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Title: Grid stabilization using adjusted voltage regulator response to grid characteristics

Abstract

Apparatus and methods are disclosed for control systems for improving stability of electrical grids by temporarily reducing voltage output of electrical generators responsive to transient events on an electrical grid. In one example of the disclosed technology, a controller is coupled is to an automatic voltage regulator, which in turn adjusts excitation current of an electrical generator responsive to changes in frequency detected for the electrical grid. Reducing the output voltage temporarily allows for smaller generators to provide power to the microgrid. Methods for selecting parameters determining how the controller generates a regulation signal used to adjust the excitation current are further disclosed.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1735307
Patent Number(s):
10784686
Application Number:
15/875,981
Assignee:
Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, WA)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
H - ELECTRICITY H02 - GENERATION H02J - CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-76RL01830
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 01/19/2018
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION; 42 ENGINEERING

Citation Formats

Schneider, Kevin P., Tuffner, Francis K., Hansen, Jacob, Tang, Yingying, Radhakrishnan, Nikitha, and Mana, Priya Thekkumparambath. Grid stabilization using adjusted voltage regulator response to grid characteristics. United States: N. p., 2020. Web.
Schneider, Kevin P., Tuffner, Francis K., Hansen, Jacob, Tang, Yingying, Radhakrishnan, Nikitha, & Mana, Priya Thekkumparambath. Grid stabilization using adjusted voltage regulator response to grid characteristics. United States.
Schneider, Kevin P., Tuffner, Francis K., Hansen, Jacob, Tang, Yingying, Radhakrishnan, Nikitha, and Mana, Priya Thekkumparambath. Tue . "Grid stabilization using adjusted voltage regulator response to grid characteristics". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1735307.
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abstractNote = {Apparatus and methods are disclosed for control systems for improving stability of electrical grids by temporarily reducing voltage output of electrical generators responsive to transient events on an electrical grid. In one example of the disclosed technology, a controller is coupled is to an automatic voltage regulator, which in turn adjusts excitation current of an electrical generator responsive to changes in frequency detected for the electrical grid. Reducing the output voltage temporarily allows for smaller generators to provide power to the microgrid. Methods for selecting parameters determining how the controller generates a regulation signal used to adjust the excitation current are further disclosed.},
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year = {Tue Sep 22 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
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