US Patent Issued to Florida State University Research Foundation on Sept. 1 for "Method of transient-free transformer energization and black start using inverter based resources" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,726,031, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Florida State University Research Foundation Inc. (Tallahassee, Fla.).

"Method of transient-free transformer energization and black start using inverter based resources" was invented by Yuan Li (Tallahassee, Fla.) and Fang Peng (Tallahassee, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for energizing transformers with inverter-based resources (IBRs) are provided. IBRs can pick up local critical loads after blackout and ultimately support the bulk power system recovery. The transformer energization process can be achieved by controlling IBRs without any inrush current, and the duratio...