709 results about "Distributed power generation" patented technology

A method of signaling between a photovoltaic module and an inverter module. The inverter module is connected to the photovoltaic module. In an initial mode of operation an initial code is modulated thereby producing an initial signal. The initial signal is transmitted from the inverter module to the photovoltaic module. The initial signal is received by the photovoltaic module. The operating mode is then changed to a normal mode of power conversion, and during the normal mode of operation a control signal is transmitted from the inverter to the photovoltaic module. A control code is demodulated and received from the control signal. The control code is compared with the initial code producing a comparison. The control command of the control signal is validated as a valid control command from the inverter module with the control command only acted upon when the comparison is a positive comparison.

Apparatuses and methods for configuring and managing solar panels to form strings of photovoltaic energy generators with improved performance and reduced cost. The photovoltaic energy generators are connected via one or more combined local management units (CLMUs), each having a plurality of direct current converters connected to and configured to receive direct current power from a respective solar panel. A controller unit shared by the CLMU's direct current converters is utilized to separately control the operation of each converter such that the power extracted from the solar panels is maximized. A communications unit coupled with the controller unit is utilized to facilitate communications between the controller unit and a system unit remote from the CLMU to report measurements and receive control signals.

A modular power plant assembly for distributed power generation includes a power generator assembly, to generate electrical power, mounted on a trailer. An AC/DC distribution panel electrically coupled to the power generator assembly is mounted on the power generator assembly. A Medium Voltage module electrically coupled to the power generator assembly is mounted on the trailer. The AC/DC distribution panel and the Medium Voltage module together control and distribute the electrical power generated by the power generator assembly. A plurality of auxiliary components to supply fuel and air to the power generator assembly are mounted adjacent to the power generator assembly on a skid attached to the trailer.

A method and apparatus for anti-islanding of distributed power generation systems having an inverter comprising a phase locked loop (PLL), a phase shift generator for injecting a phase shift into the PLL during at least one sample period, and a phase error signature monitor for monitoring at least one phase error response of the PLL during the at least one sample period.

A control strategy for distributed power generation modules in a power system that varies the line frequency or voltage according to a predetermined pattern to cause a PV inverter to modify its power output and thereby avoid overcharging a battery. When the power system operates in islanded mode, the AC load demand can be lower than the available energy from the PV array, causing the battery to become overcharged. To avoid this scenario, a hybrid inverter executes a pattern generator algorithm that varies the line frequency or voltage linearly, exponentially or any mathematical function or look-up tables. The PV inverter executes a pattern detection algorithm that detects the linear, exponential, or any mathematical function or look-up table change in the line frequency. In response, the PV inverter modifies its power output until an overcharging condition of the battery is removed. The line frequency/voltage can be varied within the anti-islanding limits to avoid premature disruption of the power system, and no additional settings are required at the device level in order to operate in any mode of operation: islanded, grid-connected or genset-connected.

The invention discloses an optimal virtual inertia control method based on a virtual synchronous generator in the distributed power generation control field. According to the method, a control strategy of a virtual synchronous generator is employed for a micro-grid inverter to organically combine three control degrees of freedom including a droop coefficient m, a virtual inertia J and a virtual damping D, and thus optimization of key parameters of the virtual synchronous generator is achieved. Through adoption of the method, the inertia advantage of a conventional synchronous generator is fully exhibited, and the stability and the inherent dynamic performance of an inverter are also taken into consideration. Moreover, the output power and frequency oscillation problems brought by virtual inertia are solved while the power and the capacity configuration of an energy storage apparatus are considered.

A droop control system for grid-connected synchronization connects to a plurality of distributed power generation modules and a utility grid system. The droop control system includes a detection processing module and a plurality of regulation control modules corresponding to the distributed power generation modules. The detection processing module is coupled with the distributed power generation modules and utility grid system in parallel to obtain a voltage difference, a phase angle difference and a frequency difference. The regulation control modules perform droop control of real power-frequency variety and reactive power-voltage variety and phase angle compensation. Through reactive power-voltage variety droop control approach, impact of impedance alterations in the power system can be eliminated and voltage fluctuations can also be minimized to achieve stable effect. Hence electric power of the utility grid system and distributed power generation modules can be regulated synchronously.

