Parallel Connected Inverters
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Abstract
A distributed power system wherein a plurality of power converters are connected in parallel and share the power conversion load according to a prescribed function, but each power converter autonomously determines its share of power conversion. Each power converter operates according to its own power conversion formula/function, such that overall the parallel-connected converters share the power conversion load in a predetermined manner.
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38 Claims
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- 19. A method comprising equilibrating a power converter'"'"'s input voltage by adjusting an input current of the power converter to a new input current based on the power converter'"'"'s input voltage according to a specified function.
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23. A method comprising:
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equilibrating a first power converter'"'"'s input voltage by adjusting the first power converter'"'"'s input current according to a first specified function; and equilibrating the first power converter'"'"'s input voltage based on an adjustment of a second power converter'"'"'s input current according to a second specified function. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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26. A system comprising:
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a plurality of power converters, each comprising a controller, wherein at least a portion of the power converters are coupled in parallel, wherein at least one of the power converters is a DC-to-DC power converter, and wherein the controller of DC-to-DC power converter is configured to adjust input current drawn by the DC-to-DC power converter at a DC input in response to a change in a received input voltage at the DC input until power at the DC input reaches an equilibrium according to a previously prescribed function that specifies a range of input currents for the power converter to draw for a corresponding range of input voltages received at the DC input. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. An apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of power converters comprising an input and an output; an enclosure; and one or more electromagnetic interference (EMI)/radio frequency interference (RFI) filters, wherein the plurality of power converters are coupled in parallel, wherein the plurality of power converters share the enclosure, and wherein one or more of the plurality of power converters are configured for operating in a load-balancing mode. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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