POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, AND POWER SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD AND POWER SUPPLY CONTROL PROGRAM EMPLOYED IN POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM

• US 20100174417A1
• Filed: 06/17/2008
• Published: 07/08/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Kimura, Tadao, Iida, Takuma
• Application Number:
  US12/666,188
• Publication Number:
  US 20100174417A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/292
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/425 Structural combination with electronic components, e.g. electronic circuits integrated to the outside of the casing printed circuits H05K1/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/44 Methods for charging or discharging circuits for charging H02J7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 9/061 for DC powered loads
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

A power supply system 10 comprises a power supply 100 which supplies power to a load device 200; an electrical storage device 300 which supplies power to the load device 200 in place of the power supply 100 when the power supply 100 is stopped; and a power supply control device 500 which controls the supply of power from the electrical storage device 300 to the load device 200 by monitoring a state of the electrical storage device 300 and detecting an abnormal state of the electrical storage device 300. Upon acquiring disaster information predicting stoppage of the power supply 100, the power supply control device 500 shortens a monitoring period for monitoring the state of the electrical storage device 300, so that the state of the electrical storage device 300 can be reliably monitored during stoppage of the power supply 100, and thereby backup functions can be continued over as long a time period as possible.

Claims

1. A power supply system, comprising:

a power supply which supplies electric power to a load device;

an electrical storage device which, during stoppage of said power supply, supplies electric power to said load device in place of said power supply; and

a controller which controls the supply of power from said electrical storage device to said load device by monitoring a state of said electrical storage device and detecting an abnormal state of said electrical storage device;

and characterized in that

upon acquiring disaster information predicting stoppage of said power supply, said control device shortens a monitoring period for monitoring the state of said electrical storage device.

2. The power supply system according to claim 1, characterized in that, upon detecting an abnormal state of said electrical storage device, said controller reduces a power charging said electrical storage device from said power supply and a power discharging from said electrical storage device to said load device, to keep the input/output power of said electrical storage device within a prescribed range, thereby controlling the supply of power from said electrical storage device to said load device.

3. The power supply system according to claim 1, characterized in that said controller comprises an information acquisition section which acquires the disaster information, and a first abnormality detection section which monitors the state of said electrical storage device with the monitoring period and detects an abnormal state of said electrical storage device, and in that a first period is set as said monitoring period during normal operation of said power supply, and a second period shorter than said first period is set as said monitoring period upon acquisition of said disaster information.

4. The power supply system according to claim 3, characterized in that said controller further comprises a charge/discharge management section which, in order to maintain a charged state of said electrical storage device in a prescribed range, sets a first target state quantity indicating a charged state of said electrical storage device to be taken as a target value when charging said electrical storage device, and a second target state quantity indicating a charged state of the electrical storage device to be taken as a target value when discharging said electrical storage device, and in that, when said disaster information is acquired, said first target state quantity is raised and said second target state quantity is lowered, to increase a capacity of power supply to said load device by said electrical storage device.

5. The power supply system according to claim 3, characterized in that said controller further comprises a second abnormality detection section which, at the time of acquisition of said disaster information, executes monitoring of the state of said electrical storage device and detection of an abnormal state of said electrical storage device, and in that said first abnormality detection section executes monitoring of the state of said electrical storage device and detection of an abnormal state of said electrical storage device during normal operation of said electrical storage device.

6. The power supply system according to claim 3, characterized in that said power supply system further comprises an open/close section which can disconnect the electrical connection between said electrical storage device and said power supply system, and in that said controller further comprises an open/close execution section which causes execution of disconnection of the electrical connection between said electrical storage device and said power supply system by said open/close section after a prescribed time has elapsed upon acquisition of said disaster information.

7. A power supply control method of a power supply system that has an electrical storage device which, at the time of stoppage of a power supply for supplying electric power to a load device, supplies power to said load device in place of said power supply, and that controls the supply of power from said electrical storage device to said load device by monitoring a state of said electrical storage device and detecting an abnormal state of said electrical storage device, the method comprising the steps of:

monitoring the state of said electrical storage device with a first monitoring period to monitor the state of said electrical storage device, and detecting an abnormal state of said electrical storage device during normal operation of said power supply; and

monitoring the state of said electrical storage device with a second monitoring period shorter than said first monitoring period, and detecting an abnormal state of said electrical storage device upon acquisition of disaster information predicting stoppage of said power supply.

8. A power supply control program of a power supply system that has an electrical storage device which, at the time of stoppage of a power supply for supplying electric power to a load device, supplies power to said load device in place of said power supply, and that controls the supply of power from said electrical storage device to said load device by monitoring a state of said electrical storage device and detecting an abnormal state of said electrical storage device, the program causing a computer to function as:

an information acquisition section which acquires disaster information predicting stoppage of said power supply; and

an abnormality detection section which monitors the state of said electrical storage device with a monitoring period for monitoring the state of the electrical storage device, and detects an abnormal state of said electrical storage device, and characterized in that said abnormality detection section performs monitoring with a first monitoring period during normal operation of said power supply, and performs monitoring with a second monitoring period shorter than said first monitoring period when said disaster information is acquired.