Patents by Inventor Panagiotis BAKAS
Panagiotis BAKAS 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).
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Patent number: 12113449Abstract: A transformer arrangement comprising a transformer having a primary side for receiving input voltage and current from a source and a secondary side for providing output voltage and current to a load. The transformer arrangement further comprises an AC-AC PE converter connected to a thyristor used for bypassing the AC-AC PE converter in case of a short-circuit fault in a terminal of the primary side and/or the secondary side. The transformer arrangement further comprises a thyristor-based AC-AC PE converter connected to a thyristor-tapped winding. The AC-AC PE converter is connected with the thyristor-tapped winding via the thyristor-based AC-AC PE converter. The thyristor-based AC-AC PE converter is connected to an impedance to protect the thyristor-tapped winding from short-circuit faults of the thyristor-based AC-AC PE converter.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2022Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: HITACHI ENERGY LTDInventors: Panagiotis Bakas, Roberto Alves, Jan Svensson
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Patent number: 12081020Abstract: A method for controlling an output voltage of at least one transformer in a power grid comprises providing the one transformer(s) with a power electronics converter and an output voltage controller, determining a grid frequency, comparing the grid frequency with a reference value, producing an error signal, applying the error signal as feedback to the controller, and generating a control action to cause the controller to change the output voltage of the transformer comprising a power electronics converter. The power electronics converter is an AC-AC converter, and the method comprises connecting the AC-AC converter to either a primary side or a secondary side of the transformer. The AC-AC converter has a first AC side and a second AC side and the method comprises connecting two terminals on the first AC side to a winding of the transformer, and connecting the second AC side to an external circuit line.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2022Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: HITACHI ENERGY LTDInventors: Nicklas Johansson, Jan Svensson, Panagiotis Bakas, Roberto Alves
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Publication number: 20240204679Abstract: A transformer arrangement comprising a transformer having a primary side for receiving input voltage and current from a source and a secondary side for providing output voltage and current to a load. The transformer arrangement further comprises an AC-AC PE converter connected to a thyristor used for bypassing the AC-AC PE converter in case of a short-circuit fault in a terminal of the primary side and/or the secondary side. The transformer arrangement further comprises a thyristor-based AC-AC PE converter connected to a thyristor-tapped winding. The AC-AC PE converter is connected with the thyristor-tapped winding via the thyristor-based AC-AC PE converter. The thyristor-based AC-AC PE converter is connected to an impedance to protect the thyristor-tapped winding from short-circuit faults of the thyristor-based AC-AC PE converter.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2022Publication date: June 20, 2024Inventors: Panagiotis Bakas, Roberto Alves, Jan Svensson
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Publication number: 20240097442Abstract: A method for controlling an output voltage of at least one transformer in a power grid. The comprises providing the least one transformers with a power electronics converter and an output voltage controller, determining a grid frequency, comparing the grid frequency with a reference value, producing an error signal, applying the error signal as feedback to the controller, and generating a control action to cause the controller to change the output voltage of the transformer comprising a power electronics converter. The power electronics converter is an AC-AC converter, and the method comprises connecting the AC-AC converter to either a primary side or a secondary side of the transformer. The AC-AC converter has a first AC side and a second AC side and the method comprises connecting two terminals on the first AC side in-parallel to a winding of the transformer, and connecting the second AC side to an external circuit line.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2022Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Nicklas Johansson, Jan Svensson, Panagiotis Bakas, Roberto Alves
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Publication number: 20230391211Abstract: A charging system for an automated guided vehicle, AGV, is presented. The charging system includes an offboard, meshed charging grid and onboard contact pads. The offboard, meshed charging grid including a charging pole in each grid point, wherein adjacent charging poles are configured with opposite polarity of a charging current. The onboard contact pads include four separate contact pads. An AGV is also presented.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2020Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: Haofeng Bai, Panagiotis Bakas, Ahmed Abdelhakim, Rajakrishnan Radjassamy, Edward Clark Fontana
