Patents by Inventor Igor Berroteran
Igor Berroteran has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11967824Abstract: A method for controlling an inverter-based resource having a power converter connected to an electrical grid includes receiving, via a regulator of a controller of the inverter-based resource, a plurality of power signals. The method also includes determining, via the regulator, a power error signal as a function of the plurality of power signals. Further, the method includes receiving, via the regulator, a dynamic multiplier factor from a supervisory controller. Moreover, the method includes applying, via the regulator, the dynamic multiplier factor to one or more gains of the regulator to determine one or more modified gains. In addition, the method includes applying the one or more modified gains to the power error signal to obtain an intermediate power signal. Thus, the method includes generating, via the regulator, one or more control commands for the power converter as a function of the intermediate power signal.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: General Electric Renovables Espana, S.L.Inventors: Igor Berroteran, Enno Ubben, Dustin Howard
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Patent number: 11682990Abstract: A method for controlling an inverter-based resource (IBR) having a power converter and a generator connected to an electrical grid includes determining an available active power of the electrical grid. The method also includes determining an available active power of the IBR based on an effect of a speed and a rating of the generator. Further, the method includes determining a minimum available active power based on the available active power of the electrical grid and the available active power of the IBR. Moreover, the method includes determining an active power limit change for the IBR based on one or more thermal margins of the IBR. In addition, the method includes determining an active power estimation as a function of the minimum available active power and the active power limit change. The method further includes providing the active power estimation to a supervisory controller for controlling the IBR.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2021Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: General Electric Renovables Espana, S.L.Inventors: Igor Berroteran, Enno Ubben
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Publication number: 20230125298Abstract: A method for controlling an inverter-based resource (IBR) having a power converter and a generator connected to an electrical grid includes determining an available active power of the electrical grid. The method also includes determining an available active power of the IBR based on an effect of a speed and a rating of the generator. Further, the method includes determining a minimum available active power based on the available active power of the electrical grid and the available active power of the IBR. Moreover, the method includes determining an active power limit change for the IBR based on one or more thermal margins of the IBR. In addition, the method includes determining an active power estimation as a function of the minimum available active power and the active power limit change. The method further includes providing the active power estimation to a supervisory controller for controlling the IBR.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2021Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventors: Igor Berroteran, Enno Ubben
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Publication number: 20230126579Abstract: A method for controlling an inverter-based resource having a power converter connected to an electrical grid includes receiving, via a regulator of a controller of the inverter-based resource, a plurality of power signals. The method also includes determining, via the regulator, a power error signal as a function of the plurality of power signals. Further, the method includes receiving, via the regulator, a dynamic multiplier factor from a supervisory controller. Moreover, the method includes applying, via the regulator, the dynamic multiplier factor to one or more gains of the regulator to determine one or more modified gains. In addition, the method includes applying the one or more modified gains to the power error signal to obtain an intermediate power signal. Thus, the method includes generating, via the regulator, one or more control commands for the power converter as a function of the intermediate power signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2021Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventors: Igor Berroteran, Enno Ubben, Dustin Howard
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Patent number: 11552575Abstract: A method for operating a multi-level bridge power converter includes providing a plurality of switching devices of the power converter in one of a neutral point clamped topology or an active neutral point clamped topology. The method also includes providing a plurality of deadtimes for the switching devices. Further, the method includes selecting one of the deadtimes for each of the switching devices such that at least two of the switching devices operate according to different deadtimes. Moreover, the method includes operating the switching devices at the selected deadtimes to allow a first group of the switching devices to switch slower than a second group of the switching devices such that the first group of the switching devices satisfy safe operating requirements while the second group of the switching devices switch faster than the first group.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2021Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Nathaniel Robert Michener, Fernando Arturo Ramirez Sanchez, Steven Wade Sutherland, Robert Gregory Wagoner, Rajesh Bhupathi, Igor Berroteran
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Patent number: 11499524Abstract: A system and method are provided for controlling low-speed operations of a wind turbine electrically coupled to an electrical grid. The wind turbine includes a generator and a power converter. The generator includes a generator rotor and a generator stator. An operating parameter of the generator rotor is indicative of a low-speed operation of the generator. Accordingly, the crossing of a first threshold by the operating parameter is detected. In response, at least a portion of a required reactive power generation is developed via the generator rotor. The portion is then delivered to the electrical grid via the grid side of the power converter.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2021Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Fernando Arturo Ramirez Sanchez, Igor Berroteran, Cornelius Edward Holliday, III, David Scott Wilmer
