Patents by Inventor Michael deRooij

Michael deRooij 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).

  • Reactive power compensation in solar power system
    Patent number: 8406019
    Abstract: A method of providing reactive power support is proposed. The method includes detecting at least one of a plurality of network parameters in a distributed solar power generation system. The generation system includes a plurality of photovoltaic modules coupled to a grid via inverters. The method further includes sensing a state of the photovoltaic modules coupled to the distributed solar power generation system and determining a reactive power measure based upon the sensed state and the detected network parameters. The reactive power measure is used to generate a reactive power command. The reactive power command is further used to compensate reactive power in the distributed solar power generation system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Luis Jose Garces, Yan Liu, Michael deRooij, Sumit Bose
  • REACTIVE POWER COMPENSATION IN SOLAR POWER SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20100067271
    Abstract: A method of providing reactive power support is proposed. The method includes detecting at least one of a plurality of network parameters in a distributed solar power generation system. The generation system includes a plurality of photovoltaic modules coupled to a grid via inverters. The method further includes sensing a state of the photovoltaic modules coupled to the distributed solar power generation system and determining a reactive power measure based upon the sensed state and the detected network parameters. The reactive power measure is used to generate a reactive power command. The reactive power command is further used to compensate reactive power in the distributed solar power generation system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2008
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Luis Jose Garces, Yan Liu, Michael deRooij, Sumit Bose