Patents by Inventor Kai Xin

Kai Xin 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: 20250105625
    Abstract: A power converter and a method. When the voltage at the grid connection point exceeds the preset voltage range and an amplitude of a voltage output by the power conversion circuit is not greater than a voltage threshold, embodiments can control the amplitude of the current output by the power conversion circuit to be not greater than a second current threshold, where the second current threshold is greater than the first current threshold, and a ratio of an active current to a reactive current output by the power conversion circuit is constant or changes; or, when the amplitude of the voltage output by the power conversion circuit is greater than the voltage threshold, embodiments can control the amplitude of the current output by the power conversion circuit to be equal to the second current threshold, where the ratio of the active current to the reactive current changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiongfei WANG, Teng Liu, Mingquan Zhao, Meiqing Zhang, Kai Xin, Yunfeng Liu
  • Publication number: 20250062619
    Abstract: The embodiments include a power converter including a DC/AC conversion unit. A direct current bus is connected to the DC/AC conversion unit and a direct current source. The DC/AC conversion unit is further connected to a power grid. When a direct current bus voltage is less than or equal to a first voltage threshold, the power converter may switch to a current source mode to output first output power to the power grid, where the first output power is equal to an output power limit of the direct current source. Then, if a fluctuation amplitude of the direct current bus voltage is less than or equal to a first fluctuation threshold, the power converter may resume outputting second output power to the power grid in a voltage source mode, so that the second output power is less than or equal to the output power limit of the direct current source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Meiqing ZHANG, Mingxuan DONG, Ce FANG, Kai XIN
  • Patent number: 12230966
    Abstract: A method includes: performing one or more adjustments on a filter parameter based on battery information of the ESS that is at a first control moment, and performing one or more times of power filtering by the filter, until a power fluctuation rate determined based on a power obtained through filtering is less than or equal to a preset threshold; and determining, based on the power obtained through filtering, a given power of the ESS that is at the first control moment. During smooth control of a power, a relationship is established between battery information and a filter characteristic, so as to prevent a battery from quickly reaching a fully charged state or a fully discharged state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: HUAWEI DIGITAL POWER TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mingxuan Dong, Kai Xin
  • Patent number: 12231058
    Abstract: A power conversion apparatus and a control method for a power conversion apparatus to reduce an amplitude of an output voltage of a converter when a grid is recovered from a fault, to ensure device safety. The power conversion apparatus includes a controller and a converter, and the controller is connected to the converter. The controller is configured to: after the output voltage of the converter is less than a first threshold, when the output voltage of the converter rises to be greater than a second threshold, reduce an active current output by the converter to a first current value, and reduce a reactive current output by the converter to a second current value, where the second threshold is greater than the first threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Congyuan Wang, Kai Xin, Zhangping Shao
  • Patent number: 12224682
    Abstract: A common-mode voltage injection control method and apparatus for an inverter. For the method and apparatus, a common-mode voltage for a DPWM mode is calculated based on three-phase port voltages and an output power command; a common-mode voltage for an MPC modulation mode is calculated based on the direct current bus voltage, the three-phase port voltages, and the output power command; a modulation proportion is determined based on a maximum phase voltage peak value of the three-phase port voltages, the direct current bus voltage, and a power factor of the output power command; and a common-mode injection voltage is generated based on the common-mode voltage for the DPWM mode, the modulation proportion, and the common-mode voltage for the MPC modulation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xinyu Yu, Kai Xin, Peng Dong, Junjie Li
  • Patent number: 12224707
    Abstract: An input end of each DC-DC conversion circuit in the photovoltaic system is connected to a corresponding photovoltaic string. Output ends of a plurality of DC-DC conversion circuits are connected in parallel to an input end of a DC-AC conversion circuit. A controller performs a partial IV curve scan on each of the DC-DC conversion circuits, and in a scanning process, controls a total input power of the plurality of DC-DC conversion circuits to be consistent with that existing before the scan; and obtains a sum of the maximum input powers of all the DC-DC conversion circuits based on the maximum input power of each of the DC-DC conversion circuits, where a scanned voltage of the partial IV curve scan is less than an open-circuit voltage. The partial IV curve improves scanning efficiency and obtains a maximum input power in a power-limited state, facilitating subsequent power dispatch and control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xinyu Yu, Kai Xin
  • Patent number: 12212250
    Abstract: A control method of a three-phase multi-level inverter includes: determining a modulation ratio based on output of the three-phase multi-level inverter, where the modulation ratio indicates a ratio of an amplitude value of a sinusoidal modulation wave in pulse width modulation to an amplitude value of a carrier; generating, based on the modulation ratio and a modulation ratio threshold, a common-mode voltage regulation signal for regulating a common-mode voltage in phase voltages of the three-phase multi-level inverter; adding the common-mode voltage regulation signal and a differential-mode voltage regulation signal for regulating a differential-mode voltage in the phase voltages of the three-phase multi-level inverter to obtain a composite regulation signal, where the composite regulation signal is presented as a modulation wave for discontinuous pulse width modulation (DPWM); and generating, based on the composite regulation signal, drive signals for controlling switches of phases of the three-phase multi-
