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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2024
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc., Pullman, WA (US);
Shawn R. Shields, Portland, OR (US);
Benjamin T. Rowland, Pullman, WA (US);
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc., Pullman, WA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to control of a voltage regulator in an electric power system. In one embodiment, a system to control a voltage regulator includes a communication interface configured to communicate with the voltage regulator. A power flow direction subsystem may determine a direction of a current flow in the electric power system. A tap change monitoring subsystem may monitor tap changes implemented by the voltage regulator to evaluate a voltage change resulting from each of the plurality of tap changes and determine a source stiffness value for a first source and a second source. A voltage regulator control subsystem is configured to determine a regulation direction based on the direction of current flow determined by the power flow direction subsystem and based on the source stiffness value for the first source and the second source, and communicate the regulation direction to the voltage regulator through the communication interface.