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Marici Holdings the Netherlands B.v.

Jan Svensson

Falah Hosini

Frans Dijkhuizen

Roberto Alves

Jean-Philippe Hasler

Willy Hermansson

Alireza Nami

Staffan Norrga

Gunnar Russberg

Theodore Soong

Panagiotis Bakas

Fredrik Tinglow

Tomas Lars Jonsson

Mauro Monge

Nan Chen

Robert Axelsson

Gunnar Asplund

Peter Karl Steimer

Lennart Harnefors

Johan Lindberg

Peter Lundberg

Bertil Nygren

Georgios Demetriades

Kalle Ilves

Filippo Chimento

Minos Beniakar

Aravind Mohanaveeramani

Gerhard Brosig

Thomas Alfred Paul

Axel Kramer

Navid Mahdizadeh

Lennart Ängquist

Mats Hyttinen

Magnus Backman

Antonis Marinopoulos

Stefan G Johansson

Gunnar Ingeström

Nicklas Johansson

Haofeng Bai

Juergen Steinke

Lexuan Meng

Georgios Stamatiou

Tong Wu

Muhammad Nawaz

Stephan Schnez

Seyed Ali Mousavi

Thomas Schaad

Daniel Johannesson

Peter Terwiesch

NIck Elliott

Uwe Riechert

Magnus Callavik

Fredrik Tinglöw

Ying Jiang Häfner

Rolf Pålsson

Ingold Mathias

Silverio Alvarez

Rolf PÅLSSON

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.

Transformer arrangement and method for voltage conversion including a transformer and a converter coupling

A module () for use in an energy storage system is provided, including a first terminal () and a second terminal (); a supercapacitor branch () including an arrangement () of one or more supercapacitors (), and a resistive bypass branch () including at least a first bypass switch () and a resistance () connected in series. The supercapacitor branch and the resistive bypass branch are connected in parallel between the first terminal and the second terminal. The module may further include a direct bypass branch () having a second bypass switch (), the direct bypass branch being also connected in parallel with the supercapacitor branch () between the first and second terminals. A control method of such a module and an energy storage system including several such modules, are also provided.

Module for large scale energy storage

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.

Transformer arrangement

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.

Control method, computer program product, control system and use

A transformer arrangement is provided. The transformer arrangement includes a transformer with a primary and a secondary winding and a chain link of switching blocks connected in series between one of the windings and a load, where the switching blocks comprise a first set of voltage contribution blocks and a second set of circuit breaker blocks, where the first set of voltage contribution blocks is configured to adjust a voltage output by the transformer with an offset voltage and the second set of circuit breaker blocks is configured to interrupt a current running through the chain link.

Provided is a transformer arrangement wherein active and/or reactive power can be injected in an alternating current link using a current regulator and a voltage regulator portion, wherein at least one winding with which the current regulator is connected in parallel is at least one tertiary winding, and wherein the current regulator includes a number of current regulator sections, each connected to a corresponding voltage regular section of a voltage regulator portion via a corresponding dc link.

An AC-to-AC modular multilevel converter (MMC) is configured to be connected between a three-phase AC system and a single-phase AC system. The MMC includes a number of converter arms connected in a ring to allow a circulating current to be circulated in the ring through each of the converter arms. Each converter arm includes series-connected converter cells. Phase terminals are arranged in the ring between the converter arms such that each of the converter arms is separated from neighboring converter arms by at least one of the phase terminals. The phase terminals include respective terminals for each of a first phase, a second phase and a third phase of the three-phase AC system and respective terminals for each of a positive conductor and a negative conductor of the single-phase AC system.

AC-to-AC MMC with reduced number of converter arms

The present disclosure relates to a converter cell () for an MMC. The cell comprises a primary energy storage (C), an inductor (Lf), and a secondary energy storage (C); and first and second converter valves (T, T). The secondary energy storage (C) is connected in series with the first converter valve (T), and together with said first converter valve in parallel with the inductor (L), and the primary energy storage (C) is connected in series with the second converter valve (T), and together with said second converter valve (T) in parallel with the inductor (L).

Buck boost converter cell for MMC

The present disclosure relates to a converter cell () for a power converter. The cell comprises a plurality of semiconductor devices (T) forming a half-bridge or full-bridge topology in the cell. The cell also comprises an energy storage () connected across the at least one switch leg (). The cell also comprises a crowbar leg () connected across the at least one switch leg, comprising a plurality of series connected semiconductor crowbar switches (C) arranged to short-circuit the energy storage (). The cell also comprises first and second AC terminals (A, B), wherein at least one of said AC terminals is connected to one of the at least one switch leg, between two of the plurality of series connected semiconductor devices of said switch leg, and connected to the crowbar leg, between two of the plurality of series connected crowbar switches of said crowbar leg.

Converter cell with crowbar

A photovoltaic power plant system for power generation, comprising one or more photovoltaic clusters and one or more modular multilevel converters. Each photovoltaic cluster includes a number of photovoltaic strings connected to one or more MPPT DC/DC, converters connected to a common LVDC, bus. Each photovoltaic cluster includes a DC/DC converter including an input connected to the LVDC bus, and an output connected to a MVDC collection grid. Each of the one or more modular multilevel converters includes an input connected to the one or more photovoltaic clusters via the MVDC collection grid and an output connected to a transmission grid.

Photovoltaic power plant system

A protection arrangement for a multiphase uninterruptible power supply system including a vacuum circuit breaker connected in series with an inductive element, where the inductive element includes, for every phase, two series-connected magnetically coupled windings separated by a tap point. The protection arrangement includes one first group of protective components per phase, each first group including a first protective component having a first end connected to a link between the vacuum circuit breaker and the inductive element and a second end connected to a corresponding tap point, where at least one protective component in each first group is a surge arrester.

Protection of an inductive element

A protection arrangement for an uninterruptible power supply system including at least one vacuum circuit breaker connected in series with an inductive element, the protection arrangement including a first bypass branch and a first grounding branch, the first bypass branch being connected in parallel with the inductive element and including two series-connected protective components of a first type and a bypass branch midpoint between them, where the first grounding branch is connected between the bypass branch midpoint and ground and includes a first grounding surge arrester.

Inductive element protection in a power supply system

A converter building including at least one room having a solid room wall enclosing an interior space and an electrical active part contained in the interior space, the room wall having at least one opening, which is designed such that it allows a human to enter the interior space. The opening is sealable, the room wall encloses the interior space in a gas-tight manner when the opening is sealed, and the interior space contains a dielectric insulation medium including a dielectric insulation component other than air.

Converter building

The invention relates to power networks, and in particular to a battery energy source arrangement and voltage source converter system in such network. The battery energy source arrangement includes battery energy storage, having one or more parallel-connected battery strings and a mechanism for connecting a voltage of the battery strings to a load. The battery energy source arrangement further includes battery string voltage adapter devices connected in series with respective ones of the one or more battery strings wherein the battery string voltage adapter devices are designed to handle only a fraction of the voltage handled by the battery strings.

Battery energy source arrangement and voltage source converter system

A battery energy storage system including a control unit and a plurality of battery units. The battery units are arranged in series, and each battery unit includes a semiconductor switch and a battery module including a plurality of battery cells. Each battery module is connected in series with a respective semiconductor switch, and the control unit is operatively connected to the semiconductor switch and adapted to control the semiconductor switch of every battery unit.

Battery energy storage system with short circuit protection, and method

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Vasteras, Sweden

Jan Svensson