Patents Assigned to Electric Power Research Institute
  • Patent number: 11190010
    Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for calculating fault resistance and a current-limiting current of a superconducting fault current limiter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignees: Guangdong Power Grid Co. Ltd., China Electric Power Research Institute of Guangdong Power Grid Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lianhong Zhong, Xinhui Duan, Meng Song, Chao Sheng, Bing Zhao, Li Li, Yunsong Luo, Yajun Xia, Wenfeng Cheng, Zhengjun Shi, Xiaoqing Xiao, Youxin Lin
  • Patent number: 11190007
    Abstract: Disclosed is a fault current controller for a direct current power grid, which includes a primary circuit and a controller. The primary circuit includes an inductor, a filter capacitor, a resistor, an IGBT switch, a diode, a contactor and a Hall current sensor. The inductor, a first resistor and a second contactor are connected in series and are connected to a first contactor in parallel. A first branch including a second resistor and a first diode, a second branch including a third resistor and a second diode, and the inductor are connected in parallel; the filter capacitor, the IGBT switch and the first resistor are connected in parallel. The Hall current sensor is arranged in the series circuit. The controller controls the IGBT switch and the two contactors in the primary circuit to form different on-off combinations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignees: STATE GRID JIANGSU ELECTRIC POWER CO., LTD., STATE GRID JIANGSU ELECTRIC POWER CO., LTD. RESEARCH INSTITUTE, STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA, JIANGSU ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chenyu Zhang, Yubo Yuan, Jinggang Yang, Shu Chen, Xiaodong Yuan, Jian Liu, Mingming Shi, Qun Li, Xuefeng Ge, Huiyu Miao, Ruihuang Liu, Yunlong Jiang
  • Patent number: 11183048
    Abstract: A method of identifying a ballistic impact on a power transmission asset is disclosed. The method includes the steps of deploying a sensor assembly at the power transmission asset; using the sensor assembly to receive and process data at the power transmission asset; using an algorithm to compare the processed data to known data and determine if a ballistic impact has occurred on the power transmission asset; and triggering an alarm if a ballistic impact has occurred and dispatching personnel to the power transmission asset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew John Phillips, James Wu, Drew Benton McGuire, J. Mark Major, Mark C. Webb
  • Patent number: 11176028
    Abstract: A standard conformance testing system and method for a CIM/E model of a power system and a storage medium include: converting the standards “Power Grid Common Model Description Specification (GB/T 30149)” and “Power Grid Operating Model Data Exchange Specification (DL/T 1380)” into practically operable testing rules, and performing automatic generation and verification of a CIM/E standard model and defect model. The testing system and method can improve the comprehensiveness and standardization of a CIM/E model standard compliance test, improving testing efficiency, promoting the level of standardization according to the CIM/E model in a power system software development process, and real time data exchange and interoperation between respective application systems, effectively supporting the safe and stable operation of a power grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignees: CHINA ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE COMPANY LIMITED, STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA
    Inventors: Linpeng Zhang, Yujia Li, Qingbo Yang, Lixin Li, Fangchun Di, Yunhao Huang, Dapeng Li, Lei Tao, Yangchun Hao, Zhenyu Chen
  • Patent number: 11168006
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a ligated metal-organic framework (MOF) for use in removing both anionic and cationic species from a liquid or liquid stream. The present invention also provides methods for placing the MOF on a substrate to form a MOF-containing product that can be used in the removal of certain species from a given fluid. The MOF may be a Zr-based MOF, such as NU-1000, for removal of certain anions, such as oxy-anions, or having an attached thiosulfonyl-thiol (—SO2—S—R2—SH, where R2 is an alkyl group) ligand for complexation with certain cationic species in addition to the anions. The substrate may be any substrate to which a given MOF may be attached, including inert polypropylene polymer resin beads, a macroscopic fabric such as a mesh material or mesh filter, and a molecular fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Electric Power Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul L. Frattini, Keith Paul Fruzzetti
  • Patent number: 11136660
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a finished metal object or product having a corrosion resistant layer integral to or within a top portion of at least one of its surfaces that would be exposed to a corrosive environment. In one embodiment, the method for manufacturing is directed to a finished metal tubing product having a corrosion resistant layer within its inside surface that is exposed to a fluid and wherein the corrosion resistant layer is a zinc-metal oxide layer, such as a zinc-chromium oxide layer, or a zinc-mixed metal oxide layer. In addition to methods of manufacturing, the present invention provides finished metal objects or products having a corrosion resistant layer integral to or within a top portion of at least one surfaces that would be exposed to a corrosive environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Electric Power Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: John Morrison Riddle, Carola Annemarie Gregorich, Daniel M. Wells
  • Publication number: 20210262474
    Abstract: A device and method for evaluating long-term operation of a transformer oil pump. An inlet of an oil pump is connected to an outlet of an oil tank through an oil pipe, and an outlet of the oil pump is connected to an inlet of the oil tank through an oil pipe. A pressure gauge is provided on the oil pipe to the inlet and the outlet of the oil pump, respectively. An ultra-high-frequency (UHF) sensor is provided on an inner wall of an oil pipe close to the oil pump. A pressure difference between the oil pipes to the inlet and to the outlet of the oil pump is monitored. A three-phase unbalanced current of a stator winding is monitored. The vibration of the oil pump is monitored. The rotor-to-stator rub is monitored. Based on the above inspection, a long-term health status of the oil pump is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: STATE GRID SHANXI ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hua Yu, Guodong Li, Wei Wang, Hong Liu, Guangqi Mu, Aimin Wang, Tao Jin, Jichong Liang, Haipeng Wang, Yansong Li, Hai Zhang, Zhumao Lu, Lu Bai, Shan Lu, Yanchun Li, Xinwei Wang
