Battery energy storage system integrated with electrical generation site

• US 10,581,249 B2
• Filed: 11/14/2017
• Issued: 03/03/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Inventus Holdings, LLC
• Original Assignee: Inventus Holdings, LLC
• Inventors: Scott, Michael A., Priore, III, Carmine A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Barnie, Rexford N
• Assistant Examiner(s): Dhillon, Jagdeep S
• Application Number:
  US15/812,087
• Publication Number:
  US 20190148943A1
• Time in Patent Office: 840 Days
• Field of Search: 307 17
• CPC Class Codes: F03D 7/028 controlling wind motor output power
• CPC Class Codes: F03D 7/0284 in relation to the state of the electric grid
• CPC Class Codes: F03D 7/048 controlling wind farms
• CPC Class Codes: F03D 9/11 storing electrical energy
• CPC Class Codes: F05B 2220/706 an electrical generator
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2300/28 The renewable source being wind energy
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/28 Arrangements for balancing of the load in a network by storage of energy
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/38 Arrangements for parallely feeding a single network by two or more generators, converters or transformers
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/381 Dispersed generators
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 9/02 Details of the control
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/72 Wind turbines with rotation axis in wind direction
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/76 Power conversion electric or electronic aspects
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 40/10 Flexible AC transmission systems [FACTS]
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 70/30 Systems combining energy storage with energy generation of non-fossil origin

Abstract

A method of creating an interconnected combination of a stored energy electric generation system to a variable electric power generation system, said combination, and a method of operating same. A stored energy electric generation system is added to a variable output electric power generation system. An input/output of the stored energy electric power generation system is connected to a power output of the variable electric power generation system and an indicator of power flow level through the power input/output of the stored energy electric power generation system is provided to a controller of the variable electric power generation system. The controller is configured to adjust the output power of the variable electric power generation system based on the indicator of the present stored energy system electric power flow level and a present site output electric power level.

Claims

1. A method of operating an interconnected variable electric power generation system and stored energy electric generation system, the method comprising:

determining a present stored energy system electric power flow value indicating an amount of electric power flowing through a power input/output connection of a stored energy electric power generation system,

where the power input/output connection of the stored energy electric power generation system and a variable output electric power generation system are both connected to provide electric power to an electric power output through a site output power meter;

receiving, from the site output power meter, a present site output electric power value indicating a total amount of electrical power provided to the electric power output, where the present site output electric power value indicates a combination of the amount of electric power flowing through the power input/output connection of the stored energy electric power generation system and an amount of electric power output produced by the variable output electric power generation system;

receiving a site power output set point indicating a total output power value that is to be provided through the site output power meter to the electric power output; and

maintaining, according to the site power output set point, a present total amount of electric power provided through the site output power meter to the electric power output by controlling, based on both the present site output electric power value and the present stored energy system electric power flow value, the amount of electric power output produced by the variable output electric power generation system.

2. The method of claim 1, where the variable output electric power generation system comprises an existing wind turbine electric generation farm,

where the stored energy electric power generation system has been integrated into the existing wind turbine electric generation farm, and

where the variable output electric power generation system and the existing wind turbine electric generation farm are each dispatched independently from one another.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a power output set point indicating a total output power for the variable output electric power generation system; and

determining, based on adding the present stored energy system electric power flow value through the power input/output connection of a stored energy electric power generation system to the power output set point, an adjusted output power set point, and

wherein the controlling is further based on maintaining the present site output electric power value at the adjusted output power set point.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the controlling is based on calculating a difference comprising subtracting the present stored energy system electric power flow value from the present site output electric power value.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a power output set point indicating a total output power for the variable output electric power generation system deliver to the electric power output, and

where the controlling the electric power output of the variable output electric power generation system comprises commanding the variable output electric power generation system to produce electric output power based on a difference between the power output set point and the present stored energy system electric power flow value.

6. An interconnected variable electric power generation system and stored energy electric generation system, comprising:

a site output power meter;

a stored energy electric power generation system comprising a power input/output connection connected to provide electric power with a variable output electric power generation system to an electric power output through the site output power meter; and

a variable output electric power generation system controller that when operating;

receives, from the site output power meter, a present site output electric power value indicating a total amount of electrical power provided to the electric power output, where the present site output electric power value indicates a combination of an amount of electric power flowing through the power input/output connection of the stored energy electric power generation system and an amount of electric power output produced by a variable output electric power generation system;

receives an indication of a present stored energy system electric power flow value indicating an amount of electric power flowing through a power input/output connection of the stored energy electric power generation system; and

receives a site power output set point indicating a total output power value that is to be provided through the site output power meter to the electric power output; and

maintains, according to the site power output set point, a present total amount of electric power provided through the site output power meter to the electric power output by controlling, based on both the present site output electric power value and the indication of the present stored energy system electric power flow value, the amount of electric power output produced by the variable output electric power generation system.

