Direct-current power supply utilizing system and direct-current microgrid network utilizing same

• US 9,477,248 B2
• Filed: 09/26/2011
• Issued: 10/25/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sion Electric Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Sion Electric Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Murano, Minoru
• Primary Examiner(s): DEBERADINIS, ROBERT L
• Application Number:
  US14/237,453
• Publication Number:
  US 20140183949A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,856 Days
• Field of Search: 307/9.1, 307/43
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G05F 1/67 to the maximum power available from a generator, e.g. from solar cell
• CPC Class Codes: G05F 3/02 Regulating voltage or current
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2300/26 involving maximum power point tracking control for photovoltaic sources
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/36 Arrangements for transfer of electric power between ac networks via a high-tension dc link
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/381 Dispersed generators
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/56 Power conversion systems, e.g. maximum power point trackers
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/60 Arrangements for transfer of electric power between AC networks or generators via a high voltage DC link [HVCD]

Abstract

A direct-current power supply utilizing system includes: at least one direct-current power supply that produces a direct-current output; an alternating-current commercial power supply; a direct-current converter that converts the alternating-current commercial power supply into direct-current power; and a direct-current load device that receives supply of direct-current power from both at least one direct-current power supply and the commercial power supply which has been converted into direct-current power, where a back-flow prevention diode is individually connected between the at least one direct-current power supply and the direct-current load device and between the direct-current converter and the direct-current load device, and a power supply priority supply device that preferentially supplies power to the direct-current load device from the side of the direct-current power supply is connected.

Claims

1. A direct-current power supply utilizing system comprising:

at least one direct-current power supply that produces a direct-current output;

an alternating-current commercial power supply;

a direct-current converter that converts the alternating-current commercial power supply into direct-current power supply; and

a direct-current load device that receives supply of direct-current power from both the at least one direct-current power supply and the commercial power supply which has been converted into direct-current power,

wherein a back-flow prevention diode is individually connected between the at least one direct-current power supply and the direct-current load device and between the direct-current converter and the direct-current load device, and a power supply priority supply device that prioritizes the supply of power to the direct-current load device from each direct-current power supply and the direct-current converter by setting a terminal voltage of each direct power supply and the direct-current convert to be a different value with respect to each other.

2. The direct-current power supply utilizing system of claim 1,

wherein the power supply priority supply device is a voltage adjustment device that is connected to a side of the commercial power supply which has been converted into direct-current power.

3. The direct-current power supply utilizing system of claim 1,

wherein the direct-current power supply includes:

a direct-current power supply that is obtained by full-wave rectifying the commercial power supply or converting the commercial power supply into direct-current power with a pulse width modulation DC converter;

a direct-current wind generator or a direct-current wind generator that is obtained by full-wave rectifying if the wind generator performs alternating-current power generation;

a direct-current fuel battery;

a direct-current bio-gas generator; and

a storage battery including a capacitance or charge/discharge control device.

4. A direct-current power supply utilizing system comprising:

at least one direct-current power supply that produces a direct-current output;

an alternating-current commercial power supply;

a direct-current converter that converts the alternating-current commercial power supply into direct-current power; and

a direct-current load device that receives supply of direct-current power from both the at least one direct-current power supply and the commercial power supply which has been converted into direct-current power,

wherein a back-flow prevention diode is individually connected between the at least one direct-current power supply and the direct-current load device and between the direct-current converter and the direct-current load device, and a power supply priority supply device that prioritizes the supply of power to the direct-current load device from each direct-current power supply and the direct-current converter by setting a terminal voltage of each direct power supply and the direct-current convert to be a different value with respect to each other, and

the at least one direct-current power supply that produces the direct-current output is a solar battery, and the solar battery includes a solar radiation amount detection member that detects a varying amount of solar radiation and a generated power amount control device that utilizes, from the detected value, as much as possible, power generated from the solar battery according to the varying amount of solar radiation.

5. The direct-current power supply utilizing system of claim 4,

wherein the solar radiation amount detection member is formed with a solar battery panel of the solar battery or is formed with a solar battery formed with another solar battery panel.

6. The direct-current power supply utilizing system of claim 4,

wherein the generated power amount control device is a control device that obtains, for the generated power of the solar battery which is increased or decreased according to the varying amount of solar radiation, the maximum generated power corresponding to the varying amount of solar radiation,

a graph is previously formed in which a variation in the amount of solar radiation in the solar battery is on a horizontal or vertical axis and a variation in the maximum output current value from the solar battery at the time of the maximum generated power corresponding to the variation in the amount of solar radiation is on the vertical or horizontal axis, the maximum output current value at the time of the maximum generated power in 1000 W/square meters at the time of the maximum amount of solar radiation in the solar battery is determined and is placed at one point on the graph and the one point and an origin of the graph are connected, and a linear target value of the maximum output current value indicating the maximum generated power of the solar battery corresponding to the varying amount of solar radiation is formed,

the varying amount of solar radiation detected by the solar radiation amount detection member and an actual output current value obtained from the solar battery corresponding to the amount of solar radiation are detected and

the power supply priority supply device is operated to perform control such that the obtained actual output power value is to be an output current target value corresponding to the amount of solar radiation obtained from the graph.

7. The direct-current power supply utilizing system of claim 6,

wherein the power supply priority supply device is formed with a pulse width modulation direct-current chopper that is a voltage adjustment device, performs a proportional derivative integral control computation to determine a conduction ratio of the pulse width modulation direct-current chopper, performs current adjustment with the conduction ratio determined by the computation and performs control such that the actual output current value from the solar battery is to be the output current target value.

