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US 12,272,953 · App. 18/074,172 · Granted Apr 8, 2025

Photovoltaic power generation system and photovoltaic power transmission method

Inventors: Fei Xu (Shenzhen, CN); Yongbing Gao (Shanghai, CN); Guoping Fan (Dongguan, CN)
Assignee: Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd.
H02J3/32H02J3/381H02J3/46H02M3/158H02M7/797H02S40/32H02J2300/26
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Patent No.
US 12,272,953
App. No.
18/074,172
Granted
Apr 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

This application provides a photovoltaic power generation system. The system includes at least one first photovoltaic module, a photovoltaic inverter, a first two-way DC/DC converter, and at least one first energy storage unit, and further includes at least one second photovoltaic module or at least one second energy storage unit. The photovoltaic inverter includes a DC/DC converter and a DC-AC inverter, where the DC/DC converter is electrically connected to the at least one first photovoltaic module, and the DC/DC converter is connected to the DC-AC inverter through a direct current bus. For the photovoltaic power generation system, photovoltaic arrays and energy storage devices can be configured flexibly to cope with peaks and troughs of power consumption.

Claims (30)

1. A photovoltaic power generation system, comprising: at least one first photovoltaic module, a photovoltaic inverter, a first two-way direct current-direct current (DC/DC) converter, and at least two energy storage units, wherein

the photovoltaic inverter comprises a DC/DC converter and a direct current-alternating current (DC-AC) inverter, wherein an input terminal of the DC/DC converter is electrically connected to an output terminal of the at least one first photovoltaic module, an output terminal of the DC/DC converter is connected to an input terminal of the DC-AC inverter through a direct current bus, and the photovoltaic inverter is configured to convert a direct current output by the at least one first photovoltaic module into an alternating current and output the alternating current to a power grid; and

the first two-way DC/DC converter comprises at least three ports, wherein one port of the at least three ports of the first two-way DC/DC converter is electrically connected to the direct current bus, the remaining ports of the at least three ports of the first two-way DC/DC converter are electrically and respectively connected to the at least two energy storage units, and a circuit between any two ports of the first two-way DC/DC converter is configured with two-way circulation, wherein an energy is able to be circulated between the at least two energy storage units and between the photovoltaic inverter and each of the at least two energy storage units and when an amount of power demanded by the power grid is less than an amount of power generated by the at least one first photovoltaic module, the first two-way DC/DC converter is configured to circulate energy from the at least two energy storage units to the photovoltaic inverter.

2. The photovoltaic power generation system according to claim 1 , wherein the photovoltaic power generation system further comprises a second two-way DC/DC converter and further at least two energy storage units, wherein

the second two-way DC/DC converter comprises at least three ports, wherein one port of the at least three ports of the second two-way DC/DC converter is electrically connected to the direct current bus, the remaining ports of the at least three ports of the second two-way DC/DC converter are electrically connected to the further at least two energy storage units.

3. The photovoltaic power generation system according to claim 1 , wherein

a circuit between the at least two energy storage units and the photovoltaic inverter is configured as a booster circuit with two-way circulation;

a circuit between the at least two energy storage units is a two-way circulation circuit, so that an energy can be circulated between the at least two energy storage units to balance a storage capacity of the at least two energy storage units.

4. The photovoltaic power generation system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least three ports of the first two-way DC/DC converter comprises at least two sub-ports that are electrically connected to output terminals of the at least two energy storage units, and the at least two sub-ports are in a one-to-one correspondence with the at least two energy storage units.

5. The photovoltaic power generation system according to claim 1 , wherein the photovoltaic power generation system further comprises a maximum power point tracking (MPPT) controller, configured to control a current direction in the first two-way DC/DC converter and a charge/discharge power mode of the first two-way DC/DC converter.

6. A photovoltaic power generation system, comprising: at least one first photovoltaic module, a photovoltaic inverter, a first two-way direct current-direct current (DC/DC) converter, and at least two energy storage units, wherein

the photovoltaic inverter comprises a DC/DC converter and a direct current-alternating current (DC-AC) inverter, wherein an input terminal of the DC/DC converter is electrically connected to an output terminal of the at least one first photovoltaic module, an output terminal of the DC/DC converter is connected to an input terminal of the DC-AC inverter through a direct current bus, and the photovoltaic inverter is configured to convert a direct current output by the at least one first photovoltaic module into an alternating current and output the alternating current to a power grid; and

the first two-way DC/DC converter comprises at least three ports, wherein one port of the at least three ports of the first two-way DC/DC converter is electrically connected to the direct current bus, the remaining ports of the at least three ports of the first two-way DC/DC converter are electrically and respectively connected to the at least two energy storage units which are in parallel connection to each other, and a circuit between any two ports of the first two-way DC/DC converter is configured with two-way circulation, wherein an energy is able to be circulated between the at least two energy storage units and between the photovoltaic inverter and each of the at least two energy storage units based on different power demand from a power grip.

