Electricity: measuring and testing – Measuring – testing – or sensing electricity – per se – Phase comparison
Reexamination Certificate
2007-11-06
2011-11-29
Dole, Timothy J (Department: 2858)
Electricity: measuring and testing
Measuring, testing, or sensing electricity, per se
Phase comparison
C324S107000, C324S108000, C327S231000, C327S237000, C327S239000, C327S254000, C327S255000, C363S040000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08067932
ABSTRACT:
This invention deals with an advanced Real-time Grid Monitoring System (RTGMS) suitable for both single-phase and three-phase electric power systems. This invention provides an essential signal processing block to be used as a part of complex systems either focused on supervising and diagnosing power systems or devoted to control power processors interacting with the grid. This invention is based on a new algorithm very suitable for real-time characterization of the grid variables under distorted and unbalanced grid conditions. The main characteristic of this invention is the usage of a frequency-locked loop, based on detecting the grid frequency, for synchronizing to the grid variables. It results in a very robust system response in relation to existing technique based on the phase-angle detection since grid frequency is much more stable variable than the grid voltage/current phase-angle, mainly during grid faults. Moreover, the algorithm supporting this invention is very efficient and can be implemented in regular industrial microprocessors. These features make the RTGMS object of this invention ideal to be applied in the control of distributed generation systems (DGS), flexible AC transmission systems (FACTS), power quality conditioners (PQC) and uninterruptible power supplies (UPS). In all these systems, the fast and precise real time detection of the voltage and/or current sequence components under grid fault conditions is a crucial matter.
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Rodriguez Pedro
Teodorescu Remus
Baldridge Benjamin M
Dole Timothy J
Gamesa Innovation & Technology S.L.
Ladas & Parry LLP
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