Grid interconnection device and power control system

• US 8,319,370 B2
• Filed: 02/26/2010
• Issued: 11/27/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sanyo Electric Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sanyo Electric Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Itoh, Kazuo, Makino, Masahiro, Hirata, Toshiyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): RUTLAND WALLIS, MICHAEL
• Application Number:
  US12/713,949
• Publication Number:
  US 20100213762A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,005 Days
• Field of Search: 307/18, 307/19, 307/20, 307/21, 700/295
• US Class Current: 307/21
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00016 using a wired telecommunication network or a data transmission bus
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00034 the elements or equipment being or involving an electric power substation
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/12 for adjusting voltage in ac networks by changing a characteristic of the network load
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/381 Dispersed generators
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 40/70 Smart grids as climate change mitigation technology in the energy generation sector
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/00 Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 10/12 Monitoring or controlling equipment for energy generation units, e.g. distributed energy generation [DER] or load-side generation
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 10/16 Electric power substations
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 40/124 using wired telecommunication networks or data transmission busses

Abstract

A grid interconnection device 100 comprises a receiver configured to receive an adjustment instruction and a controller configured to control a backward flow power on the basis of the adjustment instruction. The adjustment instruction includes group information indicating an application group to which the adjustment instruction is applied among a plurality of groups G. Customers 30 (each includes a power supply device) are grouped depending on the distance from a substation.

Claims

1. A grid interconnection device connected to a photovoltaic power generator and a power storage device, configured to convert direct current power outputted from the photovoltaic power generator and the power storage device into alternating current power synchronized with a distribution system, to supply the alternating current power to a power consumption device, and to provide reverse flow power to the distribution system, the grid interconnection device comprising:

a receiver configured to receive an adjustment instruction that is transmitted through a predetermined transmission path and that is an adjustment instruction to adjust the reverse flow power; and

a controller configured to control the reverse flow power to the distribution system on the basis of the adjustment instruction, wherein

the controller controls the reverse flow power based on an output power of the photovoltaic power generator and storage capacity of the power storage device, when receiving the adjustment instruction of reverse flow approval allowing a reverse flow,

the controller controls the reverse flow power equal to zero, by supplying the output power of the photovoltaic power generator to the power storage device, or when the reverse flow is lower than zero supplying the output power of the photovoltaic power generator to the power storage device and supplying the forward flow power from the distribution system to the power storage device or the power consumption device, and

the controller supplies the power stored in the power storage device to the power consumption device, when receiving the adjustment instruction of discharge instruction requesting a discharge of the power storage device.

2. The grid interconnection device according to claim 1, wherein the controller provides the reverse flow power from the power storage device to the distribution system, when the adjustment instruction includes the reverse flow approval as well as the discharge instruction.

3. The grid interconnection device according to claim 1, wherein the adjustment instruction includes time period information indicates a time period of applying the adjustment instructions.

4. The grid interconnection device according to claim 1, wherein the controller increases forward flow power from the distribution system to the power storage device, when receiving a forward flow request requesting an increment of an amount of the forward flow power from the distribution system.