  • Publication number: 20210257837
    Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for evaluating a degree of frequency regulation urgency of a generator set, a power system and a storage medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicants: STATE GRID FUJIAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY LIMITED, STATE GRID FUJIAN ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, CHINA ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Zhenhua XU, Risheng FANG, Ting HUANG, Dahai YU, Kewen LI, Xiangyu TAO, Daoshan HUANG, Yi SU, Zhi CHEN, Danyue WU, Huiyu ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20210205643
    Abstract: Provided are a fire extinguishing method and a fire extinguishing system for a lithium ion battery, an electronic device and a storage medium. The method includes: real-timely collecting environmental parameter values in a battery box where a lithium ion batteries are placed; determining a safety level of the lithium ion battery according to the environmental parameter values and a preset threshold of each environmental parameter, and sending a fire extinguishing command to a fire extinguishing device according to a preset fire extinguishing control program, where the fire extinguishing control program is a fire extinguishing strategy corresponding to the safety level of the lithium ion battery; and enabling the fire extinguishing device to execute a fire extinguishing operation according to the fire extinguishing command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicants: CHINA ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE COMPANY LIMITED, STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA
    Inventors: Kai Yang, Fei Gao, Kangkang Wang, Chaoqun Liu, Mingjie Zhang, Hao Liu, Guangqing Jia, Mengmeng Geng, Kaifeng Wang
  • Patent number: 11053345
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of polymer materials, and in particular, relates to a polyurethane polymer and a method for preparing the same and use thereof. The present invention discloses use of aminoimidazolinone-based compound in preparing an end-capped polyurethane polymer product, by which the polyurethane polymer capable of achieving repeated self-healing for multiple times without adding any self-healing agent and any external stimulation can be prepared. The present invention further provides a polyurethane polymer capable of achieving repeated self-healing for multiple times without any external stimulation and having a compressive strength restored to at most 96% of the one before compression, and a method for preparing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GUANGDONG POWER GRID CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Musong Lin, Tiansheng Chen, Qiang Fu, Shengping Fan, Lei Peng
  • Patent number: 11043808
    Abstract: A method for identifying a pattern of a load cycle includes: performing statistics on a daily load of a system based on smart meter data; generating a curve of the daily load of the system according to the statistics on the daily load of the system; acquiring a result of clustering curves of loads of typical days by applying shape-based time sequence clustering analysis using the curve of the daily load of the system; and identifying a pattern of a load cycle according to the result of clustering the curves of the loads of the typical days.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignees: CHINA ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO. LTD., STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA, STATE GRID FUJIAN ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INST., GLOBAL ENERGY INTERCONNECTION RES. INST. CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Zhenyu Chen, Dapeng Li, Yunhao Huang, Fangchun Di, Lixin Li, Guangyi Liu, Wendong Zhu, Yangchun Hao, Yi Zhang, Jinxiang Chen
  • Patent number: 11022583
    Abstract: The invention comprises methods for fabricating and using a plurality of sensors on a substrate surface, such as ultrasonic sensor probes. The methods for fabricating sensors directly on the substrate surface includes the use of a template to dispose sensor material in an array and form a first layer on the substrate surface and a second template to dispose sensor electrode material in a corresponding array to form a second layer on top of the first layer. The invention provides a sensor housing that electrically connects the sensors and a computing device. The sensor housing may comprise a flexible circuit having a plurality of sensor electrode contact points corresponding to each of the sensors, at least one spring plate, a force distribution plate, and a plurality of cable wires attached to the flexible circuit and corresponding to each of sensor electrode contact points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Electric Power Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventor: Luke Justin Breon
  • Patent number: 10994361
    Abstract: A weld with a stepped configuration is provided. The stepped configuration may be machined from a substrate to form a weld preparation which may accommodate a stepped weld. The weld with a stepped configuration and a controlled procedure exhibits improved service life and improved damage tolerance. A welded joint with a stepped configuration, a joined component with a stepped configuration, and method of welding a stepped configuration are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Electric Power Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: John Albert Siefert, Jonathan David Parker
  • Patent number: 10991479
    Abstract: A cable for transmitting electricity may include a core including a first conductive material, a core shield surrounding the core, an insulation layer surrounding the core shield, the insulation layer comprising a material providing electrical insulating properties, an insulation shield surrounding the insulation layer; and at least one of the following at least partially surrounding the insulation shield: (a) a bedding layer including a first semi-conductive material, (b) a tape layer including a metallic tape intercalated with an insulating tape, and (c) a protection layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Electric Power Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Tiebin Zhao, Jay A. Williams, Richard W. Allen, Jr., Frank Frentzas, Ronald J. Knapwurst, Mohammad Anwar Pasha, Mark Rogers Smith
  • Patent number: 10985547
