US 11,990,790 B2
Microgrid including dual mode microgrid inverter and load management method
Prasad Pmsvvsv, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Mehdi Ebad, San Jose, CA (US); Ranganathan Gurunathan, Bangalore (IN); Vishal Anand Gopalakrishnan, Bangalore (IN); Jayanth Moodliar, Bangalore (IN); Saravana Narayanasamy, Bangalore (IN); Rakesh Kumar Roy, Bangalore (IN); and Deepak Balakrishnan, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/686,877.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/158,147, filed on Mar. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0285977 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. H02M 7/44 (2006.01); H02J 3/38 (2006.01); H02J 9/06 (2006.01)
CPC H02J 9/062 (2013.01) [H02J 3/381 (2013.01); H02J 3/388 (2020.01); H02M 7/44 (2013.01); H01M 2250/10 (2013.01); H02J 2300/30 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A microgrid, comprising:
a power system configured to output system power;
an automatic transfer switch (ATS) comprising:
a normal terminal that is electrically connected to a grid power line configured to receive grid power from a power utility;
an emergency terminal that is electrically connected to a system power line configured to receive system power from the power system; and
a load terminal that is electrically connected to a critical load line configured to provide power to a critical load;
a bypass line electrically connected to the system power line and the critical load line, so as to bypass the ATS; and
a circuit breaker configured to control power flow through the bypass line.