Methods and systems for controlling an intra-plant voltage level
    1.
    发明授权
    Methods and systems for controlling an intra-plant voltage level 有权
    用于控制植物内电压水平的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US08890364B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-11-18

    申请号:US13333393

    申请日:2011-12-21

    IPC分类号: H02J1/00

    摘要: A power plant coupled to, and configured to provide power to, an electrical grid, is described. The power plant includes a plurality of power converters electrically coupled to, and configured to receive power from, at least one power source. The power plant also includes a voltage regulation device electrically coupled between the power converters and the electrical grid. The voltage regulation device includes a series transformer and a bi-directional converter configured to regulate a voltage at an output of the power converters.

    摘要翻译: 描述了耦合到并且被配置为向电网提供电力的发电设备。 发电厂包括电耦合到并且被配置为从至少一个电源接收电力的多个功率转换器。 发电厂还包括电耦合在电力转换器和电网之间的电压调节装置。 电压调节装置包括串联变压器和被配置为调节功率转换器的输出端的电压的双向转换器。

    Methods and Systems For Controlling An Intra-Plant Voltage Level
    2.
    发明申请
    Methods and Systems For Controlling An Intra-Plant Voltage Level 有权
    用于控制植物内电压水平的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US20130162047A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-06-27

    申请号:US13333393

    申请日:2011-12-21

    IPC分类号: H02J1/00 H02M5/40

    摘要: A power plant coupled to, and configured to provide power to, an electrical grid, is described. The power plant includes a plurality of power converters electrically coupled to, and configured to receive power from, at least one power source. The power plant also includes a voltage regulation device electrically coupled between the power converters and the electrical grid. The voltage regulation device includes a series transformer and a bi-directional converter configured to regulate a voltage at an output of the power converters.

    摘要翻译: 描述了耦合到并且被配置为向电网提供电力的发电设备。 发电厂包括电耦合到并且被配置为从至少一个电源接收电力的多个功率转换器。 发电厂还包括电耦合在电力转换器和电网之间的电压调节装置。 电压调节装置包括串联变压器和被配置为调节功率转换器的输出端的电压的双向转换器。

    Methods and systems for controlling a power conversion system
    3.
    发明授权
    Methods and systems for controlling a power conversion system 有权
    用于控制电力转换系统的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US08659186B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-02-25

    申请号:US12981093

    申请日:2010-12-29

    IPC分类号: H02J1/10

    摘要: A power conversion system is described. The power conversion system includes a first power converter coupled to an electrical grid at a first point of interconnection (POI), a first processing device coupled to the first power converter and configured to control operation of the first power converter, and a first power measurement device coupled to the first processing device and configured to collect data associated with power output of the first power converter. The power conversion system also includes a first global positioning system (GPS) receiver coupled to the first processing device and configured to receive location information corresponding to a location of the first power converter and temporal information corresponding to a time at the location.

    摘要翻译: 描述了电力转换系统。 功率转换系统包括在第一互连点(POI)处耦合到电网的第一功率转换器,耦合到第一功率转换器并被配置为控制第一功率转换器的操作的第一处理设备,以及第一功率测量 耦合到所述第一处理设备并被配置为收集与所述第一功率转换器的功率输出相关联的数据。 电力转换系统还包括第一全球定位系统(GPS)接收器,其耦合到第一处理设备并且被配置为接收对应于第一功率转换器的位置的位置信息和对应于该位置处的时间的时间信息。

    SOLAR INVERTER AND CONTROL METHOD
    5.
    发明申请
    SOLAR INVERTER AND CONTROL METHOD 有权
    太阳能逆变器和控制方法

    公开(公告)号:US20100302819A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-12-02

    申请号:US12473700

    申请日:2009-05-28

    IPC分类号: H02M7/44

    摘要: A power generation system including a photovoltaic (PV) module to generate direct current (DC) power is provided. The system includes a controller to determine a maximum power point for the power generation system and a boost converter for receiving control signals from the controller to boost the power from the PV module to a threshold voltage required to inject sinusoidal currents into the grid. A DC to alternating current (AC) multilevel inverter is provided in the system to supply the power from the PV module to a power grid. The system also includes a bypass circuit to bypass the boost converter when an input voltage of the DC to AC multilevel inverter is higher than or equal to the threshold voltage.

