Abstract: A system and method to selectively pass and damp oscillations in an electric power grid via a controller of a power electronic device irrespective of the modes of the power oscillations. The system and method includes multiple limiters having dynamic limits that are openable and closeable to control the response of the controller, damping ratio dynamic gain control logic that determines a dynamic gain for a control signal based on the oscillation characteristics of one or more input signals, and pulse counter logic to selectively control at least one of the limiters based on the pulse count of the control signal.

Abstract: Disclosed are example embodiments of a dead tank circuit breaker for protecting electrical components against electrical surges and other voltage anomalies such as transient overvoltages. The circuit breaker includes: one or more vacuum interrupters; a current bypass circuit electrically coupled to the one or more vacuum interrupters; a dead tank encasing and hermetically sealing the one or more vacuum interrupters and the current bypass circuit, wherein the dead tank is pressurized with a non-SF6 gas; and a controllable mechanism coupled to the one or more vacuum interrupters and to the current bypass circuit. The controllable mechanism is configured to actuate the one or more vacuum interrupters and the current bypass circuit to open or close a main circuit path such that any pre-strike arcing occurs on the current bypass circuit instead of the one or more vacuum interrupters.

Abstract: A utility power regulation system includes a power converter configured to regulate one or more of a voltage and a power factor at the primary side of a step-up transformer, or at a load electrically connected to a load feeder line, based on an estimated primary-side line voltage signal. The system includes a voltage estimation circuit configured to estimate the primary-side line voltage signal from one or more signals received from a secondary-side voltage sensor, regulator line current signal, and a primary-side load feeder-line current sensor.

Abstract: A power converter controller for virtual impedance realization is provided that comprises: a sampling circuit configured to sample a real grid interface voltage at terminals of the power converter; a first operation block, which may be a subtractor, for performing a first operation on a reference voltage signal and the sampled real grid interface voltage signal of the power converter to generate a first voltage signal; a second operation block that may consist of a divider for dividing the first voltage signal by an amplification factor to generate a second voltage signal; and third operation block, which may be an adder, for adding the sampled real grid interface voltage signal to the second voltage signal, and a third voltage signal to generate a command voltage signal for realization at the DC-to-AC voltage conversion output, wherein the amplification factor is a real number greater than or equal to 1.

Abstract: A circuit breaker system having an electrical contact system, the electrical contact system includes one or more electrical contacts that are movable between a closed and an open position via a rechargeable spring loaded operating mechanism. An air motor recharging system includes an air motor operably coupled to the operating mechanism for recharging a closing spring. The air motor recharging system further comprises a solenoid valve that, when in an open position, supplies pressurized air to the air motor from a pressurized air storage tank at a preferred operating pressure sufficient to enable the air motor to drive a charging shaft and gear assembly to recharge a closing spring. The circuit breaker system further comprises an air compressor to delivers compressed air to the air storage tank to fill and maintain the storage tank at a preferred storage pressure.

Abstract: A static synchronous compensator device connected between a source and a load of a three-phase power system, comprising: a main feedback line configured to provide a main feedback signal from lines between the source and the load; a mixer configured to mix the main feedback signal with a balance function to generate a balanced signal; a signal controller configured to convert the balanced signal to a controlled signal; a gain circuit configured to multiply the controlled signal by ?1 and to perform proportional gain and integral gain (P & I) processing on the controlled signal to generate an intermediate correction signal; and a pulse width modulator configured to apply a pulse width modulation pattern to modulate the voltage source inverter to generate an AC waveform that is applied to the lines between the source and the load.

Abstract: A vertical interlock system, comprising: a power supply generating a bypass signal; a first breaker connected to the power supply and controlled by a first switch; a second breaker connected to the power supply and controlled by a second switch, the second breaker being located above the first breaker; a control lever having a first orientation and a second orientation; and a fixer for locking the control lever in either the first or second orientation, wherein when the control lever is in the first orientation the first switch is locked closed, when the control lever is in the second orientation the second switch is locked closed position, when the first switch is open, the control lever cannot be placed in the first orientation, and when the second switch is open, the control lever cannot be placed in the second orientation.

Abstract: A safety system for a nuclear power plant includes first through fourth sensors; a first division, including a first calculation module that determines first and second calculation results based on signals from the first and second sensors, a first data-sharing module for sharing the first and second calculation results with a second division, and a first voting logic for generating a first safety demand signal based on the first through fourth calculation results; and the second division, including a second calculation module for determining the third and fourth calculation results based on signals from the third and fourth sensors, a second data-sharing module for sharing the third and fourth calculation results with the first division, and a second voting logic for generating a second safety demand signal based on the first, second, third, and fourth calculation results, wherein the first through fourth sensors each monitor the same plant parameters.

Abstract: Hybrid gas circuit breakers comprising a main breaker tank having an interrupter assembly positioned therein, bushing support nozzles laterally extending from the breaker tank, disconnect switches coupled to and extending generally upwardly or vertically from the bushing support nozzles, and bushings assembled to the disconnect switches. In addition, bushing current transformers (BCTs) are assembled on the bushing support nozzles adjacent the breaker tank instead. The lateral positioning of components results in a low assembled height permitting shipping of a fully assembled and tested unit for voltage ratings up to and including 362 kV.

