Distributed power source system with storage battery
The present system 1 includes a distributed power source 2 , a storage battery 4 , a bidirectional inverter 7 having a smoothing capacitor 6 on its DC side, and a control section 10 for controlling the entire system, and supplies AC power to a load 9 while being interconnected with a power system 8 . When active power supplied from the distributed power source 2 and/or the storage battery 4 to the smoothing capacitor 6 is equal to or greater than active power of load power, the control section 10 controls a power factor of inverter output current outputted from the bidirectional inverter 7 so as to coincide with a power factor of load current flowing to the load 9.
1. A distributed power source system with a storage battery, comprising:
a distributed power source;
the storage battery;
a bidirectional inverter having a smoothing capacitor on a DC side thereof and configured to perform bidirectional conversion between DC power outputted from the distributed power source and/or the storage battery, and AC power interconnected to a commercial power system;
a unidirectional converter provided between the distributed power source and the bidirectional inverter and configured to perform DC conversion of DC power of the distributed power source;
a bidirectional converter provided between the storage battery and the bidirectional inverter and configured to perform bidirectional DC conversion of DC power of the storage battery; and
a control section configured to control the distributed power source system,
the distributed power source system supplying AC power to a load while being interconnected with the commercial power system, wherein
the control section controls a power factor of inverter output current outputted from the bidirectional inverter so as to coincide with a power factor of load current flowing to the load, when active power supplied from the distributed power source and/or the storage battery to the smoothing capacitor is equal to or greater than active power of load power.
2. The distributed power source system with a storage battery as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the control section includes:
a target amplitude calculation unit configured to calculate a deviation between a voltage command value, and a DC voltage value detected at the smoothing capacitor and depending on active power of the distributed power source and/or the storage battery and on output power of the bidirectional inverter, and to generate a target amplitude for active current of the inverter output current outputted from the bidirectional inverter; and
an inverter output current control unit configured to perform feedback control to make the active current of the inverter output current proportional to active current of the load current flowing to the load within the target amplitude.
3. The distributed power source system with a storage battery as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
when the active power from the distributed power source and/or the storage battery is smaller than the active power of the load power, the control section performs control so as to make active current of the inverter output current smaller than active current of the load current, and to make reactive current of the inverter output current equal to reactive current of the load current.
4. The distributed power source system with a storage battery as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
when a maximum value of an active current amplitude of the inverter output current can be caused to coincide with a maximum value of an active current amplitude of the load current, and DC power of the distributed power source is greater than active power of the load power so that surplus power is generated, the control section controls the bidirectional converter so as to charge the storage battery with the surplus power that can be charged therein.
5. The distributed power source system with a storage battery as claimed in claim 4 , wherein
when the surplus power is generated, the control section performs control so as to reversely flow DC power that can be reversely flowed to the commercial power system.
6. The distributed power source system with a storage battery as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the distributed power source is a single power source or a plurality of power sources, at least including a solar battery.