The invention belongs to the technical field of distributed power generation microgrid systems in power systems and relates to a wind-solar-diesel storage isolated microgrid system which comprises a lead-acid battery, one group or multiple groups of photovoltaic battery arrays, a fan, a diesel generator, a microgrid monitoring sub-system, a controllable load and an uncontrollable load, wherein the fan comprises more than one wind turbine generator or more than one group of wind turbine generator set, the lead-acid battery and the photovoltaic battery arrays are merged into a direct current bus bar through all front-stage two-way DC (direct current)/DC converters and connected into an alternating current bus bar through a two-way DC/AC (alternating current) inverter, the diesel generator is merged into the direct current bus bar through an AC/DC current converter, the wind turbine generator set is connected into the alternating current bus bar through an AC/DC/AC converter, the microgrid monitoring sub-system is used for controlling voltage and the frequency in a microgrid to be stable. The invention simultaneously provides a coordinated operation control method for the system. Thewind-solar-diesel storage isolated microgrid system has stronger robustness and flexibility, and can meet the long-term high-efficient stable operation requirement of the isolated microgrid system.

Distributed power generation systems are connected via the Internet to a managing apparatus in a managing company. The managing apparatus successively acquires and monitors the operation status of each distributed power generation system. The managing apparatus directly changes the control parameters or the sequence program of each distributed power generation system to perform necessary maintenance.

A method and system for operating a mini-grid including one or more power generation sources and one or more loads independently from a utility grid is provided, where the mini-grid is disconnected from the utility grid in response to a power disruption over the utility grid. A universal interconnect device forms a connection between the mini-grid and the utility grid. In the disconnected state, the mini-grid operates independently from the utility grid, such that the power generation sources of the mini-grid supply the loads. Frequency and voltage regulation are provided by the universal interconnect device through a monitoring function performed by a controller in conjunction with at least an energy storage device, which can absorb or generate power as needed.

The invention relates to an autonomously working monitoring system (10), a method for monitoring and maintenance of power grid distributed power generation devices (14) and a related computer program product. The system comprises at least one power performance monitoring unit (12) for monitoring, analyzing and storing at least power performance data (70) of at least one power generation device (14);

• at least one power generation device (14) comprising at least one power generation module (16) for generation of electric power and at least one inverter module (18) for feeding in electric power of said power generation module (16) to a power grid (20);
• and an external network (22) connecting one or more power generation devices (14) with said power performance monitoring unit (12).

The power generation device (14) further comprises

• at least one data acquisition module (24) for measuring of power output of each power generation module (16);
• at least one inverter measuring module (26) for measuring of power output of said inverter (18) to the power grid (20);
• a data interface module (28) in power line communication with said data acquisition module (24), and in communication with said inverter measuring module (26) and said external network (22) for sending power performance data (70) of said power generation device (14) to said power performance monitoring unit (12) including power generation module ID (66) and inverter ID (68), and/or for autonomously sending a maintenance notice for requesting a maintenance action based on at least a specific power performance pattern.

An electrical power supply system connected to an electrical grid, includes at least one source of electrical power, an inverter which receives power from the electrical source and delivers power to a local load, and a connection to the electrical grid. The system also includes a control unit for controlling the inverter, which interrupts the delivery of power by the inverter when at least one electrical parameter of the system exceeds a threshold value. The system also includes anti-islanding logic which detects at least one symptom of an islanding condition of the system and, when the symptom is detected, to cause a variation in the power level delivered by the inverter.

A system for predicting, communicating, displaying and utilizing data that is relevant to the distributed power generation and usage of electricity service via means that are easy to obtain, easy to interpret, and inexpensive.

The invention discloses a microgrid seamless switching control method based on improving phase control under a peer mode, and belongs to the technical field of a distributed power generation microgrid. According to the method, through utilization of a characteristic that a distributed power supply is always controlled by voltage under the grid-connected operation mode and the independent operation mode, the switch from the microgrid grid-connected operation mode to an off-grid operation mode is achieved conveniently, meanwhile, power rush at the moment of switching the off-grid operation to the grid-connected operation is reduced by the voltage\frequency restorative control of a second layer and the improved phase angle control. Not only is flexible access of the distributed power supply in the microgrid achieved, but also the function of plug and play of the whole microgrid is achieved.

