Storage battery system
View Patent ↗A storage battery system connected to a power system and operative based on a charge/discharge request from an EMS includes: a battery management unit configured to monitor a state of a storage battery including plural cells; a power conditioning system; a controller configured to receive the charge/discharge request and storage battery information from the battery management unit and control the power conditioning system based thereon; a sleep controller configured to receive the storage battery information and execute sleep control to output a charge/discharge command to the power conditioning system so that an average voltage of plural cells is maintained within a voltage range that suppresses deterioration of the storage battery. The sleep controller includes a sleep control stop function stopping the sleep control when a voltage of any of the plural cells in the storage battery information is out of an allowable voltage range including the holding voltage range.
1. A storage battery system connected to a power system and operative based on a charge/discharge request from an energy management system that manages electric power supply/demand of the power system, the storage battery system comprising:
a storage battery including a plurality of cells connected in series;
battery management circuitry configured to continuously monitor a state of the storage battery;
power conditioning circuitry configured to
convert AC power of the power system into DC power;
charge the storage battery with the DC power;
convert DC power of the storage battery into AC power; and
discharge the AC power to the power system; and
a controller configured to
receive the charge/discharge request and storage battery information supplied from the battery management circuitry; and
control the power conditioning circuitry based on the charge/discharge request and the storage battery information, wherein
the controller is configured to
receive the storage battery information and execute control to output a charge/discharge command to the power conditioning circuitry so that an average voltage of the plurality of cells is maintained within a range of a holding voltage that suppresses deterioration of the storage battery; and
stop the executing the control when a voltage of any one of the plurality of cells included in the storage battery information is out of an allowable voltage range including the holding voltage range.
2. The storage battery system according to claim 1 , wherein
the controller is configured to perform interlock processing upon detection of abnormality of the storage battery system, the interlock processing corresponding to a content of the detected abnormality.
3. The storage battery system according to claim 2 , wherein
the controller is configured to detect abnormality of the storage battery system based on the storage battery information.
4. The storage battery system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to:
prestore a utilization schedule of the storage battery system utilized by the power system; and
execute the control based on the schedule.
5. The storage battery system according to claim 1 , wherein
the schedule includes a peak cut period set for the storage battery system to be used for peak cut of the power system and a preparation period set before the peak cut period, and
the controller includes a peak cut preparation function for terminating the sleep control in the preparation period to increase a voltage of the storage battery.
6. A storage battery system connected to a power system and operative based on a charge/discharge request from an energy management system that manages electric power supply/demand of the power system, the storage battery system comprising:
a storage battery including a plurality of cells connected in series;
battery management circuitry configured to continuously monitor a state of the storage battery;
power conditioning circuitry configured to
convert AC power of the power system into DC power;
charge the storage battery with the DC power;
convert DC power of the storage battery into AC power; and
discharge the AC power to the power system; and
a controller configured to
receive the charge/discharge request and storage battery information supplied from the battery management circuitry; and
control the power conditioning circuitry based on the charge/discharge request and the storage battery information, wherein
the controller is configured to
receive the storage battery information and execute control to output a charge/discharge command to the power conditioning circuitry so that an average voltage of the plurality of cells is maintained within a range of a holding voltage that suppresses deterioration of the storage battery;
stop executing the controlling when a voltage of any one of the plurality of cells included in the storage battery information is out of an allowable voltage range including the holding voltage range; and
perform interlock processing upon detection of abnormality of the storage battery system based on the storage battery information, the interlock processing corresponding to a content of the detected abnormality.
7. A storage battery system connected to a power system and operative based on a charge/discharge request from an energy management system that manages electric power supply/demand of the power system, the storage battery system comprising:
a storage battery including a plurality of cells connected in series;
battery management circuitry configured to continuously monitor a state of the storage battery;
power conditioning circuitry configured to
convert AC power of the power system into DC power;
charge the storage battery with the DC power;
convert DC power of the storage battery into AC power; and
discharge the AC power to the power system; and
a controller configured to
receive the charge/discharge request and storage battery information supplied from the battery management circuitry; and
control the power conditioning circuitry based on the charge/discharge request and the storage battery information, wherein
the controller is configured to
receive the storage battery information and execute control to output a charge/discharge command to the power conditioning circuitry so that an average voltage of the plurality of cells is maintained within a range of a holding voltage that suppresses deterioration of the storage battery;
stop executing the controlling when a voltage of any one of the plurality of cells included in the storage battery information is out of an allowable voltage range including the holding voltage range; and
prestore a utilization schedule of the storage battery system utilized by the power system and execute the controlling based on the schedule.