Liquid cooling of high current devices in power flow control systems

    公开(公告)号:US11812592B1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-07

    申请号:US17962034

    申请日:2022-10-07

    CPC classification number: H05K7/20927 H01L23/4735 H05K7/20254 H05K7/20272

    Abstract: A modular liquid cooling block is described for cooling high current devices deployed in power flow control systems. The liquid cooling blocks may have separate shower heads which may be configured for direct impingement, indirect impingement, or parallel flow cooling configurations. Voltage isolation of liquid cooling blocks from an enclosure of the power flow control system and from associated equipment enables serial or parallel connected power flow control units to inject substantial reactive power that may be configurable into a power transmission line. Associated power flow control systems are monitored for temperature, flow rate and pressure gradient. Redundant pumps and fan radiators contribute to reliable operation. Automatic shutdown and alarm may be provided.

    Power Flow Control System for a Distribution Grid Having a Grid Forming Capability

    公开(公告)号:US20230216301A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-06

    申请号:US17856598

    申请日:2022-07-01

    Inventor: Haroon Inam

    Abstract: A system for managing power delivery and power flow in a distribution grid having grid forming capability is disclosed. The system includes a connect-disconnect switches operable to connect a power transmission grid to and disconnect the power transmission grid from the distribution grid. The distribution grid includes renewable energy generators and a number of loads. The system further includes a full bridge shunt inverter system connected to the distribution grid. The full bridge shunt inverter system includes a four-quadrant DC-to-AC inverter and at least a battery for power storage and operable as a power source for grid formation. The system further includes a pair of active filters connected in series on the distribution grid. The full bridge shunt inverter system is connected to the distribution grid at a node between the active filters to enable impedance adjustment for managing and controlling the power flow in the distribution grid.

    Modular Time Synchronized Injection Modules

    公开(公告)号:US20210384727A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-09

    申请号:US17445802

    申请日:2021-08-24

    Abstract: In prior art grid systems, power-line control is done by substation based large systems that use high-voltage (HV) circuits to get injectable impedance waveforms that can create oscillations on the HV power lines. Intelligent impedance injection modules (IIMs) are currently being proposed for interactive power line control and line balancing. These IIMs distributed over the high-voltage lines or installed on mobile platforms and connected to the HV power lines locally generate and inject waveforms in an intelligent fashion to provide interactive response capability to commands from utility for power line control. These IIMs typically comprise a plurality of impedance-injection units (IIUs) that are transformer-less flexible alternating current transmission systems interconnected in a series-parallel connection and output pulses that are additive and time synchronized to generate appropriate waveforms that when injected into HV transmission lines are able to accomplish the desired response and provide interactive power flow control.

    Modular time synchronized injection modules

    公开(公告)号:US11121551B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-14

    申请号:US16398064

    申请日:2019-04-29

    Abstract: In prior art grid systems, power-line control is done by substation based large systems that use high-voltage (HV) circuits to get injectable impedance waveforms that can create oscillations on the HV power lines. Intelligent impedance injection modules (IIMs) are currently being proposed for interactive power line control and line balancing. These IIMs distributed over the high-voltage lines or installed on mobile platforms and connected to the HV power lines locally generate and inject waveforms in an intelligent fashion to provide interactive response capability to commands from utility for power line control. These IIMs typically comprise a plurality of impedance-injection units (IIUs) that are transformer-less flexible alternating current transmission systems interconnected in a series-parallel connection and output pulses that are additive and time synchronized to generate appropriate waveforms that when injected into HV transmission lines are able to accomplish the desired response and an provide interactive power flow control.

    Fast post-fault phase reactance balancing

    公开(公告)号:US11063433B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-13

    申请号:US16700073

    申请日:2019-12-02

    Abstract: Disclosed is a reactance-injecting module used to balance the currents among the phases of polyphase electric power transmission lines or to manage power flow among alternate paths, where the reactance-injecting module has high-speed, dedicated communication links to enable the immediate removal of injected reactance from all phases of a phase balancing cluster when a fault is detected on any one of the multiple phases. The reactance-injecting module may communicate information on a detected fault to the other reactance-injecting modules of the phase balancing cluster within 10 microseconds after the fault is detected to allow the phase balancing cluster to eliminate injected reactance from all phases within 1 millisecond after the fault is detected. This provides extremely fast neutralization of injected reactance to minimize interference with fault localization analyses.

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