Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Alternative energy interface, with power control system, multiple source combiner, and islanding
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Application No.: US16852390Application Date: 2020-04-17
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Publication No.: US11791615B2Publication Date: 2023-10-17
- Inventor: Paul M. Cruz
- Applicant: Paul M. Cruz
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: Paul M. Cruz
- Current Assignee: Paul M. Cruz
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agency: Kunzler Bean & Adamson
- Agent Bruce R. Needham
- Main IPC: H02H3/08
- IPC: H02H3/08 ; H02H9/02 ; H02S40/34 ; H02J3/46 ; H02B1/20

Abstract:
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatuses for a power control system device housed in a subpanel, that allows for multiple alternative energy inputs as well as providing an islanding feature, which allows a homeowner to receive alternative energy power when the utility power is lost. For example, in a system that includes an electrical service panel main with a main circuit breaker that is connected directly to a utility electrical source, which may have one or more secondary circuit breakers that back-feeds current from an alternative energy source, there is provided an apparatus that: monitors current from both circuit breakers and prevents excess power from overheating the service panel and/or the wiring to the main circuit breaker; may have multiple spaces for circuit breakers that may be connected to multiple alternative energy sources; and may continue to feed specific loads to the home when utility power is lost and one or more alternative energy sources are available.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210028613A1 Alternative energy interface, with power control system, multiple source combiner, and islanding Public/Granted day:2021-01-28
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