Direct current power supply device control method and control device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10038334-B2
Application number	US-201615374413-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 9, 2016
Priority date	Dec 2, 2014
Publication date	Jul 31, 2018
Grant date	Jul 31, 2018

Abstract

A direct current power supply device control method and control device such that output currents of each direct current power supply unit are balanced with high accuracy using droop control that reflects wiring resistance from a multiple of direct current power supply units operated in parallel to a load. A droop characteristic of each of power supply units is expressed using wiring resistance between output terminals of the power supply units, output voltage, output current, an output voltage command value, and a droop coefficient, and the wiring resistance is calculated in advance using the output voltage and output current of each unit and voltage of an output point. When the units are operated in parallel, an output voltage command value of each unit is calculated using output current of the same magnitude common to all units, the output voltage of each unit, the droop coefficient, and the wiring resistance.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of controlling a direct current power supply device that supplies direct current power to a load by a plurality of direct current power supply units, which have respective droop characteristics, being operated in parallel, the plurality of direct current power supply units configured to supply the direct current power to the load through an output point of the direct current power supply device, the method comprising:
equalizing output currents of the plurality of direct current power supply units by
calculating wiring resistances between output terminals of the plurality of direct current power supply units using values of an output voltage and output current of each of the direct current power supply units and a voltage of the output point of the direct current power supply device, and
for each direct current power supply unit of the plurality of direct current power supply units, when the plurality of direct current power supply units are operated in parallel, using:
an output current of the same magnitude common to all of the plurality of direct current power supply units, as a value of an output current of the respective direct current power supply unit,
an output voltage of the respective direct current power supply unit,
a droop coefficient, and
at least one of the wiring resistances,

to calculate an output voltage command value of the respective direct current power supply unit by using a relation, which indicates a droop characteristic of the respective direct current power supply unit, between the at least one of the wiring resistances, the output voltage, output current, and output voltage command value of the respective direct current power supply unit, and the droop coefficient.

2. The direct current power supply device control method according to claim 1 , comprising, for each of the plurality of direct current power supply units:
performing a calibration operation that calculates the output voltage command value of the respective direct current power supply unit in order to carry out parallel operation of the plurality of direct current power supply units, the calibrating operation including:
gradually raising an output voltage of another direct current power supply unit of the plurality of direct current power supply units when the respective direct current power supply unit operates,
calculating one of the wiring resistances using the output voltage and output current of the another direct current power supply unit and the voltage of the output point of the direct current power supply device, and
calculating the output voltage command value of the another direct current power supply unit using output current of the same magnitude common to the plurality of direct current power supply units, the output voltage of the another direct current power supply unit, the droop coefficient, and the wiring resistance.

3. A direct current power supply device control device, being a control device of a direct current power supply device that includes a plurality of direct current power supply units operable in parallel to supply a direct current power to a load through an output point of the direct current power supply, each of the plurality of direct current power supply units having respective droop characteristics, detectors to detect output voltage and output current of the direct current power therefore, and at least one processor configured to calculate an output voltage command value thereof, the control device comprising:
a communication interface to communicate with the plurality of direct current power supply units;
at least one processor configured to control the control device to implement equalizing of output currents of the plurality of direct current power supply units by
calculating values of wiring resistances between output terminals of the plurality of direct current power supply units using values of an output voltage and output current of each of the direct current power supply units and a voltage of the output point of the direct current power supply device, and
when the plurality of direct current power supply units are operating in parallel, calculating corrective resistances based on the wiring resistances and transmitting at least one of the corrective resistances to each direct current power supply units,

wherein, for each of the plurality of direct current power supply units, the at least one processor of the respective direct current power unit is configured to use:
an output current of a same magnitude common to all of the direct current power supply units as a value of an output current of the respective direct current power supply unit,
the output voltage of the respective direct current power supply unit,
the droop coefficient, and
at least one of the corrective resistances,

to calculate an output voltage command value of the respective direct current power supply unit by using a relation, which indicates a droop characteristic of the respective direct current power supply unit, between the at least one of the corrective resistances, the output voltage, output current, and output voltage command value of the respective direct current power supply unit, and the droop coefficient.

4. The direct current power supply device control device according to claim 3 , wherein the plurality of direct current power supply units are:
a plurality of main power supply units, which convert alternating current power to direct current power and supply the direct current power to the load, or
a plurality of back-up units, which supply direct current power to the load when operation of the main power supply unit is stopped.

Assignees

• Fuji Electric Co Ltd

Inventors

• Banno Seitaro

Classifications

• H02J1/001

  Hot plugging or unplugging of load or power modules to or from power distribution networks · CPC title

• H02J9/061

  for DC powered loads · CPC title

• H02J1/108

  having arrangements for blocking reverse current flow, e.g. using diodes (H02J1/12 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H02M1/32

  Means for protecting converters other than automatic disconnection · CPC title

• G06F1/30

  Means for acting in the event of power-supply failure or interruption, e.g. power-supply fluctuations (for resetting only G06F1/24) · CPC title