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: HUAWEI DIGITAL POWER TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lin Ji, Kai Xin, Haibin Guo
  • Publication number: 20250027815
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for a system for measuring optical properties of liquid samples. The system includes a housing having a multi-wavelength light source, a collimator, a beam-splitter, and a light sensor. A probe extends from the housing, The probe includes a sample inlet configured to receive a liquid sample. The multi-wavelength light source is positioned to direct light to the collimator, the collimator is positioned to direct light to the beam-splitter, the beam-splitter is positioned to direct light to the probe, and the light sensor is positioned to receive light transmitted through the probe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Ranzy Morgan, III, Sandra Morgan, Kai Xin, David Gibson
  • Publication number: 20250023456
    Abstract: Example power converters and detection methods are described. One example power converter includes a control device, a plurality of wiring terminals, a power conversion circuit, and a plurality of temperature detection devices. The control device is configured to: when an absolute value of a difference between a temperature value of one wiring terminal in the plurality of wiring terminals and a first reference temperature value is greater than or equal to a first temperature difference threshold, output a signal indicating that an abnormality occurs in the plurality of wiring terminals. In this application, a relative change of a temperature of one wiring terminal relative to another wiring terminal can be directly determined based on temperature values of the plurality of wiring terminals, thereby quickly determining, based on a magnitude of the relative change, whether there is an abnormal temperature rise caused by loose connections in the plurality of wiring terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Yuan YAO, Xinyu YU, Kai XIN, Zhaoqi CAI
  • Publication number: 20250023490
    Abstract: A power supply system, a three-phase inverter, and a controller and a control method for a three-phase inverter. In the power supply system, after a low-voltage failure occurs in a power grid, a three-phase inverter outputs a first positive-sequence reactive current to the power grid through low voltage ride-through. When a voltage of at least one of three alternating currents output by the three-phase inverter is greater than a preset threshold, the three-phase inverter outputs a small second positive-sequence reactive current to the power grid through the three alternating currents, to reduce a voltage at an output end of the three-phase inverter and improve stability of the entire power supply system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qilei CHEN, Zhangping Shao, Xinyu Yu, Kai Xin
  • Publication number: 20250023489
    Abstract: A power converter includes a power conversion circuit, a bus capacitor, and a controller. A direct current input end of the power conversion circuit is configured to connect to a direct current power supply through a direct current bus. An alternating current output end of the power conversion circuit is configured to connect to an alternating current power grid through a point of common coupling (PCC). The controller is configured to: in response to that a difference between a voltage across two ends of the positive bus capacitor and a voltage across two ends of the negative bus capacitor is greater than a specified threshold, control the power converter to inject a second harmonic current into the alternating current power grid, to reduce the difference between the voltage across the two ends of the positive bus capacitor and the voltage across the two ends of the negative bus capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Peng DONG, Xinyu YU, Kai XIN, Yunfeng LIU
  • Patent number: 12184073
    Abstract: An energy storage system includes at least two power conversion systems PCSs, output terminals of the at least two PCSs are connected in parallel to connect to an alternating current power grid, and input terminals of the at least two PCSs are connected to an energy storage power supply. The first PCS is any one of the at least two PCSs. The voltage detection circuit detects a power grid voltage at a parallel connection point of the output terminals of the at least two PCSs. When determining, based on the power grid voltage at the parallel connection point, that islanding occurs in the alternating current power grid, the controller adjusts an angle of an output voltage of the first PCS to a reference angle, so that angles of output voltages of the at least two PCSs are the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mingxuan Dong, Yunfeng Liu, Kai Xin
  • Patent number: 12160106
    Abstract: A power supply system, a converter, and a circulating current suppression method of the converter. The power supply system includes at least two converters that are coupled between a direct current power supply and an alternating current grid. Each converter obtains target output reactive power when an output current of the converter starts to increase from an initial current, obtains a reactive power compensation parameter based on the three-phase output voltages. Further, each converter obtains compensated output reactive power of the converter based on the reactive power compensation parameter and adjusts actual output reactive power of the converter based on the target output reactive power and the compensated output reactive power, so that an absolute value of a difference between common-mode output voltages of any two of the at least two adjusted converters is less than a difference threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xinyu Yu, Yuan Yao, Fuqiang Xu, Kai Xin
