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Title: Multimode power processor

Abstract

In one embodiment, a power processor which operates in three modes: an inverter mode wherein power is delivered from a battery to an AC power grid or load; a battery charger mode wherein the battery is charged by a generator; and a parallel mode wherein the generator supplies power to the AC power grid or load in parallel with the battery. In the parallel mode, the system adapts to arbitrary non-linear loads. The power processor may operate on a per-phase basis wherein the load may be synthetically transferred from one phase to another by way of a bumpless transfer which causes no interruption of power to the load when transferring energy sources. Voltage transients and frequency transients delivered to the load when switching between the generator and battery sources are minimized, thereby providing an uninterruptible power supply. The power processor may be used as part of a hybrid electrical power source system which may contain, in one embodiment, a photovoltaic array, diesel engine, and battery power sources. 31 figs.

Inventors:
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Publication Date:
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
6314693
Patent Number(s):
US 5929538; A
Application Number:
PPN: US 8-884306
Assignee:
Abacus Controls Inc., Somerville, NJ (United States)
DOE Contract Number:  
FG02-94ER81689
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 27 Jun 1997
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS; 24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION; 14 SOLAR ENERGY; COMPUTERIZED CONTROL SYSTEMS; CONTROL THEORY; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; OFF-PEAK ENERGY STORAGE; CONTROL SYSTEMS; ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; ENERGY STORAGE; ON-LINE CONTROL SYSTEMS; ON-LINE SYSTEMS; STORAGE; 200107* - Fossil-Fueled Power Plants- Off-Peak Energy Storage- (1980-); 240100 - Power Systems- (1990-); 140600 - Solar Energy- Photovoltaic Power Systems

Citation Formats

O'Sullivan, G A, and O'Sullivan, J A. Multimode power processor. United States: N. p., 1999. Web.
O'Sullivan, G A, & O'Sullivan, J A. Multimode power processor. United States.
O'Sullivan, G A, and O'Sullivan, J A. 1999. "Multimode power processor". United States.
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abstractNote = {In one embodiment, a power processor which operates in three modes: an inverter mode wherein power is delivered from a battery to an AC power grid or load; a battery charger mode wherein the battery is charged by a generator; and a parallel mode wherein the generator supplies power to the AC power grid or load in parallel with the battery. In the parallel mode, the system adapts to arbitrary non-linear loads. The power processor may operate on a per-phase basis wherein the load may be synthetically transferred from one phase to another by way of a bumpless transfer which causes no interruption of power to the load when transferring energy sources. Voltage transients and frequency transients delivered to the load when switching between the generator and battery sources are minimized, thereby providing an uninterruptible power supply. The power processor may be used as part of a hybrid electrical power source system which may contain, in one embodiment, a photovoltaic array, diesel engine, and battery power sources. 31 figs.},
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