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).

  • Patent number: 12113449
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI ENERGY LTD
    Inventors: Panagiotis Bakas, Roberto Alves, Jan Svensson
  • Patent number: 12081020
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI ENERGY LTD
    Inventors: Nicklas Johansson, Jan Svensson, Panagiotis Bakas, Roberto Alves
  • Publication number: 20240204679
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Panagiotis Bakas, Roberto Alves, Jan Svensson
  • Publication number: 20240097442
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Nicklas Johansson, Jan Svensson, Panagiotis Bakas, Roberto Alves
  • Publication number: 20230391211
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Haofeng Bai, Panagiotis Bakas, Ahmed Abdelhakim, Rajakrishnan Radjassamy, Edward Clark Fontana
  • Publication number: 20230327571
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Hitachi Energy Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Roberto ALVES, Panagiotis BAKAS, Jan SVENSSON, Muhammad NAWAZ, Seyed Ali MOUSAVI, Daniel JOHANNESSON, Peter STEIMER
  • Patent number: 9748772
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Panagiotis Bakas, Sara Ahmed, Michal Lazarczyk, Radoslaw Nalepa, Antonis Marinopoulos, Dimitrios Doukas, Jyoti Sastry
  • Patent number: 9276407
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: ABB RESEARCH LTD
    Inventors: Staffan Norrga, Antonis Marinopoulos, Konstantinos Papastergiou, Panagiotis Bakas
  • Publication number: 20150372490
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Panagiotis Bakas, Sara Ahmed, Michal Lazarczyk, Radoslaw Nalepa, Antonis Marinopoulos, Dimitrios Doukas, Jyoti Sastry
  • Publication number: 20150115721
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: ABB RESEARCH LTD
    Inventors: Staffan Norrga, Antonis Marinopoulos, Konstantinos Papastergiou, Panagiotis Bakas
  • Patent number: 8643323
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: ABB Research Ltd
    Inventors: Panagiotis Bakas, Georgios Demetriades, Frans Dijkhuizen, Staffan Norrga, Konstantinos Papastergiou, Bengt Stridh, Stefan Thorburn, Lennart Ängquist
  • Publication number: 20120025751
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: ABB RESEARCH LTD
    Inventors: Panagiotis BAKAS, Georgios Demetriades, Frans Dijkhuizen, Staffan Norrga, Konstantinos Papastergiou, Bengt Stridh, Stefan Thorburn, Lennart Ängquist