Microgrid including dual mode microgrid inverter and load management method

US11990790B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION · US

Inventors

• Prasad PMSVVSV · San Jose, US
• Mehdi Ebad · San Jose, US
• Ranganathan Gurunathan · San Jose, US
• Vishal Anand Gopalakrishnan · Kanchinakote, IN
• Jayanth Moodliar · Bengaluru, IN
• Saravana Narayanasamy · Kanchinakote, IN
• Rakesh Roy · Copenhagen, DK
• Deepak Balakrishnan · Bengaluru, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 4, 2022
• Grant date: May 21, 2024
• Expiry date: Nov 24, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H02J2300/30
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A microgrid includes a power system configured to output system power and an automatic transfer switch (ATS). The ATS includes a normal terminal that is electrically connected to a grid power line configured to receive grid power from a power utility, an emergency terminal that is electrically connected to a system power line configured to receive system power from the power system, and a load terminal that is electrically connected to a critical load line configured to provide power to a critical load. The microgrid also includes a bypass line electrically connected to the system power line and the critical load line, so as to bypass the ATS, and a circuit breaker configured to control power flow through the bypass line.