Patents by Inventor Severin Nowak

Severin Nowak 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: 11749992
    Abstract: A distribution feeder of an electricity grid comprises a substation and a plurality of nodes with at least one controllable reactive power resource. A method is provided for locally controlling delivery of electrical power along the distribution feeder, wherein for a feeder segment in the distribution feeder the method comprises: obtaining an actual voltage magnitude at an upstream node and at a downstream node of the feeder segment, and a real power value at the upstream node; setting a target voltage phasor at the downstream node as a value when a power flow across the feeder segment is maintained, and when equal reactive power is injected at the upstream and downstream nodes that consumes all the reactive power in the feeder segment; and adjusting operation of the at least one controllable reactive power resource so that the actual voltage magnitude at the downstream node moves towards a target voltage magnitude of the target voltage phasor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Power Management Holdings (U.S.), Inc.
    Inventors: Malcolm S. Metcalfe, Severin Nowak
  • Publication number: 20230155383
    Abstract: A system and a method for locally controlling delivery of electrical power along the distribution feeder by measuring certain electricity parameters of a distribution feeder line using a substation phasor measurement unit (PMU) electrically coupled to a substation distribution bus at a first node on the feeder line, and at least one customer site PMU electrically coupled to a low voltage end of a transformer at a customer site, wherein the transformer is coupled by a drop line to a second node on the distribution feeder line and the customer site is coupled by another drop line to the transformer, and by controlling at least one controllable reactive power resource and optionally a real power resource connected to the second node or at the customer site. Related apparatus, systems, articles, and techniques are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: Power Management Holdings (U.S.), Inc.
    Inventors: Malcolm Stuart Metcalfe, Severin Nowak, John Todd Sankey, Eric Young
  • Patent number: 11489339
    Abstract: A system and a method for locally controlling delivery of electrical power along the distribution feeder by measuring certain electricity parameters of a distribution feeder line using a substation phasor measurement unit (PMU) electrically coupled to a substation distribution bus at a first node on the feeder line, and at least one customer site PMU electrically coupled to a low voltage end of a transformer at a customer site, wherein the transformer is coupled by a drop line to a second node on the distribution feeder line and the customer site is coupled by another drop line to the transformer, and by controlling at least one controllable reactive power resource and optionally a real power resource connected to the second node or at the customer site. Related apparatus, systems, articles, and techniques are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Power Management Holdings (U.S.), Inc.
    Inventors: Malcolm Stuart Metcalfe, Severin Nowak, John Sankey, Eric Young
  • Publication number: 20220190600
    Abstract: A distribution feeder of an electricity grid comprises a substation and a plurality of nodes with at least one controllable reactive power resource. A method is provided for locally controlling delivery of electrical power along the distribution feeder, wherein for a feeder segment in the distribution feeder the method comprises: obtaining an actual voltage magnitude at an upstream node and at a downstream node of the feeder segment, and a real power value at the upstream node; setting a target voltage phasor at the downstream node as a value when a power flow across the feeder segment is maintained, and when equal reactive power is injected at the upstream and downstream nodes that consumes all the reactive power in the feeder segment; and adjusting operation of the at least one controllable reactive power resource so that the actual voltage magnitude at the downstream node moves towards a target voltage magnitude of the target voltage phasor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: Power Management Holdings (U.S.), Inc.
    Inventors: Malcolm S. Metcalfe, Severin Nowak
  • Publication number: 20220115869
    Abstract: A system and a method for locally controlling delivery of electrical power along the distribution feeder by measuring certain electricity parameters of a distribution feeder line using a substation phasor measurement unit (PMU) electrically coupled to a substation distribution bus at a first node on the feeder line, and at least one customer site PMU electrically coupled to a low voltage end of a transformer at a customer site, wherein the transformer is coupled by a drop line to a second node on the distribution feeder line and the customer site is coupled by another drop line to the transformer, and by controlling at least one controllable reactive power resource and optionally a real power resource connected to the second node or at the customer site. Related apparatus, systems, articles, and techniques are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: Power Management Holdings (U.S.), Inc.
    Inventors: Malcolm Stuart Metcalfe, Severin Nowak, John Sankey, Eric Young
  • Patent number: 11211796
    Abstract: A method and system for locally controlling delivery of electrical power along a distribution feeder. For a feeder segment in the distribution feeder the method includes: obtaining an actual voltage magnitude at an upstream node and at a downstream node of the feeder segment, and a real power value at the upstream node; setting a target voltage phasor at the downstream node as a value when a power flow across the feeder segment is maintained, and when equal reactive power is injected at the upstream and downstream nodes that consumes all the reactive power in the feeder segment; and adjusting operation of the at least one controllable reactive power resource so that the actual voltage magnitude at the downstream node moves towards a target voltage magnitude of the target voltage phasor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Power Management Holdings (U.S.), Inc.
    Inventors: Malcolm S. Metcalfe, Severin Nowak
  • Patent number: 11146066
    Abstract: A system and a method for locally controlling delivery of electrical power along the distribution feeder by measuring certain electricity parameters of a distribution feeder line using a substation phasor measurement unit (PMU) electrically coupled to a substation distribution bus at a first node on the feeder line, and at least one customer site PMU electrically coupled to a low voltage end of a transformer at a customer site, wherein the transformer is coupled by a drop line to a second node on the distribution feeder line and the customer site is coupled by another drop line to the transformer, and by controlling at least one controllable reactive power resource and optionally a real power resource connected to the second node or at the customer site. Related apparatus, systems, articles, and techniques are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Power Management Holdings (U.S.), Inc.
    Inventors: Malcolm Stuart Metcalfe, Severin Nowak, John Todd Sankey, Eric Young
  • Publication number: 20210083477
    Abstract: A method and system for locally controlling delivery of electrical power along a distribution feeder. For a feeder segment in the distribution feeder the method includes: obtaining an actual voltage magnitude at an upstream node and at a downstream node of the feeder segment, and a real power value at the upstream node; setting a target voltage phasor at the downstream node as a value when a power flow across the feeder segment is maintained, and when equal reactive power is injected at the upstream and downstream nodes that consumes all the reactive power in the feeder segment; and adjusting operation of the at least one controllable reactive power resource so that the actual voltage magnitude at the downstream node moves towards a target voltage magnitude of the target voltage phasor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: Enbala Power Networks Inc.
    Inventors: Malcolm S. Metcalfe, Severin Nowak
  • Publication number: 20200067314
    Abstract: A system and a method for locally controlling delivery of electrical power along the distribution feeder by measuring certain electricity parameters of a distribution feeder line using a substation phasor measurement unit (PMU) electrically coupled to a substation distribution bus at a first node on the feeder line, and at least one customer site PMU electrically coupled to a low voltage end of a transformer at a customer site, wherein the transformer is coupled by a drop line to a second node on the distribution feeder line and the customer site is coupled by another drop line to the transformer, and by controlling at least one controllable reactive power resource and optionally a real power resource connected to the second node or at the customer site. Related apparatus, systems, articles, and techniques are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Malcolm Stuart Metcalfe, Severin Nowak, John Todd Sankey, Eric Young