  • Publication number: 20240333172
    Abstract: Examples of power conversion devices and control methods are described. In one example, a power conversion device includes direct current buses, an inverter circuit, and a controller. After the power conversion device switches from a high voltage ride through state to a low voltage ride through state, the controller controls a change rate of an output active current of the inverter circuit to be a first change rate in a first time interval and a second change rate in a second time interval respectively in a low voltage ride through reactive current response process. The second change rate is greater than the first change rate. A sum of first interval duration of the first time interval and second interval duration of the second time interval is less than or equal to a low voltage ride through reactive current response duration threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Yi DU, Xinyu YU, Kai XIN, Yunfeng LIU
  • Publication number: 20240305099
    Abstract: A converter circuit is configured to output a first reactive current to a power grid when a voltage value of an output port of the converter circuit decreases from a first working voltage value to a second working voltage value. The drive control circuit is configured to: in a process in which the converter circuit outputs the first reactive current to the power grid, when it is detected that the voltage value of the output port of the converter circuit increases to a third working voltage value and the third working voltage value is greater than or equal to a first recovery voltage value, control the converter circuit to output a second reactive current to the power grid, to recover the voltage value of the output port of the converter circuit to the first working voltage value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhangping SHAO, Kai XIN, You ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20240305096
    Abstract: An output end of a power converter is connected to a microgrid bus, and the microgrid bus is connected to an external power grid through a grid-tied switch. When detecting that a power grid fails, the power converter is in a first current source control mode. After a duration of the power grid failure reaches a first duration, the power converter switches from the first current source control mode to a first voltage source control mode. The first current source control mode is a current source failure ride-through control mode. The first voltage source control mode is a voltage source failure ride-through control mode. The first duration is less than a second duration, and the second duration is a time interval between a moment at which the power grid fails and a moment at which the grid-tied switch is turned off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Meiqing Zhang, Shuo Wang, Mingxuan Dong, Kai Xin
  • Publication number: 20240274727
    Abstract: A solar cell component includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a light absorption layer. The first electrode includes a first conductive electrode, and the second electrode includes a second conductive electrode. The light absorption layer is located between the first conductive electrode and the second conductive electrode. The first electrode further includes a first bus electrode connected to a periphery of the first conductive electrode. A sheet resistance of the first bus electrode is less than a sheet resistance of the first conductive electrode, such that a sheet resistance of a peripheral region of the first electrode is less than a sheet resistance of a central region of the first electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qun Luo, Shuo Wang, Wenming Su, Xiaolian Chen, Kai Xin, Yunfeng Liu
  • Publication number: 20240250534
    Abstract: A power supply system and a grid connection control method. The power supply system includes a power supply, an inverter, a transformer, a power station collection module, and an inverter collection control circuit. The inverter collection control circuit is configured to obtain an amplitude value and a frequency of an output voltage of the inverter, obtain an inverter power adjustment signal based on the amplitude value and the frequency of the output voltage, and control, based on the power station power adjustment signal and the inverter power adjustment signal, the inverter to output a target output power. Additionally, an output power of the inverter may be adjusted by using the power station collection module and the inverter collection control circuit. A structure is simple, and a control method is simple. This improves control precision and adjustment efficiency, reduces control time, and reduces control costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fei XU, Xinyu YU, Kai XIN, Shuchao WANG
  • Publication number: 20240235423
    Abstract: This application describes examples of a grid-tied inverter apparatus and a grid-tied control method. In one example, the grid-tied inverter apparatus includes an inverter circuit, a controller, and a filter circuit. The controller is configured to adjust switching frequencies of a plurality of power switching transistors based on an output current value of the inverter apparatus, to adjust a resonance frequency of the filter circuit through different resonant branches, so that the resonance frequency meets a grid-tied requirement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Yunyu TANG, Lei SHI, Yaojia ZHANG, Dong CHEN, Kai XIN
  • Publication number: 20240213783
    Abstract: This application provides an inverter, a power grid power supply system, and a method for controlling an excitation inrush current. The controller adjusts the output voltage of the conversion circuit based on a first phase that is of the output voltage of the conversion circuit and that is during reduction of the output voltage, the magnetic flux of the iron core in the transformer, an output voltage that is of the conversion circuit and that is after the output voltage is reduced, and the target voltage value, so as to increase the output voltage of the conversion circuit and keep the magnetic flux of the iron core less than the saturation magnetic flux.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Mingxuan Dong, Shuo Wang, Jie Chen, Wenchao Li, Mingquan Zhao, Kai Xin