Abstract: A circuit breaker, or transformer, or insulated bus for use with AC voltages greater than 30 kilovolts and AC currents greater than 400 amperes includes an elongated bushing made from electrically insulating material and having first and second ends. The first end of the bushing is coupled to a main enclosure of the circuit breaker, or transformer, or insulated bus and a terminal pad is coupled to the second end of the bushing. A conductor is disposed in an internal cavity of the bushing in spaced relation to an internal wall of the bushing that defines the internal cavity. The conductor includes first and second segments. A first end of the first segment is electrically connected to a contact of the circuit breaker, or transformer, or insulated bus and a first end of the second segment is electrically connected to the terminal pad. Second ends of the first and second segments are coupled together with a biasing element interposed between the second ends of the first and second segments.

Abstract: A circuit breaker, or transformer, or insulated bus for use with AC voltages greater than 30 kilovolts and AC currents greater than 400 amperes includes an elongated bushing made from electrically insulating material and having a first end adapted to be coupled to a main enclosure of the circuit breaker, or transformer, or insulated bus. An elongated extruded radiator has a first end coupled to the second end of the bushing and a second end. A terminal pad is coupled to the second end of the extruded radiator. An electrical conductor is disposed in internal cavities of the bushing and the extruded radiator in spaced relation to internal walls of the bushing and the extruded radiator that define the internal cavities. One end of the conductor is electrically connected to the terminal pad.

Abstract: A gas density monitoring system for high voltage gas circuit breakers. The gas density monitoring system comprising a gas density device mounted directly on a circuit breaker tank end cover. When the gas density device is fully secured to the tank end cover, the gas density device works in conjunction with a self-sealing valve body to provide a self-sealing, direct pathway between the pressurized tank and a sensing element of the gas density device. This pathway permits the gas density device to sense the circuit breaker tank pressure via an angled port through the tank end cover that limits pressure transients that may result from the normal operation of the circuit breaker. The gas density device contact settings may be verified without removal of the density device from the gas circuit breaker or venting the enclosed gas inside the gas circuit breaker to the atmosphere.

Abstract: In a LED display and method of operation thereof, a current drawn by each lighting unit of a number of tiled lighting units, each of which includes a number of LEDs, is determined and compared to one or more predetermined current thresholds related to current(s) expected to be drawn by the lighting unit when operating properly to determine if the lighting unit is experiencing a failure. If the lighting unit is determined to be experiencing a failure, a network address of the lighting unit can be used to identify the physical location of the lighting unit in the LED display and/or the lighting unit is controlled to display differently (or not at all) than other lighting unit(s) not experiencing a failure or experiencing a difficult failure as an aid in locating the lighting unit experiencing the failure.

Abstract: A gas density monitoring system for high voltage gas circuit breakers. The gas density monitoring system comprising a gas density device mounted directly on a circuit breaker tank end cover. When the gas density device is fully secured to the tank end cover, the gas density device works in conjunction with a self-sealing valve body to provide a self-sealing, direct pathway between the pressurized tank and a sensing element of the gas density device. This pathway permits the gas density device to sense the circuit breaker tank pressure via an angled port through the tank end cover that limits pressure transients that may result from the normal operation of the circuit breaker. The gas density device contact settings may be verified without removal of the density device from the gas circuit breaker or venting the enclosed gas inside the gas circuit breaker to the atmosphere.

Abstract: A multi-segment tank for high voltage gas circuit breakers such as, e.g., 800 kV gas circuit breakers. The tank includes two or more segments. In a three segment embodiment, the tank includes a short or compact center segment fabricated to mount an interrupter device and support the interrupter's operating linkage, while two end segments are connected with flange joints to surround the remainder of the interrupting device. Alternatively, a tank is provided that is constructed in two segments.

Abstract: A electrically operated blocking device used to block the operation of electrical or mechanical equipment without using a system of deadbolt locks, keys, and electrically operated key traps. The electrically operated blocking device preferably includes a blocking shaft used to block the operation of electrical equipment such as, e.g., switches, circuit breakers and other similar electrical equipment, or mechanical equipment such as, e.g., valves, cams, gears, doors or any moving device or device operator, and preferably includes a keyless solenoid release unit (KSRU) used to control a plunger that locks the blocking shaft into place and unlocks the blocking shaft to allow the blocking shaft to move freely along its axis.

Abstract: Gas insulated bus (GIB) systems and methods are provided that facilitate efficient cost control and resource utilization. A GIB system assembly includes one or more GIB runs which include a maximum number of a first GIB section components having a predetermined length and a second GIB section component having a custom or variable length coupled to one of the one or more first GIB section components at their flanged ends, and first and second tee-shaped connectors coupled to one of the one or more first GIB section components and the second GIB section component and used to couple the GIB runs together and orient the bus runs at a desired bus routing angle.

Abstract: A circuit breaker is provided having three horizontal circuit breakers coupled together with a base housing. Each of the horizontal circuit breakers comprising a tank secured in the housing, first and second current transformers extending from the tank and exit and entrance insulators extending from the first and second current transformers. The housing is mountable on a support frame. To facilitate shipping and field assembly, the circuit breaker includes an control panel moveably coupled to the housing.

Abstract: A circuit breaker is provided having a particle trap within an interior gas-insulation cavity containing a contact mechanism. The interior cavity is defined within a tank. In an embodiment, the tank has a generally cylindrical tank wall, and the trap is a recessed channel formed by the tank wall along a bottom of the interior cavity. The trap is effective to collect foreign particles present within the tank, thereby reducing breakdown. In an embodiment, portions of the tank wall adjacent to the channel curve or slope downwardly toward the channel to guide particles moving under the influence of gravity, mechanical vibration and gas flow into the trap where they are immobilized in operation due to the low electrical field.