Patents by Inventor Ankit Vinodchandra Patel

Ankit Vinodchandra Patel 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: 11929618
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting abrupt voltage changes and supplying reactive power support are provided. In some embodiments, a genset connected to a power grid can identify a maximum voltage value and a minimum voltage value. The maximum voltage value and the minimum voltage value are based on an average of a plurality of mains voltage values. The genset may detect an abrupt voltage change by determining whether an instantaneous mains voltage value is above the maximum voltage value or below the minimum voltage value. The genset can adjust an amount of reactive current either supplied to the power grid or consumed by the genset for a period of time, responsive to detecting the abrupt voltage change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Cummins Power Generation Limited
    Inventors: Raghunandan Subramaniam, Adunola Christiana Fashogbon, Apoorv Prakash Hiremath, Ankit Vinodchandra Patel
  • Publication number: 20230283075
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing reactive power during low voltage ride through are provided. Responsive to detecting a fault on a power grid, a controller may identify a power regulation mode of the generator system. The controller can switch the power regulation mode to an offset power regulation mode of the generator system responsive to identifying the power regulation mode. The controller may adjust a value of a parameter of the generator system from a normal value to an offset value, wherein the parameter is selected based on the offset power regulation mode. The controller can maintain the value of the parameter as the offset value for a period of time. After the period of time, the controller can modify the value of the parameter from the offset value to the normal value, and the power regulation mode from the offset power regulation mode to the identified power regulation mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: Cummins Power Generation Limited
    Inventors: Ankit Vinodchandra Patel, Apoorv Prakash Hiremath, Raghunandan Subramaniam
  • Publication number: 20230133822
    Abstract: Energy storage systems for charging an electronic device and methods of operating the same are disclosed. The energy storage system includes an AC bus, a DC bus, a plurality of batteries, a plurality of breakers, a plurality of inverters, and a controller operatively coupled with the batteries and the breakers. The method includes calculating, by the controller, an amount of power necessary to charge the electronic device; operating, by the controller, the breakers such that the batteries of a discharging station is configured to discharge through a charging station; and charging the electronic device using the batteries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Mark Andrew Bargent, Apoorv Prakash Hiremath, Ankit Vinodchandra Patel
  • Patent number: 11600994
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing reactive power during low voltage ride through are provided. Responsive to detecting a fault on a power grid, a controller may identify a power regulation mode of the generator system. The controller can switch the power regulation mode to an offset power regulation mode of the generator system responsive to identifying the power regulation mode. The controller may adjust a value of a parameter of the generator system from a normal value to an offset value, wherein the parameter is selected based on the offset power regulation mode. The controller can maintain the value of the parameter as the offset value for a period of time. After the period of time, the controller can modify the value of the parameter from the offset value to the normal value, and the power regulation mode from the offset power regulation mode to the identified power regulation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Cummins Power Generation Limited
    Inventors: Ankit Vinodchandra Patel, Apoorv Prakash Hiremath, Raghunandan Subramaniam
  • Publication number: 20220376506
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling and methods for controlling the power factor in a generator system are provided. In some embodiments, the generator system includes one or more generators configured to supply power to a power grid, an automatic voltage regulator configured to regulate a voltage of an output of the generator to a set voltage and regulate a power factor of the output to a set power factor, and a controller. The controller is configured to detect a fault on the output and to adjust the set power factor of the automatic voltage regulator based on the fault. The controller is further configured to ramp the set power factor from the adjusted value to an initial value over a set period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: Cummins Power Generation Limited
    Inventors: Apoorv P. Hiremath, Ankit Vinodchandra Patel, Philippe Goesel, Sudharsana Govindaswami
  • Publication number: 20220302860
    Abstract: Systems and methods for regulating an outlet coolant temperature of a genset and an inlet coolant temperature of the genset are provided. A load condition of the genset may be determined. An operating mode can be selected from between a first mode associated with a first load condition and a second mode associated with a second load condition responsive to determining the load condition of the genset. The first mode and the second mode may be configured to determine a target inlet coolant temperature using one or more control loops. The target inlet coolant temperature may be determined using the selected operating mode, a target outlet coolant temperature and the outlet coolant temperature. The outlet coolant temperature may be regulated based on the determined target inlet coolant temperature and the inlet coolant temperature by adjusting an operation of one or more coolant valves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: Cummins Power Generation Limited
    Inventors: Ankit Vinodchandra Patel, Raghunandan Subramaniam, Philippe Goesel, Apoorv Prakash Hiremath
  • Publication number: 20220140604
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing reactive power during low voltage ride through are provided. Responsive to detecting a fault on a power grid, a controller may identify a power regulation mode of the generator system. The controller can switch the power regulation mode to an offset power regulation mode of the generator system responsive to identifying the power regulation mode. The controller may adjust a value of a parameter of the generator system from a normal value to an offset value, wherein the parameter is selected based on the offset power regulation mode. The controller can maintain the value of the parameter as the offset value for a period of time. After the period of time, the controller can modify the value of the parameter from the offset value to the normal value, and the power regulation mode from the offset power regulation mode to the identified power regulation mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Ankit Vinodchandra Patel, Apoorv Prakash Hiremath, Raghunandan Subramaniam
  • Publication number: 20220140605
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting abrupt voltage changes and supplying reactive power support are provided. In some embodiments, a genset connected to a power grid can identify a maximum voltage value and a minimum voltage value. The maximum voltage value and the minimum voltage value are based on an average of a plurality of mains voltage values. The genset may detect an abrupt voltage change by determining whether an instantaneous mains voltage value is above the maximum voltage value or below the minimum voltage value. The genset can adjust an amount of reactive current either supplied to the power grid or consumed by the genset for a period of time, responsive to detecting the abrupt voltage change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: Cummins Power Generation Limited
    Inventors: Raghunandan Subramaniam, Adunola Christiana Fashogbon, Apoorv Prakash Hiremath, Ankit Vinodchandra Patel