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US 10,003,198 · App. 14/850,649 · Granted Jun 19, 2018

Method and device for monitoring and suppressing resonance

Inventors: Nianan Pan (Anhui, CN); Lin Cheng (Anhui, CN); Lei Tao (Anhui, CN)
Assignee: SUNGROW POWER SUPPLY CO., LTD.
H02J3/383G01R23/20H02J3/01H02J3/38H02J3/386H02J3/387H02M1/12H02M2001/0012
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Patent No.
US 10,003,198
App. No.
14/850,649
Granted
Jun 19, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and device for monitoring and suppressing a resonance are provided, which are applied to a grid-connected generation system. A current sample voltage of a preset sample point of the grid-connected generation system is monitored in a real time manner; amplitudes of harmonics of the current sample voltage are acquired using a preset algorithm; it is verified whether a resonance occurs in the grid-connected generation system currently based on the acquired amplitudes of the harmonics; in a case that the resonance occurs in the grid-connected generation system, current corrections of parameters of inverters in the grid-connected generation system are acquired according to a preset rule and the parameters of the inverters are adjusted using the current corrections and a selected resonance suppressing algorithm.

Claims (279)

1. A method for monitoring and suppressing a resonance applied to a grid-connected generation system, wherein the method comprises:

monitoring a current sample voltage of a preset sample point of the grid-connected generation system;

acquiring amplitudes of harmonics of the current sample voltage using a preset algorithm;

verifying whether a resonance occurs in the grid-connected generation system based on the acquired amplitudes of the harmonics; and

in a case that the resonance occurs in the grid-connected generation system, acquiring current corrections of parameters of inverters in the grid-connected generation system according to a preset rule, and adjusting the parameters of the inverters using the current corrections and a selected resonance suppressing algorithm until the resonance disappears in the grid-connected generation system,

wherein the adjusting the parameters of the inverters using the current corrections and a preset resonance suppressing algorithm comprises:

adjusting bandwidths of the inverters using the current corrections and a preset adjustment formula, wherein the preset adjustment formula is:

{

k

p

=

k

p

+

Δ

⁢

⁢

U

out

k

p

<

k

p

⁢

⁢

min

k

p

=

k

p

⁢

⁢

min

,

where K p indicates a proportion control parameter, ΔU out indicates the current corrections and K pmin indicates minimum allowable adjustment values of the bandwidths of the inverters,

adjusting active damping coefficients of the inverters using a pre-stored active damping algorithm and the current corrections; and

transmitting the current corrections to the inverters to control an inactive damping resistor to be connected to a respective one of the inverters.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the acquiring amplitudes of harmonics of the current sample voltage using a preset algorithm comprises:

calculating frequency domain values corresponding to the harmonics of the current sample voltage using an FFT algorithm formula, wherein the FFT algorithm formula is:

x

⁡

(

l

)

=

∑

n

=

0

N

-

1

⁢

⁢

U

x

⁡

(

n

)

×

w

N

l

⁢

⁢

n

w

N

l

⁢

⁢

n

=

e

-

j

⁢

⁢

2

⁢

π

⁢

⁢

nl

/

N

,

l

=

0

,

1

,

…

⁢

,

N

-

1

,

where U x (n) indicates a discrete signal of the current sample voltage, x(l) indicates a frequency domain value corresponding to the current sample voltage after an FFT transformation is performed on the current sample voltage, N indicates the total number of sample points, W N ln indicates a weight for the FFT algorithm; and

calculating the amplitudes of the harmonics using the frequency domain values and a preset harmonic extracting formula, wherein the preset harmonic extracting formula is:

U amp ( k )=√{square root over ( X (2 k ) 2 +X (2 k+ 1) 2 )} k= 0,1, . . . , N/ 2−1,

where U amp (k) indicates an amplitude of the k-th harmonic, X(2k) indicates a value of a real part of the frequency domain value corresponding to a k-th harmonic, X(2k+1) indicates a value of an imaginary part of the frequency domain value corresponding to the k-th harmonic.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the verifying whether a resonance occurs in the grid-connected generation system based on the acquired amplitudes of the harmonics comprises:

calculating valid values of the amplitudes of the harmonics within a preset resonance frequency band using the amplitudes of the harmonics and a preset valid value calculation formula, wherein the preset valid value calculation formula is:

U

r

=

1

N

1

⁢

∑

k

=

M

1

M

2

⁢

⁢

U

amp

⁡

(

k

)

2

,

where U r indicates the valid values of the amplitudes of the harmonics within the preset resonance frequency band [f min , f max ], N 1 indicates the total number of resonances occurred within the preset resonance frequency band, M 1 indicates the number of resonances corresponding to a minimum allowable resonance frequency f min , M 2 indicates the number of resonances corresponding to a maximum allowable resonance frequency f max , and U amp (k) indicates the amplitude of the k-th harmonic; and

verifying whether the valid values of the amplitudes of the harmonics are not less than a preset harmonic threshold,

wherein it is determined that the resonance occurs in the grid-connected generation system in a case that the valid values of the amplitudes of the harmonics are not less than the preset harmonic threshold.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the acquiring current corrections of parameters of inverters in the grid-connected generation system according to a preset rule comprises:

calculating differences between the valid values of the amplitudes of the harmonics and the preset harmonic threshold to obtain input errors;

adjusting the input errors in proportion or proportion-integral to obtain current output controls; and

clipping amplitudes of the current output controls to obtain the current corrections of the parameters of the inverters in the grid-connected generation system.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein after the adjusting the parameters of the inverters using the current corrections and a preset resonance suppressing algorithm, the method further comprises:

controlling the inverters of the grid-connected generation system to stop operating in a case that the resonance does not disappear in the grid-connected generation system after a preset period of time.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein in a case that the resonance disappears in the grid-connected generation system, the method further comprises:

performing a power failure protection on the adjusted parameters of the inverters.