    摘要翻译: 提供了包括用于产生直流(DC)电力的光伏(PV)模块的发电系统。 该系统包括用于确定用于发电系统的最大功率点的控制器和用于接收来自控制器的控制信号的升压转换器,以将来自PV模块的功率升高到将正弦电流注入电网所需的阈值电压。 在系统中提供直流到交流(AC)多电平逆变器,以将来自PV模块的电力提供给电网。 当DC至AC多电平逆变器的输入电压高于或等于阈值电压时,该系统还包括旁路电路以旁路升压转换器。

    System and method for a single stage power conversion system
    6.
    发明授权
    System and method for a single stage power conversion system 有权
    单级电力转换系统的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US08358031B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-01-22

    申请号:US12714029

    申请日:2010-02-26

    IPC分类号: H02J1/00

    摘要: A power conversion system includes a photovoltaic source to generate direct current (DC) power; a direct current (DC) to an alternating current (AC) single stage inverter to convert the direct current (DC) power from the photovoltaic source to alternating current (AC) power for delivery to a power grid, and a load balancing unit coupled to the single stage inverter. The power conversion system also includes a controller configured to determine a maximum power point for the power conversion system, regulate an output voltage of the single stage inverter, compute a power balance difference between a power demand from the power grid and an output power of the single stage inverter obtainable at the maximum power point and control in real-time the load balancing unit based on the power balance difference.

    摘要翻译: 电力转换系统包括产生直流(DC)电力的光伏源; 将交流(AC)单级逆变器的直流(DC)转换为将来自光伏源的直流(DC)功率转换为交流电(AC)功率以传送到电网,以及负载平衡单元,耦合到 单级逆变器。 电力转换系统还包括控制器,其被配置为确定功率转换系统的最大功率点,调节单级逆变器的输出电压,计算来自电网的功率需求与功率平衡之间的功率平衡差 在最大功率点可获得单级逆变器,并根据功率平衡差异实时控制负载平衡单元。

    Method and apparatus for controlling wind turbine electric power generation
    7.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for controlling wind turbine electric power generation 有权
    用于控制风力发电的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US08121738B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-02-21

    申请号:US12869522

    申请日:2010-08-26

    IPC分类号: G05D17/00 H02P9/00

    摘要: A method of controlling a wind turbine farm includes programming at least one algorithm within at least one processor. The wind turbine farm has at least one wind turbine that includes a generator. The at least one algorithm is representative of a relationship between at least one electric power grid tolerance range and an electric power generation rating. The method also includes determining the electric power grid tolerance range. The method further includes generating at least one wind turbine farm tolerance adjustment signal representative of a wind turbine farm tolerance range. The method also includes changing the wind turbine farm tolerance range.

    摘要翻译: 控制风力涡轮机场的方法包括在至少一个处理器内编程至少一个算法。 风力涡轮机场具有至少一个包括发电机的风力涡轮机。 所述至少一个算法代表至少一个电网容限范围和发电额定值之间的关系。 该方法还包括确定电力电网容差范围。 该方法还包括产生代表风力涡轮机农场公差范围的至少一个风力涡轮机容限调整信号。 该方法还包括改变风力发电机组的公差范围。

    Methods and systems for operating a power generation system
    9.
    发明授权
    Methods and systems for operating a power generation system 有权
    运行发电系统的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US08614525B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-12-24

    申请号:US12974469

    申请日:2010-12-21

    IPC分类号: H02J3/44

    摘要: A photovoltaic (PV) power generation system is described. The system includes a plurality of PV collector units that include at least one PV cell and a collector-side single-phase inverter. The plurality of PV collector units are configured for coupling with a symmetric poly-phase alternating current (AC) load. The system also includes a system controller configured to control operation of the plurality of PV collector units.

    摘要翻译: 描述了光伏(PV)发电系统。 该系统包括多个PV收集器单元,其包括至少一个PV电池和集电极侧单相逆变器。 多个PV收集器单元被配置为与对称的多相交流(AC)负载耦合。 该系统还包括被配置为控制多个PV收集器单元的操作的系统控制器。

    SINGLE STAGE POWER CONVERSION SYSTEM
    10.
    发明申请
    SINGLE STAGE POWER CONVERSION SYSTEM 审中-公开
    单级功率转换系统

    公开(公告)号:US20130134785A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-05-30

    申请号:US13307133

    申请日:2011-11-30

    IPC分类号: H02J1/10 H02J1/00

    摘要: A solar power generation system includes photovoltaic modules electrically coupled to each other for generating DC power having a voltage at least as large as a minimum threshold voltage but no greater than a maximum threshold voltage. The system also includes a DC-AC power converter including a plurality of semiconductor switches for converting the DC power to AC power for transmission to a power grid. The minimum threshold voltage is based at least in part on grid voltage requirements, and the maximum threshold voltage is based on a voltage rating of the power converter.

    摘要翻译: 太阳能发电系统包括彼此电耦合以产生具有至少与最小阈值电压但不大于最大阈值电压一样大的电压的DC电力的光伏模块。 该系统还包括DC-AC电力转换器,其包括用于将DC电力转换为AC电力以传输到电网的多个半导体开关。 最小阈值电压至少部分地基于电网电压要求,并且最大阈值电压基于功率转换器的额定电压。