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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
May. 18, 2016
Smart Wires Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Joe Carrow, Oakland, CA (US);
Ali Farahani, Orange, CA (US);
Haroon Inam, San Jose, CA (US);
David Munguia, San Jose, CA (US);
Amrit Iyer, San Leandro, CA (US);
Debrup Das, Union City, CA (US);
Arthur Kelley, Napa, CA (US);
Smart Wires Inc., Union City, CA (US);
Abstract
The power transmission tower mounted series injection transformer (TMIT) injects impedance and/or voltage on a transmission tower power line. A tension bearing tower uses vertical and horizontal insulators to support and stabilize the TMIT. The TMIT can be much heavier than a transformer device clamped to the high-voltage transmission line. The TMIT is connected in series with the tension bearing tower's jumper allowing it to use a multi-turn transformer. By operating at the line voltage potential, the TMIT does not require the large bushings and oil drums used by sub-station injection transformers.