Access control method for parallel direct current power supplies and device thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10503126-B2
Application number	US-201715618503-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 9, 2017
Priority date	Jun 21, 2016
Publication date	Dec 10, 2019
Grant date	Dec 10, 2019

Abstract

The application provides an access control method of parallel direct current power supplies and a device thereof. Direct current power supplies with single insulation resistances to ground failing to meet a first preset condition or causing a total insulation resistances to fail to meet a second preset condition are disconnected from a grid-connected inverter, and direct current power supplies with single insulation resistance to ground meeting the first preset condition and enabling the total insulation resistance to meet the second preset condition are connected with the grid-connected inverter for grid-connected inverting. Unlike in conventional technology, not all the direct current power supplies connected to a direct current bus are made stop outputting, thereby avoiding the loss of inverter power generation.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An access control method for parallel direct current power supplies, performed by an access control device for parallel direct current power supplies which is applied to a grid-connected inverter, wherein,
a direct current side of the grid-connected inverter is connected with n direct current power supplies in parallel via 2n switches; and
the access control device for the parallel direct current power supplies comprises: a control unit and an insulation resistance detection circuit, and n is a positive integer greater than 1; wherein,
one ends of n of the 2n switches are connected with positive output terminals of the n direct current power supplies in a one-to-one correspondence, and the other ends are connected with a positive input terminal of the insulation resistance detection circuit and a positive input terminal of the grid-connected inverter;
one ends of the other n of the 2n switches are connected with negative output terminals of the n direct current power supplies in a one-to-one correspondence, and the other ends are connected with a negative input terminal of the insulation resistance detection circuit and a negative input terminal of the grid-connected inverter;

wherein the method comprises:
S 101 , detecting, by the insulation resistance detection circuit, values of single insulation resistances to ground of the n direct current power supplies;
S 102 , determining, by the control unit, whether values of the single insulation resistances to ground each are greater than a first threshold;
S 103 , controlling, by the control unit, each switch connected with a direct current power supply, a value of a single insulation resistance to ground of which is not greater than the first threshold, to be open, and controlling each switch connected with a direct current power supply, a value of a single insulation resistance to ground of which is greater than the first threshold, to be closed, in response to determining that the values of the single insulation resistances to ground are not all greater than the first threshold;
S 104 , detecting, by the insulation resistance detection circuit, a value of a total insulation resistance to ground of direct current power supplies currently in parallel, after step S 103 is performed or in a case that in step S 102 all the values of the single insulation resistances to ground is greater than the first threshold;
S 105 , determining, by the control unit, whether the value of the total insulation resistance to ground is greater than a second threshold different than the first threshold;
S 106 , controlling, by the control unit, a switch connected with a direct current power supply, a value of a single insulation resistance to ground of which is smallest of the direct current power supplies that are currently in parallel and have the values of the single insulation resistances to ground all greater than the first threshold, to be open, in response to determining that the value of the total insulation resistance to ground is not greater than the second threshold; and
repeatedly performing steps S 104 , S 105 and S 106 till the value of the total insulation resistance to ground of direct current power supplies currently in parallel is greater than the second threshold.

2. The access control method for the parallel direct current power supplies according to claim 1 , wherein before step S 101 , the method further comprises:
S 201 , detecting a value of an overall insulation resistance to ground of all the direct current power supplies when connected in parallel;
S 202 , determining whether the value of the overall insulation resistance to ground is greater than the second threshold; and
S 203 , performing a grid-connected operation on the grid-connected inverter, in a case that the value of the overall insulation resistance to ground is greater than the second threshold, wherein,
step S 101 is performed only in a case that the value of the overall insulation resistance to ground is not greater than the second threshold.

3. The access control method for the parallel direct current power supplies according to claim 1 , wherein the first threshold and the second threshold both are: (1K/V) Ω.

4. The access control method for the parallel direct current power supplies according to claim 2 , wherein the first threshold and the second threshold both are: (1K/V) Ω.

5. The access control method for the parallel direct current power supplies according to claim 1 , wherein the first threshold and the second threshold both are: (V MAX PV /30 mA) Ω, and V MAX PV is the highest output voltage in direct current power supplies.

6. The access control method for the parallel direct current power supplies according to claim 2 , wherein the first threshold and the second threshold both are: (V MAX PV /30 mA) Ω, and V MAX PV is the highest output voltage in direct current power supplies.

7. An access control device for parallel direct current power supplies, applied to a grid-connected inverter, wherein,
a direct current side of the grid-connected inverter is connected with n direct current power supplies in parallel via 2n switches; and
the access control device for the parallel direct current power supplies comprises: a control unit and an insulation resistance detection circuit, and n is a positive integer greater than 1; wherein,
one ends of n of the 2n switches are connected with positive output terminals of the n direct current power supplies in a one-to-one correspondence, and the other ends are connected with a positive input terminal of the insulation resistance detection circuit and a positive input terminal of the grid-connected inverter;
one ends of the other n of the 2n switches are connected with negative output terminals of the n direct current power supplies in a one-to-one correspondence, and the other ends are connected with a negative input terminal of the insulation resistance detection circuit and a negative input terminal of the grid-connected inverter;
the insulation resistance detection circuit is configured to detect values of single insulation resistances to ground of the n direct current power supplies and a value of a total insulation resistance to ground of direct current power supplies currently in parallel; and
the control unit is configured to:
determine whether the values of the single insulation resistance to ground of the n direct current power supplies each are greater than a first threshold; in response to determining that the values of the single insulation resistances to ground of the n direct current power supplies are not greater than the first threshold, control each switch connected with a direct current power supply, a value of a single insulation resistance to ground of which is not greater than the first threshold, to be open and control each switch connected with a direct current power supply, a value of a single insulation resistance to ground of which is greater than the first threshold, to be closed; determine whether the value of the total insulation resistance to ground of direct current power supplies currently in parallel is greater than a second threshold different than the first threshold, in response to the controlling of each switch; control, in response to determining that the value of the total insulation resistance to ground is not greater than the second threshold, a switch connected with a direct current power supply, a value of a single insulation resistance to ground of which is smallest of the direct current power supplies that are currently in parallel and have the values of the single insulation resistances to ground all greater than the first threshold, to be open; and repeatedly determine whether a value of a total insulation resistance to grou

Assignees

• Sungrow Power Supply Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ni Hua
• Dai Shangfang
• Yu Yanfei
• Yang Zongjun

Classifications

• H02J2101/24

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  Locating faults in cables, transmission lines, or networks · CPC title