Battery storage system and controlling method of the same

• US 9,831,714 B2
• Filed: 10/24/2014
• Issued: 11/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co Limited
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Sekita, Suguru
• Primary Examiner(s): Fureman, Jared
• Assistant Examiner(s): Htun, Win
• Application Number:
  US14/522,972
• Publication Number:
  US 20150123474A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,131 Days
• Field of Search: 307 23, 307 43, 307 52, 307 66, 307101, 320101
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2300/24 of photovoltaic origin
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/381 Dispersed generators
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/35 with light sensitive cells
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/56 Power conversion systems, e.g. maximum power point trackers

Abstract

A battery storage system includes: an energy converting unit configured to generate electrical power; a power converter including a control circuit, and a circuit that is controlled by the control circuit to generate electrical power to be supplied from an output of the energy converting unit to a load and electrical power to be supplied to the control circuit; a power supply source including a battery storage cell and a commercial power system; and a host control circuit configured to perform control such that electrical power is supplied from the power supply source to the control circuit when an output of the energy converting unit is between a first value and a second value larger than the first value.

Claims

1. A battery storage system, comprising:

an energy converting unit configured to generate electrical power from natural energy;

a power converter including

a control circuit, and

a circuit that is controlled by the control circuit to generate electrical power to be supplied from an output of the energy converting unit to a load and electrical power to be supplied to the control circuit;

a power supply source including a battery storage cell and a commercial power system; and

a host control circuit configured to perform control such that electrical power is supplied (i) from the power supply source to the control circuit when an output of the energy converting unit is between a first value and a second value larger than the first value, and (ii) from the energy converting unit to the control circuit when the output of the energy converting unit is larger than the second value.

2. The battery storage system according to claim 1, wherein

the first value is a value at which an operation of the control circuit is started, and the second value is a value for ensuring the operation of the control circuit.

3. The battery storage system according to claim 2, wherein

the host control circuit is configured to perform control such that, when the output of the energy converting unit is lower than a third value set in advance as a value lower than the first value during supply of electrical power from the power supply source to the control circuit, the supply of electrical power from the power supply source to the control circuit is stopped.

4. The battery storage system according to claim 2, wherein

the host control circuit is configured to perform control such that, when the output of the energy converting unit is higher than a fourth value set in advance as a value higher than the second value during supply of electrical power from the power supply source to the control circuit, the supply of electrical power from the power supply source to the control circuit is stopped.

5. The battery storage system according to claim 1, wherein

the host control circuit is configured to accumulate data of the output of the energy converting unit and update, based on the data, the third value and the fourth value.

6. The battery storage system according to claim 1, wherein

the host control circuit is configured to acquire, when controlling such that electrical power is supplied from the power supply source to the control circuit, information of a state of charge (SOC) of the battery storage cell, and control such that electrical power is supplied from the battery storage cell to the control circuit when the SOC is larger than a predetermined value and that electrical power is supplied from the commercial power system to the control circuit when the SOC is equal to or smaller than the predetermined value.

7. A controlling method of a battery storage system, comprising

performing control such that electrical power is supplied (i) from a power supply source including a battery storage cell and a commercial power system to a control circuit of a power converter when an output of an energy converting unit configured to generate electrical power from natural energy is between a first value and a second value larger than the first value, and (ii) from the energy converting unit configured to generate electrical power from natural energy to the control circuit when the output of the energy converting unit is larger than the second value, the power converter including the control circuit and a circuit that is controlled by the control circuit to generate electrical power to be supplied from the output of the energy converting unit to a load and electrical power to be supplied to the control circuit.