Patents by Inventor Hanchao LIU

Hanchao LIU 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: 20240072971
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to UL cell and SCell activation, including sending, by a base station to a wireless communication device, a Secondary Cell (SCell) activation command triggering at least SCell activation and measurement signal for at least one SCell, and receiving, by the base station from the wireless communication device, the measurement signal in response to the SCell activation command, wherein the wireless communication device activates the at least one SCell in response to the SCell activation command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xingguang WEI, Junfeng ZHANG, Xianghui HAN, Peng HAO, Shuaihua KOU, Hanchao LIU
  • Publication number: 20240030716
    Abstract: A renewable power system is provided. The renewable power system includes a plurality of power generating devices and a plurality of power converters. Each power converter of the plurality of power converters is electrically coupled to at least one power generating device of the plurality of power generating devices and a load. The renewable power system further includes a plurality of controllers. Each of the plurality of controllers includes a processor coupled in communication with at least one power converter of the plurality of power converters. The processor is configured to detect a load power of the load, determine an available power of the plurality of power generating devices, and, in response to the load exceeding the available power of the plurality of power generating devices, adjust at least one parameter of the at least one power converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Maozhong Gong, Hanchao Liu, Philip Joseph Hart, Zhe Chen
  • Publication number: 20230387683
    Abstract: A method for controlling a network of inverter-based resources connected to a power grid during a disturbance includes employing a distributed transient virtual impedance algorithm among the network of inverter-based resources (IBRs) after a start of or in anticipation of the disturbance. The distributed transient virtual impedance algorithm includes determining, via at least one of one or more power flow equations, one or more energy function equations, and one or more estimated power capabilities, a virtual impedance control parameter and a modified power reference for one or more of the IBRs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Philip Joseph Hart, Maozhong Gong, Hanchao Liu
  • Patent number: 11817700
    Abstract: A decentralized electrical power allocation system is provided. The system includes a power bus, electric power consumers, and at least two power source assemblies. Each power source assembly includes a power controller and a power source. Each power controller is configured to execute an adaptive droop control scheme so as to cause their respective power sources to output power to meet a power demand on the power bus applied by the power consumers. The power output of a given power source is controlled based at least in part on correlating a power feedback of the given power source with a droop function that represents an efficiency of the given power source to generate electrical power for a given power output. The droop functions are collaboratively defined so that one power source shares more output at lower power levels while another power source shares more output at higher power levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Honggang Wang, Sumit Bose, Hanchao Liu
  • Patent number: 11486355
    Abstract: A method for operating an asynchronous doubly-fed wind turbine generator connected to a power grid in a grid-forming mode to emulate a virtual synchronous machine. The doubly-fed wind turbine generator includes a line-side converter coupled to a rotor-side converter via a direct current (DC) link. The method includes receiving, via a controller, at least one reference command from an external controller. The method also includes controlling rotor flux of the doubly-fed wind turbine generator using the at least one reference command. Further, the method includes providing power droop control for the doubly-fed wind turbine generator through at least one of rotor-side reference frame rotation and d-axis flux control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Hanchao Liu, Maozhong Gong, Di Pan, Yichao Zhang
  • Patent number: 11396748
    Abstract: A T-shaped shear wall module including a straight pattern plate, two L-shaped pattern plates with a same structure, and connectors. Each of the two L-shaped pattern plates includes a first pattern plate and a second pattern plate which are perpendicular to each other. In a direction perpendicular to the straight pattern plate, the two first pattern plates are arranged in parallel to each other and both extend in a direction away from the straight pattern plate, and a plurality of connectors are rigidly arranged between two first pattern plates. Along a direction parallel to the straight pattern plate, two second pattern plates are coplanar and extend in opposite directions, and a plurality of connectors are rigidly arranged between the straight pattern plate and the two second pattern plates. The present application also provides a shear wall and a construction method thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jiping Hao, Qiang Xue, Xiaoling Sun, Liang Guo, Hanchao Liu
  • Publication number: 20220205424
    Abstract: A method for operating an asynchronous doubly-fed wind turbine generator connected to a power grid in a grid-forming mode to emulate a virtual synchronous machine. The doubly-fed wind turbine generator includes a line-side converter coupled to a rotor-side converter via a direct current (DC) link. The method includes receiving, via a controller, at least one reference command from an external controller. The method also includes controlling rotor flux of the doubly-fed wind turbine generator using the at least one reference command. Further, the method includes providing power droop control for the doubly-fed wind turbine generator through at least one of rotor-side reference frame rotation and d-axis flux control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Hanchao Liu, Maozhong Gong, Di Pan, Yichao Zhang
  • Patent number: 11305665
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a system to protect an electric vehicle charging infrastructure. An electric vehicle charging site may receive Alternating Current (“AC”) power from a power grid and provides Direct Current (“DC”) power to electric vehicles. A sensor spoof observer and controller may receive information from at least two AC current sensors, wherein the observer calculates a grid voltage disturbance using a structure based on an AC filter dynamic model. A system stability assurance platform may: (i) monitor current and voltage to detect resonance, (ii) identify impedance associated with a detected resonance, and (iii) apply a result of an analysis of the identified impedance to an adaptive damping control algorithm. A user interface platform may then provide information about a component of the charging infrastructure being cyber-attacked to a distribution system operator via a graphical user interface display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Hanchao Liu, Honggang Monten Wang, Philip Hart, Yichao Zhang
  • Publication number: 20210010267
    Abstract: A T-shaped shear wall module including a straight pattern plate, two L-shaped pattern plates with a same structure, and connectors. Each of the two L-shaped pattern plates includes a first pattern plate and a second pattern plate which are perpendicular to each other. In a direction perpendicular to the straight pattern plate, the two first pattern plates are arranged in parallel to each other and both extend in a direction away from the straight pattern plate, and a plurality of connectors are rigidly arranged between two first pattern plates. Along a direction parallel to the straight pattern plate, two second pattern plates are coplanar and extend in opposite directions, and a plurality of connectors are rigidly arranged between the straight pattern plate and the two second pattern plates. The present application also provides a shear wall and a construction method thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Jiping HAO, Qiang XUE, Xiaoling SUN, Liang GUO, Hanchao LIU
  • Publication number: 20200282854
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a system to protect an electric vehicle charging infrastructure. An electric vehicle charging site may receive Alternating Current (“AC”) power from a power grid and provides Direct Current (“DC”) power to electric vehicles. A sensor spoof observer and controller may receive information from at least two AC current sensors, wherein the observer calculates a grid voltage disturbance using a structure based on an AC filter dynamic model. A system stability assurance platform may: (i) monitor current and voltage to detect resonance, (ii) identify impedance associated with a detected resonance, and (iii) apply a result of an analysis of the identified impedance to an adaptive damping control algorithm. A user interface platform may then provide information about a component of the charging infrastructure being cyber-attacked to a distribution system operator via a graphical user interface display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Hanchao LIU, Honggang Monten WANG, Philip HART, Yichao ZHANG