Smart Wires Inc.

Mark Sanders

Ali Farahani

Ted Bloch-Rubin

Will Schmautz

Casey Heier

John Parks

Bryce Puchta

Tarek Khoury

Amrit Iyer

Brock Petersen

A trailer-based system and related method are described for efficiently transporting, configuring and deploying a power flow control system, including connection to a power transmission line. The system may include preconfigured modules using bolted attachments, hoist rings and a corona ring structure. Standardized clamps are also used. A plurality of power flow control modules is operable while mounted on the trailer. The power flow control modules are configurable to inject reactive power into the power transmission line.

Deployment of power flow control systems

A power flow control subsystem having multiple configurations is described. The subsystem is three-way configurable: as a transportable configuration, as a deployable configuration, and as a transmission line configuration. The transportable configuration includes a collection of impedance injection modules and at least one bypass module carried on a wheeled vehicle such as a trailer. The deployable configuration is an assembly of the collection of impedance injection modules and at least one bypass module, operable to perform power flow operations. The transmission line configuration includes connection of a deployable configuration to a phase of a high voltage transmission line for performing power flow control. The deployable configuration may be open or closed frame. The deployable configurations may be mounted on one or more wheeled vehicles in a mobile subsystem, or semi-permanently mounted at a ground site.

Power flow control subsystem having multiple configurations

A containerized power flow control system is described, for attachment to a power transmission line or substation. The system includes at least one container that is transportable by road, rail, sea or air. A plurality of identical impedance injection modules is operable while mounted in the container, wherein each of the modules is configurable to inject a pre-determined power control waveform into the power line.

Containerized power flow control systems

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Kalispell, MT, United States of America

Mark Sanders