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US 9,876,353 · App. 14/436,507 · Granted Jan 23, 2018

Method and apparatus for transmitting electrical power

Inventors: Bernd Eckert (Vaihingen An der Enz, DE); Gisbert Krauter (Burgstetten, DE); Ian Faye (Stuttgart, DE)
Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
H02J3/00B60L11/1816B60L11/1844B60L11/1846H02J3/14H02M7/00B60L2230/22B60L2230/24Y02B70/3225Y02E60/721Y02T10/7005Y02T10/7088Y02T90/121Y02T90/128Y02T90/14Y02T90/163Y02T90/169Y04S10/126Y04S20/222Y04S20/224Y04S30/14
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,876,353
App. No.
14/436,507
Granted
Jan 23, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a method ( 40 ) for transmitting electrical power between an energy supply grid ( 16 ) and an energy consumer ( 12 ) or energy producer ( 12 ) which is coupled to the energy supply grid ( 16 ), wherein at least one electrical variable of the energy supply grid ( 16 ) is detected, wherein a discrepancy between the electrical variable and a rated variable of the energy supply grid ( 16 ) which is associated with the electrical variable is determined, wherein the power transmission is controlled on the basis of the discrepancy, and wherein the electrical variable is a mains frequency and/or a mains voltage of the energy supply grid ( 16 ) and the rated variable is a rated frequency and/or rated voltage of the energy supply grid ( 16 ).

Claims (25)

1. A method for transmitting electrical power between an energy supply grid and an energy consumer or energy generation unit coupled to the energy supply grid, the method comprising:

detecting a line frequency of the energy supply grid,

measuring a mains voltage of the energy supply grid,

determining a discrepancy between the line frequency and a rated frequency of the energy supply grid which is assigned to the line frequency,

defining a control range between a first and a second threshold value for the line frequency, the rated frequency being outside the control range,

controlling the power transmission within the control range on the basis of the discrepancy, and

when the discrepancy exceeds the control range, interrupting the power transmission on the basis of the measured mains voltage.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the transmitted power in the control range is decreased continuously as the discrepancy increases.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the transmitted power in the control range is increased continuously as the discrepancy decreases.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a second control range between a third and a fourth threshold value for the line frequency is defined in which the power transmission is changed on the basis of the line frequency, wherein the rated frequency is between the second control range and the first control range.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the transmitted power in the second control range is increased continuously as the discrepancy increases.

6. The method as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the transmitted power in the second control range is decreased continuously as the discrepancy decreases.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the threshold values for the line frequency are fixed on the basis of the rated frequency.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the rated frequency is determined on the basis of the detected line frequency.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the power is transmitted from the energy supply grid to the energy consumer, and wherein the first control range is defined below the rated frequency.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the power is transmitted from the energy generation unit to the energy supply grid, and wherein the first control range is defined above the rated frequency.

11. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the control of the power transmission is switched off on the basis of an operating condition of the power transmission.

12. An apparatus for transmitting electrical power between an energy supply grid and an energy consumer or energy generation unit coupled to the energy supply grid, the apparatus comprising:

a detection unit for detecting a line frequency of the energy supply grid and a mains voltage of the energy supply grid,

an evaluation unit for determining a discrepancy between the line frequency and a rated frequency of the energy supply grid assigned to the line frequency, and

a control unit configured to

define a control range between a first and a second threshold value for the line frequency, the rated frequency being outside the control range,

control the power transmission within the control range on the basis of the discrepancy, and

when the discrepancy exceeds the control range, interrupting the power transmission on the basis of the measured mains voltage.

13. The apparatus as claimed in claim 12 , wherein a control range between a first and a second threshold value of the line frequency is defined, wherein the rated frequency is outside the control range, and wherein the control unit is designed to decrease the transmitted power in the control range continuously as the discrepancy increases.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 8, 2015
From: ECKERT, BERND; KRAUTER, GISBERT; FAYE, IAN
To: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
Reel/Frame 035597/0292 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2012 218 889 · Oct 17, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160172853A1 · Jun 16, 2016