Power management apparatus for energy harvesting

    公开(公告)号:US12040608B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-16

    申请号:US17718328

    申请日:2022-04-12

    申请人: Trameto Limited

    摘要: A power management apparatus 20 comprises a first energy harvesting input channel 21; a first energy storage element connection 25; an inductor connection 27; and a switching circuit 28. A controller 30 is configured to operate the switching circuit 28 to transfer energy between the first energy harvesting input channel 21 and the first energy storage element connection 25 by a sequence of energy transfer cycles. Each of the energy transfer cycles comprises an energise phase in which energy is transferred from the first energy harvesting input channel 21 to the inductor connection 25 for an energise time (tE) and a de-energise phase. The first energy harvesting input channel 21 is capable of receiving an AC electrical signal and a DC electrical signal. The controller 30 is configured to determine a type of an electrical signal received at the first energy harvesting input channel 21, where the type is one of an AC electrical signal and a DC electrical signal, and determine an energise time (tE) and a harvesting cycle period (tP) for the switching circuit 28 based on the determined type.

    Distributed power system using direct current power sources

    公开(公告)号:US12027849B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-02

    申请号:US15653049

    申请日:2017-07-18

    摘要: A distributed power system including multiple (DC) batteries each DC battery with positive and negative poles. Multiple power converters are coupled respectively to the DC batteries. Each power converter includes a first terminal, a second terminal, a third terminal and a fourth terminal. The first terminal is adapted for coupling to the positive pole. The second terminal is adapted for coupling to the negative pole. The power converter includes: (i) a control loop adapted for setting the voltage between or current through the first and second terminals, and (ii) a power conversion portion adapted to selectively either: convert power from said first and second terminals to said third and fourth terminals to discharge the battery connected thereto, or to convert power from the third and fourth terminals to the first and second terminals to charge the battery connected thereto. Each of the power converters is adapted for serial connection to at least one other power converter by connecting respectively the third and fourth terminals, thereby forming a serial string. A power controller is adapted for coupling to the serial string. The power controller includes a control part adapted to maintain current through or voltage across the serial string at a predetermined value.

    Local control of an electricity distribution network using voltage-source converters

    公开(公告)号:US11996691B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-28

    申请号:US17997836

    申请日:2021-04-29

    IPC分类号: H02J3/16 H02J3/46

    摘要: A method of controlling an electricity distribution network, wherein the electricity distribution network is a mesh network including a plurality of loads and there is a voltage-source converter connected to a point in the network. The method comprises, while using the voltage-source converter to try to hold the voltage magnitude constant at said point, establishing a record of how, at said point, the real power flowing between the network and the voltage-source converter varies with variation of the reactive power that the voltage-source converter causes to flow between itself and the network, using a reactive-power value, proportional to the sum of the reactive-power draws of the loads, in order to look up a real-power value from the record, and configuring the voltage-source converter to supply into the network at said point reactive and real power at said reactive- and real-power values, respectively.

    Method for providing reactive power

    公开(公告)号:US11994110B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-28

    申请号:US17525568

    申请日:2021-11-12

    发明人: Johannes Brombach

    IPC分类号: F03D7/04 H02J3/46

    摘要: Provided is a method for controlling an electrical installation, in particular a wind power installation or a wind farm. The method includes determining a specific location within an electrical supply network to which the electrical installation is electrically connected via the electrical supply network, determining an electrical variable which maps an electrical distance between the electrical installation and the specific location and ascertaining a potential reactive power of the electrical installation for the specific location depending on the electrical variable which maps an electrical distance between the electrical installation and the specific location.