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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2018
Bloom Energy Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ranganathan Gurunathan, Bangalore, IN;
Arne Ballantine, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Prasad Pmsvvsv, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Vishal Anand Gopalakrishnan, Bangalore, IN;
Saravanakumar Narayanasamy, Bangalore, IN;
Badrinarayanan Thiruvengadaswamy, Bangalore, IN;
BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for parallel operation of multiple power sources including one fuel cell power source. The apparatus includes a droop controller master communicatively connected to the multiple power sources and configured to measure a load demand for the multiple power sources, a first droop controller slave communicatively connected to the droop controller master and to a first fuel cell power source, the first droop controller configured to calculate a first droop profile for the first fuel cell power source, a second droop controller slave communicatively connected to the droop controller master and to a second power source, and a first inverter, electrically connected to the first fuel cell power source and communicatively connected to the first droop controller slave, and configured to output power according to a first droop profile.