IP Library › Granted Patent US 10,164,448
Granted Patent B2
US 10,164,448 · App. 15/543,611 · Granted Dec 25, 2018

Power conversion system

Inventors: Kazufumi Tanaka (Chiyoda-ku, JP); Sadayuki Inoue (Chiyoda-ku, JP); Makiko Kise (Chiyoda-ku, JP)
Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
H02J7/0026H01M10/425H01M10/443H01M10/486H02J3/385H02J7/0022H02J7/0083H02J7/0091H02J7/045H02J7/047H02J7/35H02J3/32H02J2003/388
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Patent No.
US 10,164,448
App. No.
15/543,611
Granted
Dec 25, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

When a plurality of storage batteries is used by connecting them in parallel, since the progress of degradation differs among the storage batteries, a power conversion system includes a degradation information acquisition device for acquiring the degradation information of the storage batteries, a temperature information acquisition device for detecting the temperature information of the storage batteries, and a control device for controlling the storage battery power converter based on the degradation information of the storage batteries by the degradation information acquisition device and the temperature information of the storage batteries by the temperature information acquisition device so that the degradation states of the plurality of the storage batteries can be matched.

Claims (41)

1. A power conversion system comprising:

a plurality of storage battery power converters provided for each of a plurality of storage batteries used as input power supplies, the storage battery power converters operating the storage batteries in parallel;

a degradation information acquisition device that acquires degradation information of the storage batteries;

a temperature information acquisition device that detects temperature information of the storage batteries; and

a control device that controls the storage battery power converters based on the degradation information of the storage batteries by the degradation information acquisition device and the temperature information of the storage batteries by the temperature information acquisition device,

wherein, based on progress of degradation of the storage batteries acquired by the degradation information acquisition device, the control device controls charge and discharge of the storage batteries by performing:

an operation for making a usable temperature range of a storage battery of the storage batteries that has been more degraded equal to or smaller than the usable temperature range of a storage battery of the storage batteries that has been less degraded, and

at least one of an operation for making a maximum charge and discharge current with respect to a storage battery temperature of the storage battery having been more degraded equal to or smaller than the maximum charge and discharge current of the storage battery having been less degraded and an operation for making a usable voltage range with respect to the storage battery temperature of the storage battery having been more degraded equal to or smaller than the usable voltage range of the storage battery having been less degraded.

2. The power conversion system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the control device controls the charge and discharge of the plurality of storage batteries so that degradation states of the storage batteries are able to be matched.

3. The power conversion system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the temperature information of the storage batteries is cell temperatures of the storage batteries,

a maximum charge and discharge current value is based on 1 C that is the amount of current for fully charging the storage batteries for one hour, and

a charge termination voltage or a discharge termination voltage is a voltage determined by a charge power ratio.

4. The power conversion system according to claim 1 ,

wherein a usable range of the storage batteries is a temperature range in which a charge current does not become zero during charge or a temperature range in which a discharge current does not become zero during discharge.

5. The power conversion system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

operation plan creation means that determines charge and discharge power of the storage batteries based on the degradation information of the storage batteries and the temperature information of the storage batteries,

wherein the control device controls charge and discharge of the storage batteries based on an operation plan from the operation plan creation means.

6. The power conversion system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the degradation information acquisition device and the temperature information acquisition device include degradation estimation means for estimating progress of degradation of the storage batteries, voltage detection means for detecting voltages of the storage batteries, current detection means for detecting charge and discharge currents of the storage batteries, temperature measurement means for measuring temperatures of the storage batteries, and stored power measurement means for measuring stored power amounts of the storage batteries,

store, in a database, various types of measurement results detected at predetermined intervals for a predetermined period by the voltage detection means, the current detection means, the temperature measurement means, and the stored power measurement means,

estimate the progress of degradation of the storage batteries based on data stored in the database using the degradation estimation means, and

control charge and discharge of the storage batteries using the control device.

7. The power conversion system according to claim 6 , further comprising:

storage battery capacity measurement means for making control so that the storage batteries having been fully discharged are fully charged and measuring the battery capacities of the storage batteries,

wherein the degradation estimation means corrects the result of the estimated progress of degradation of the storage batteries based on the battery capacities of the storage batteries measured by the storage battery capacity measurement means.

8. The power conversion system according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of the storage batteries has a limitation table for limiting at least one of the maximum charge and discharge current, the usable voltage range, and the usable temperature range when the storage batteries are controlled by the control device based on the progress of degradation of the storage batteries acquired by the degradation information acquisition device, and

charge and discharge of each of the storage batteries are controlled based on the limitation table.

9. The power conversion system according to claim 8 , further comprising:

communication means for communicating with an outside,

wherein the limitation table prepared for each of the storage batteries is rewritten via the communication means from the outside.

10. The power conversion system according to claim 5 ,

wherein the operation plan creation means determines charge and discharge power of the storage batteries based on chargeable and dischargeable power input from the control device.

11. The power conversion system according to claim 5 ,

wherein the operation plan creation means determines charge and discharge power of the storage batteries based on the amount of chargeable and dischargeable power input from the control device.

12. The power conversion system according to claim 5 ,

wherein, when determining the discharge power of the storage batteries, the operation plan creation means assigns discharge power to one of the storage batteries that has been least degraded and, when shortage occurs, sequentially adds the storage batteries to be discharged in the ascending order of the progress of degradation.

13. The power conversion system according to claim 5 ,

wherein, when determining the charge power of the storage batteries, the operation plan creation means assigns charge power to one of the storage batteries that has been most degraded and, when shortage occurs, sequentially adds the storage batteries to be charged in the descending order of the progress of degradation.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 14, 2017
From: TANAKA, KAZUFUMI; INOUE, SADAYUKI; KISE, MAKIKO
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043004/0729 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-028259 · Feb 17, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170366023A1 · Dec 21, 2017
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