Hybrid green-energy street light apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10349480-B2
Application number	US-201715789235-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 20, 2017
Priority date	Jun 27, 2017
Publication date	Jul 9, 2019
Grant date	Jul 9, 2019

Abstract

A hybrid green-energy street light apparatus includes a bus cable, a load unit, a first storage unit, a second storage unit and a green-energy generator. The load unit, the first battery body and the green-energy generator connect the bus cable. The first storage unit includes a first controller and a first battery body having a first voltage. The first controller keeps a terminal voltage of the first battery body at a second voltage greater than the first voltage. The second storage unit includes a second battery body, a second controller and a first switch. The second battery body connects the bus cable through the first switch. When the terminal voltage of the first battery body drops to the second voltage, the second controller closes the first switch to couple the second battery body and the bus cable. The green-energy generator charges the first storage unit and the second storage unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A hybrid green-energy street light apparatus, comprising:
a bus cable;
a load unit, connected with the bus cable;
a first storage unit, including a first battery body and a first controller, the first battery body having a cutoff voltage defined as a first voltage, the first battery body being connected with the bus cable, the first controller at least keeping a terminal voltage of the first battery body at a second voltage greater than the first voltage;
a second storage unit, including a second battery body, a second controller and a first switch, the second battery body being connected with the bus cable through the first switch; wherein, when the terminal voltage of the first battery body is decreased to the second voltage, the second controller turns the first switch into a closed state, such that the second battery body is electrically coupled with the bus cable; and
a green-energy generator, connected with the bus cable, being to charge the first storage unit and the second storage unit by a green energy.

2. The hybrid green-energy street light apparatus of claim 1 , further including a first power converter located between the green-energy generator and the bus cable, the first power converter having a maximum power point tracking module for having the green-energy generator to generate a maximum power output.

3. The hybrid green-energy street light apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the cutoff voltage of the first power converter is a third voltage; wherein, when the terminal voltage of the first battery body is decreased to the third voltage, the second controller turns the first switch into the closed state, such that the second battery body is electrically coupled with the bus cable.

4. The hybrid green-energy street light apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the load unit includes at least one of an LED module, a lamp module, a DC socket, an AC socket and a power module.

5. The hybrid green-energy street light apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the load unit is an LED module, the green-energy street light apparatus further including a second switch and a third controller, the second switch being located between the load unit and the bus cable, open or closed of the second switch being controlled by a degree of sunshine exposure and the third controller; wherein, when the second switch is in a closed state, the second controller turns the first switch into an open state, such that the second battery body is electrically isolated from the bus cable; wherein, when the terminal voltage of the first battery body is decreased to the second voltage, the third controller turns the second switch into an open state, such that the load unit is electrically isolated from the bus cable.

6. The hybrid green-energy street light apparatus of claim 1 , further including a second power converter located between the load unit and the bus cable, the second power converter having one of a transformer and a DC/AC power converter.

7. The hybrid green-energy street light apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first battery body includes a secondary battery.

8. The hybrid green-energy street light apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first battery body is one of a lithium battery and a lead-acid battery.

9. The hybrid green-energy street light apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second battery body includes a secondary battery.

10. The hybrid green-energy street light apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second battery body is one of a flow battery and a super-capacitor.

11. The hybrid green-energy street light apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the green-energy generator is one of a solar panel and a wind-driven generator.

Assignees

• Iner Aec Executive Yuan

Inventors

• Hsieh Chin-Lung

Classifications

• H02J2101/28

  Wind energy · CPC title

• H05B47/18

  via data-bus transmission · CPC title

• H02J4/00

  Circuit arrangements for mains or distribution networks not specified as AC or DC; Circuit arrangements for mains or distribution networks combining AC and DC sections or sub-networks (arrangements using intermediate DC-AC-DC conversion H02J1/002; arrangements using high-voltage DC [HVDC] links H02J3/36) · CPC title

• H02J7/34

  Parallel operation in networks using both storage and other DC sources, e.g. providing buffering (H02J7/14 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H02J7/345

  using capacitors as storage or buffering devices · CPC title