Patents by Inventor Reynaldo F. Nuqui

Reynaldo F. Nuqui 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).

  • Patent number: 9270120
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for adaptive out of step protection for power generators with load resynchronization capability are disclosed. According to one method, when a fault condition occurs in a load being supplied by a power generator, a number of pole slips expected to occur in the generator due to the fault before resynchronization is estimated. It is determined whether the estimated number of pole slips exceeds a threshold. An offline or online status of the generator is controlled based on the determination as to whether the estimated number of pole slips exceeds the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: ABB Research Ltd.
    Inventors: Reynaldo F. Nuqui, Yao Chen, Jiuping Pan
  • Patent number: 7979220
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring the power damping compliance of a power generation unit comprises a measurement unit that is configured to be coupled to a power generation unit to identify the voltage, current, and frequency values associated with power output therefrom. A processing system maintaining a model-based filter processes the voltage, current, and, frequency values to estimate the total amount of damping provided by the power generation unit. The estimated total damping is compared to prior historical values maintained in a database using various statistical techniques to determine if a power system stabilizer (PSS) provided by the power generation unit is being operated in a manner complying with predetermined guidelines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: ABB Research Ltd.
    Inventors: Ernst Scholtz, Reynaldo F. Nuqui
  • Publication number: 20100049455
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring the power damping compliance of a power generation unit comprises a measurement unit that is configured to be coupled to a power generation unit to identify the voltage, current, and frequency values associated with power output therefrom. A processing system maintaining a model-based filter processes the voltage, current, and, frequency values to estimate the total amount of damping provided by the power generation unit. The estimated total damping is compared to prior historical values maintained in a database using various statistical techniques to determine if a power system stabilizer (PSS) provided by the power generation unit is being operated in a manner complying with predetermined guidelines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2008
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Ernst Scholtz, Reynaldo F. Nuqui
  • Patent number: 7620517
    Abstract: A sag calculator (112) computes sag for a span of a line section based at least in part upon an average temperature of the conductors in the line section. A temperature calculator (110) determines the temperature by ascertaining an ohmic resistance of the conductor lines based at least in part upon time-synchronized power system voltage and current measurements such as (but not limited to) phasor measurements generated by phasor measurement units (104, 106). The temperature calculator (110) determines the temperature as a function of the ohmic resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: ABB Research Ltd.
    Inventors: Ernst Scholtz, Reynaldo F. Nuqui, Danny Julian, Alan R. Grightmire
  • Patent number: 7499816
    Abstract: Phasor measurement units (108) provide phasor data from various locations (102) in an electrical power system. The phasor data is referenced to a common timing signal. Non-phasor measurement data is also obtained at various locations in the power system. A phasor assisted state estimator (120) uses the phasor data and the non-phasor data to determine the power system state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: ABB Research Ltd.
    Inventors: Ernst Scholtz, Reynaldo F. Nuqui, John D. Finney, Mats Larsson, Mani Subramanian, Gordon Lin
  • Patent number: 7494271
    Abstract: A sag calculator (122) computes sag for a span of a section of a power line based at least in part upon a temperature of conductor lines in the line section. A temperature calculator (120) determines the temperature by computing a resistance ascertained through augmented state estimation techniques performed by a state estimator (118). A Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system (104) acquires data used by the state estimator (118) to compute the resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: ABB Research Ltd.
    Inventors: Ernst Scholtz, Reynaldo F. Nuqui, John D. Finney
  • Publication number: 20080189061
    Abstract: A sag calculator (112) computes sag for a span of a line section based at least in part upon an average temperature of the conductors in the line section. A temperature calculator (110) determines the temperature by ascertaining an ohmic resistance of the conductor lines based at least in part upon time-synchronized power system voltage and current measurements such as (but not limited to) phasor measurements generated by phasor measurement units (104, 106). The temperature calculator (110) determines the temperature as a function of the ohmic resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Applicant: ABB RESEARCH LTD.
    Inventors: Ernst Scholtz, Reynaldo F. Nuqui, Danny Julian, Alan R. Grightmire
  • Publication number: 20080189062
    Abstract: A sag calculator (122) computes sag for a span of a section of a power line based at least in part upon a temperature of conductor lines in the line section. A temperature calculator (120) determines the temperature by computing a resistance ascertained through augmented state estimation techniques performed by a state estimator (118). A Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system (104) acquires data used by the state estimator (118) to compute the resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Applicant: ABB RESEARCH LTD.
    Inventors: Ernst Scholtz, Reynaldo F. Nuqui, John D. Finney
  • Publication number: 20080140326
    Abstract: Phasor measurement units (108) provide phasor data from various locations (102) in an electrical power system. The phasor data is referenced to a common timing signal. Non-phasor measurement data is also obtained at various locations in the power system. A phasor assisted state estimator (120) uses the phasor data and the non-phasor data to determine the power system state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2006
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: ABB RESEARCH LTD.
    Inventors: Ernst Scholtz, Reynaldo F. Nuqui, John D. Finney, Mats Larsson, Mani Subramanian, Gordon Lin