V2G system and charge/discharge control method based on an estimated power supply-demand state, a minimum trading unit of an amount of power, and a total amount of power secured for selling to a power system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10414283-B2
Application number	US-201515738719-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 15, 2015
Priority date	Jul 15, 2015
Publication date	Sep 17, 2019
Grant date	Sep 17, 2019

Abstract

A V2G system includes: a power system; a charging/discharging device including an electricity storage unit, a power conversion unit that converts power transferred between the electricity storage unit and the power system, a reception unit, and a control unit that controls an operation of the power conversion unit based on a received signal; and a server device that manages charging and discharging of the electricity storage unit. The server device determines a period of time during which power is discharged from the electricity storage unit to the power system or during which the electricity storage unit is charged using power supplied from the power system, and transmits an instruction including the period of time to the charging/discharging device. The control unit of the charging/discharging device starts up or stop based on the period of time indicated by the instruction from the server device.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A V2G system comprising:
a power system;
a charging/discharging device including an electricity storage unit that is provided in a transport equipment, a power conversion unit that converts power transferred between the electricity storage unit and the power system, a reception unit that receives a signal from an external device, and a control unit that controls an operation of the power conversion unit based on the signal received by the reception unit; and
a server device that manages charging and discharging of the electricity storage unit in the charging/discharging device,
wherein the server device performs a time-series analysis on an amount of power supplied from a power supplier to the power system and an amount of power supplied from the power system to a power consumer, determines a period of time during which power is discharged from the electricity storage unit of the charging/discharging device to the power system or during which the electricity storage unit is charged using power supplied from the power system based on a result of estimating a power supply-demand state of the power system and a minimum trading unit of an amount of power managed by the server device during power transfer with the power system, and transmits an instruction including the period of time during which the discharging or the charging is performed to the charging/discharging device,
wherein the server device determines the period of time during which the discharging of the charging/discharging device is performed based on the result of estimating the power supply-demand state, the minimum trading unit of the amount of power managed during power transfer with the power system, and a total amount of power secured for selling to the power system, and
wherein the control unit of the charging/discharging device starts up or stops based on the period of time indicated by the instruction that is transmitted from the server device and is received by the reception unit.

2. The V2G system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the server device determines the period of time during which the charging of the charging/discharging device is performed based on the result of estimating the power supply-demand state, a degree of contribution of the charging/discharging device to the power system, and a charge appropriateness level of a time slot in which the electricity storage unit is charged such that, as the degree of contribution increases, the electricity storage unit is charged in a time slot having a higher charge appropriateness level, the charge appropriateness level being calculated from an influence on deterioration of the electricity storage unit.

3. The V2G system according to claim 1 ,
wherein in a case where an amount of power stored in the electricity storage unit is a predetermined amount or higher, the control unit of the charging/discharging device controls an operation of the power conversion unit such that the discharging starts at a time, which is earlier by a predetermined period of time than a start time of the discharging indicated by the instruction, and is performed until an end time of the discharging indicated by the instruction, and
the server device manages a degree of contribution of each of the charging/discharging devices to the power system and sets the contribution to be high for the charging/discharging device including the electricity storage unit which performs the discharging for a period of time longer than the period of time during which the discharging is performed indicated by the instruction.

4. The V2G system according to claim 1 ,
wherein in a case where a preset activeness of discharging from the electricity storage unit to the power system is a predetermined value or higher, the control unit controls an operation of the power conversion unit such that the discharging starts at a time, which is earlier by a predetermined period of time than a start time of the discharging indicated by the instruction, and is performed until an end time of the discharging indicated by the instruction, and
the server device manages a degree of contribution of each of the charging/discharging devices to the power system and sets the contribution to be high for the charging/discharging device including the electricity storage unit which performs the discharging for a period of time longer than the period of time during which the discharging is performed indicated by the instruction.

5. The V2G system according to claim 1 ,
wherein in a case where an amount of power stored in the electricity storage unit is a predetermined amount or higher, the control unit controls an operation of the power conversion unit such that the discharging starts at a start time of the discharging indicated by the instruction and is performed until a time which is later by a predetermined period of time than an end time of the discharging indicated by the instruction, and
the server device manages a degree of contribution of each of the charging/discharging devices to the power system and sets the contribution to be high for the charging/discharging device including the electricity storage unit which performs the discharging for a period of time longer than the period of time during which the discharging is performed indicated by the instruction.

6. The V2G system according to claim 1 ,
wherein in a case where a preset activeness of discharging from the electricity storage unit to the power system is a predetermined value or higher, the control unit of the charging/discharging device controls an operation of the power conversion unit such that the discharging starts at a start time of the discharging indicated by the instruction and is performed until a time which is later by a predetermined period of time than an end time of the discharging indicated by the instruction, and
the server device manages a degree of contribution of each of the charging/discharging devices to the power system and sets the contribution to be high for the charging/discharging device including the electricity storage unit which performs the discharging for a period of time longer than the period of time during which the discharging is performed indicated by the instruction.

7. A method of charging and discharging an electricity storage unit in a V2G system, the V2G system including a power system, a charging/discharging device, and a server device,
the charging/discharging device including the electricity storage unit that is provided in a transport equipment, a power conversion unit that converts power transferred between the electricity storage unit and the power system, a reception unit that receives a signal from an external device, and a control unit that controls an operation of the power conversion unit based on the signal received by the reception unit,
the server device managing charging and discharging of the electricity storage unit in the charging/discharging device, and
the method comprising:
causing the server device to perform a time-series analysis on an amount of power supplied from a power supplier to the power system and an amount of power supplied from the power system to a power consumer, to determine a period of time during which power is discharged from the electricity storage unit of the charging/discharging device to the power system or during which the electricity storage unit is charged using power supplied from the power system based on a result of estimating a power supply-demand state of the power system and a minimum trading unit of an amount of power managed by the server device during power transfer with the power system, and to transmit an instruction including the period of time during which the discharging or the charging is performed to the charging/discharging d

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kudo Jun
• HONMA Keiichiro
• Shinzaki Satoru

Classifications

• Y04S30/12

  Remote or cooperative charging · CPC title

• B60L2240/662

  Temperature · CPC title

• B60L58/12

  responding to state of charge [SoC] · CPC title

• B60L58/16

  responding to battery ageing, e.g. to the number of charging cycles or the state of health [SoH] · CPC title

• Y04S10/126

  the energy generation units being or involving electric vehicles [EV] or hybrid vehicles [HEV], i.e. power aggregation of EV or HEV, vehicle to grid arrangements [V2G] · CPC title