Storage battery management system

• US 8,884,579 B2
• Filed: 03/17/2011
• Issued: 11/11/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Hondo, Yoshiyuki, Yonezawa, Minoru
• Primary Examiner(s): Berhanu, Samuel
• Application Number:
  US13/050,590
• Publication Number:
  US 20120074909A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,335 Days
• Field of Search: 320/101
• US Class Current: 320/101
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00009 using pulsed signals
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/32 using batteries with converting means
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0013 acting upon several batteries simultaneously or sequentially H02J7/1423 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0069 Charging or discharging for charge maintenance, battery initiation or rejuvenation
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/007 Regulation of charging or discharging current or voltage
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/04 Regulation of charging current or voltage
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/00 Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 10/14 Energy storage units

Abstract

A power receiving unit receives power generated by power generating units via a power system. A power information acquiring unit acquires first system power information showing the proportion of power generated by each power generating unit in a first period. An intensity database stores environmental loading intensities for each power generating unit. A charge load intensity calculator calculates a charge load intensity which is a weighted sum of the environmental loading intensity corresponding to each power generating unit based on the proportion of each power generating unit in the first system power information. A charge/discharge judging unit determines to charge a storage unit in a first period when the charge load intensity is less than a reference value, and not to charge the storage unit in the other cases. A charge/discharge controller charges the storage unit in the first period when determined to charge the storage unit.

Claims

1. A storage battery management system, comprising:

a power receiving unit configured to receive power generated by a plurality of power generating units via a power system;

a power information acquiring unit configured to acquire first system power information showing a proportion of power generated by each power generating unit in a first period;

an intensity database configured to store environmental loading intensities indicating each an amount of environmental load emitted by each power generating unit per unit electric energy;

a charge load intensity calculator configured to calculate a charge load intensity which is a weighted sum of the environmental loading intensities corresponding to each power generating unit by the proportion of each power generating unit shown in the first system power information;

a storage unit configured to be capable of charging/discharging power;

a charge/discharge judging unit configured to determine to charge the storage unit in the first period when the charge load intensity is less than a reference value, and to determine not to charge the storage unit in the first period when the charge load intensity is equal to or greater than the reference value; and

a charge/discharge controller configured to charge the storage unit in the first period by using the power received by the power receiving unit, when the charge/discharge judging unit determines to charge the storage unit.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the charge/discharge judging unit unconditionally determines to charge the storage unit in the first period when a charge level showing a proportion of remaining capacity to a total capacity of the storage unit is less than a first threshold value.

3. The system of claim 2,

wherein the charge/discharge judging unit determines to discharge the storage unit in the first period when the charge level is larger than a second threshold value which is larger than the first threshold value, and

the charge/discharge controller discharges the storage unit.

4. The system of claim 3 further comprising:

a charge/discharge history database configured to store a charge frequency, a discharge frequency, and a natural discharge frequency, each showing proportion or number of times of the charge, discharge, and natural discharge carried out in each of a plurality of time periods,

wherein the charge/discharge judging unit performs;

acquiring, from the charge/discharge history database, a first charge frequency, a first discharge frequency, and a first natural discharge frequency corresponding to a time period of the first period;

determining to discharge the storage unit in the first period when the first discharge frequency is equal to or greater than the first charge frequency;

determining to naturally discharge the storage unit in the first period when the first discharge frequency is less than the first charge frequency and the first natural discharge frequency is equal to or greater than the first charge frequency;

determining to charge the storage unit in the first period when the first discharge frequency is less than the first charge frequency, the first natural discharge frequency is less than the first charge frequency, and the charge load intensity is less than the reference value; and

determining to discharge or naturally discharge the storage unit in the first period when the first discharge frequency is less than the first charge frequency, the first natural discharge frequency is less than the first charge frequency, and the charge load intensity is equal to or greater than the reference value, and

the charge/discharge controller charges, discharges or naturally discharges the storage unit based on determination by the charge/discharge judging unit, and updates data corresponding to the time period of the first period stored in the charge/discharge history database.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

one or more second power generating units configured to generate power;

a generated energy measuring unit configured to measure electric energy generated by each of the second power generating units;

a storage configured to store data of the generated electric energy measured by the generated energy measuring unit; and

a predicting unit configured to predict power generation produced by the second power generating unit in the first period with respect to each power generating unit, based on the generated electric energy previously stored in the storage,

wherein the power information acquiring unit acquires second system power information showing an available electric energy supply from the power system in the first period,

the intensity database stores environmental loading intensities of each second power generating unit, and

the charge load intensity calculator calculates the charge load intensity by adding values obtained by multiplying the predicted power generation of each second power generating unit by the environmental loading intensities of each second power generating unit to a value obtained by multiplying the weighted sum by the value of electric energy shown in the second system power information, and then by dividing added value by a total of the value of the electric energy and the value of the predicted power generation of each second power generating unit.