7. The interconnected variable electric power generation system and stored energy electric generation system of claim 6, where the variable output electric power generation system comprises an existing wind turbine electric generation farm,

where the stored energy electric power generation system is integrated into the existing wind turbine electric generation farm, and

where the variable output electric power generation system and the existing wind turbine electric generation farm are each dispatched independently from one another.

8. The interconnected variable electric power generation system and stored energy electric generation system of claim 6, where the stored energy electric power generation system and the variable output electric power generation system both provide output electric power to a low voltage side of a site output transformer, and

where the site output power meter is connected to a high voltage side of a site output transformer and conveys electric power to the electric power output.

9. The interconnected variable electric power generation system and stored energy electric generation system of claim 6, where the variable output electric power generation system controller, when operating, is further configured to:

receive a power output set point indicating a total output power for the variable output electric power generation system; and

determine, based on subtracting the present stored energy system electric power flow value through the power input/output connection of a stored energy electric power generation system from the power output set point, an adjusted output power set point, and

wherein the controller, when operating, is configured to control further based on providing the adjusted output power set point to the variable output electric power generation system controller.

10. The interconnected variable electric power generation system and stored energy electric generation system of claim 9, the variable output electric power generation system controller further comprising an auxiliary controller, where the auxiliary controller is configured to, when operating, determine the adjusted output power set point.

11. The interconnected variable electric power generation system and stored energy electric generation system of claim 6, wherein the controller, when operating, is configured to control based on calculating a difference comprising subtracting the present stored energy system electric power flow value from the present site output electric power value.

12. A method of adding a stored energy electric generation system to an operational variable electric power generation system, the method comprising:

adding a stored energy electric power generation system to a power generation system comprising an existing variable output electric power generation system, the existing variable output electric power generation system comprising a controller that controls an electric power output of the existing variable output electric power generation system based on receiving an indicator of a total site electric power output;

connecting a power input/output connection of the stored energy electric power generation system to a power output of the existing variable output electric power generation system, where the power input/output connection of the stored energy electric power generation system and a variable output electric power generation system are both connected to provide electric power to an electric power output through a site output power meter;

providing, to the controller of the existing variable output electric power generation system, an indicator of a present stored energy system electric power flow value through the power input/output of a stored energy electric power generation system; and

configuring the controller to adjust an output electric power of the existing variable output electric power generation system based on;

receiving, from the site output power meter, a present site output electric power value indicating a total amount of electrical power provided to the electric power output, where the present site output electric power value indicates a combination of an amount of electric power flowing through the power input/output connection of the stored energy electric power generation system and an amount of electric power output produced by the variable output electric power generation system; and

receiving a site power output set point indicating a total output power value that is to be provided through the site output power meter to the electric power output,

wherein the controller adjusts the output power of the existing variable output electric power generation system to maintain, according to the site power output set point, a present total amount of electric power provided through the site output power meter to the electric power output by controlling, based on both the present site output electric power value and the present stored energy system electric power flow value, the amount of electric power output produced by the variable output electric power generation system.

13. The method of claim 12, where the existing variable output electric power generation system comprises a wind turbine electric generation farm.

14. The method of claim 12, where the existing variable output electric power generation system and the stored energy electric power generation system are each dispatched independently from one another.

15. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

receiving a power output set point indicating a total output power for the existing variable output electric power generation system; and

determining, based on subtracting the present stored energy system electric power flow value through the power input/output connection of a stored energy electric power generation system from the power output set point, an adjusted output power set point, and

wherein the controlling is further based on providing the adjusted output power set point to the controller of the existing variable output electric power generation system.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the receiving an indicator of the total site electric power output comprises receiving a present site output electric power value from a site output power meter, and

wherein configuring the controller comprises configuring the controller to:

determining a sum of the present site output electric power value and the indicator of the present stored energy system electric power flow value through the power input/output connection of the stored energy electric power generation system; and

controlling, based the sum of the present site output electric power value and the indicator of a present stored energy system electric power flow value through the power input/output connection of a stored energy electric power generation system, the electric power output of the existing variable output electric power generation system.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising receiving a power output set point indicating a total output power for the existing variable output electric power generation system, and

where the controlling the electric power output of the existing variable output electric power generation system comprises commanding the existing variable output electric power generation system to produce electric output power equal to the sum.

18. The method of claim 12, where the stored energy electric power generation system and the existing variable output electric power generation system both provide output electric power to a low voltage side of a site output transformer, and

where a site output power meter is connected to a high voltage side of a site output transformer and conveys electric power to the electric power output.

19. The method of claim 18, where the connecting the power input/output connection of the stored energy electric power generation system comprises connecting the power input/output connection to at least one of:

an existing buss structure of the power generation system;

existing overcurrent protection devices of the power generation system;

or

existing monitoring systems of the power generation systems.

20. The method of claim 18, where the connecting the power input/output connection of the stored energy electric power generation system comprises connecting the power input/output connection to an existing buss structure of the power generation system.