Deployment of power flow control systems

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11807149-B2
Application number	US-202016785231-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 7, 2020
Priority date	Aug 30, 2019
Publication date	Nov 7, 2023
Grant date	Nov 7, 2023

Abstract

A trailer-based system and related method are described for efficiently transporting, configuring and deploying a power flow control system, including connection to a power transmission line. The system may include preconfigured modules using bolted attachments, hoist rings and a corona ring structure. Standardized clamps are also used. A plurality of power flow control modules is operable while mounted on the trailer. The power flow control modules are configurable to inject reactive power into the power transmission line.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A platform for transport and deployment of power flow control equipment, the platform comprising:
a wheeled vehicle;
a plurality of power flow control modules, each comprising at least one impedance injection module to inject reactive power into a power line or at least one fault current bypass module to bypass fault currents of the power line, removably connected to a frame and carried by the wheeled vehicle, at least one of the power flow control modules preconfigured for deployment and including insulating posts for isolating the at least one power flow control module from ground in a deployment mode; and
standardized clamps for connecting one or more of the power flow control modules in a deployed configuration.

2. The platform of claim 1 wherein the wheeled vehicle comprises a trailer.

3. The platform of claim 1 wherein the standardized clamps comprise VISO clamps.

4. The platform of claim 2 wherein the wheeled vehicle includes outriggers for stabilization at an installation site.

5. The platform of claim 1 wherein the power flow control modules further include bus bars having both a solid section and a braided wire section.

6. The platform of claim 1 wherein the platform includes capacity to transport and deploy at least fifteen pre-configured impedance injection modules and at least three pre-configured fault current bypass modules.

7. The platform of claim 1 further comprising one or more of the plurality of power flow control modules having a set of hoist rings for use by a crane.

8. The platform of claim 5 wherein the power flow control modules are configured for attachment to power lines and include corona ring structures.

9. The platform of claim 8 wherein the corona ring structures comprise tubular assemblies having rounded corner attachments.

10. The platform of claim 9 wherein the tubular assemblies have a rectangular shape.

11. The platform of claim 1 wherein the insulation posts enable the at least one power flow control module in the deployment mode to float near line potential of the power line.

12. The platform of claim 1 wherein the plurality of power flow control modules are removably connected to the frame through bolted connections.

Assignees

• Smart Wires Inc

Inventors

• Sanders Mark
• Puchta Bryce
• Petersen Brock
• Iyer Amrit
• Farahani Ali
• Parks John

Classifications

• B60P3/00 Primary

  Vehicles adapted to transport, to carry or to comprise special loads or objects (ambulances or other vehicles with special provisions for transporting patients or disabled persons, or their personal conveyances A61G3/00; hearses A61G21/00; fire-fighting land vehicles A62C27/00; refuse-collecting vehicles B65F3/00, B65F7/00; snow-removing vehicles E01H; armoured or armed vehicles F41H7/00; self-propelled mine-clearing vehicles F41H11/16) · CPC title

• H01T19/02

  Corona rings · CPC title

• H02J3/18

  Arrangements for adjusting, eliminating or compensating reactive power in networks · CPC title

• B66C1/66 Primary

  for engaging holes, recesses, or abutments on articles specially provided for facilitating handling thereof · CPC title

• Y02E40/30

  Reactive power compensation · CPC title