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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2016
Applicant:
General Electric Technology Gmbh, Baden, CH;
Inventors:
Robin Gupta, Stafford, GB;
Carl Barker, Stone, GB;
Robert Whitehouse, Stafford, GB;
Andrzej Adamczyk, Stafford, GB;
Assignee:
General Electric Technology GmbH, Baden, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 7/483 (2007.01); H02M 1/32 (2007.01); H02J 3/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 1/32 (2013.01); H02J 3/36 (2013.01); H02M 7/483 (2013.01); H02J 2003/365 (2013.01); H02M 2001/322 (2013.01); H02M 2007/4835 (2013.01); Y02E 60/60 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for controlling a fault blocking voltage source converter apparatus which is, in use, connected to an AC system and a DC system for power transmission, in the event of a DC side interruption operating the voltage source converter apparatus after identification of a need for a DC side interruption based on a voltage order, so as to extract at least some electrical energy stored in the connected DC system to the voltage source converter apparatus.