US 12,218,501 B1
Adaptive electric power capacitor system
Hua Fan, Cumming, GA (US); and Jiyuan Fan, Duluth, GA (US)
Assigned to Southern States LLC, Hampton, GA (US)
Filed by Southern States, LLC, Hampton, GA (US)
Filed on Jul. 18, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/776,500.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/584,224, filed on Sep. 21, 2023.
Int. Cl. H02J 3/00 (2006.01); H02J 3/18 (2006.01)
CPC H02J 3/0012 (2020.01) [H02J 3/18 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An adaptive electric power capacitor system, comprising:
a plurality of adaptive capacitors, each comprising a capacitor module, a capacitor switch operatively connected to the capacitor module, and a controller-sensor for monitoring capacitor data of the capacitor module and controlling the capacitor switch to selectively switch the capacitor module between an in-service state and an out-of-service state, one or more of the adaptive capacitors operated as in-service adaptive capacitors normally in their in-service states, and one or more of the adaptive capacitors operated as reserve adaptive capacitors normally in their out-of-service states; and
a capacitor controller operative to:
receive the capacitor data for the in-service adaptive capacitors;
based on the capacitor data, determine that one of the in-service adaptive capacitors has failed;
cause the controller-sensor for the failed adaptive capacitor module to switch the failed capacitor module to the out-of-service state; and
cause the controller-sensor for a selected reserve adaptive capacitor module to switch its capacitor module to switch the reserve adaptive capacitor module to the in-service state to replace the failed adaptive capacitor module.