POWER STORAGE SYSTEM AND DISCHARGE CONTROL METHOD OF THE POWER STORAGE SYSTEM

• US 20170126043A1
• Filed: 03/26/2015
• Published: 05/04/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NEC Platforms, Ltd. (NEC Corporation)
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation, NEC Engineering Limited
• Inventors: YOSHIDA, Hiroshi, HAYASHI, Shuuhei, NAGASE, Motoharu
• Application Number:
  US15/129,200
• Publication Number:
  US 20170126043A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/441 for several batteries or cells simultaneously or sequentially
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0014 Circuits for equalisation of charge between batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

The present invention achieves a balanced discharging in a power storage system having a plurality of storage batteries connected in parallel. A power storage system comprises a plurality of storage batteries 100a-100f connected in parallel, a storage battery device 120 at least setting an output voltage value at discharge to each of the plurality of storage batteries 100a-100f. The storage battery device 120 includes a discharge control circuit 121 configured to assign at least one storage battery of the plurality of storage batteries for a master based on at least a battery residual capacity or a battery voltage and set the output voltage value so that the output voltage value differs between the master and the storage battery.

Claims

1. A power storage system which supplies power to a load by discharging the power from a storage battery, comprising:

a plurality of storage batteries connected in parallel,

a storage battery device at least setting an output voltage value at discharge to each of the plurality of storage batteries, and

wherein said storage battery device includes,

a discharge control circuit configured to assign at least one storage battery of the plurality of storage batteries for a master based on at least a battery residual capacity or a battery voltage and set the output voltage value so that the output voltage value differs between the master and the other storage batteries.

2. The power storage system according to claim 1, wherein said discharge control circuit updates said storage battery to be assigned for the master every predetermined time.

3. The power storage system according to claim 1, wherein said discharge control circuit assigns any of said storage battery having the largest battery residual capacity or the largest battery voltage, or said storage battery having the smallest battery residual capacity or the smallest battery voltage for the master.

4. The power storage system according to claim 3, wherein when a discharge amount from said storage battery having the largest battery residual capacity or the largest battery voltage is the smallest, said discharge control circuit assigns said storage battery having the smallest battery residual capacity or the smallest battery voltage for the master when said storage battery having the largest battery residual capacity or the largest battery voltage is the master, and assigns said storage battery having the largest battery residual capacity or the largest battery voltage for the master when said storage battery having the largest battery residual capacity or the largest battery voltage is not the master.

5. The power storage system according to claim 3, wherein when a discharge amount from said storage battery having the largest battery residual capacity or the largest battery voltage is not the smallest, said discharge control circuit assigns again said storage battery having the largest battery residual capacity or the largest battery voltage for the master when said storage battery having the largest battery residual capacity or the largest battery voltage is the master, and assigns said storage battery having the smallest battery residual capacity or the smallest battery voltage for the master when said storage battery having the largest battery residual capacity or the largest battery voltage is not the master.

6. The power storage system according to claim 1, wherein said discharge control circuit sets the output voltage value to said storage battery assigned for the master, the output voltage value is lower than the output voltage value of other storage batteries, and further, said discharge control circuit sets an output current upper limit value to said storage battery assigned for the master, the output current upper limit value is higher than the output current upper limit value of other storage batteries.

7. The power storage system according to claim 6, wherein said discharge control circuit sets a common output voltage value and a common output current upper limit value to the other storage battery that is not assigned for the master.

8. The power storage system according to claim 1, wherein said discharge control circuit assigns said storage battery having the largest battery residual capacity or the largest battery voltage among the plurality of storage batteries for the master and sets the output voltage value to the other storage battery that is not assigned for the master corresponding to a magnitude relation to an actual current value of said storage battery that is assigned for the master.

9. The power storage system according to claim 8, wherein said discharge control circuit adjusts the output voltage value such that the discharge amount of said storage batteries that is not assigned for the master is suppressed without depending on the magnitude relation to the actual current value of said storage battery that is assigned for the master when a difference of the battery residual capacity or the battery voltage between said storage battery that is not assigned for the master and said storage battery that is assigned for the master is larger than a predetermined threshold.

10. A discharge control method of a plurality of storage batteries connected in parallel, the method comprises steps of:

assigning at least one storage battery of the plurality of storage batteries to a master based on at least a battery residual capacity or a battery voltage, and

setting at least the output voltage value to each of the plurality of storage batteries so that the output voltage value differs between the master and the other storage batteries.

11. The discharge control method according to claim 10, further comprising the step of updating said storage battery to be assigned for the master every predetermined time.

12. The discharge control method according to claim 10, wherein the step of assigning the master includes assigning any of said storage battery having the largest battery residual capacity or the largest battery voltage, or said storage battery having the smallest battery residual capacity or the smallest battery voltage to the master.

13. The discharge control method according to claim 12, wherein the step of assigning the master includes, when a discharge amount from said storage battery having the largest battery residual capacity or the largest battery voltage is the smallest, assigning said storage battery having the smallest battery residual capacity or the smallest battery voltage to the master when said storage battery having the largest battery residual capacity or the largest battery voltage is the master, and assigning said storage battery having the largest battery residual capacity or the largest battery voltage to the master when said storage battery having the largest battery residual capacity or the largest battery voltage is not the master.

14. The discharge control method according to claim 12, wherein the step of assigning the master includes, when a discharge amount from said storage battery having the largest battery residual capacity or the largest battery voltage is not the smallest, assigning again said storage battery having the largest battery residual capacity or the largest battery voltage the master when said storage battery having the largest battery residual capacity or the largest battery voltage is the master, and assigning said storage battery having the smallest battery residual capacity or the smallest battery voltage to the master when said storage battery having the largest battery residual capacity or the largest battery voltage is not the master.

15. The discharge control method according to claim 10, wherein the step of setting at least the output voltage value includes setting the output voltage value to said storage battery assigned for the master, the output voltage value is lower than the output voltage value of other storage batteries, and further setting an output current upper limit value to said storage battery assigned for the master, the output current upper limit value is higher than the output current upper limit value of other storage batteries.

16. The discharge control method according to claim 15, wherein the step of setting the output voltage value and the output current upper limit value includes setting a common output voltage value and a common output current upper limit value to the other storage battery that is not assigned for the master.

17. The discharge control method according to claim 10, wherein the step of assigning the master includes assigning said storage battery having the largest battery residual capacity or the largest battery voltage among the plurality of storage batteries to the master and the step of setting the output voltage value includes setting the output voltage value to the other storage battery that is not assigned for the master corresponding to a magnitude relation to an actual current value of said storage battery that is assigned for the master.

18. The discharge control method according to claim 17, wherein the step of setting the output voltage value includes adjusting the output voltage value such that the discharge amount of said storage batteries that is not assigned for the master is suppressed without depending on the magnitude relation to the actual current value of said storage battery that is assigned for the master when a difference of the battery residual capacity or the battery voltage between said storage battery that is not assigned for the master and said storage battery that is assigned for the master is larger than a predetermined threshold.