Patent ID: 11923782
Assignee: TAE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A framework for a multi-phase energy system comprising:
a control system comprising a master control device and a plurality of local control devices communicatively coupled to the master control device; and
a plurality of modules arranged in a plurality of cabinets, wherein each module of the plurality of modules comprises an energy source configured to output a DC voltage (DC), a converter coupled with the energy source,
wherein each module of the plurality of modules is coupled to a respective local control device of the control system, the respective local control device being configured to control the converter of the module, to which the respective local control device is coupled, to output a module voltage selected from a group consisting of: +DC volts, zero volts, and −DC volts,
wherein the master control device is configured to coordinate control of each local control device of the plurality of local control devices,
wherein the plurality of modules are connected as a plurality of arrays such that each array of the plurality of arrays is configured to output an AC signal having a different phase angle, wherein the modules within each array of the plurality of arrays are connected as levels of that array such that the AC signal output by that array is a superposition of output voltages from each module of that array,
wherein, within each array of the plurality of arrays, a respective subset of local control devices are coupled together in a daisy chain configuration,
wherein the master control device is directly communicatively coupled to a single local control device of each subset of local control devices,
wherein each cabinet holds modules belonging to at least one same level of different arrays stacked along an axis orthogonal to a reference plane such that the modules belonging to the at least one same level are aligned along the axis, and
wherein, for at least two adjacent levels of the plurality of arrays, modules of a same array are stacked and aligned parallel to the reference plane at a same common distance from the reference plane.