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US 2026/0074526 A1Published application
Power conversion system with virtual inverter block
AssigneeEPC Power Corporation
InventorsDavid Michaud, Christopher Lee, William Giewont, Devin Dilley
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Abstract
A control system can include one or more processors. The one or more processors can detect an electrical coupling between terminals of at least two power converter units of a plurality of power converter units, generate a virtual converter block that can include the at least two power converter units, and control operation of the at least two power converter units based on aggregate characteristics of the virtual converter block.
Claims20
A power conversion system comprising:
- a plurality of power converter units, wherein each power converter unit of the plurality of power converter units is configured to:
- receive direct current (DC) power from one or more power sources;
- and
- convert the DC power into alternating current (AC) power;
- and
- a control system comprising one or more processors configured to:
- detect electrical coupling between terminals of at least two power converter units of the plurality of power converter units;
- generate a virtual converter block comprising the at least two power converter units, wherein the virtual converter block represents a combined AC power output of the at least two power converter units;
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- control operation of the at least two power converter units based on aggregate characteristics of the virtual converter block.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, at a computing system, operational data from a plurality of power converter units electrically coupled to one or more power sources;
- detecting, by one or more processors of the computing system, that at least two power converter units of the plurality of power converter units share electrically coupled terminals;
- generating, by the one or more processors, a virtual converter block that represents a combination of the at least two power converter units;
- monitoring, by the one or more processors, aggregate performance characteristics of the virtual converter block;
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- controlling, by the one or more processors, operation of the at least two power converter units based on the aggregate performance characteristics.
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A control system for power conversion, comprising:
- one or more processors;
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- memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the control system to:
- monitor operational parameters of multiple power converter units;
- detect electrical coupling between at least two power converter units of the multiple power converter units;
- create a virtual converter block representing the at least two power converter units as a single logical unit;
- track aggregate performance metrics for the virtual converter block;
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- generate control commands for the at least two power converter units based on the aggregate performance metrics.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.