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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2024
Southern States, Llc, Hampton, GA (US);
Hua Fan, Cumming, GA (US);
Jiyuan Fan, Duluth, GA (US);
Southern States LLC, Hampton, GA (US);
Abstract
An adaptive electric power capacitor system includes a number of normally in-service capacitor modules and a number of normally out-of-service reserve capacitor modules. Each capacitor module includes a controller-sensor and a switch allowing the capacitor to be independently switched into or out of service while only momentarily taking the entire capacitor bank out of service during the switching operation. For example, a failed in-service capacitor module may be switched out of service, while a reserve capacitor module is switched into service to replace the failed capacitor module. In addition to providing built-in reserve capacitors, the adaptive capacitor system manages the capacitors for the electric phases taking into account unbalanced reactive power loads among the electric power phases to mitigate the unbalanced reactive power state.