IP Library Granted Patent US 11,881,710
Granted Patent B2
US 11,881,710 · App. 17/310,277 · Granted Jan 23, 2024

Power conversion apparatus and power conversion system

Inventors: Chieko Umeno (Tokyo, JP); Tatsuaki Ambo (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
H02J3/18G05F1/70H02J3/381H02M1/0003H02M7/537H02J2300/22H02M1/0012
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Patent No.
US 11,881,710
App. No.
17/310,277
Granted
Jan 23, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A power conversion system includes plural power conversion apparatuses and a server connected to each of the plural power conversion apparatuses. Each of the plural power conversion apparatuses includes a power conversion circuit interconnected with a power system, a calculating unit configured to calculate, based on an output current and an output voltage of the power conversion circuit, at least one information of reactive power and a reactive current output by the power conversion circuit, a storing unit configured to accumulate, in a storage device, time-series reactive power information which is information associating time and the at least one information calculated by the calculating unit, and a communication interface configured to transmit the time-series reactive power information stored in the storage device to the server. The server is constructed to collect the time-series reactive power information of each of the plural power conversion apparatuses via the communication interface.

Claims (20)

1. A power conversion apparatus comprising:

a power conversion circuit interconnected with a power system;

a calculating unit that is configured to calculate, based on an output current and an output voltage of the power conversion circuit, at least one information of reactive power and a reactive current output by the power conversion circuit; and

a storing unit that includes a storage device and is configured to accumulate, in the storage device, time-series reactive power information which is information associating time and the at least one information calculated by the calculating unit,

wherein the time-series reactive power information is information further associating year, month, and day with the time and the at least one information calculated by the calculating unit,

wherein the at least one information includes information associating, with the time, each of an instantaneous value and an integrated value with respect to each of the reactive power, the reactive current, and a reactive voltage output by the power conversion circuit.

2. A power conversion system comprising:

a plurality of power conversion apparatuses; and

a server connected to each of the plurality of power conversion apparatuses,

wherein each of the plurality of power conversion apparatuses includes:

a power conversion circuit interconnected with a power system;

a calculating unit that is configured to calculate, based on an output current and an output voltage of the power conversion circuit, at least one information of reactive power and a reactive current output by the power conversion circuit;

a storing unit that includes a storage device and is configured to accumulate, in the storage device, time-series reactive power information which is information associating time and the at least one information calculated by the calculating unit; and

a communication interface that is configured to transmit the time-series reactive power information stored in the storage device to the server,

wherein the time-series reactive power information is information further associating year, month, and day with the time and the at least one information calculated by the calculating unit,

wherein the at least one information includes information associating, with the time, each of an instantaneous value and an integrated value with respect to each of the reactive power, the reactive current, and a reactive voltage output by the power conversion circuit.

3. The power conversion system according to claim 2 ,

wherein the power conversion system is configured to not include a wind power generator.

4. The power conversion system according to claim 3 ,

wherein the power conversion system is constructed in a form of any one of a system in which power generation equipment includes only a solar battery array, a system in which power generation equipment includes only a storage battery, and a system in which power generation equipment includes only solar power generation and a storage battery.

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 Sep 14, 2021
From: UMENO, CHIEKO; AMBO, TATSUAKI
To: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057477/0103 →
Continuity (1)
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