DC POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
A DC power distribution system for supplying a DC power into a building, includes one or more power feeding devices which supply a DC power, a power feeding line for supplying the DC power supplied from the power feeding devices to various sites in the building and sockets located at the various sites and connected to the power feeding line. The DC power distribution system further includes a portable power feeding device which supplies a generated or stored DC power thereof to the power feeding line via a plug which is removably connected to one of the sockets.
1 . A DC power distribution system comprising:
one or more power feeding devices which supply a DC power;
a plurality of sockets connected to the power feeding devices via a power feeding line; and
a portable power feeding device which supplies a power to the power feeding line via a plug which is removably connected to one of the sockets.
2 . The DC power distribution system of claim 1 , wherein the power feeding devices distribute the DC power over various sites in a building via the power feeding line,
wherein the sockets are located at the various sites in the building and are connected to the power feeding line, and
wherein the portable power feeding device supplies a generated or stored DC power thereof to the power feeding line via the plug which is removably connected to said one of the sockets.
3 . The DC power distribution system of claim 2 , wherein each of the sockets includes a plug pin receiving unit which is connected to the power feeding line and allowed to receive plug pins of the plug, a voltmeter which measures a DC voltage applied to the plug pin receiving unit via the power feeding line, and a display unit which displays a measurement value of the DC voltage measured by the voltmeter.
4 . The DC power distribution system of claim 3 , wherein the portable power feeding device includes a storage battery, and each of the sockets includes a charging/discharging unit which charges the storage battery with the DC power supplied via the power feeding line and supplies the DC power by discharging the storage battery.
5 . The DC power distribution system of claim 2 , wherein each of the sockets includes a plug pin receiving unit which is connected to the power feeding line and allowed to receive plug pins of the plug; a voltmeter which measures a DC voltage applied to the plug pin receiving unit via the power feeding line; a communications unit using the power feeding line as a communications medium to make communications; and a control unit which controls the communications unit to transmit a measurement value of a DC voltage measured by the voltmeter, and
the DC power distribution system further comprises a display device which communicates with the sockets through the power feeding line serving as the communications medium, and receives the measurement value of the DC voltage transmitted from each of the sockets to display the received measurement value.
6 . The DC power distribution system of claim 2 , wherein each of the power feeding devices includes a communications unit using the power feeding line as a communications medium to make communications, and a control unit which regularly transmits a maximum current allowed to be supplied from said each of the power feeding devices to each of the sockets via the communications unit,
wherein said one of the sockets includes a communications unit using the power feeding line as the communications medium to make communications and a control unit which calculates the sum of maximum currents allowed to be supplied from the power supply devices, which are received by the communications unit of said one of the sockets, obtains a difference between the calculated sum and a maximum allowable current of the power feeding line, sets the obtained difference as an upper limit, and transmits the set upper limit to a different socket via the communications unit of said one of the sockets, and
wherein a control unit of the different socket sets an upper limit as zero upon receiving the upper limit from said one of the sockets.
7 . The DC power distribution system of claim 2 , wherein each of the power feeding devices includes a communications unit using the power feeding line as a communications medium to make communications, and a control unit which regularly transmits a maximum current allowed to be supplied from said each of the power feeding devices to each of the sockets via the communications unit, and
wherein said one of the sockets includes a communications unit using the power feeding line as the communications medium to make communications, a storage unit which stores the total number of sockets connected to the power feeding line, and a control unit which calculates the sum of maximum currents allowed to be supplied from the power feeding devices, which are received by the communications unit of said one of the sockets, obtains a difference between the calculated sum and a maximum allowable current of the power feeding line, sets an upper limit by dividing the obtained difference by the total number of sockets.
8 . The DC power distribution system of claim 2 , wherein each of the sockets includes a limiter which limits a DC current supplied from the plug to the power feeding line via the plug pin receiving unit such that the DC current does not exceed a predetermined upper limit.
9 . The DC power distribution system of claim 3 , wherein each of the sockets includes a limiter which limits a DC current supplied from the plug to the power feeding line via the plug pin receiving unit such that the DC current does not exceed a predetermined upper limit.
10 . The DC power distribution system of claim 4 , wherein each of the sockets includes a limiter which limits a DC current supplied from the plug to the power feeding line via the plug pin receiving unit such that the DC current does not exceed a predetermined upper limit.
11 . The DC power distribution system of claim 5 , wherein each of the sockets includes a limiter which limits a DC current supplied from the plug to the power feeding line via the plug pin receiving unit such that the DC current does not exceed a predetermined upper limit.
12 . The DC power distribution system of claim 6 , wherein each of the sockets includes a limiter which limits a DC current supplied from the plug to the power feeding line via the plug pin receiving unit such that the DC current does not exceed a predetermined upper limit.
13 . The DC power distribution system of claim 7 , wherein each of the sockets includes a limiter which limits a DC current supplied from the plug to the power feeding line via the plug pin receiving unit such that the DC current does not exceed a predetermined upper limit.