Method for controlling electric power conversion system and control arrangement for electric power conversion system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10700528-B2
Application number	US-201815897394-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 15, 2018
Priority date	Feb 15, 2017
Publication date	Jun 30, 2020
Grant date	Jun 30, 2020

Abstract

A method and a control arrangement for an electric power conversion system including a plurality of electric power converters, the control arrangement configured to collect data related to the electric power conversion system, determine an optimal configuration for each one of the electric power converters of the electric power conversion system on the basis of collected data through a simulation of the electric power conversion system generate, for each one of the electric power converters, a source code for a firmware of the electric power converter on the basis of the determined optimal configuration for the electric power converter in question, and re-program each one of the electric power converters with the respective source code generated for the electric power converter in question.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for controlling an electric power conversion system comprising a plurality of electric power converters, the method comprising:
a) collecting data related to the electric power conversion system, wherein the collected data related to the electric power conversion system comprises data of an electric system supplied by the electric power conversion system comprising a grid impedance;
b) determining an optimal configuration for each one of the electric power converters of the electric power conversion system on a basis of the collected data through a simulation of the electric power conversion system, wherein the determined configuration for each one of the electric power converters comprises a droop factor and current controller parameters;
c) generating, for each one of the electric power converters, a firmware of the electric power converter on a basis of the determined optimal configuration for the respective electric power converter; and
d) re-programming each one of the electric power converters with the respective firmware generated for the respective electric power converter.

2. The method of claim 1 , comprising running the electric power conversion system at least during step a) and after step d).

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the optimal configuration for each one of the electric power converters of the electric power conversion system optimizes a power output of the electric power conversion system.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the collected data related to the electric power conversion system further comprises at least one of: data of the electric power conversion system, and data of an electric system supplying the electric power conversion system.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the collected data comprises measured data.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration for the electric power converter comprises at least one of: one or more operational values of the converter, a current controller type of the converter, and a modulator type of the converter.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the re-programming of each one of the electric power converters comprises re-programming a controller of each one of the electric power converters.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein steps a) to d) are performed at predetermined intervals and/or in response to one or more predetermined conditions being fulfilled.

9. A computer program product comprising computer program code embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, wherein execution of the program code in a computer causes the computer to carry out the steps of the method according to claim 1 .

10. A control arrangement for an electric power conversion system comprising a plurality of electric power converters, the control arrangement being configured to:
collect data related to the electric power conversion system, wherein the collected data related to the electric power conversion system comprises data of an electric system supplied by the electric power conversion system comprising a grid impedance;
determine an optimal configuration for each one of the electric power converters of the electric power conversion system on a basis of the collected data through a simulation of the electric power conversion system, wherein the determined configuration for each one of the electric power converters comprises a droop factor and current controller parameters;
generate, for each one of the electric power converters, a firmware of the electric power converter on a basis of the determined optimal configuration for the respective electric power converter; and
re-program each one of the electric power converters with the respective firmware generated for the respective electric power converter.

11. The control arrangement of claim 10 , wherein the optimal configuration for each one of the electric power converters of the electric power conversion system optimizes a power output of the electric power conversion system.

12. The control arrangement of claim 10 , wherein the collected data related to the electric power conversion system further comprises at least one of: data of the electric power conversion system, and data of an electric system supplying the electric power conversion system.

13. The control arrangement of claim 10 , wherein the control arrangement is configured to collect data by measuring and/or receiving data.

14. The control arrangement of claim 10 , wherein the configuration for the electric power converter comprises at least one of: one or more operational values of the converter, a current controller type of the converter, and a modulator type of the converter.

15. The control arrangement of claim 10 , wherein the control arrangement is configured to re-program a controller of each one of the electric power converters.

16. An electric power conversion system comprising a plurality of electric power converters and the control arrangement as claimed in claim 10 .

17. An apparatus for configuring an electric power conversion system comprising electric power converters, the apparatus comprising a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to:
collect data related to the electric power conversion system, wherein the collected data related to the electric power conversion system comprises data of an electric system supplied by the electric power conversion system comprising a grid impedance;
determine an optimal configuration for each one of the electric power converters of the electric power conversion system on a basis of the collected data through a simulation of the electric power conversion system, wherein the determined configuration for each one of the electric power converters comprises a droop factor and current controller parameters;
generate, for each one of the electric power converters, an individual firmware of the electric power converter on a basis of the determined optimal configuration for the respective electric power converter; and
re-program each one of the electric power converters with the respective individual firmware generated for the respective electric power converter.

Assignees

• Abb Schweiz Ag

Inventors

• Kangas Jani
• Riipinen Tomi

Classifications

• H02J2103/30

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• H02J2101/25

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• H02J2101/24

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• H02J13/12

  Monitoring network conditions, e.g. electrical magnitudes or operational status · CPC title

• Y02E10/56

  Power conversion systems, e.g. maximum power point trackers · CPC title