between the rotor of the asynchronous generator and the network. The method includes measuring the magnitude of the voltage in the network, calculating, on the basis of the voltage in the network, a base value for reactive current to be fed to the network, generating reactive current in the network by the generator, measuring the stator current, determining the actual value of the reactive current in the network, calculating the difference between the base value and the actual value of the reactive current, providing the calculated difference to the frequency converter to serve as an instruction in reactive current, and generating reactive current in the network by the frequency converter in accordance with the instruction in reactive current. | 03-28-2013 |
20130169241 | CONTROL METHOD OF A WIND TURBINE GENERATOR - The control method of a wind turbine generator increases the speed range of wind turbine generators, maximising the operation and efficiency thereof, in addition to lengthening their service life, on minimising the extreme and fatigue loads to which the wind turbine generators are subject, and which are due mainly to the stops and disconnections thereof as a result of strong gusts of wind. More specifically, the control method of the present invention stands out essentially for being based on the control of the reactive current circulating through the electric generator, said reactive current control being carried out in accordance with the rotational speed (ω | 07-04-2013 |
20130221934 | WIND-TURBINE-GENERATOR CONTROL SYSTEM, WIND TURBINE GENERATOR, WIND FARM, AND WIND-TURBINE-GENERATOR CONTROL METHOD - In a wind turbine generator, the rotation of the rotor is speeded up by a hydraulic pump and a hydraulic motor and is transferred to a synchronous generator. In a state in which the wind turbine generator is interconnected to a utility grid, and the synchronous generator reaches a synchronous speed, if no mechanical power is transferred to the synchronous generator, a wind-turbine control system operates the synchronous generator as a synchronous condenser, thus controlling the magnitude of the field current of the synchronous generator. Thus, the wind turbine generator can supply reactive power to the utility grid without adding new equipment, such as a reactive power compensator using a semiconductor switch. | 08-29-2013 |
20140111167 | VOLTAGE REGULATOR AND METHODS FOR SIMULATING REACTIVE POWER IN PARALLEL POWER GENERATION SYSTEMS - Systems, methods, and a voltage regulator are provided for tuning reactive droop compensation of a generator in a parallel power generation system. The voltage regulator is configured to compute a simulated droop compensation voltage for the generator and control an excitation signal to the generator based at least in part on the simulated droop compensation voltage. | 04-24-2014 |
20150123623 | PRIME MOVER GENERATOR SYSTEM FOR SIMULTANEOUS SYNCHRONOUS GENERATOR AND CONDENSER DUTIES - An electric power generation plant has at least two synchronous machines and a source of mechanical power (torque), coupleable such that one or more of the synchronous machines can be operated as a generator while one or more is operated as a synchronous condenser. Field exciters, controlled shaft couplings, starters and switching sequences control starting, restarting and switching into simultaneous operation as generators, as condensers, or as one or more generators and condensers synchronously coupled to one another along a drive train. The disclosed configurations include modifications of existing generator installations such as decommissioned plants, such as by controllably coupling a second synchronous machine to a drive train, for use as a condenser for power factor control when needed or as an added source of generator capacity during times of high demand. | 05-07-2015 |
20160149528 | Power Angle Calculation for Alternator Controller - In one embodiment, a generator includes a rotor configured to rotate in cooperation with a stator to generate electrical power. A sensor, which is supported by the rotor, is configured to generate a trigger signal indicative of a position of the rotor. A communication interface is configured to receive the trigger signal from the sensor of the rotor and receive data indicative of an output of the generator. A controller supported by the rotor or configured to perform a phase analysis of the trigger signal and the output of the generator and calculate a power angle for the generator based on the phase analysis. | 05-26-2016 |