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US 2026/0189023 A1Published application
Module-based energy systems for supplying power to primary and auxiliary loads
AssigneeTae Technologies, Inc.
InventorsSaleh ZIAIEINEJAD, Mikhail SLEPCHENKOV, Roozbeh NADERI
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Abstract
Example embodiments of systems, devices, and methods are provided herein for energy systems configured to provide power to AC and DC loads. The system can include multiple array segments configured to output AC signals for powering the AC loads and a supplemental signal conversion device configured to convert the AC signals to DC signals for powering the DC loads.
Claims111
A modular energy system controllable to supply power to one or more AC loads and one or more DC loads, the system comprising:
- a plurality of modules connected together in a plurality of arrays arranged in a plurality of array segments, each array configured to output an AC voltage signal comprising a superposition of output voltages from the modules of that array, each array segment comprising a plurality of arrays coupled together at a common point, wherein the plurality of arrays are coupled to provide power to one or more AC loads;
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- a supplemental signal conversion device coupled to an output of each array and configured to convert AC voltage signals output by one or more of the plurality of arrays to an output DC signal and to provide the output DC signal to supply one or more DC loads.
The system of any preceding claim, wherein the supplemental signal conversion device comprises a rectifier circuit.
The system of 23, wherein the one or more modulation indexes comprise a modulation index for each of multiple phases.
The system of any preceding claim, wherein the one or more AC loads comprise one or more multiphase loads and the plurality of arrays comprise at least one array for each phase of the one or more multiphase loads.
A modular energy system comprising:
- a module pack comprising a plurality of segments of arrays of modules, wherein each segment of arrays comprises a plurality of arrays coupled together, wherein each segment of arrays is configured to output AC voltage signals having a same phase angle, and wherein the phase angle of the AC signal output by each segment of arrays is different from the phase angle of the AC signal output by each other array;
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- a rectifier circuit configured to convert the AC voltage signals output by each segment to a DC signal for one or more auxiliary loads;
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- a control system configured to control the modules of each array to regulate the DC signal and balance one or more operating characteristics of the modules of the arrays.
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A method of supplying power to one or more AC loads and to one or more DC loads, the method comprising:
- providing, by a plurality of modules connected together in a plurality of arrays arranged in a plurality of array segments, power to the one or more AC loads, each array configured to output an AC voltage signal comprising a superposition of output voltages from the modules of that array, each array segment comprising a plurality of arrays coupled together at a common point;
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- converting, by a supplemental signal conversion device coupled to an output of each array, AC voltage signals output by one or more of the plurality of arrays to an output DC signal;
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- providing the output DC signal to the one or more DC loads.
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The method of 72, wherein the one or more modulation indexes comprise a modulation index for each of multiple phases.
A modular energy system comprising:
- a module pack comprising a plurality of segments of arrays of modules, wherein each segment of arrays comprises a plurality of arrays coupled together, wherein each segment of arrays is configured to output AC voltage signals having a same phase angle, and wherein the phase angle of the AC signal output by each segment of arrays is different from the phase angle of the AC signal output by each other array;
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- a rectifier circuit configured to convert the AC voltage signals output by each segment to a DC signal for one or more auxiliary loads;
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- a control system configured to control the modules of each array to regulate the DC signal and balance one or more operating characteristics of the modules of the arrays.
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A module pack comprising:
- a first segment of arrays comprising (i) a first array of first modules configured to output a first AC voltage signal having a first phase angle and comprising a superposition of output voltages from the first modules and (ii) a second array of second modules configured to output a second AC voltage signal having the first phase angle and comprising a superposition of output voltages from the second modules, wherein a first neutral point of the first array is coupled to a second neutral point of the second array;
- a second segment of arrays comprising (i) a third array of third modules configured to output a third AC voltage signal having a second phase angle and comprising a superposition of output voltages from the third modules and (ii) a fourth array of fourth modules configured to output a fourth AC voltage signal having the second phase angle and comprising a superposition of output voltages from the fourth modules, wherein a third neutral point of the third array is coupled to a fourth neutral point of the fourth array;
- a third segment of arrays comprising (i) a fifth array of fifth modules configured to output a fifth AC voltage signal having a third phase angle and comprising a superposition of output voltages from the fifth modules and (ii) a sixth array of sixth modules configured to output a sixth AC voltage signal having the third phase angle and comprising a superposition of output voltages from the sixth modules, wherein a fifth neutral point of the fifth array is coupled to a sixth neutral point of the sixth array;
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- a first set of ports for coupling a respective phase output of at least one array of each segment to one or more three-phase loads;
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- a second set of ports for coupling at least one array of each segment to a rectifier circuit configured to convert AC voltage signals to a DC signal for powering one or more auxiliary loads.
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A rectifier circuit, comprising:
- a positive DC line;
- an intermediate DC line;
- a negative DC line;
- a diode circuit comprising a set of diode segments each comprising two diodes coupled between the positive DC line and the negative DC line;
- a filter circuit comprising an inductor arranged along the positive DC line, a first capacitor coupled between the positive DC line and the intermediate DC line, and a second capacitor coupled between the intermediate DC line and the negative DC line.
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A cable, comprising:
- a first connector at a first end of the cable, the first connector comprising a plurality of first ports configured to couple with a module pack comprising a first plurality of arrays of modules and a second plurality of arrays of modules, wherein the plurality of first ports comprise a respective port for each array and one or more first neutral ports for one or more corresponding neutral points of the arrays;
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- a second connector at a second end of the cable, the second connector comprising a plurality of second ports corresponding to the plurality of first ports,
- wherein the second connector is configured to connect to a rectifier circuit in a first orientation for electric vehicles having a single motor and to connect to the rectifier circuit in a second orientation different from the first orientation for electric vehicles having two motors.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.