    Abstract: A current differential protection method for a self-adaptive half-wavelength line based on a time-difference method. Since an electrical distance of half-wavelength power transmission is long, after a fault occurs, there is an obvious time difference between the actuation times for protecting starting elements at two sides of a line. According to the principles of wave propagation, the position of a fault point can be determined by means of a difference between the actuation times for protecting the starting elements at the two sides of the line. By means of taking the fault point as a differential point, a current value at the differential point can be obtained according to a long line equation by means of the voltage and current at protection-mounted positions at the two sides of the line, and a differential current is then calculated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignees: CHINA ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE COMPANY LIMITED, STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA, CENTRAL CHINA BRANCH OF STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA
    Inventors: Xuming Liang, Yarong Guo, Huanzhang Liu, Xiao Li, Zexin Zhou, Dingxiang Du, Delin Wang, Jing Li, Huixin Li, Zhongqing Li
  • Publication number: 20210055339
    Abstract: Provided are an insulation diagnosis and defect positioning method, apparatus and device for an insulated bus pipe, and a storage medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicants: STATE GRID HUBEI ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA
    Inventors: Wenpei Li, Ling Ruan, Rui Liu
  • Patent number: 10922452
    Abstract: A digital simulation system of a power distribution network, comprising: a client and a server end. The server end is a simulation server cluster composed of several simulation servers; the simulation server cluster and the client are mutually connected through a communication bus, wherein the client is configured to use a DCOM component to invoke a simulation service provided by the server end, and the server end is configured to distribute a task to be processed to each cluster node. Constructing the above-mentioned digital simulation system facilitates an optimal planning and operation of a smart power distribution network, thereby improving the utilization efficiency and reliability of the smart power distribution network and reducing the loss of a power outage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignees: CHINA ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE COMPANY LIMITED, STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA
    Inventors: Keyan Liu, Wanxing Sheng, Yinglong Diao, Jiangang Tang, Xueshun Ye, Kaiyuan He, Dongli Jia, Lijuan Hu
  • Patent number: 10900940
    Abstract: A backfilling-type online chromatographic detector for sulphur hexafluoride decomposition products includes: a compression pump, a vacuum pump, a gas storage tank, a first six-way valve, a second six-way valve, a first chromatographic column, a second chromatographic column and a detector. One end of the compression pump is connected to one end of the vacuum pump, another end of the vacuum pump is connected to one end of the gas storage tank, another end of the gas storage tank is connected to the first chromatographic column through the first six-way valve, the first chromatographic column is connected to the second chromatographic column through the second six-way valve, and the second chromatographic column is connected to the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GUANGDONG POWER GIRD CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongyan Zhou, Li Li, Xiaopeng Fan, Nian Tang, Chengji Huang, Xiaodian Li, Jiawen Liu, Peiqi Wu
  • Patent number: 10832179
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a method for constructing a future-state power grid model and device, including that: a current power grid model, an equipment power-off plan, an equipment retirement plan and an equipment addition plan are acquired; then, equipment is added according to the current power grid model, and an added equipment information set, a retired equipment information set and a powered-off equipment information set are determined according to the equipment addition plan, the equipment retirement plan and the equipment power-off plan respectively; and finally, a state of the added equipment is set to be an operating state, an initial network model of each period is formed according to a time sequence, and a future-state network model is constructed according to the added equipment information set, the retired equipment information set, the powered-off equipment information set and the initial network models. The embodiments further provide construction equipment and a storage medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignees: CHINA ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO. LTD., STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA, STATE GRID SICHUAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY
    Inventors: Guodong Huang, Qiang Ding, Zelei Zhu, Sai Dai, Hui Cui, Dan Xu, Zhi Cai, Bo Li, Chenxu Hu, Chuancheng Zhang, Jinghua Yan, Deyue Men, Jiali Zhang, Peijun Li, Zhen Sun
  • Patent number: 10833508
    Abstract: An active power distribution network multi-time scale coordinated optimization scheduling method and storage medium are provided. The method includes the following steps: performing long-time scale optimization scheduling of an active power distribution network; performing short-time scale rolling optimization scheduling on the basis of MPC of the active power distribution network according to an optimization result of the long-time scale optimization scheduling of the active power distribution network. By using a model prediction control method, taking the long-time scale optimization scheduling result as a reference, and performing short-time scale rolling correction, the optimization scheduling of the active power distribution network is achieved, thereby reducing unfavorable influences of prediction precision of a distributed power supply and a low-voltage load on the optimization scheduling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignees: CHINA ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE COMPANY LIMITED, STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA, NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY, STATE GRID BEIJING ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, STATE GRID TIANJIN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY
    Inventors: Xiaohui Wang, Tianjiao Pu, Lei Dong, Naishi Chen, Ye Li, Jiancheng Yu, Renle Huang, Xianjun Ge, Zhihong Li, Minghao Ai, Fumin Qu, Liqiang Zhao