A distributed power generating system enables very rapid and reliable start-up of an engine used to generate back-up power, thereby substantially reducing the need for stored power. More particularly, the distributed power generating system comprises a power bus electrically coupled to commercial power and to a load, an engine comprising a rotatable shaft, a starter/generator operatively coupled to the shaft of the engine and electrically coupled to the power bus, and a temporary storage device electrically coupled to the power bus. The distributed power generating system further comprises a control system adapted to detect a failure of the commercial power and cause the starter/generator to start the engine from a standstill condition. The control system provides the starter/generator with an initial voltage vector selected to rapidly bring the engine to an operational speed sustainable by the engine alone. The temporary storage device supplies electrical power to the power bus for delivery to the load and for powering the starter/generator until the engine reaches the operational speed, whereupon the control system causes the starter/generator to take over supply of electrical power to the power bus for delivery to the load. The control system starts the engine upon detection of a voltage on the power bus below a predetermined lower limit. After the engine has started, the control system monitors speed of the engine to determine whether the operational speed is reached. The control system terminates operation of the engine upon detection of a voltage on the power bus above a predetermined upper limit.

The invention discloses a microgrid energy management system capable of realizing load management. The energy management system comprises a man-machine interaction module, a prediction module, a system analysis module, a dispatching and control module, and a system management module. The system performs collection and monitoring on information of the output power of a distributed power generation unit (including a wind turbine generator, a photovoltaic array and a diesel engine set), the charging-discharging states of a storage battery, the load power, the electric energy quality information of unit nodes, and the like, then carries out data analysis and processing under the condition of satisfying electrical characteristic constraint conditions of operating conditions and physical equipment, formulates a corresponding optimal control strategy according to the current microgrid operating condition and external application requests, coordinates and manages the operations of the distributed power supply, the load and other modules in the microgrid system, optimizes the energy flow and utilization of the microgrid system, outputs by using renewable resources, supplies electric energy capable of satisfying the required quality to user load at the lowest operating cost, and realizes the system optimization and dispatching.

A battery comprising powdered active materials and capable of storing a large power, and equipment or device having the battery as parts of its structure, wherein an anode cell (2) of two vessels connected via an ion-passing separator (1) is filled with an anode powdered active material and an electrolytic solution (4), a cathode cell (3) is filled with a cathode powdered active material and an electrolytic solution (5) and conductive current collectors (6, 7) in contact with the powdered active materials are provided in the two vessels.

The invention discloses an intelligent electric meter (100), and the electric meter (100) comprises a central processor (101); a metering module (102) which is connected with the central processor (101) and is used for the bidirectional metering of the electric quantity; a blockchain module (103) which carries out the data interaction with the central processor (101), and is used for achieving thepoint-to-point power transaction between nodes in a blockchain network in a region and the storage of he distributed electric quantity metering and transaction data. The electric meter provided by the invention achieves the power transaction and recording through the blockchain module (103), and enables the final electric quantity information and point-to-point power transaction information to bestored in the blockchain network in a distributed and non-tampered manner. The electric meter achieves the distributed power generation and storage and the bidirectional metering of the power generation quantity and power utilization quantity of a power user, and achieves the metering, transaction and recording of the electric quantity of a distributed intelligent microgrid. A distributed power generation side and power utilization side serve as the basis of the transaction and charging through the intelligent electric meter, thereby enabling the microgrid to be more economically feasible.

The invention belongs to the field of electrical engineering, distributed power generation and power quality control, and aims to provide a multi-functional grid-connected inverter and a grid-connected inverter control method. The grid-connected inverter comprises a direct-current bus bar with a capacitor and three sets of single-phase full-bridge inverter circuits sharing the direct-current bus bar, the direct-current output ends of a distributed power supply or a grid-connected energy-storing generating set are connected to both ends of the capacitor of the direct-current bus bar, the output of each set of single-phase full-bridge inverter circuit is connected to a filter, and the output ends of each filter are connected with a distribution network of the 380V voltage class through a single-phase step-up isolation transformer. According to the invention, the grid-connected inverter equipment is effectively utilized to carry out effective control on the power quality of points of interconnection, so that the grid-connected inverter is multi-purpose and multi-functional, the cost performance of the grid-connected inverter is enhanced, the investment, operation and maintenance cost of a system can be reduced, and the reliability of the system can be enhanced. The principle of the provided control scheme is clear, and the control scheme is highly operable and reliable in operation.

The invention discloses an energy router for distributed power generation, which comprises a plurality of controllable switches, a current converter (4), an energy storage unit (3), a power frequency alternating current bus (12), an energy management system (13) and a static switch (14), wherein the controllable switches are connected onto the power frequency alternating current bus (12); the energy storage unit (3) is connected to the input side of the current converter (4); the output side of the current converter (4) is connected onto the controllable switches; one end of the static switch (14) is connected onto the power frequency alternating current bus (12); and the other end of the static switch (14) is connected to a public supply network (15). The energy management system (13) is connected with the controllable switches, the current converter (4) and the static switch (14) through an Ethernet. The energy management system provides a networking scheme, a stable control means and a load management strategy, so that the stable controllable alternating current electric energy is outputted after various instable power supplies are connected to the energy router.

