SOLAR INVERTER SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20130201736A1
• Filed: 01/29/2013
• Published: 08/08/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Darfon Electronics Corporation
• Original Assignee: Darfon Electronics Corporation
• Inventors: Chiang, Chang-Chia, Hsiang, Li, Ku, Hsiao-Chih
• Application Number:
  US13/752,395
• Publication Number:
  US 20130201736A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 363/71
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2300/24 of photovoltaic origin
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/381 Dispersed generators
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/472 For selectively connecting the AC sources in a particular order, e.g. sequential, alternating or subsets of sources
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 7/42 Conversion of dc power input into ac power output without possibility of reversal
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/56 Power conversion systems, e.g. maximum power point trackers

Abstract

A solar inverter system includes a first inverter, a second inverter, and a controller. The first inverter has a first input terminal, and a first output terminal. The first input terminal is coupled to a solar panel. The second inverter has a second input terminal, and a second output terminal. The second input terminal is coupled to the solar panel. The first output terminal and the second output terminal are parallel with a utility grid. The controller is coupled to the first inverter and the second inverter for controlling the first inverter and the second inverter to output total output power in turn, or controlling the first inverter and the second inverter to output the total output power simultaneously.

Claims

1. A control method of a solar inverter system, the solar inverter system comprising a first inverter, a second inverter, and a controller, wherein the first inverter and the second inverter are parallel with a utility grid, and the controller is used for optionally controlling the first inverter and the second inverter to output total output power in turn, or controlling the first inverter and the second inverter to output the total output power simultaneously, the control method comprising:

calculating the total output power of the first inverter and the second inverter;

determining whether the total output power is less than a threshold value; and

executing a corresponding operation according to a determination result.

2. The control method of claim 1, wherein executing the corresponding operation according to the determination result is the controller controlling the first inverter and the second inverter to output the total output power in turn when the total output power is less than the threshold value.

3. The control method of claim 1, wherein executing the corresponding operation according to the determination result is the controller controlling the first inverter and the second inverter to output the total output power simultaneously when the total output power is greater than the threshold value, wherein the first inverter and the second inverter output maximum output power of the first inverter in turn.

4. The control method of claim 3, wherein the controller controlling the first inverter and the second inverter to output the total output power simultaneously, and the first inverter and the second inverter outputting the maximum output power of the first inverter in turn is output power of the second inverter being the total output power minus the maximum output power of the first inverter when the first inverter outputting the maximum output power of the first inverter.

5. The control method of claim 3, wherein the controller controlling the first inverter and the second inverter to output the total output power simultaneously, and the first inverter and the second inverter outputting the maximum output power of the first inverter in turn is output power of the first inverter being the total output power minus the maximum output power of the first inverter when the second inverter outputting the maximum output power of the first inverter.

6. The control method of claim 1, wherein the first output terminal of the first inverter and the second output terminal of the second inverter are coupled to a sensor, wherein calculating the total output power of the first inverter and the second inverter comprises:

the sensor sensing an alternating current (AC) current and an AC voltage of the first output terminal and the second output terminal; and

the controller calculating the total output power according to the AC current and the AC voltage.

7. The control method of claim 1, wherein the controller comprises a counter, wherein the controller controls the first inverter and the second inverter to output the total output power simultaneously when number of the total output power greater than the threshold value counted by the counter within a predetermined time is greater than N, and the first inverter and the second inverter output maximum output power of the first inverter in turn, wherein output power of the second inverter is the total output power minus the maximum output power of the first inverter when the first inverter outputting the maximum output power of the first inverter;

output power of the first inverter is the total output power minus the maximum output power of the first inverter when the second inverter outputting the maximum output power of the first inverter, wherein N is a positive integer.

8. A solar inverter system, comprising:

a first inverter having a first input terminal and a first output terminal, wherein the first input terminal is coupled to a solar panel;

a second inverter having a second input terminal and a second output terminal, wherein the second input terminal is coupled to the solar panel, and the first output terminal and the second output terminal are parallel with a utility grid; and

a controller coupled to the first inverter and the second inverter, wherein the controller is used for optionally controlling the first inverter and the second inverter to output total output power in turn, or controlling the first inverter and the second inverter to output the total output power simultaneously.

9. The solar inverter system of claim 8, wherein the controller controls the first inverter and the second inverter to output the total output power in turn when the total output power is less than a threshold value.

10. The solar inverter system of claim 8, wherein the controller controls the first inverter and the second inverter to output the total output power simultaneously when the total output power is greater than a threshold value, wherein the first inverter and the second inverter output maximum output power of the first inverter in turn.

11. The solar inverter system of claim 10, wherein the controller controlling the first inverter and the second inverter to output the total output power simultaneously, and the first inverter and the second inverter outputting the maximum output power of the first inverter in turn is output power of the second inverter being the total output power minus the maximum output power of the first inverter when the first inverter outputting the maximum output power of the first inverter.

12. The solar inverter system of claim 10, wherein the controller controlling the first inverter and the second inverter to output the total output power simultaneously, and the first inverter and the second inverter outputting the maximum output power of the first inverter in turn is output power of the first inverter being the total output power minus the maximum output power of the first inverter when the second inverter outputting the maximum output power of the first inverter.

13. The solar inverter system of claim 8, wherein the first output terminal of the first inverter and the second output terminal of the second inverter are coupled to a sensor;

and the sensor is used for sensing an AC current and an AC voltage of the first output terminal and the second output terminal, and the controller calculates the total output power according to the AC current and the AC voltage.

14. The solar inverter system of claim 8, wherein the controller comprises a counter, wherein the controller controls the first inverter and the second inverter to output the total output power simultaneously when number of the total output power greater than a threshold value is greater than N counted by the counter within a predetermined time, and the first inverter and the second inverter output maximum output power of the first inverter in turn, wherein output power of the second inverter is the total output power minus the maximum output power of the first inverter when the first inverter outputting the maximum output power of the first inverter;

output power of the first inverter is the total output power minus the maximum output power of the first inverter when the second inverter outputting the maximum output power of the first inverter, wherein N is a positive integer.