Patent SG-11201903363Q-A (SG)
Title: Modular power generation facilities using shipping container-based modules
Inventor: PAINE MILES
IPC: B65D88/02
Filed: 2017-10-19
Abstract: WO 18/0757 18 Al (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 26 April 2018 (26.04.2018) WIP0 I PCT omit °nolo mom loom °nom° oimIE (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/075718 Al (51) International Patent Classification: F02B 63/04 (2006.01) E04H 5/02 (2006.01) B65D 88/02 (2006.01) F02D 29/06 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/US2017/057300 (22) International Filing Date: 19 October 2017 (19.10.2017) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 62/409,901 19 October 2016 (19.10.2016) US (71) Applicant: POWERSECURE, INC. [US/US]; 1609 Her- itage Commerce Court, Wake Forest, NC 27587 (US). (72) Inventors: PAINE, Miles; 1209 Manitou Road, Santa Bar- bara, CA 93101 (US). DICKINSON, Will; 2614 Max- ine Drive, High Point, NC 27265 (US). SAUNDERS, John; 270 Misty Valley Trail, Franklin, NC 28734 (US). BROWN, Bill; 1411 Beeler Road, Apartment #9106, Raleigh, NC 27607 (US). FERRICK, Bobby; 3805 Tyler Bluff Lane, Raleigh, NC 27616 (US). COURLISS, Jeff; 113 Adventure Trail, Cary, NC 27513 (US). MOORE, Justin; 232 Sunset Bluffs, Fuquay Varina, NC 27526 (US). (74) Agent: WRIGHT, James, D. et al.; Tillman Wright, PLLC, P.O. Box 49309, Charlotte, NC 28277 (US). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). (54) Title: MODULAR POWER GENERATION FACILITIES USING SHIPPING CONTAINER-BASED MODULES (57) : Systems, methods, and building block modules for mod- ular power generation facilities are disclosed. A method of erecting a 1021 modular power generation facility includes producing a plurality of pri- 1021 - 1021 - 1021 901 104 - 112 112 - 112 112 112 112 112 112 112 - FIG. 17A [Continued on next page] 1005 10 mary modules, each including a housing adapted from an intermodal - 1021 1021 shipping container having posts, rails, and sills connected together by shipping container corner castings; shipping the primary modules, which include gen-set modules and a switchgear module, to an installation lo- 1021 cation; positioning the primary modules in a vertical stack; attaching 1021 the primary modules to one another in the vertical stack; interconnect- 901 ing the engine-generators of the one or more gen-set modules with the switchgear of the switchgear module; and operating the engine-generator 901 s and the switchgear to provide electricity to a transformer connected to the switchgear in response to a power load demand. The shipping, posi- 901 tioning, and attaching steps are carried out with engine-generators and switchgear operatively installed in the interior of the primary modules. 1021 901 WO 2018/075718 Al OII Published: with international search report (Art. 21(3)) before the expiration of the time limit for amending the claims and to be republished in the event of receipt of amendments (Rule 48.2(h))