Patents by Inventor Valentin Costan

Valentin Costan 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).

  • Publication number: 20220360089
    Abstract: A method for controlling an electrical transmission network including a plurality of DC high-voltage lines and at least three AC/DC converters identified by a respective index i. For each of the converters having index i, the method includes recovering the setpoint active power value Pdci applied thereto, and recovering instantaneous voltage value Vi and voltage angle value ?i of the buses having index i and modifying the setpoint active power Pdci of each of the converters having index i by a value including a term ?Pdcsi as a function of a sum of deviations of voltage angles multiplied by contribution adjustment parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Juan Carlos Gonzales, Valentin Costan, Gilney Damm, Abdelkrim Benchaib, Françoise Lamnabhi-Lagarrigue, Bruno Luscan
  • Publication number: 20220352719
    Abstract: A method for controlling an electrical transmission network including a plurality of DC high-voltage lines and at least three AC/DC converters which are identified by a respective index i and are interconnected by the DC high-voltage lines. Each of the AC/DC converts are connected to an AC voltage bus identified by a respective index i as well as to one of the DC high-voltage lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Juan Carlos Gonzales, Valentin Costan, Gilney Damm, Abdelkrim Benchaib, Françoise Lamnabhi-Lagarrigue, Bruno Luscan
  • Patent number: 11404878
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling an electrical transmission link (3) between first and second AC voltage buses (11, 21) comprising a high-voltage DC line (320), first and second AC/DC converters (321, 322) connected to the high-voltage DC line (320), comprising: retrieving a setpoint active power value (Pdc0) applied to a converter (321, 322); retrieving the instantaneous values V1 and V2 of the voltages on the first and second buses; wherein the setpoint active power of the first or of the second converter is modified by a value including a term ?Pdc, so as to impose new dynamics on the first and second areas, where: ?Pdc=?Pdcs+?Pdca.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignees: SUPERGRID INSTITUTE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Juan Carlos Gonzalez, Valentin Costan, Gilney Damm, Abdelkrim Benchaib, Françoise Lamnabhi-Lagarrigue, Bruno Luscan
  • Publication number: 20210028627
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling an electrical transmission link (3) between first and second AC voltage buses (11, 21) comprising a high-voltage DC line (320), first and second AC/DC converters (321, 322) connected to the high-voltage DC line (320), comprising: retrieving a setpoint active power value (Pdc0) applied to a converter (321, 322); retrieving the instantaneous values V1 and V2 of the voltages on the first and second buses; wherein the setpoint active power of the first or of the second converter is modified by a value including a term ?Pdc, so as to impose new dynamics on the first and second areas, where: ?Pdc=?Pdcs+?Pdca.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Juan Carlos Gonzalez, Valentin Costan, Gilney Damm, Abdelkrim Benchaib, Françoise Lamnabhi-Lagarrigue, Bruno Luscan
  • Patent number: 10868484
    Abstract: A method for monitoring and detecting defects in a doubly-fed asynchronous machine including a stator and a rotor, said method implemented by computer means. The method comprises: a. receiving a current and a voltage measurement of the stator, and a measurement of relative rotation speed between the stator and the rotor; b. deducing a stat or power as a function of time; c. performing a harmonic analysis on the resulting stator power including applying a wavelet transform to the stator power; d. comparing the resulting harmonic representation to a reference harmonic representation, where said reference harmonic representation is selected as a function of the rotation speed measurement, so as to detect possible defects in said machine as a function of possible differences identified by the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE
    Inventors: Jalal Cheaytani, Jeremy Langlet, Valentin Costan
  • Publication number: 20200153371
    Abstract: A method for monitoring and detecting defects in a doubly-fed asynchronous machine including a stator and a rotor, said method implemented by computer means. The method comprises: a. receiving a current and a voltage measurement of the stator, and a measurement of relative rotation speed between the stator and the rotor; b. deducing a stat or power as a function of time; c. performing a harmonic analysis on the resulting stator power including applying a wavelet transform to the stator power; d. comparing the resulting harmonic representation to a reference harmonic representation, where said reference harmonic representation is selected as a function of the rotation speed measurement, so as to detect possible defects in said machine as a function of possible differences identified by the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Jalal Cheaytani, Jeremy Langlet, Valentin Costan
  • Patent number: 8467207
    Abstract: A system for converting at least one electrical input direct current into an electrical output alternating current comprising M phases and supplied to M output terminals includes N polyphase inverters, connected in parallel, each converting the input direct current into an intermediate alternating current comprising M phases and supplied to M intermediate terminals; N×M first electromagnetic coupling coils, each being connected to a respective intermediate terminal; N×M magnetic cores, each first coil being wound around a respective core. This system comprises N×M second electromagnetic coupling coils, each being connected to a respective first coil and wound around a distinct core from that of the respective first coil. The first and second coils of a same core correspond to a single phase, and generate respective common mode fluxes of opposite directions. Each output terminal is connected to the M second coils of a single phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Converteam Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Valentin Costan, Bernard Gollentz