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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2014
Xslent Energy Technologies, Llc, Novato, CA (US);
Stefan Matan, Novato, CA (US);
William B Westbrock, Jr., San Rafael, CA (US);
Fred C Horton, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Joseph M Klemm, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Frank P Marrone, Cloverdale, CA (US);
Arnold F McKinley, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Kurt W Wiseman, Tiburon, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A power transfer system provides power factor conditioning of the generated power. Power is received from a local power source, converted to usable AC power, and the power factor is conditioned to a desired value. The desired value may be a power factor at or near unity, or the desired power factor may be in response to conditions of the power grid, a tariff established, and/or determinations made remotely to the local power source. Many sources and power transfer systems can be put together and controlled as a power source farm to deliver power to the grid having a specific power factor characteristic. The farm may be a grouping of multiple local customer premises. AC power can also be conditioned prior to use by an AC to DC power supply for more efficient DC power conversion.