Patents by Inventor Masahiro SEKOGUCHI

Masahiro SEKOGUCHI 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).

  • Microgrid control system
    Patent number: 9742189
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for controlling microgrid facilities. In particular, the microgrid control system provided is capable of controlling multiple facilities according to characteristics of the facilities in order to achieve economic efficiency, environmental friendliness, and continued operability. The microgrid control system for controlling the operations of the multiple power facilities is provided with: a power supply activation/suspension planning unit that has a prediction unit for predicting outputs or loads of power supply facilities or load facilities and a prediction unit for predicting prediction errors contained therein; and an economical load allocation unit that determines command values related to the distribution of loads to be borne by currently running power supply facilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Tohru Watanabe, Juichiro Atsumi, Masahiro Sekoguchi, Masanori Kaminaga, Kosho Aikawa, Hisayuki Magoroku, Tomoharu Nakamura, Yuichi Nagayama, Shigeki Hirasawa
  • Supervisory control method and equipment for smart grids
    Patent number: 8880234
    Abstract: Supervisory control equipment for smart grids provided with a plurality of generators and loads and operated in interconnection with a commercial power system through an interconnected circuit breaker, comprising a frequency control ability calculation part for calculating the frequency control ability of the interconnected system by using a total power demand and a bus bar frequency; and an islanding and interconnection detection part for calculating frequency control ability of the commercial power system according to the frequency control ability of the system of the frequency control ability calculation part to discriminate between the interconnected and islanding operations according to the magnitude of the frequency control ability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Sekoguchi, Chihiro Fukui, Tetsuo Yamada
  • MICROGRID CONTROL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140252855
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for controlling microgrid facilities. In particular, the microgrid control system provided is capable of controlling multiple facilities according to characteristics of the facilities in order to achieve economic efficiency, environmental friendliness, and continued operability. The microgrid control system for controlling the operations of the multiple power facilities is provided with: a power supply activation/suspension planning unit that has a prediction unit for predicting outputs or loads of power supply facilities or load facilities and a prediction unit for predicting prediction errors contained therein; and an economical load allocation unit that determines command values related to the distribution of loads to be borne by currently running power supply facilities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Tohru Watanabe, Juichiro Atsumi, Masahiro Sekoguchi, Masanori Kaminaga, Kosho Aikawa, Hisayuki Magoroku, Tomoharu Nakamura, Yuichi Nagayama, Shigeki Hirasawa
  • SUPERVISORY CONTROL METHOD AND EQUIPMENT FOR SMART GRIDS
    Publication number: 20120029716
    Abstract: Supervisory control equipment for smart grids provided with a plurality of generators and loads and operated in interconnection with a commercial power system through an interconnected circuit breaker, comprising a frequency control ability calculation part for calculating the frequency control ability of the interconnected system by using a total power demand and a bus bar frequency; and an islanding and interconnection detection part for calculating frequency control ability of the commercial power system according to the frequency control ability of the system of the frequency control ability calculation part to discriminate between the interconnected and islanding operations according to the magnitude of the frequency control ability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: Masahiro SEKOGUCHI, Chihiro Fukui, Tetsuo Yamada