Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electric protection on AC side of HVDC
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Application No.: US14913151Application Date: 2014-08-19
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Publication No.: US10439400B2Publication Date: 2019-10-08
- Inventor: Carl David Barker , Andre Paulo Canelhas
- Applicant: General Electric Technology GmbH
- Applicant Address: CH Baden
- Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
- Current Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
- Current Assignee Address: CH Baden
- Agency: Eversheds-Sutherland (US) LLP
- Priority: EP13275191 20130821
- International Application: PCT/EP2014/067690 WO 20140819
- International Announcement: WO2015/024950 WO 20150226
- Main IPC: H02J3/36
- IPC: H02J3/36 ; H02M1/32 ; H02H7/125 ; H02M5/458 ; H02H7/12 ; H02M7/483

Abstract:
An electrical assembly comprises a power converter including first and second DC terminals and an AC terminal. The electrical assembly also includes a grounding circuit to connect the AC terminal to ground. The grounding circuit defines first and second current flow paths between the AC terminal and ground. The first current flow path includes a switching element. The second current flow path includes a first current flow control element that is configured to operate in a first mode in which it reduce the flow of current between the AC terminal and ground when the first current flow path is open. The electrical assembly additionally includes a control unit configured to operate the switching element to maintain open the first current flow path following an occurrence of a DC network fault. The power converter is configured to continue transferring power between the DC and AC networks throughout the DC network fault.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160211669A1 ELECTRIC PROTECTION ON AC SIDE OF HVDC Public/Granted day:2016-07-21
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