IP Library Granted Patent US 10,033,189
Granted Patent B2
US 10,033,189 · App. 14/099,254 · Granted Jul 24, 2018

Operation control apparatus for solar power system

Inventor: Yosuke Fujii (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corporation
H02J3/383H02M7/539Y02E10/563
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Patent No.
US 10,033,189
App. No.
14/099,254
Granted
Jul 24, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An operation control apparatus includes a criterion calculator that obtains an operation criterion for the power converter, based on the voltage detected by the above voltage detector on the side of the alternating-current power system, a direct-current voltage detector that detects a direct-current output voltage of the solar battery, and an operation determination device that compares the direct-current output voltage detected by the direct-current voltage detector with the operation criterion obtained by the criterion calculator, and supplies the power converter with an operation command if the direct-current output voltage is greater than the operation criterion.

Claims (12)

1. An operation control apparatus for a solar power system that converts direct-current power from a solar battery into single-phase alternating-current power by a power converter, supplies an alternating-current power system with the single-phase alternating-current power converted, and comprises a switch at a link point between the power converter and the alternating-current power system, the operation control apparatus comprising:

a voltage detector that detects a single-phase alternating-current first voltage of the switch on a side the power converter, and a second voltage thereof on a side of the alternating-current power system;

a switch-on determination device that is input with the first and second voltages from the voltage detector on the sides of the power converter and the alternating-current power system, and supplies the switch with a switch-on command if both of the first and second voltages are approximately equal to each other;

a criterion calculator that obtains a voltage magnitude operation criterion for the power converter, by multiplying, by a margin, a moving average voltage of the magnitude of the second voltage detected by the voltage detector on the side of the alternating-current power system;

a direct-current voltage detector that detects a direct-current output voltage value of the solar battery; and

an operation determination device that compares the direct-current output voltage value detected by the direct-current voltage detector with the voltage magnitude operation criterion obtained by the criterion calculator, and supplies the power converter with a command to begin operation if the direct-current output voltage value is greater than the voltage magnitude operation criterion.

2. An operation control apparatus for a solar power system that converts direct-current power from a solar battery into a three-phase alternating-current power by a power converter, supplies an alternating-current power system with the three-phase alternating-current power converted, and comprises a switch at a link point between the power converter and the alternating-current power system, the operation control apparatus comprising:

a voltage detector that detects a first voltage of the switch on a side of the power converter, and a second voltage thereof on a side of the alternating-current power system;

a switch-on determination device that is input with the first and second voltages from the voltage detector on the sides of the power converter and the alternating-current power system, and supplies the switch with a switch-on commend if both of the first and second voltages are approximately equal to each other;

a criterion calculator that obtains a voltage magnitude operation criterion for the power converter, by multiplying, by 1.35 and a margin, a moving average voltage of the magnitude of the second voltage detected by the voltage detector on the side of the alternating-current power system;

a direct-current voltage detector that detects a direct-current output voltage value of the solar battery; and

an operation determination device that compares the direct-current output voltage value detected by the direct-current voltage detector with the voltage magnitude operation criterion obtained by the criterion calculator, and supplies the power converter with a command to begin operation if the direct-current output voltage value is greater than the voltage magnitude operation criterion.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 26, 2024
From: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
To: TMEIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 067244/0359 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 12, 2013
From: FUJII, YOSUKE
To: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 031773/0368 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2011063056 · Jun 7, 2011
Related Publication 20140092657A1 · Apr 3, 2014
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