A multi-mode combined cooling, heating and power micro-grid system considering ice storage air conditioning is composed of a distributed power generation system composed of photovoltaic power generation, wind power generation, a fuel cell, a micro gas turbine and ice storage air conditioning, primary system composed of an energy storage system and other co-supply equipment, and a secondary dispatching control system. A CCHP-MG multi-time-scale optimal scheduling method is proposed, in a day-ahead plan, the uncertainty of renewable energy is described through multiple scenes, economic operationof CCHP-MG in a running optimization period is focused on; Intra-day scheduling is based on the scheme of the day-ahead plan, the difference and correlation of cooling, heating and power on scheduling time scale are considered, a two-layer rolling optimal scheduling scheme is proposed, the upper layer dispatches the combined cold and heat supply equipment, the lower layer adjusts power equipment,taking minimization of the adjustment cost as the goal, the smooth output of each co-supply equipment is obtained. The invention can remarkably improve the comprehensive utilization efficiency of energy and the local absorption capacity of the distributed renewable energy, and realize the economic and safe operation of the multi-energy micro-network.

The invention discloses an energy management and coordination control system and method for a wind and solar energy distributed power generation independent micro grid. The energy management and coordination control system is composed of a distributed power generation system, a wireless communication system and a monitoring system, and an AC and DC hybrid topology structure is adopted. Specifically, main power generation units are composed of the wind power generation unit, the photovoltaic power generation unit and other micro power supplies, an energy storage device is of a hybrid energy storage type including a lead-acid storage battery and a super capacitor, the micro wind power generation unit and the solar photovoltaic power generation unit are converged to a DC bus through a power electronic conversion device, the hybrid energy storage device is connected with the DC bus through a bidirectional power converter, the DC bus exchanges energy with an AC bus through a DC/AC converter, and a medium wind power generator is connected with the AC bus. According to the energy management and coordination control system and method, a multi-agent coordination control system can be applied to a micro grid monitoring system and is developed based on a JADE platform, and energy management and optimal scheduling of the micro grid can be achieved.

The present invention discloses a model predictive control-based home integrated energy intelligent optimization and management system. According to the technical scheme of the invention, the structural features of a home energy local area network and the operating characteristics of all devices are analyzed, and then an economic operation scheme for the optimal energy management of the system is constructed. The system comprises a data acquisition module, a prediction module, an energy management and optimization module, a real-time scheduling optimization module, and a control and communication terminal module. Based on the model predictive control method, the online rolling optimized solution is conducted according to the energy consumption requirements of a load within different time periods, the real-time price of energy, and the state information of distributed power generation equipment and energy storage equipment. Therefore, the optimum allocation of the energy, and the economic and safe operation of the system are realized. Based on the internet technology, a network service platform is set up. Through a handset app, the functions of on-line monitoring, remote control and the like are realized. In this way, a user can know the energy consumption condition of home energy and the operating states of all intelligent devices at any time, so that the remote monitoring is realized for the user. The system provides a novel economic energy management mode for the user.

The invention relates to the new-energy distributed power generation operation control and aims at providing a wind-energy/ solar-energy/ storage/ ocean-current-energy new-energy isolated network stabilization operation integration control system and a method thereof. In the system, an energy storage apparatus and a new energy generator set are merged into an alternative current (ac) bus power grid through grid-connected convertors which are respectively configured in the energy storage apparatus and the new energy generator set. The each generator set and the energy storage apparatus are configured with monitoring apparatuses which is equipped with CAN interfaces and Ethernet network interfaces. The each monitoring apparatus is connected with the grid-connected convertor corresponding to the monitoring apparatus through a CAN bus. Simultaneously, information interaction can be realized through connection of the Ethernet and a central integration control unit. In the invention, a real-time Ethernet field bus technology is used to change new-energy isolated power generation into distributed concentrated scheduled orderly power generation. A stabilization control problem of clearance-type power supply can be partially solved. A computer network control technology, an intelligent scheduling control technology, a real time synchronization communication technology and a modern high-efficient grid-connected converting technology are combined. The system possesses flexible control, good stability, good redundancy and the like.