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Publication number: 20230327571Abstract: A transformer arrangement includes a first and a second arrangement side and a transformer with first windings coupled to the first arrangement side and with second windings having a first to a fourth tap. The transformer arrangement comprises a converter coupling the first, second and third tap to the second arrangement side, a first filter circuit coupling the first tap to the third tap and a second filter circuit coupling the third tap to the second tap.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2021Publication date: October 12, 2023Applicant: Hitachi Energy Switzerland AGInventors: Roberto ALVES, Panagiotis BAKAS, Jan SVENSSON, Muhammad NAWAZ, Seyed Ali MOUSAVI, Daniel JOHANNESSON, Peter STEIMER
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Patent number: 9748772Abstract: A solar power plant including a power conversion system and a method of controlling the power conversion system. Implemented in a DC/AC inverter, the plant includes photovoltaic modules (PV modules) arranged in arrays connected to a respective DC/DC converters. A power collecting grid interfaces between the DC/DC converters and the DC/AC inverter. The method includes monitoring the performance of each PV array by adjusting the voltage level of each interface between a PV array and the corresponding DC/DC converter, and includes monitoring the output power of each DC/DC converter as a feedback for the regulating.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2013Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Panagiotis Bakas, Sara Ahmed, Michal Lazarczyk, Radoslaw Nalepa, Antonis Marinopoulos, Dimitrios Doukas, Jyoti Sastry
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Patent number: 9276407Abstract: A power system includes a power generating plant including a plurality of power generators, and an AC collection grid adapted to interconnect the power generating plant and an HVDC converter station. The AC collection grid is adapted to operate outside network regulations, whereby advantages such as simplified control and electronics are achieved. A method of operating a power system is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2012Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: ABB RESEARCH LTDInventors: Staffan Norrga, Antonis Marinopoulos, Konstantinos Papastergiou, Panagiotis Bakas
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Publication number: 20150372490Abstract: A solar power plant including a power conversion system and a method of controlling the power conversion system. Implemented in a DC/AC inverter, the plant includes photovoltaic modules (PV modules) arranged in arrays connected to a respective DC/DC converters. A power collecting grid interfaces between the DC/DC converters and the DC/AC inverter. The method includes monitoring the performance of each PV array by adjusting the voltage level of each interface between a PV array and the corresponding DC/DC converter, and includes monitoring the output power of each DC/DC converter as a feedback for the regulating.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2013Publication date: December 24, 2015Inventors: Panagiotis Bakas, Sara Ahmed, Michal Lazarczyk, Radoslaw Nalepa, Antonis Marinopoulos, Dimitrios Doukas, Jyoti Sastry
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Publication number: 20150115721Abstract: A power system includes a power generating plant including a plurality of power generators, and an AC collection grid adapted to interconnect the power generating plant and an HVDC converter station. The AC collection grid is adapted to operate outside network regulations, whereby advantages such as simplified control and electronics are achieved. A method of operating a power system is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2012Publication date: April 30, 2015Applicant: ABB RESEARCH LTDInventors: Staffan Norrga, Antonis Marinopoulos, Konstantinos Papastergiou, Panagiotis Bakas
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Patent number: 8643323Abstract: A photovoltaic system for generating an output voltage that is uninfluenced by varying irradiation, includes a photovoltaic source having an input terminal and an output terminal. The photovoltaic system includes a voltage adding arrangement having a first input terminal and an output terminal. The voltage adding arrangement is connected in series with the photovoltaic source, and includes a first route having a voltage source and a second route as a voltage source bypass. The first and second routes extend between the first input terminal and the output terminal of the voltage adding arrangement. The first and second routes being alternately activateable.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2011Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: ABB Research LtdInventors: Panagiotis Bakas, Georgios Demetriades, Frans Dijkhuizen, Staffan Norrga, Konstantinos Papastergiou, Bengt Stridh, Stefan Thorburn, Lennart Ängquist
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Publication number: 20120025751Abstract: A photovoltaic system for generating an output voltage that is uninfluenced by varying irradiation, includes a photovoltaic source having an input terminal and an output terminal. The photovoltaic system includes a voltage adding arrangement having a first input terminal and an output terminal. The voltage adding arrangement is connected in series with the photovoltaic source, and includes a first route having a voltage source and a second route as a voltage source bypass. The first and second routes extend between the first input terminal and the output terminal of the voltage adding arrangement. The first and second routes being alternately activateable.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2011Publication date: February 2, 2012Applicant: ABB RESEARCH LTDInventors: Panagiotis BAKAS, Georgios Demetriades, Frans Dijkhuizen, Staffan Norrga, Konstantinos Papastergiou, Bengt Stridh, Stefan Thorburn, Lennart Ängquist