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Publication number: 20220333575Abstract: A method includes receiving, via one or more turbine-level controllers, an indication of at least one of a communication loss between the one or more turbine-level controllers and a farm-level controller, a detection of an absence of reactive power regulation by the farm-level controller, or a reactive power command of the farm-level controller being equal to or above a saturation threshold during transitioning between a baseline operational mode and reactive power mode, the reactive power mode being characterized in that only reactive power is generate. Upon receipt of the indication, the method includes adjusting a reactive power response of one or more reactive power regulators of the one or more turbine-level controllers so as to avoid an overshoot reactive power event or an undershoot reactive power event at the point of interconnection.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2022Publication date: October 20, 2022Inventors: Alfredo Sebastian Achilles, Fernando Arturo Ramirez Sanchez, Andreu Casal Vilana, Igor Berroteran
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Patent number: 11462992Abstract: A system and method are provided for operating a power generating asset electrically coupled to a power grid. The power generating asset includes a power converter having a line-side converter operably coupled to the power grid via a converter contactor. Accordingly, a line-side converter of the power converter is decoupled from the power grid and a controller determines the phase angle of the grid voltage. A switching sequence for a plurality switching devices of the line-side converter is then set in order to develop a pre-charge voltage phase angle at a converter-side terminal of the converter contactor which is in phase with the phase angle of the grid voltage. A portion of the charge of the DC link is then discharged through the line-side converter to develop a pre-charge voltage at the converter-side terminal. Once the in-phase, pre-charge voltage is established at the converter-side terminal, the converter contactor is closed to re-couple the line-side converter to the power grid.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2020Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Fernando Arturo Ramirez Sanchez, Igor Berroteran, Victor Eduardo Tamez Varela
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Publication number: 20220263319Abstract: A system and method are provided for controlling low-speed operations of a wind turbine electrically coupled to an electrical grid. The wind turbine includes a generator and a power converter. The generator includes a generator rotor and a generator stator. An operating parameter of the generator rotor is indicative of a low-speed operation of the generator. Accordingly, the crossing of a first threshold by the operating parameter is detected. In response, at least a portion of a required reactive power generation is developed via the generator rotor. The portion is then delivered to the electrical grid via the grid side of the power converter.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2021Publication date: August 18, 2022Inventors: Fernando Arturo Ramirez Sanchez, Igor Berroteran, Cornelius Edward Holliday, III, David Scott Wilmer
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Publication number: 20220209649Abstract: A system and method are provided for operating a power generating asset electrically coupled to a power grid. The power generating asset includes a power converter having a line-side converter operably coupled to the power grid via a converter contactor. Accordingly, a line-side converter of the power converter is decoupled from the power grid and a controller determines the phase angle of the grid voltage. A switching sequence for a plurality switching devices of the line-side converter is then set in order to develop a pre-charge voltage phase angle at a converter-side terminal of the converter contactor which is in phase with the phase angle of the grid voltage. A portion of the charge of the DC link is then discharged through the line-side converter to develop a pre-charge voltage at the converter-side terminal. Once the in-phase, pre-charge voltage is established at the converter-side terminal, the converter contactor is closed to re-couple the line-side converter to the power grid.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2020Publication date: June 30, 2022Inventors: Fernando Arturo Ramirez Sanchez, Igor Berroteran, Victor Eduardo Tamez Varela
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Patent number: 11368023Abstract: A method for operating a PV system that is integrated into a power system connected to a power grid includes determining a voltage operating point for the PV system based on a maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithm. If an available power output of the PV system can be provided to the power grid, the method includes operating the PV system based on the voltage operating point. If the maximum available power output of the PV system cannot be provided to the power grid, the method includes applying a voltage step to the voltage operating point to drive a power output of the PV system towards an external power constraint.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2018Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Igor Berroteran, Shouzhong Chang
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Publication number: 20210399549Abstract: A hybrid power system (100) comprising a wind turbine (102) having a wind turbine generator and a power converter, and one or more DC power sources (104). The hybrid power system is configured to prioritize active power output over reactive power capability when the wind turbine is not operating, and is further configured to prioritize reactive power capability over active power output when the wind turbine is operating and wind speed is above a predetermined threshold. Methods for operating a hybrid power system are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2019Publication date: December 23, 2021Inventors: Andreu Casal Vilana, Veena Padmarao, Igor Berroteran Gil, Patrick Hart
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Patent number: 11196260Abstract: A method for operating a power generation system that supplies real and reactive power to a grid includes receiving a reactive power demand made on the power generation system at an operating state of the power generation system and a grid state. Further, the method includes decoupling reactive power control and voltage control between a generator and a reactive power compensation device so as to reduce an oscillatory response of a reactive power output from the reactive power compensation device and the generator. Moreover, the method includes operating, via a device controller, the reactive power compensation device in a reactive power control mode to generate at least a portion of the reactive power demand.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Jayanti Navilgone Ganesh, Arvind Kumar Tiwari, Kasi Viswanadha Raju Gadiraju, Igor Berroteran, Robert Gregory Wagoner, Cornelius Edward Holliday, III
