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Apparatus and Method for Controlling DC-AC Power Conversion
U.S. Patents
  • Patrick L. Chapman
  • Brian T. Kuhn
  • Robert S. Balog
  • Jonathan W. Kimball, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Philip T. Krein
  • Alexander Gray
  • T. Esram
Abstract

An apparatus and method for controlling the delivery of power from a DC source to an AC grid includes an inverter configured to deliver power from the unipolar input source to the AC grid and an inverter controller. The inverter includes an input converter, an active filter, and an output converter. The inverter controller includes an input converter controller, an active filter controller and an output converter controller. The input converter controller is configured to control a current delivered by the input converter to a galvanically isolated unipolar bus of the inverter. The output converter is configured to control the output converter to deliver power to the AC grid. Additionally, the active filter controller is configured to control the active filter to supply substantially all the power that is deliver by the output controller to the AC grid at a grid frequency.

Department(s)
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Center/Lab(s)
Intelligent Systems Center
Patent Application Number
US14/962,673
Patent Number
US9806628B2
Document Type
Patent
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2017 SunPower Corporation, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
10-31-2017
Publication Date
31 Oct 2017
Citation Information
Patrick L. Chapman, Brian T. Kuhn, Robert S. Balog, Jonathan W. Kimball, et al.. "Apparatus and Method for Controlling DC-AC Power Conversion" U.S. Patents (2017)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jonathan-kimball/116/