# US 11,451,162 B2 · Method for controlling an assembly of inverters in an electricity generation system with parallel inverters

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- Number: US 11,451,162 B2
- Document ID: US11451162B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/282,217
- Filed: 2019-09-30
- Published: 2021-11-04
- Granted: 2022-09-20
- Earliest claimed: 2018-10-04
- Assignees: Safran Electrical & Power
- Applicants: Safran Electrical & Power
- Inventors: Ashvin Jankee; Guillaume Capron; Frédéric Pailhoux; Pascal Morin; Sonia Dhokkar
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11451162B2

## CPC

- H02M 7/493: the static converters being arranged for operation in parallel
- H02M 7/53871: {with automatic control of output voltage or current}
- H02M 7/5395: by pulse-width modulation
- H02P 27/08: with pulse width modulation
- H02M 1/0003: {Details of control, feedback or regulation circuits}
- H02M 1/0074: {Plural converter units whose inputs are connected in series}
- H02M 1/0077: {Plural converter units whose outputs are connected in series}
- H02M: APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF (transformers H01F; dynamo-electric converters H02K47/00; controlling transformers, reactors or choke coils, control or regulation of electric motors, generators or dynamo-electric converters H02P)
- H02P: CONTROL OR REGULATION OF ELECTRIC MOTORS, ELECTRIC GENERATORS OR DYNAMO-ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; CONTROLLING TRANSFORMERS, REACTORS OR CHOKE COILS

## Abstract

The invention concerns a method for controlling an assembly of at least two inverters (1a, 1b) in an electricity generating system with parallel inverters. The method comprises the implementation by at least one data processing unit (2a, 2b) of the steps: (a) for each inverter (1a, 1b) of the assembly, obtaining an input duty factor (PWMi) of an input signal (Si) received by the inverter (1a, 1b), (b) calculating a mean duty factor (PWMm) from the input duty factors (PWMi), (c) modulating and synchronising the input signal (Si) received by each inverter (1a, 1b) into an output signal (So) having an output duty factor (PWMo) corresponding to the mean duty factor (PWMm).

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for controlling a set of at least two inverters in an electrical generation system with parallel inverters, the method being characterized in that it comprises the implementation, by at least one data processing unit, of steps of:
(a) obtaining, for each inverter of said set, an input duty cycle of an input signal received by said inverter,
(b) calculating an average duty cycle from the input duty cycle,
(c) modulating and synchronizing the input signal received by each inverter into an output signal having an output duty cycle corresponding to the average duty cycle.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, wherein each inverter of said set comprises a dedicated data processing unit step (a) being implemented by a plurality of said dedicated data processing units.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The method according to claim 2, wherein step (a) comprises the reception by each inverter of the set of the input duty cycles of the input signals received by the set of the inverters.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The method according to claim 2, wherein step (a) comprises the determination by each of said plurality of data processing units of said input duty cycle of the input signal received by its inverter.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

The method according to claim 2, wherein step (b) is implemented independently by each data processing unit implementing step (a).

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The method according to claim 5, wherein each inverter comprises a modulation unit, step (c) comprising for each inverter of said set the sending to the modulation unit of said inverter of a modulation control, and wherein step (c) is implemented independently by each data processing unit.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, wherein each inverter comprises a modulation unit, step (c) comprising for each inverter of said set the sending to the modulation unit of said inverter of a modulation control.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, wherein step (c) is carried out by generating a rectangular signal at a determined frequency where the time at the high state of the signal relative to the period of the signal corresponds to the value of the output duty cycle.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

A set of parallel inverters in an electrical generation system characterized in that said inverters are controlled according to a method according to claim 1.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The set of inverters according to claim 9, wherein each inverter comprises a data processing unit, a communication unit and a modulation unit.