Patents by Inventor Eryong Guan

Eryong Guan 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: 9166495
    Abstract: A wind power converter includes a multiple of phase power converters, each of which being adapted to convert power output from a corresponding phase of a wind generator to a corresponding phase of a grid. Each of the phase power converters includes a full-wave rectifier, being adapted to rectify the power input through a first terminal and a second terminal from the corresponding phase of the wind generator; a capacitor being adapted to be charged by the power rectified by the full-wave rectifier; and a full-wave active inverter, being adapted to invert the power stored in the capacitor and output the inverted power to the corresponding phase of the grid through a third terminal and a fourth terminal. The first terminal or the second terminal is connected to a first virtual neutral; and the third terminal or the fourth terminal is connected to a second virtual neutral. By having such topology, each phase power converter serves as a power conversion module independent of the others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: ABB TECHNOLOGY LTD.
    Inventor: Eryong Guan
  • Patent number: 9042142
    Abstract: The invention discloses a voltage source converter and a voltage source converter system. The voltage source converter comprises: a multi-level voltage source converter, being adapted to output a multiple levels of a first voltage at one of two first output terminals through a multiple of first conducting paths; a first energy store; and a first switching element, being arranged to directly connected with the first output terminal, and being adapted to switch the first energy store in or out of the first conducting path so as to combine a level of the voltage of the first energy store with the level of the first voltage as a second voltage output at a second output terminal. By having the topology as above, the voltage class of each of the power semiconductors can be kept lower with the number of the power semiconductors unchanged. Besides, VDRM is lowed as compared to conventional topology. This renders the reduction of the cost and the increase of the liability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: ABB Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Eryong Guan, Niko Railo, Aiping Wu
  • Publication number: 20130182468
    Abstract: A wind power converter comprises a multiple of phase power converters, each of which being adapted to convert power output from a corresponding phase of a wind generator to a corresponding phase of a grid; each of the phase power converters comprising: a full-wave rectifier, being adapted to rectify the power input through a first terminal and a second terminal from the corresponding phase of the wind generator; a capacitor being adapted to be charged by the power rectified by the full-wave rectifier; and a full-wave active inverter, being adapted to invert the power stored in the capacitor and output the inverted power to the corresponding phase of the grid through a third terminal and a fourth terminal; wherein: the first terminal or the second terminal is connected to a first virtual neutral; and the third terminal or the fourth terminal is connected to a second virtual neutral.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: ABB Technology Ltd.
    Inventor: Eryong Guan
  • Publication number: 20130176014
    Abstract: The invention discloses a voltage source converter and a voltage source converter system. The voltage source converter comprises: a multi-level voltage source converter, being adapted to output a multiple levels of a first voltage at one of two first output terminals through a multiple of first conducting paths; a first energy store; and a first switching element, being arranged to directly connected with the first output terminal, and being adapted to switch the first energy store in or out of the first conducting path so as to combine a level of the voltage of the first energy store with the level of the first voltage as a second voltage output at a second output terminal. By having the topology as above, the voltage class of each of the power semiconductors can be kept lower with the number of the power semiconductors unchanged. Besides, VDRM is lowed as compared to conventional topology. This renders the reduction of the cost and the increase of the liability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: ABB TECHNOLOGY LTD.
    Inventors: Eryong Guan, Niko Railo, Aiping Wu