Power Management Control for Battery Discharge Timing Shifts
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Solution Overview
Problem
In power grid management, storage battery apparatuses face challenges in maintaining a balance between demand and supply when load-following processing is performed, as it can result in limited room for power reduction, and simply suppressing discharge to secure baseline power impairs the merits of introducing storage batteries.
Innovation Solution
A power management server and method that select facilities with storage battery apparatuses to apply specific processing, including suppressing discharge amounts and shifting timing to maintain reducible capacity, ensuring fairness and avoiding impairment of storage battery merits.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If load-following processing is performed with storage battery apparatuses, then power demand and supply balance is maintained, but room for power reduction becomes limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the control parameters of storage battery apparatuses by shifting the discharge timing parameter. Instead of discharging at the original load-following timing, the system shifts discharge timing to a later time point, allowing power reduction at the original timing while maintaining supply balance through delayed discharge. This parameter change resolves the contradiction by decoupling the timing of power balance maintenance from power reduction opportunities.
2Reliability
If discharge of storage battery apparatuses is suppressed to secure baseline power, then baseline power is secured, but merits of introducing storage batteries are impaired
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by shifting the discharge timing to occur before the control target period expires, rather than suppressing discharge entirely. The storage battery apparatus discharges in advance at a shifted timing, which secures baseline power during the critical period while still utilizing the storage battery's discharge capability. This maintains the merit of storage battery usage while achieving baseline power security.
3Productivity
If storage battery apparatuses discharge to follow load, then load-following is achieved, but reducible capacity becomes zero
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces dynamics by making the discharge timing adjustable and shiftable rather than fixed. The control system dynamically shifts the discharge timing parameter based on operational needs, allowing the storage battery to discharge at optimized times rather than strictly following load variations. This dynamic timing adjustment preserves reducible capacity while maintaining load-following performance through flexible scheduling.
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AI summary
A power management server comprises a controller configured to select, from a plurality of facilities having storage battery apparatuses, two or more first facilities applying first processing configured to suppress a discharge amount of the storage battery apparatuses. The controller is configured to apply, to the two or more first facilities, a same condition as a suppression condition of the discharge amount of the storage battery apparatuses.


