US 12,341,369 B2
Inverter-based microgrid including kinetic storage device and method of operating the same
Afshin Majd, San Jose, CA (US); Prasad Pmsvvsv, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Carlton Cottuli, Franklin, MA (US)
Assigned to BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/484,774.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/379,187, filed on Oct. 12, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0128776 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/34 (2006.01); H02J 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC H02J 7/0068 (2013.01) [H02J 15/007 (2020.01); H02J 7/345 (2013.01); H02J 2207/20 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A microgrid power system, comprising:
a power module configured to generate direct current (DC) power;
an inverter module having a DC side and an AC side, and configured to invert DC power received from the power module on the DC side and output alternating current (AC) power on the AC side;
a DC bus electrically connecting an output of the power module to an input on the DC side of the inverter module;
an AC load bus configured to electrically connect an output on the AC side of the inverter module to an AC load;
an energy storage device electrically connected to the DC bus;
a kinetic storage device (KSD) electrically connected to the AC load bus; and
a first charging line which electrically connects the KSD to an external AC power grid, wherein the first charging line is configured to provide AC power to the KSD from the external AC power grid.