US Patent Issued to King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals on Nov. 3 for "Hybrid predictive and observer-based frequency control system for smart interconnected power grids" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,785,390, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Hybrid predictive and observer-based frequency control system for smart interconnected power grids" was invented by Muhammad Majid Gulzar (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Salman Habib (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Adnan Shakoor (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid frequency control system for interconnected power grids, having a 2 degree of freedom model predictive controller, a linear active disturbance rejection controller, and a signal combiner. The 2DoF-MPC receives area control error and load perturbatio...