Regulating method for a decentralized energy generating system, and decentralized energy generating system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11217997-B2
Application number	US-202017007435-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 31, 2020
Priority date	Mar 1, 2018
Publication date	Jan 4, 2022
Grant date	Jan 4, 2022

Abstract

A method for regulating a decentralized energy generating system with a plurality of inverters (IN) is disclosed. The method includes receiving at the PPC a detected active power, reactive power and voltage amplitude at a grid connection point (PCC) of the energy generating system; and regulating, in a normal operating mode of the energy generating system, the reactive power and the active power to target values stipulated by a grid operator by virtue of the central control unit (PPC) dividing the stipulated target values into individual target stipulations for the plurality of inverters (IN) and communicating individual target stipulations to the inverters (IN). The method further includes selectively changing to a special operating mode of the energy generating system if particular criteria are present at the grid connection point (PCC) in a stipulated time interval. In the special operating mode, the central control unit (PPC) effects a reduction of the active power provided at the grid connection point (PCC) compared to the stipulated target values.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for regulating a decentralized energy generating system with a plurality of inverters (IN), the infeed of which into a grid is determined by driving by means of a central control unit (PPC), the method comprising:
receiving at the PPC a detected active power, reactive power and voltage amplitude at a grid connection point (PCC) of the energy generating system; and
regulating, in a normal operating mode of the energy generating system, the reactive power and the active power to target values stipulated by a grid operator by virtue of the central control unit (PPC) dividing the stipulated target values into individual target stipulations for the plurality of inverters (IN) and communicating individual target stipulations to the inverters (IN); and
selectively changing to a special operating mode of the energy generating system if the following three criteria are present at the grid connection point (PCC) in a stipulated time interval:
a decrease in the voltage amplitude by more than a stipulated first threshold value;
an active power increase by more than a stipulated second threshold value; and
a reactive power change which does not exceed a stipulated third threshold value in the direction of an underexcitation,

wherein, in the special operating mode, the central control unit (PPC) effects a reduction of the active power provided at the grid connection point (PCC) compared to the stipulated target values.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein in the special operating mode, the central control unit (PPC) additionally effects a change in the reactive power provided at the grid connection point (PCC) in the direction of an overexcitation independently of the stipulated target values.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein ascertaining the decrease in the voltage amplitude and the active power increase is carried out at the PPC by comparing differences between actual values at the beginning and at the end of the stipulated time interval to the respective threshold values.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the central control unit (PPC) effects a reduction of the active power provided at the grid connection point (PCC) and/or a change in the reactive power provided at the grid connection point (PCC) in the direction of an overexcitation by communicating to the inverters (IN) individual special target stipulations that are correspondingly changed compared to the individual target stipulations.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the change to the special operating mode of the energy generating system is signaled to the grid operator.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising returning to the normal operating mode by a control signal of the grid operator being communicated to the central control unit (PPC).

7. A decentralized energy generating system with a plurality of inverters (IN) and a central control unit (PPC) configured to drive the plurality of inverters (IN), wherein the driving comprises, in a normal operating mode, dividing and communicating individual target stipulations to the plurality of inverters (IN) depending on target values stipulated by a grid operator for an infeed of active power and reactive power into a grid via grid connection point (PCC) of the decentralized energy generating system, wherein the central control unit (PPC) is configured to effect a change to a special operating mode of the energy generating system by effecting a reduction of the active power provided at the grid connection point (PCC) compared to the target values if the following three criteria are present at the grid connection point (PCC) in a stipulated time interval:
a decrease in the voltage amplitude by a stipulated first threshold value;
an active power increase by a stipulated second threshold value; and
a reactive power change which does not exceed a stipulated third threshold value in the direction of an underexcitation.

8. The decentralized energy generating system as claimed in claim 7 , wherein a maximum possible active power output of the energy generating system is greater than a maximum permissible active power uptake capacity of the grid connected to the grid connection point (PCC) taking account of a power exchange of other grid participants connected to the grid.

Assignees

• Sma Solar Technology Ag

Inventors

• Premm Daniel
• Fuetterer Cornelius
• Glitza Oliver

Classifications

• H02J2101/24

  Photovoltaics · CPC title

• H02J2101/20

  Dispersed power generation using renewable energy sources · CPC title

• Y02E10/56

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

• H02J3/46

  Controlling the sharing of generated power between the generators, sources or networks · CPC title

• H02J3/381 Primary

  Dispersed generators · CPC title