Patents by Inventor Simon Walton

Simon Walton 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).

  • Publication number: 20230261517
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an uninterruptible power supply. The uninterruptible power supply comprises a switch, a power management module, an inverter and a controller. The switch is arranged between a load and a power source, the power source configured to supply power to the load. The power management module comprises a main energy storage and configured to reduce a ripple experienced by the main energy storage. The inverter is arranged between and coupled to the power management module and the load. The controller is coupled to the power management module, the inverter and the switch, the controller configured to control the inverter to regulate output voltage magnitude and frequency by regulating the power exchange between the inverter and the power source. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the overcharging of the energy storage during sudden load rejections or utility phase jumps can be avoided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Sridhar Pulikanti, Simon Walton, Mathias Brand, Dustin Murdock, Robert Turner, Nicholas James Elliott
  • Publication number: 20230208316
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to parallel 3-level inverter without midpoint connection. The parallel 3-level inverter includes a plurality of parallel converters coupled in parallel between a common DC bus and a common AC output, wherein each of the plurality of parallel converters comprises a midpoint and the midpoints of the plurality of parallel converters are disconnected from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Turner, Simon Walton, Sridhar Pulikanti, Arnoud Gerlof Van Der Wal, Ian Murray Porteous, Nicholas James Elliott
  • Patent number: 11670958
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an electrical apparatus, a power supply system having the same and a method of manufacturing the electrical apparatus. The electrical apparatus includes a detecting circuit coupled to a generator and configured to detect a frequency of the generator. The electrical apparatus also includes a controller coupled to the detecting circuit and configured to receive a first signal indicating the detected frequency and adjust the frequency of the generator in response to determining that the detected frequency is out of a predetermined frequency range. In this way, an actively controlling of the changing rate of the power to and from generator may be achieved, if the generator frequency exceeds the configured limits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Simon Walton, Sridhar Pulikanti, Dustin Murdock, Nicholas James Elliott, Robert Turner, Parthasaradhy Kozhiparambil Kumaran
  • Publication number: 20230035249
    Abstract: Embodiments of present disclosure relate to apparatus and method for flux management in the ZISC based UPS system. The apparatus comprises: a first determining unit configured to determine a first offset flux on a series reactor in the ZISC based UPS system when power quality events occur in a grid connected to the ZISC based UPS system and the ZISC based UPS system operates in a grid-connected mode; and a first resetting unit configured to provide synthetic impedance damping to the series reactor to reset the first offset flux.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Sridhar Pulikanti, Simon Walton, Robert Turner, Nicholas James Elliott
  • Publication number: 20230018100
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to method and apparatus for detecting grid islanding in a grid supporting voltage source converter. The method includes modulating an output voltage at an output of the grid supporting voltage source converter; determining at least one grid parameter at an input to the grid supporting voltage source converter; and detecting the grid islanding for the grid supporting voltage source converter based on the at least one grid parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Sridhar Pulikanti, Simon Walton, Robert Turner, Nicholas James Elliott
  • Publication number: 20220069615
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an electrical apparatus, a power supply system having the same and a method of manufacturing the electrical apparatus. The electrical apparatus includes a detecting circuit coupled to a generator and configured to detect a frequency of the generator. The electrical apparatus also includes a controller coupled to the detecting circuit and configured to receive a first signal indicating the detected frequency and adjust the frequency of the generator in response to determining that the detected frequency is out of a predetermined frequency range. In this way, an actively controlling of the changing rate of the power to and from generator may be achieved, if the generator frequency exceeds the configured limits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Simon Walton, Sridhar Pulikanti, Dustin Murdock, Nicholas James Elliott, Robert Turner, Parthasaradhy Kozhiparambil Kumaran
  • Patent number: 11239779
    Abstract: A method of controlling a power converter, connected to an electrical grid, to mimic a synchronous generator, by: determining a frequency control error with respect to a setpoint and actual frequency of the grid, determining an input power to an inertia model of a synchronous generator based on the frequency control error, regulating by means of the input power a rotational frequency of the inertia model, determining a voltage control error with respect to a setpoint and actual voltage, determining an exciter parameter of a synchronous generator model based on the voltage control error, regulating by means of the exciter parameter an output voltage of the synchronous generator model, adjusting the rotational frequency or a phase angle obtained from the rotational frequency, and the output voltage based on a virtual impedance of a stator of the synchronous generator model, and controlling the power converter based on the adjusted rotational frequency or the adjusted phase angle and on the adjusted output volta
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Andrew Tuckey, Simon Walton
  • Patent number: 10230260
    Abstract: One embodiment is a uninterruptable power supply (UPS) system including a utility disconnect switch (UDS) coupled with an input line and an output line and structured to selectably connect and disconnect the input line and the output line. The UDS includes a semiconductor switching device connected between the input line and the output line, a surge arrester coupled in parallel with the semiconductor switching device, a dynamic voltage balancing device and a static voltage balancing device which are coupled in parallel with the semiconductor switching device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Pietro Cairoli, Hongrae Kim, Nicholas James Elliot, Simon Walton
  • Publication number: 20180269819
    Abstract: A method of controlling a power converter, connected to an electrical grid, to mimic a synchronous generator, by: determining a frequency control error with respect to a setpoint and actual frequency of the grid, determining an input power to an inertia model of a synchronous generator based on the frequency control error, regulating by means of the input power a rotational frequency of the inertia model, determining a voltage control error with respect to a setpoint and actual voltage, determining an exciter parameter of a synchronous generator model based on the voltage control error, regulating by means of the exciter parameter an output voltage of the synchronous generator model, adjusting the rotational frequency or a phase angle obtained from the rotational frequency, and the output voltage based on a virtual impedance of a stator of the synchronous generator model, and controlling the power converter based on the adjusted rotational frequency or the adjusted phase angle and on the adjusted output volta
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Andrew Tuckey, Simon Walton
  • Publication number: 20170085121
    Abstract: One embodiment is a uninterruptable power supply (UPS) system including a utility disconnect switch (UDS) coupled with an input line and an output line and structured to selectably connect and disconnect the input line and the output line. The UDS includes a semiconductor switching device connected between the input line and the output line, a surge arrester coupled in parallel with the semiconductor switching device, a dynamic voltage balancing device and a static voltage balancing device which are coupled in parallel with the semiconductor switching device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Pietro Cairoli, Hongrae Kim, Nicholas James Elliot, Simon Walton