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US 8,427,800 B2Granted
Smart link coupled to power line
AssigneeThe Invention Science Fund I, LLC
InventorsRoderick A. Hyde, William Gates, Jordin T. Kare, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Clarence T. Tegreene, David B. Tuckerman, Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
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Abstract
A smart link in a power delivery system includes an insulator, which electrically isolates a power line, and a switchable conductance placed in parallel with the insulator. The switchable conductance includes switchgear for sourcing, sinking, and/or dispatching real and/or reactive power on the power line to dynamically in response to dynamic loading, transient voltages and/or currents, and phase conditions or other conditions on the power line.
Claims25
A method, comprising:
- in a power delivery system that includes at least one insulator element deployed in series with a reactive circuit to electrically isolate a power line,
- sensing a power line condition or parameter;
- and
- in response, operating the reactive circuit deployed in series with the at least one insulator element.
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