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Publication number: 20210083479Abstract: A method for operating a power generation system that supplies real and reactive power to a grid includes receiving a reactive power demand made on the power generation system at an operating state of the power generation system and a grid state. Further, the method includes decoupling reactive power control and voltage control between a generator and a reactive power compensation device so as to reduce an oscillatory response of a reactive power output from the reactive power compensation device and the generator. Moreover, the method includes operating, via a device controller, the reactive power compensation device in a reactive power control mode to generate at least a portion of the reactive power demand.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Inventors: Jayanti Navilgone Ganesh, Arvind Kumar Tiwari, Kasi Viswanadha Raju Gadiraju, Igor Berroteran, Robert Gregory Wagoner, Cornelius Edward Holliday, III
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Publication number: 20210057915Abstract: A method for operating a PV system that is integrated into a power system connected to a power grid includes determining a voltage operating point for the PV system based on a maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithm. If an available power output of the PV system can be provided to the power grid, the method includes operating the PV system based on the voltage operating point. If the maximum available power output of the PV system cannot be provided to the power grid, the method includes applying a voltage step to the voltage operating point to drive a power output of the PV system towards an external power constraint.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2018Publication date: February 25, 2021Inventors: Igor Berroteran, Shouzhong Chang
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Patent number: 10868482Abstract: A method for controlling a dual-fed induction generator (DFIG) connected to a power grid in response to a high-voltage grid event includes receiving, via a controller, a frequency signal of the power grid. The method also includes filtering the frequency signal via a filtering assembly so as to determine whether certain types of grid conditions are present in the power grid. The filtering assembly includes a first filter connected in parallel with a second filter. The first filter has a bandwidth that is greater than the second filter. Further, the method also includes comparing output signals of the first and second filters of the filtering assembly to one or more frequency thresholds. Moreover, the method includes controlling the DFIG based on the comparison.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2019Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Dustin Howard, Einar Vaughn Larsen, Igor Berroteran, Reza Kazemi
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Publication number: 20200382029Abstract: A method for controlling a dual-fed induction generator (DFIG) connected to a power grid in response to a high-voltage grid event includes receiving, via a controller, a frequency signal of the power grid. The method also includes filtering the frequency signal via a filtering assembly so as to determine whether certain types of grid conditions are present in the power grid. The filtering assembly includes a first filter connected in parallel with a second filter. The first filter has a bandwidth that is greater than the second filter. Further, the method also includes comparing output signals of the first and second filters of the filtering assembly to one or more frequency thresholds. Moreover, the method includes controlling the DFIG based on the comparison.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2019Publication date: December 3, 2020Inventors: Dustin Howard, Einar Vaughn Larsen, Igor Berroteran, Reza Kazemi
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Patent number: 10855079Abstract: A method for operating a renewable energy power system connected to a power grid includes operating the renewable energy power system at one or more first operational settings. The method also includes monitoring the renewable energy power system for electrical oscillations caused by a grid or system disturbance. In response to detecting the electrical oscillations being above a predetermined threshold indicative of the one or more first operational settings no longer being suitable for grid conditions, the method includes changing the one or more first operational settings to one or more different, second operational settings so as to reduce the electrical oscillations in the renewable energy power system.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2019Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Cornelius Edward Holliday, III, Fernando Arturo Ramirez Sanchez, Igor Berroteran
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Publication number: 20200102935Abstract: A system comprising: a renewable power source (1) with a renewable power generator and a controller (40) for controlling the renewable power source, a power converter (30) electrically coupled with the renewable power generator and configured to connect the renewable power generator with an electrical grid, and the power converter comprising a DC link (31), and an energy storage device (50) configured to be electrically coupled with the DC link. The controller is configured to receive a signal from the energy storage device (50) and transmit this signal from the energy storage device to the power converter (30). Further disclosed are methods for connecting a DC link (31) of a power converter (30) with an energy storage device (50) and methods for transmitting information between a power converter (30) coupled to a generator of a turbine and an energy storage device (50).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: Andreu Casal Vilana, Veena Padmarao, Igor Berroteran Gil
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Patent number: 9828971Abstract: System and methods for optimizing operation of a wind turbine are disclosed. In one aspect, the method also includes determining, via a converter controller of a power converter, a tap position of a tap changer configured between the power grid and a primary winding of a transformer. Another step includes calculating, via the converter controller, a primary voltage of the primary winding as a function of the tap position. The method also includes implementing, via the converter controller, a control action if the primary voltage or a measured secondary voltage of a secondary winding of the transformer is outside of a predetermined voltage range.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2014Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Igor Berroteran Gil, Anthony Michael Klodowski, Werner Gerhard Barton