US 12,149,067 B2
Methods for automatic ranging of digital electricity operation
Jonathan J. Casey, Warwick, RI (US)
Assigned to VoltServer, Inc., East Greenwich, RI (US)
Filed by VoltServer, Inc., East Greenwich, RI (US)
Filed on Mar. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/705,302.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/166,651, filed on Mar. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0311240 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. H02H 7/26 (2006.01); G01R 31/50 (2020.01); G01R 31/58 (2020.01); H02H 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC H02H 7/26 (2013.01) [G01R 31/50 (2020.01); G01R 31/58 (2020.01); H02H 1/0007 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for automatically configuring a set of packet-energy-transfer operating parameters that optimize at least one factor selected from safety, efficiency and resiliency in a digital-electricity power system, comprising one or more transmitter channels, wherein each transmitter channel manages packet energy transfer on a respective transmission line, and wherein the method is performed in an always-safe sequence, the method comprising the steps of:
a) configuring a set of limits for packet-energy-transfer operation that does not immediately preclude safe operation of the transmission lines, wherein each limit in the set defines constraints for at least one of measurements and calculations based on at least one of the following parameters: impedance in series or in parallel with the transmission lines, operational efficiency of the digital-electricity power system, and voltage or current signal integrity;
b) measuring properties of the operation of the transmission lines corresponding to the limits and comparing the measurements with the corresponding limits;
c) after at least one of the limits is exceeded by the corresponding measurement, automatically configuring a revised set of limits based on which limit was exceeded, with operation of the transmission lines not being terminated unless at least one exceeded limit has been exceeded by a predetermined maximum value; and
d) repeating (b) and (c) until an acceptable range of operation is identified or until it is determined that operation cannot be permitted due to a possible fault, wherein operation of the transmission lines is terminated upon the determination of the possible fault.