Method and apparatus for impedance matching in virtual impedance droop controlled power conditioning units

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10707681
APP PUB NO 20170077707A1
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15262089

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A method and apparatus for setting a virtual impedance ratio of a power conditioning unit (PCU). In one embodiment, the method comprises applying a disturbance to a virtual AC voltage of a power conditioning unit (PCU) operating in a virtual impedance droop control mode in which the PCU appears, from the perspective of a power grid coupled to the PCU, as a virtual AC voltage source in series with a virtual impedance; measuring the phase of the applied disturbance on the power grid; comparing the measured phase of the applied disturbance on the power grid to the phase of the disturbance; and adjusting, when the measured phase of the applied disturbance on the power grid differs from the phase of the disturbance by more than a threshold amount, a ratio of a resistive impedance of the virtual impedance to an inductive impedance of the virtual impedance.

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FLEXTRONICS AMERICA LLC6201 AMERICA CENTER DRIVE SAN JOSE CA 95002
FLEXTRONICS INDUSTRIAL LTD6201 AMERICA CENTER DRIVE SAN JOSE CA 95002

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Zimmanck, Donald Richard Petaluma, US 51 301

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