Modular power generation facilities using shipping container-based modules

US10637250B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• POWERSECURE INCORPORATED · US

Inventors

• Miles Paine · Lompoc, US
• Will Dickinson · High Point, US
• John Ross Saunders · Edinburgh, GB
• Bill Brown · Boise, US
• Bobby Ferrick · Raleigh, US
• Jeff Courliss · Cary, US
• Justin Moore · Durham, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 19, 2017
• Grant date: Apr 28, 2020
• Expiry date: Apr 11, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T10/12
• WIPO field: Environmental technology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Systems, methods, and building block modules for modular power generation facilities are disclosed. A modular power generation facility includes a plurality of primary modules and a control system. Each primary module includes eight primary corners and an interior space. The modules are positioned in a vertical stack and are attached together to form a substantially modular enclosure for the generation of electricity. The modules include gen-set modules, each having an engine-generator and a fuel tank disposed in the interior, and a switchgear module having switchgear ganged to the gen-set modules. The control system communicates with the gen-set modules to coordinate the engine-generators as a unit and to control the loading of each of the generators in response to a power load demand. The control system is disposed in one or more of the primary modules with at least part of the control system being disposed in the switchgear module.