Control method and control system for energy storage system having demand control and uninterrupted power supply functions

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10819138-B2
Application number	US-201616334720-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 14, 2016
Priority date	Sep 26, 2016
Publication date	Oct 27, 2020
Grant date	Oct 27, 2020

Abstract

A control method and/or an apparatus for an energy storage system having demand control and uninterrupted power supply (UPS) functions and an associated control system is provided. The control method for the energy storage system may include: an operation plan establishment step of predicting power to be consumed in a load, so as to estimate the capacity of energy (UPS capacity) which needs to be charged in the energy storage system in order to provide uninterrupted power supply when a power failure occurs, and the capacity of energy available for demand control; an energy storage system operation step of operating the energy storage system according to an operation plan established in the operation plan establishment step; and a step of re-establishing an operation plan according to an operation state of the energy storage system operated by the energy storage system operation step.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A control method for an energy storage system having demand control and uninterrupted power supply functions, the control method comprising:
an operation plan establishment step of predicting power to be consumed in a load, so as to estimate a capacity of energy (UPS capacity) which needs to be charged in the energy storage system in order to provide uninterrupted power supply when a power failure occurs, and a capacity of energy available for demand control;
an energy storage system operation step of operating the energy storage system according to an operation plan established in the operation plan establishment step; and
an operation plan reestablishment step according to an operation state of the energy storage system operated by the energy storage system operation step.

2. The control method of claim 1 , wherein, in the operation plan establishment step, prediction of the power to be consumed in the load is performed by a time series analysis of a power consumption record of the load.

3. The control method of claim 2 , wherein the operation plan establishment step estimates a load prediction error correspondence capacity corresponding to an error in prediction of the power to be consumed in the load.

4. The control method of claim 3 , wherein the load prediction error correspondence capacity is set differently depending on characteristics of a predicted date.

5. The control method of claim 3 , wherein the operation plan establishment step estimates a capacity reduction correspondence capacity according to the life of the energy storage system.

6. The control method of claim 5 , wherein the operation plan establishment step estimates a capacity corresponding to an estimation error in a state of charge of the energy storage system.

7. The control method of claim 6 , wherein the operation plan establishment step estimates a capacity excluding the UPS capacity estimated from a rated capacity of the energy storage system, the load prediction error correspondence capacity, the capacity reduction correspondence capacity, and the correspondence capacity to error in the state of charge, as a capacity available for the demand control.

8. The control method of claim 7 , wherein, when the capacity available for the demand control is estimated by the operation plan establishment step, a charge/discharge operation plan of the energy storage system is established in consideration of the capacity available for the demand control, and efficiency and the state of charge of the energy storage system.

9. The control method of claim 8 , wherein the charge/discharge operation plan of the energy storage system is selectable as a charge/discharge operation for power rate reduction of the load or as a charge/discharge operation for peak load reduction of the load.

10. The control method of claim 8 , wherein the operation plan reestablishment step compares the state of charge of the energy storage system operated by the energy storage system operation step with a state of charge estimated by the operation plan establishment step, and reestablishes the operation plan based on the state of charge of the operated energy storage system when a difference is equal to or more than a predetermined value.

11. The control method of claim 8 , wherein the operation plan reestablishment step compares power consumption of the load in the energy storage system operation step with power to be consumed in a load predicted by the operation plan establishment step, and reestablishes the operation plan based on the power consumption of the load when a difference is equal to or more than a predetermined value.

12. A control method for an energy storage system having demand control and uninterrupted power supply functions, the control method being configured to predict power to be consumed in a load to estimate a capacity of energy (UPS capacity) which needs to be charged in the energy storage system in order to provide uninterrupted power supply when a power failure occurs, estimate a load prediction error correspondence capacity corresponding to an error in prediction of the power to be consumed in the load, estimate a capacity reduction correspondence capacity according to life of the energy storage system, estimate a capacity corresponding to an estimation error in a state of charge of the energy storage system, and estimate a capacity excluding the UPS capacity estimated from a rated capacity of the energy storage system, the load prediction error correspondence capacity, the capacity reduction correspondence capacity, and the correspondence capacity to error in the state of charge, as a capacity available for the demand control, thereby establishing an operation plan of the energy storage system.

13. A control system for an energy storage system having demand control and uninterrupted power supply functions, the control system comprising:
an energy storage system operation plan establishment unit configured to predict power to be consumed in a load using information of load history database, so as to estimate a capacity of energy (UPS capacity) which needs to be charged in the energy storage system in order to provide uninterrupted power supply when a power failure occurs, and a capacity of energy available for demand control;
an energy storage system charge/discharge control unit configured to control charge/discharge of the energy storage system according to an operation plan established by the energy storage system operation plan establishment unit; and
an energy storage system operation analysis unit configured to correct information according to an operation state of the energy storage system operated by the energy storage system charge/discharge control unit.

14. The control system of claim 13 , wherein the energy storage system operation plan establishment unit predicts power to be consumed in the load through a time series analysis of the power consumption record of the load.

15. The control system of claim 14 , wherein the energy storage system operation plan establishment unit estimates a load prediction error correspondence capacity corresponding to an error in prediction of the power to be consumed in the load.

16. The control system of claim 15 , wherein the load prediction error correspondence capacity is set differently depending on characteristics of a predicted date.

17. The control system of claim 15 , wherein the energy storage system operation plan establishment unit estimates a capacity reduction correspondence capacity according to the life of the energy storage system.

18. The control system of claim 17 , wherein the energy storage system operation plan establishment unit estimates a capacity corresponding to an estimation error in a state of charge of the energy storage system.

19. The control system of claim 18 , wherein the energy storage system operation plan establishment unit estimates a capacity excluding the UPS capacity estimated from a rated capacity of the energy storage system, the load prediction error correspondence capacity, the capacity reduction correspondence capacity, and the correspondence capacity to error in the state of charge, as a capacity available for the demand control.

20. The control system of claim 19 , wherein, when the capacity available for the demand control is estimated, the energy storage system operation plan establishment unit establishes a charge/discharge operation plan of the energy storage system in consideration of the capacity available for the demand control, and efficien

Assignees

• Korea Electric Power Corp

Inventors

• Cho Sung-Min
• Im Ji-Hoon
• Lee Sung-Eun

Classifications

• H02J7/865

  Battery or charger load switching, e.g. concurrent charging and load supply (H02J7/50 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H02J7/82

  Control of state of charge [SOC] · CPC title

• H02J3/32

  using batteries or super capacitors with converting means · CPC title

• H02J9/06 Primary

  with automatic change-over {, e.g. UPS systems} · CPC title

• H02J3/003 Primary

  Load forecast, e.g. methods or systems for forecasting future load demand · CPC title