Patent ID: 7800245

Claim:
A system for power conversion and distribution, said system comprising: a first generator substation receiving power from a first electrical generator on a first alternating current (AC) bus; a first main substation for distributing converted power from a second AC bus to at least one load, said load being local to said first main substation; a ring bus comprising; at least the first and second AC buses; at least two electrical interconnection paths between the first and second buses, each of the paths including at least one ring bus feeder; wherein the first and second buses each have a first end and a second end opposite the first end; wherein a first one of the electrical interconnection paths interconnects the first end of the first AC bus with the second end of the second AC bus; wherein a second one of the electrical interconnection paths interconnects the second end of the first AC bus with the first end of the second AC bus so that the AC buses and the electrical interconnection paths provide a ring arrangement for current passage at one AC voltage; at least one satellite substation for powering a remote load, wherein said ring bus connects said first generator substation and said first main substation in a ring arrangement, and said at least one satellite substation receives power from said ring bus through a branch substation; and wherein said branch substation is connected inside said ring arrangement.