7. The photovoltaic power generation system according to claim 6 , wherein the photovoltaic power generation system further comprises a second two-way DC/DC converter and further at least two energy storage units, wherein

the second two-way DC/DC converter comprises at least three ports, wherein one port of the at least three ports of the second two-way DC/DC converter is electrically connected to the direct current bus, the remaining ports of the at least three ports of the second two-way DC/DC converter are electrically connected to the further at least two energy storage units.

8. The photovoltaic power generation system according to claim 6 , wherein

a circuit between the at least two energy storage units and the photovoltaic inverter is configured as a booster circuit with two-way circulation;

a circuit between the at least two energy storage units is a two-way circulation circuit, so that an energy can be circulated between the at least two energy storage units to balance a storage capacity of the at least two energy storage units.

9. The photovoltaic power generation system according to claim 6 , wherein the at least three ports of the first two-way DC/DC converter comprises at least two sub-ports that are electrically connected to output terminals of the at least two energy storage units, and the at least two sub-ports are in a one-to-one correspondence with the at least two energy storage units.

10. The photovoltaic power generation system according to claim 6 , wherein the photovoltaic power generation system further comprises a maximum power point tracking (MPPT) controller, configured to control a current direction in the first two-way DC/DC converter and a charge/discharge power mode of the first two-way DC/DC converter.

11. A photovoltaic power generation system, comprising: at least one first photovoltaic module, a photovoltaic inverter, a first two-way direct current-direct current (DC/DC) converter, and at least two energy storage units, wherein

the photovoltaic inverter comprises a DC/DC converter and a direct current-alternating current (DC-AC) inverter, wherein an input terminal of the DC/DC converter is electrically connected to an output terminal of the at least one first photovoltaic module, an output terminal of the DC/DC converter is connected to an input terminal of the DC-AC inverter through a direct current bus, and the photovoltaic inverter is configured to convert a direct current output by the at least one first photovoltaic module into an alternating current and output the alternating current to a power grid; and

the first two-way DC/DC converter comprises at least three ports, wherein one port of the at least three ports of the first two-way DC/DC converter is electrically connected to the direct current bus, the remaining ports of the at least three ports of the first two-way DC/DC converter are electrically and respectively connected to the at least two energy storage units, and a circuit between any two ports of the first two-way DC/DC converter is configured with two-way circulation, wherein an energy is able to be circulated between the at least two energy storage units and between the photovoltaic inverter and the at least two energy storage units based on different power demand from a power grip.

12. The photovoltaic power generation system according to claim 11 , wherein the photovoltaic power generation system further comprises a second two-way DC/DC converter and further at least two energy storage units, wherein

the second two-way DC/DC converter comprises at least three ports, wherein one port of the at least three ports of the second two-way DC/DC converter is electrically connected to the direct current bus, the remaining ports of the at least three ports of the second two-way DC/DC converter are electrically connected to the further at least two energy storage units.

13. The photovoltaic power generation system according to claim 11 , wherein

a circuit between the at least two energy storage units and the photovoltaic inverter is configured as a booster circuit with two-way circulation;

a circuit between the at least two energy storage units is a two-way circulation circuit, so that an energy can be circulated between the at least two energy storage units to balance a storage capacity of the at least two energy storage units.

14. The photovoltaic power generation system according to claim 11 , wherein the at least three ports of the first two-way DC/DC converter comprises at least two sub-ports that are electrically connected to output terminals of the at least two energy storage units, and the at least two sub-ports are in a one-to-one correspondence with the at least two energy storage units.

15. The photovoltaic power generation system according to claim 11 , wherein the photovoltaic power generation system further comprises a maximum power point tracking (MPPT) controller, configured to control a current direction in the first two-way DC/DC converter and a charge/discharge power mode of the first two-way DC/DC converter.

Priority Claims (1)
CN 201810114068.0 · Feb 5, 2018 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16984418 · Aug 4, 2020
Continuation PCTCN2019072778 · Jan 23, 2019
Related Publication 20230095057A1 · Mar 30, 2023
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