Patents by Inventor Mikko HUOTARI

Mikko HUOTARI 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).

  • Power plant ramp rate control
    Patent number: 10601227
    Abstract: A method for controlling plant active power output ramp rate of a power plant to a PCC with a power grid includes obtaining information about a current RES active power output of a Renewable Energy Source (RES) in the power plant. The method also includes forecasting future RES active power output, during a predefined future time period. The method also includes, based on the obtained current RES active power output information and on the forecasted RES active power output, determining whether an expected ramp rate of the RES active power output during the predefined time period exceeds a predefined maximum ramp rate limit of a plant active power output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventors: Nicklas Johansson, Tomas Tengner, Mikko Huotari
  • POWER PLANT RAMP RATE CONTROL
    Publication number: 20190052088
    Abstract: A method for controlling plant active power output ramp rate of a power plant to a PCC with a power grid includes obtaining information about a current RES active power output of a Renewable Energy Source (RES) in the power plant. The method also includes forecasting future RES active power output, during a predefined future time period. The method also includes, based on the obtained current RES active power output information and on the forecasted RES active power output, determining whether an expected ramp rate of the RES active power output during the predefined time period exceeds a predefined maximum ramp rate limit of a plant active power output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventors: Nicklas JOHANSSON, Tomas TENGNER, Mikko HUOTARI