IP Library Granted Patent US 12,525,880
Granted Patent B2
US 12,525,880 · App. 18/558,099 · Granted Jan 13, 2026

Load current distribution adjustment device, load current distribution adjustment method, and load current distribution adjustment program of power conversion device for energy storage system

Inventor: Haiqing Li (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: TMEIC Corporation
H02M3/155
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Patent No.
US 12,525,880
App. No.
18/558,099
Granted
Jan 13, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A load current distribution adjustment device of a power conversion device for energy storage system includes a cross-current calculation unit configured to calculate a cross-current, a first correction amount calculation unit configured to calculate a first correction amount of a voltage command value on the basis of the cross-current calculated and an output voltage of the own power conversion device, a gain calculation unit configured to calculate a weighting gain on the basis of an average voltage of DC voltages and a DC voltage of the own power conversion device, a second correction amount calculation unit configured to calculate a second correction amount of the voltage command value on the basis of the first correction amount and the weighting gain, and an output current control unit configured to control the output current on the basis of the predetermined voltage command value and the second correction amount.

Claims (23)

1 . A load current distribution adjustment device of a power conversion device for energy storage system, comprising:

a cross-current calculation unit configured to calculate a cross-current of an own power conversion device on a basis of an average current of output currents of a plurality of power conversion devices for energy storage system in self-sustaining parallel operation and an output current of the own power conversion device;

a first correction amount calculation unit configured to calculate a first correction amount of a voltage command value on a basis of the cross-current calculated by the cross-current calculation unit and an output voltage of the own power conversion device;

a gain calculation unit configured to calculate a weighting gain of the own power conversion device on a basis of an average voltage of DC voltages of the plurality of power conversion devices for energy storage system and a DC voltage of the own power conversion device;

a second correction amount calculation unit configured to calculate a second correction amount of the voltage command value on a basis of the first correction amount calculated by the first correction amount calculation unit and the weighting gain calculated by the gain calculation unit; and

an output current control unit configured to control the output current of the own power conversion device on a basis of the predetermined voltage command value and the second correction amount calculated by the second correction amount calculation unit.

2 . The load current distribution adjustment device of the power conversion device for energy storage system according to claim 1 , further comprising

a dead zone region determination unit configured to determine whether or not the weighting gain calculated by the gain calculation unit is in a predetermined dead zone region,

wherein, in a case where it is determined by the dead zone region determination unit that the weighting gain is in the dead zone region, the second correction amount calculation unit calculates the second correction amount being the first correction amount, and in a case where it is determined by the dead zone region determination unit that the weighting gain is not in the dead zone region, the second correction amount calculation unit calculates the second correction amount on the basis of the first correction amount and the weighting gain.

3 . The load current distribution adjustment device of the power conversion device for energy storage system according to claim 1 , further comprising

a change amount limiter configured to limit a change amount of the weighting gain within a predetermined change amount in a case where the change amount of the weighting gain calculated by the gain calculation unit exceeds the predetermined change amount,

wherein, in a case where the change amount of the weighting gain is limited within the predetermined change amount by the change amount limiter, the second correction amount calculation unit calculates the second correction amount on a basis of the first correction amount and the weighting gain after the change amount is limited within the predetermined change amount.

4 . The load current distribution adjustment device of the power conversion device for energy storage system according to claim 1 , further comprising

an upper/lower limiter configured to output, in a case where the second correction amount calculated by the second correction amount calculation unit exceeds a predetermined upper limit or a predetermined lower limit, a correction amount obtained by limiting the second correction amount within the predetermined upper limit or the predetermined lower limit as a third correction amount, and output, in a case where the second correction amount calculated by the second correction amount calculation unit does not exceed the predetermined upper limit or the predetermined lower limit, the second correction amount as the third correction amount,

wherein the output current control unit controls the output current of the own power conversion device on a basis of the predetermined voltage command value and the third correction amount output from the upper/lower limiter.

5 . The load current distribution adjustment device of the power conversion device for energy storage system according to claim 4 , wherein the predetermined upper limit in the upper/lower limiter is a value with which output power of the own power conversion device based on the output current of the own power conversion device controlled by the output current control unit becomes equal to or less than rated power of the own power conversion device.

6 . A load current distribution adjustment method of a power conversion device for energy storage system, comprising:

a cross-current calculation step of calculating a cross-current of an own power conversion device on a basis of an average current of output currents of a plurality of power conversion devices for energy storage system in self-sustaining parallel operation and an output current of the own power conversion device;

a first correction amount calculation step of calculating a first correction amount of a voltage command value on a basis of the cross-current calculated in the cross-current calculation step and an output voltage of the own power conversion device;

a gain calculation step of calculating a weighting gain of the own power conversion device on a basis of an average voltage of DC voltages of the plurality of power conversion devices for energy storage system and a DC voltage of the own power conversion device;

a second correction amount calculation step of calculating a second correction amount of the voltage command value on a basis of the first correction amount calculated in the first correction amount calculation step and the weighting gain calculated in the gain calculation step; and

an output current control step of controlling the output current of the own power conversion device on a basis of the predetermined voltage command value and the second correction amount calculated in the second correction amount calculation step.

7 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a load current distribution adjustment program of a power conversion device for energy storage system that causes a computer to execute processing of the load current distribution adjustment method of the power conversion device for energy storage system according to claim 6 .

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 21, 2024
From: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
To: TMEIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 067476/0956 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 30, 2023
From: LI, HAIQING
To: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 065391/0375 →
Continuity (1)
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