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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2023
General Electric Technology Gmbh, Baden, CH;
GE VERNOVA INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY LLC, Greenville, SC (US);
Abstract
There is provided a switching valve for a voltage source converter, the switching valve including a number of modules, each module including at least one switching element and at least one energy storage device, each switching element and each energy storage device arranged to be combinable to selectively provide a voltage source, the switching valve including a controller programmed to selectively control the switching of the switching elements to select zero, one or more of the modules to contribute a or a respective voltage to a switching valve voltage. The controller is programmed to selectively control the switching of the switching elements to carry out a switching operation and to apply a time delay if a charging current is flowing through the modules and/or apply a time delay to a start time of the switching operation if a discharging current is flowing through the modules.