Energy storage system and method of controlling the same

• US 8,941,263 B2
• Filed: 01/12/2011
• Issued: 01/27/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hanwha Solutions Corporation (Hanwha Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Samsung SDI Company Limited
• Inventors: Lee, Sung-Im
• Primary Examiner(s): Fureman, Jared
• Assistant Examiner(s): VU, TOAN T
• Application Number:
  US13/005,112
• Publication Number:
  US 20110291479A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,476 Days
• Field of Search: 307/43
• US Class Current: 307/43
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/32 using batteries with converting means
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/381 Dispersed generators
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/35 with light sensitive cells
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 9/062 for AC powered loads
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 10/70 Hybrid systems, e.g. uninterruptible or back-up power supplies integrating renewable energies
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/50 Energy storage in industry with an added climate change mitigation effect

Abstract

An energy storage system and a method of controlling the energy storage system are disclosed. The energy storage system includes an integrated controller configured to determine a functional state of a power converting unit, a bidirectional converter, and a bidirectional inverter based on conditions of the power generation system, the battery, and the load.

Claims

1. A method of controlling an energy storage system connected to a power generation system, a battery, a grid, and a load, the method comprising:

determining whether the grid is connected to the load; and

determining whether power is generated by the power generation system,

wherein the energy storage system operates in one of a plurality of modes, based on at least one of the amount of power generated by the power generation system, the charge state of the battery, the amount of power needed to charge the battery, the amount of power discharged from the battery, the amount of power to be consumed by the load, the current time, whether the grid is connected to the load, and whether power is generated by the power generation system,

wherein an operating mode of the energy storage system is determined based at least in part on whether the current time corresponds to a time when the load is expected to operate with a predetermined demand,

wherein, if the grid is connected to the load, no power is generated by the power generation system, and the charge state of the battery is greater than a reference value indicating that the battery is fully charged, the mode of the energy storage system is determined based on whether the current time corresponds to a time when the load is expected to consume an amount of power greater than that provided by the energy storage system, and

wherein, if the grid is connected to the load, no power is generated by the power generation system, and the charge state of the battery is less than a reference value indicating that the battery is fully charged, the mode of the energy storage system is determined based on whether the current time corresponds to a time when the load is expected to consume an amount of power greater than that provided by the energy storage system and whether the charge state of the battery is less than a reference value indicating that the battery is fully discharged.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein, if the grid is connected to the load, power is generated by the power generation system, and the charge state of the battery is greater than a reference value indicating that the battery is fully charged, the mode of the energy storage system is determined by comparing the amount of power generated by the power generation system and the amount of power to be consumed by the load.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein, if the grid is connected to the load, power is generated by the power generation system, and the charge state of the battery is less than a reference value indicating that the battery is fully charged, the mode of the energy storage system is determined by comparing the amount of power generated by the power generation system and the amount of power needed to charge the battery.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein, if the grid is connected to the load and power is generated by the power generation system, the mode of the energy storage system is determined based on the charge state of the battery and the current time.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein, if the grid is connected to the load and no power is generated by the power generation system, the mode of the energy storage system is determined based on the charge state of the battery and the current time.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein, if the grid is not connected to the load and power is generated by the power generation system, the mode of the energy storage system is determined based on the amount of power generated by the power generation system and the amount of power to be consumed by the load.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein, if the amount of power generated by the power generation system is greater than the amount of power to be consumed by the load, the mode of the energy storage system is determined based on the charge state of the battery.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein, if the amount of power generated by the power generation system is less than the amount of power to be consumed by the load, the mode of the energy storage system is determined by comparing the amount of power generated by the power generation system and the amount of power needed to charge the battery.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein, if the amount of power generated by the power generation system is less than the amount of power to be consumed by the load, the mode of the energy storage system is determined based on the amount of power generated by the power generation system, a minimum amount of power to be consumed by the load, and the charge state of the battery.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein, if the amount of power generated by the power generation system is less than the minimum amount of power to be consumed by the load and the charge state of the battery is below a reference value indicating that the battery is fully charged, the mode of the energy storage system is determined based on the magnitude of a direct current (DC) link voltage.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein, if the grid is not connected to the load and no power is generated by the power generation system, the mode of the energy storage system is determined based on the amount of power discharged from the battery and the amount of power to be consumed by the load.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein, if the amount of power discharged from the battery is greater than the amount of power to be consumed by the load, the mode of the energy storage system is determined based on the charge state of the battery.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein, if the grid is not connected to the load and no power is generated by the power generation system, the mode of the energy storage system is determined based on the charge state of the battery.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein, if the charge state of the battery exceeds a reference value indicating that the battery is fully discharged, the mode of the energy storage system is determined based on whether the amount of power discharged from the battery is greater than the amount of power to be consumed by the load.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein, if the amount of power discharged from the battery is less than the amount of power to be consumed by the load, the mode of the energy storage system is determined based on the minimum amount of power to be consumed by the load.