Control method of a virtual generator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10452091-B2
Application number	US-201715400262-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 6, 2017
Priority date	Feb 16, 2016
Publication date	Oct 22, 2019
Grant date	Oct 22, 2019

Abstract

A method for controlling a virtual generator including at least one renewable power source, an accumulation system including a power and/or energy reserve, an inverter and a control law, the virtual generator delivering an active P/reactive Q electrical power of voltage V and of current I to a microgrid, the voltage V and current I having a frequency f, the active P/reactive Q electrical power controlling, via droop control, the frequency f and the RMS voltage Vrms of the voltage V, respectively, the method including control of the virtual generator via the control law for which it carries out an adjustment of the active P/reactive Q power delivered to the microgrid, the adjustment being capable of compensating for a variation in the active/reactive power consumed by the microgrid.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for controlling a virtual generator comprising at least one renewable power source, an accumulation system comprising:
a power and/or energy reserve, an inverter and a control law, the virtual generator delivering to a microgrid an active P/reactive Q electrical power with a voltage V and a current I, said voltage V and current I having a frequency f, said active/reactive electrical power controlling, via droop control, the frequency f and the RMS voltage V rms of the voltage V, respectively;
controlling the virtual generator via the control law for which said virtual generator carries out an adjustment of the active/reactive power delivered to the microgrid, said adjustment compensating for a variation in the active/reactive power consumed by the microgrid, wherein the accumulation system applies a DC voltage V ref to first terminals of the renewable power source so that the renewable power source delivers a power P sr , said power P sr being liable to exhibit power fluctuations, the accumulation system being controlled in order to compensate for said fluctuations, in which the voltage V ref is determined by a voltage sweep of the first output terminals, and by simultaneously measuring the amperage of the current produced by the renewable power source and said voltage V ref .

2. The method according to claim 1 , in which the control law is capable of endowing the virtual generator with the possibility to form the grid via the inverter.

3. The method according to claim 1 , in which the control law is capable of connecting the virtual generator in parallel with generator sets.

4. The method according to claim 1 , in which the DC voltage V ref applied to the first output terminals is the result of the conversion of a DC voltage V PS , at the terminals of a storage system, by a DC/DC converter, the storage system and the DC/DC converter being included within the accumulation system.

5. The method according to claim 1 , in which the voltage V ref is determined as a function of a setpoint power P sr that the renewable power source must be deliver, the voltage being imposed by the accumulation system.

6. The method according to claim 1 , in which the voltage sweep produces power variations in the power delivered by the renewable power source, the accumulation system is controlled in order to compensate for said variations during said sweep.

7. The method according to claim 1 , comprising a step of measuring a state of charge of the accumulation system.

8. The method according to claim 1 , in which the voltage V ref is adjusted so that, when the state of charge of the accumulation system is above or equal to a predetermined maximum charge threshold SoC max , the power P sr is entirely consumed by the microgrid.

9. The method according to claim 1 , in which the state of charge of the accumulation system is maintained at a value that is higher than a minimum state of charge SoC min .

10. The method according to claim 1 , in which a power P ace is delivered by the accumulation system to the microgrid, via the inverter, when said microgrid has to consume extra power P sur that the renewable power source is unable to provide.

11. A virtual generator delivering an active P/reactive Q electrical power, with a voltage of frequency f and RMS voltage Vrms, to a microgrid comprising:
a renewable power source;
an accumulation system comprising a power and/or energy reserve;
an inverter;
a control law;
the control law controlling the virtual generator so that the virtual generator delivers an active P/reactive Q electrical power having a voltage V and a current I to the microgrid, said voltage V and current I having a frequency f, said active P/reactive Q electrical power controlling, via droop control, the frequency f and the RMS voltage Vrms of the voltage V, respectively, and that the virtual generator carries out an adjustment of the active/reactive power delivered to the microgrid when a variation in the active/reactive power consumed by the microgrid occurs, said adjustment compensating for the variation in the active/reactive power consumed, wherein the accumulation system comprises a storage system and a DC/DC converter, the DC/DC converter connecting the output terminals of the storage system to first output terminals of the renewable power source, and the accumulation system delivering a voltage Y re f to the first output terminals, according to a setpoint imposed by the control law, from a DC voltage V PS delivered to the output terminals of the storage system, in which the accumulation system carrying out a voltage sweep of the first output terminals, and of simultaneously measuring the amperage of the current produced by the renewable power source and said voltage.

12. The virtual generator according to claim 11 , in which the control law is capable of endowing the virtual generator with the possibility to form the grid via the inverter.

13. The virtual generator according to claim 11 , in which the control law is capable of connecting the virtual generator in parallel with generator sets.

14. The virtual generator according to claim 11 , in which the control law is capable of determining the voltage V ref as a function of a setpoint power P sr that must be delivered by the renewable power source via the accumulation system.

15. The virtual generator according to claim 11 , in which the control law is capable of making the accumulation system compensate for fluctuations in the power delivered by the renewable power source.

16. The virtual generator according to claim 11 , in which the renewable power source comprises photovoltaic panels.

17. The virtual generator according to claim 11 , in which the renewable power source comprises wind turbines.

Assignees

• Schneider Electric Ind Sas

Inventors

• Rahmani Mustapha
• Herriot Yann
• Guyon-Aubert Caroline
• Gualino David
• Dentella Alain
• Lechat-Sanjuan Sylvain
• Gandanegara Grace

Classifications

• H02J3/381

  Dispersed generators · CPC title

• H02J3/1814

  having reactive elements actively controlled by bridge converters, e.g. unified power flow controllers [UPFC] or controlled series voltage compensators · CPC title

• Y02P80/14

  District level solutions, i.e. local energy networks · CPC title

• H02J3/38

  Arrangements for feeding a single network from two or more generators or sources in parallel; Arrangements for feeding already energised networks from additional generators or sources in parallel · CPC title

• H02J2101/28

  Wind energy · CPC title