7. A device for monitoring and suppressing a resonance applied to a grid-connection generation system, wherein the device comprises:

a sample conditioning circuit connected to a preset sample point of the grid-connected generation system and configured to monitor a current sample voltage of the preset sample point;

a controller connected to the sample conditioning circuit and configured to acquire amplitudes of harmonics of the current sample voltage using a preset algorithm, verify whether a resonance occurs in the grid-connected generation system based on the acquired amplitudes of the harmonics, and acquire current corrections of parameters of inverters in the grid-connected generation system according to a preset rule in a case that the resonance occurs in the grid-connected generation system;

a communication bus connected to the controller and the inverters in the grid-connected generation system and configured to transmit the current corrections acquired by the controller to the inverters respectively; and

an adjusting module connected to the controller and the inverters and configured to adjust the parameters of the inverters using the current corrections and a preset resonance suppressing algorithm until the resonance disappears in the grid-connected generation system, wherein the adjusting module comprises a first adjusting unit configured to adjust bandwidths of the inverters using the current corrections and a preset adjustment formula, wherein the preset adjustment formula is:

{

k

p

=

k

p

+

Δ

⁢

⁢

U

out

k

p

<

k

p

⁢

⁢

min

k

p

=

k

p

⁢

⁢

min

,

where K p indicates a proportion control parameter, ΔU out indicates the current corrections and K pmin indicates minimum allowable adjustment values of the bandwidths of the inverters;

a second adjusting unit configured to adjust active damping coefficients of the inverters using a preset active damping algorithm and the current corrections; and

a third adjusting unit configured to transmit respectively the current corrections to the inverters to control an inactive damping resistor to be connected to a respective one of the inverters.

8. The device according to claim 7 , wherein the controller comprises:

a frequency domain calculation module configured to calculate frequency domain values corresponding to the current sample voltage using an FFT algorithm formula, wherein the FFT algorithm formula is:

x

⁡

(

l

)

=

∑

n

=

0

N

-

1

⁢

⁢

U

x

⁡

(

n

)

×

w

N

l

⁢

⁢

n

w

N

l

⁢

⁢

n

=

e

-

j

⁢

⁢

2

⁢

π

⁢

⁢

nl

/

N

,

l

=

0

,

1

,

…

⁢

,

N

-

1

,

where U x (n) indicates a discrete signal of the current sample voltage, x(l) indicates a frequency domain value corresponding to the current sample voltage after an FFT transformation is performed on the current sample voltage, N indicates the total number of sample points, and W N ln indicates a weight for the FFT algorithm;

an amplitude calculation module configured to calculate the amplitudes of the harmonics using the frequency domain values and a preset harmonic extracting formula, wherein the preset harmonic extracting formula is:

U amp ( k )=√{square root over ( X (2 k ) 2 +X (2 k+ 1) 2 )} k= 0,1, . . . , N/ 2−1,

where U amp (k) indicates an amplitude of the k-th harmonic, X(2k) indicates a value of a real part of the frequency domain value corresponding to a k-th harmonic, X(2k+1) indicates a value of an imaginary part of the frequency domain value corresponding to the k-th harmonic;

a valid value calculation module configured to calculate valid values of the amplitudes of the harmonics within a preset resonance frequency band using the amplitudes of the harmonics and a preset valid value calculation formula, wherein the preset valid value calculation formula is:

U

r

=

1

N

1

⁢

∑

k

=

M

1

M

2

⁢

⁢

U

amp

⁡

(

k

)

2

,

where U r indicates the valid values of the amplitudes of the harmonics within the preset resonance frequency band [f min , f max ], N 1 indicates the total number of resonances occurred within the preset resonance frequency band, M 1 indicates the number of resonances corresponding to a minimum allowable resonance frequency f min , M 2 indicates the number of resonances corresponding to a maximum allowable resonance frequency f max , and U amp (k) indicates the amplitude of the k-th harmonic;

a verifying module configured to verify whether the valid values of the amplitudes of the harmonics are not less than a preset harmonic threshold;

an error calculation module configured to calculate differences between the valid values of the amplitude of the harmonics and the preset harmonic threshold to obtain input errors;

a control acquiring module configured to adjust the input errors in proportion or proportion-integral to obtain current output controls; and

an amplitude clipping module configured to clip amplitudes of the current output controls to obtain the current corrections of the parameters of the inverters in the grid-connected generation system.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 10, 2015
From: PAN, NIANAN; CHENG, LIN; TAO, LEI
To: SUNGROW POWER SUPPLY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 036536/0048 →
Priority Claims (2)
CN 2014 1 0465695 · Sep 12, 2014 · national
CN 2014 1 0465702 · Sep 12, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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