Patents by Inventor David Gualino

David Gualino 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: 20210104964
    Abstract: Method for controlling a generator comprising an inverter and an electrical energy source, the generator being configured to deliver output electrical values to an electrical distribution grid, the inverter being controlled by a control law, the control law comprising a set of fixed values of parameters for modelling the functioning of a synchronous virtual generator so that the control law is configured to determine at least one target output value that must be delivered by the generator to the electrical distribution grid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicants: Schneider Electric Industries SAS, Institute Polytechnique de Grenoble
    Inventors: Audrey MOULICHON, Mazen ALAMIR, Lauric GARBUIO, Mustapha Amine RAHMANI, David GUALINO, Vincent DEBUSSCHERE, Nouredine HADJ-SAID, Miao-Xin WANG
  • Patent number: 10840708
    Abstract: A method controls a microgrid having at least one renewable plant of distributed renewable energy resources and at least one generator plant of distributed non-renewable energy resources, and each plant has a local controller. The method includes providing type and power size of each plant to each local controller. At each local controller, measuring the frequency and estimating the total power load demanded based on the measured frequency. At the local renewable controller, decreasing the frequency at which power is supplied when the supplied power falls below the estimated power load and increasing the frequency when the supplied power exceeds the estimated power load. And at the local generator controller, increasing power supply in response to detecting a decrease in frequency, and decreasing power supply in response to detecting an increase in frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Jean Dobrowolski, David Gualino, Mazen Alamir, Seddik Bacha
  • Patent number: 10452091
    Abstract: A method for controlling a virtual generator including at least one renewable power source, an accumulation system including a power and/or energy reserve, an inverter and a control law, the virtual generator delivering an active P/reactive Q electrical power of voltage V and of current I to a microgrid, the voltage V and current I having a frequency f, the active P/reactive Q electrical power controlling, via droop control, the frequency f and the RMS voltage Vrms of the voltage V, respectively, the method including control of the virtual generator via the control law for which it carries out an adjustment of the active P/reactive Q power delivered to the microgrid, the adjustment being capable of compensating for a variation in the active/reactive power consumed by the microgrid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES SAS
    Inventors: Mustapha Rahmani, Yann Herriot, Caroline Guyon-Aubert, David Gualino, Alain Dentella, Sylvain Lechat-Sanjuan, Grace Gandanegara
  • Publication number: 20190157876
    Abstract: A method controls a microgrid having at least one renewable plant of distributed renewable energy resources and at least one generator plant of distributed non-renewable energy resources, and each plant has a local controller. The method includes providing type and power size of each plant to each local controller. At each local controller, measuring the frequency and estimating the total power load demanded based on the measured frequency. At the local renewable controller, decreasing the frequency at which power is supplied when the supplied power falls below the estimated power load and increasing the frequency when the supplied power exceeds the estimated power load. And at the local generator controller, increasing power supply in response to detecting a decrease in frequency, and decreasing power supply in response to detecting an increase in frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Jean Dobrowolski, David Gualino, Mazen Alamir, Seddik Bacha
  • Publication number: 20170235322
    Abstract: A method for controlling a virtual generator including at least one renewable power source, an accumulation system including a power and/or energy reserve, an inverter and a control law, the virtual generator delivering an active P/reactive Q electrical power of voltage V and of current I to a microgrid, the voltage V and current I having a frequency f, the active P/reactive Q electrical power controlling, via droop control, the frequency f and the RMS voltage Vrms of the voltage V, respectively, the method including control of the virtual generator via the control law for which it carries out an adjustment of the active P/reactive Q power delivered to the microgrid, the adjustment being capable of compensating for a variation in the active/reactive power consumed by the microgrid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicant: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Mustapha RAHMANI, Yann HERRIOT, Caroline GUYON-AUBERT, David GUALINO, Alain DENTELLA, Sylvain LECHAT-SANJUAN, Grace GANDANEGARA
  • Patent number: 9004930
    Abstract: A set of outlets including a sheet and a base adapted for electrical work to each other in a detachable manner, the sheet including at least two electric tracks in a concentric ring configured to respectively cooperate with electrical contacts of an electrical socket. A magnetic mechanism generates a first control force for positioning and holding the sheet on the base. The base includes at least two movable electric contacts movable between a first position inside the base and a second position outside the base to be respectively in direct electrical contact with the electrical tracks, the first force control to move the electrical contacts between the first and the second positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: David Gualino, Rachid Makhlouche, Charles Blondel
  • Publication number: 20130295781
    Abstract: A set of outlets including a sheet and a base adapted for electrical work to each other in a detachable manner, the sheet including at least two electric tracks in a concentric ring configured to respectively cooperate with electrical contacts of an electrical socket. A magnetic mechanism generates a first control force for positioning and holding the sheet on the base. The base includes at least two movable electric contacts movable between a first position inside the base and a second position outside the base to be respectively in direct electrical contact with the electrical tracks, the first force control to move the electrical contacts between the first and the second positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES SAS
    Inventors: David Gualino, Rachid Makhlouche, Charles Blondel
  • Patent number: 6654482
    Abstract: The method for locating a mobile unit relatively to an intermittent lighted beacon consists in calculating, on the basis of data concerning the mobile movement, the position of the discrete scatterer on the linear barrette obtained by a point by point subtraction of two linear images of the same image field, one wherein the beacon is alight and one wherein it is not alight, and the derivative of the position. On the basis of said data, the distance separating the beacon thus represented and a mark related to the mobile unit is calculated, and the beacon angular position relative to said mark linked with the mobile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Inventors: Michel Parent, David Gualino