IP Library Granted Patent US 10,749,346
Granted Patent B2
US 10,749,346 · App. 16/078,468 · Granted Aug 18, 2020

Power management system

Inventor: Yutaka Kuboyama (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
H02J3/32H02J3/38H02J3/383H02J7/007H02J7/35
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Patent No.
US 10,749,346
App. No.
16/078,468
Granted
Aug 18, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A power management system for supplying generated power from a solar cell, which is the power generator, to a power grid and a storage battery, which is the power storage device, includes a controller that controls charging power supplied to the storage battery and output power from the solar cell in order for the generated power not to flow backward to the power grid; a voltage monitoring unit that monitors the voltage of the power grid; and a current monitoring unit that monitors the current from the power grid. The controller controls the charging power sent to the storage battery in accordance with power purchased from the power grid on the basis of the voltage and the current; and the storage battery and the solar cell are controlled in accordance with different thresholds of purchased power.

Claims (30)

1. A power management system for supplying generated power from a power generator to a power grid and a power storage device, the system comprising:

a controller to control charging power supplied to the power storage device and output power from the power generator in order for the generated power sent not to flow backward to the power grid;

a voltage monitoring unit to monitor a voltage of the power grid; and

a current monitoring unit to monitor a current of the power grid, wherein

the controller controls the charging power sent to the power storage device in accordance with power purchased from the power grid on the basis of the voltage and the current, and

the power storage device and the power generator are controlled in accordance with different thresholds of purchased power.

2. The power management system according to claim 1 , wherein,

when receiving schedule information from an external source, the controller prevents reverse power flow to the power grid in accordance with the schedule information.

3. The power management system according to claim 2 , wherein

the controller controls the charging power sent to the power storage device on the basis of the schedule information.

4. A power management system for supplying generated power from a power generator to a power grid and a power storage device, the system comprising:

a controller to perform control that

increases charging power supplied to the power storage device, when a request signal for preventing a reverse power flow to the power grid is received and the reverse power flow is actually occurring, and

when the request signal is received but the reverse power flow is not actually occurring, perform control that

increases output power from the power generator in a case where the output power from the power generator can be increased, and

decreases the charging power supplied to the power storage device in a case where the output power from the power generator cannot be increased.

5. The power management system according to claim 4 , wherein,

when purchased power based on a voltage and a current of the power grid is lower than a preset threshold of purchased power, the controller determines that the reverse power flow is occurring and performs control to increase the charging power supplied to the power storage device.

6. The power management system according to claim 4 , wherein

the controller performs control to reduce the output power from the power generator, when the charging power to the power storage device cannot be increased.

7. The power management system according to claim 5 , wherein

the controller performs control to reduce the output power from the power generator, when the charging power to the power storage device cannot be increased.

8. A power management system for supplying generated power from a power generator to a power grid and a power storage device, the system comprising:

a controller to perform control that increases charging power supplied to the power storage device, when receiving a request signal for preventing a reverse power flow to the power grid and when the reverse power flow is actually occurring, wherein

the controller

performs control to increase the charging power supplied to the power storage device determining that the reverse power flow is occurring, when purchased power based on a voltage and a current of the power grid is lower than a threshold of purchased power being a preset threshold for the power storage device, and

performs control to decrease output power from the power generator, when the purchased power is lower than a threshold of purchased power for the power generator that is set as a threshold for the power generator lower than the threshold of purchased power.

9. A power management system for supplying generated power from a power generator to a power grid and a power storage device, the system comprising:

a controller to perform control that increases charging power supplied to the power storage device determining that a reverse power flow to the power grid is occurring, when purchased power based on a voltage and a current of the power grid is lower than a threshold of purchased power being a preset threshold for the power storage device, wherein

the controller performs control to decrease output power from the power generator, when the purchased power is lower than a threshold of purchased power for the power generator that is set as a threshold for the power generator lower than the threshold of purchased power.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 22, 2018
From: KUBOYAMA, YUTAKA
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
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Continuity (1)
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