8. The direct-current power supply utilizing system of claim 4,

wherein the direct-current power supply includes:

a direct-current power supply that is obtained by full-wave rectifying the commercial power supply or converting the commercial power supply into direct-current power with a pulse width modulation DC converter;

a direct-current wind generator or a direct-current wind generator that is obtained by full-wave rectifying if the wind generator performs alternating-current power generation;

a direct-current fuel battery;

a direct-current bio-gas generator; and

a storage battery including a capacitance or charge/discharge control device.

9. A direct-current microgrid network comprising:

a plurality of direct-current power generation devices that combine and feed out direct-current power and that generate direct-current power;

an alternating-current commercial power supply that has been converted into direct-current power;

a direct-current operating load device that receives supply of the combined direct-current power;

a direct-current bus that connects the direct-current power generation devices, the commercial power supply and the direct-current operating load device; and

a power supply priority supply device that prioritizes the supply of power to the direct-current load device from each direct-current power supply and the alternating-current commercial power supply that has been converted into direct-current power by setting a terminal voltage of each direct power supply and the alternating-current commercial power supply that has been converted into direct-current power to be a different value with respect to each other,

wherein a priority use order table of power supply is provided for the direct-current power generation devices such that the direct-current power supply to the direct-current operating load device is performed in ascending order of a power generation cost, and a power supply control device is included that detects a real-time power generation amount of the direct-current power generation devices corresponding to the real-time power generation cost in the direct-current power generation devices, that references the detection result and the priority use order table to determine a real-time optimum supply selection order of the direct-current power generation devices and that supplies power to the direct-current load device.

10. The direct-current microgrid network of claim 9,

wherein the direct-current power supply to the direct-current operating load device by combining the direct-current power is performed by individually attaching a back-flow prevention diode to the direct-current power generation devices which generate the direct-current power and the alternating-current commercial power supply which has been converted into direct-current power, then combining the direct-current power supplied therefrom and supplying the combined direct-current power.

11. The direct-current microgrid network of claim 9,

wherein the direct-current power generation devices include at least a solar battery, a fuel battery, a wind generator, a hydroelectric generator and a bio-gas generator.

12. The direct-current microgrid network of claim 9,

wherein the direct-current power supply device is a power storage device including a car battery.

13. The direct-current microgrid network of claim 9,

wherein in the commercial power supply, a reverse conversion device capable of performing power reverse power flow is provided, and

the reverse conversion device performs the reverse power flow on the commercial power supply when an amount of power generated by a plurality of direct-current power generation devices which generate the power of the direct-current microgrid network exceeds an amount of power consumed by the direct-current operating load device and an amount of power stored in the direct-current power supply.

14. A direct-current microgrid network comprising:

a plurality of direct-current power generation devices that generate direct-current power;

a direct-current power supply device that outputs direct-current power;

an alternating-current commercial power supply that has been converted into direct-current power;

at least one direct-current operating load device that receives supply of direct-current power combined by the direct-current power generation devices, the direct-current power supply device and the commercial power supply which has been converted into direct-current power;

a direct-current bus that connects the direct-current power generation devices, the direct-current power supply device, the commercial power supply and the direct-current operating load device; and

a power supply priority supply device that prioritizes the supply of power to the direct-current load device from each direct-current power generation devices, direct-current power supply and the alternating-current commercial power supply that has been converted into direct-current power by setting a terminal voltage of each direct-current power generation device, direct power supply and the alternating-current commercial power supply that has been converted into direct-current power to be a different value with respect to each other,

wherein a priority use order table of power supply is provided in the direct-current power generation devices, the direct-current power supply device and the commercial power supply which has been converted into direct-current power such that the direct-current power supply to the direct-current operating load device is performed in ascending order of a power generation cost, and a power supply control device is included that detects a real-time power supply allowable amount of the direct-current power generation devices, the direct-current power supply device and the commercial power supply which has been converted into direct-current power corresponding to the real-time power generation cost in the direct-current power generation devices, the direct-current power supply device and the commercial power supply which has been converted into direct-current power, that references the detection result and the priority use order table to determine a real-time optimum supply selection order of the direct-current power generation devices, the direct-current power supply device and the commercial power supply which has been converted into direct-current power and that supplies power to the direct-current load device.

15. The direct-current microgrid network of claim 14,

wherein the direct-current power supply to the direct-current operating load device by combining the direct-current power is performed by individually attaching a back-flow prevention diode to the direct-current power generation devices which generate the power, the direct-current power supply and the alternating-current commercial power supply which has been converted into direct-current power, then combining the direct-current power supplied therefrom and supplying the combined direct-current power.

16. The direct-current microgrid network of claim 14,

wherein the direct-current power generation devices include at least a solar battery, a fuel battery, a wind generator, a hydroelectric generator and a bio-gas generator.

17. The direct-current microgrid network of claim 14,

wherein the direct-current power supply device is a power storage device including a car battery.

18. The direct-current microgrid network of claim 14,

wherein in the commercial power supply, a reverse conversion device capable of performing power reverse power flow is provided, and

the reverse conversion device performs the reverse power flow on the commercial power supply when an amount of power generated by a plurality of direct-current power generation devices which generate the power of the direct-current microgrid network exceeds an amount of power consumed by the direct-current operating load device and an amount of power stored in the direct-current power supply.