Energy storage system and photovoltaic energy storage system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11909217-B2
Application number	US-202117478561-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 17, 2021
Priority date	Jan 23, 2020
Publication date	Feb 20, 2024
Grant date	Feb 20, 2024

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses an energy storage system. The energy storage system includes M cell strings, N energy storage converters, first ends of the N energy storage converters are coupled to at least one of the M cell strings, and second ends of the N energy storage converters are configured to connect to a power grid. A first end of a first energy storage converter is coupled to Q cell strings in the M cell strings, and the first energy storage converter includes a DC/AC conversion unit and at least one DC/DC conversion unit. A first DC/DC conversion unit is coupled to at least one of the Q cell strings by using the first end of the first energy storage converter, the first DC/DC conversion unit is coupled to the DC/AC conversion unit, and the DC/AC conversion unit is coupled to the power grid by using a second end of the first energy storage converter. The first DC/DC conversion unit is configured to perform adaptation between a voltage of the DC/AC conversion unit and a voltage of a cell string. Therefore, a cell capacity is fully used, and a waste of the cell capacity is reduced.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An energy storage system, wherein the energy storage system comprises M cell strings and N energy storage converters, a first end of any one of the N energy storage converters is coupled to at least one of the M cell strings, a second end of the any energy storage converter is configured to connect to a power grid, and M and N are integers greater than 0, and M≥N;
a first end of a first energy storage converter is coupled to Q cell strings in the M cell strings, the first energy storage converter comprises a direct current/alternating current DC/AC conversion unit and at least one direct current/direct current DC/DC conversion unit, Q is an integer greater than 0, Q≤M, and the first energy storage converter is any one of the N energy storage converters; and
a first DC/DC conversion unit is coupled to at least one of the Q cell strings using the first end of the first energy storage converter, the first DC/DC conversion unit is coupled to the DC/AC conversion unit, the DC/AC conversion unit is coupled to the power grid by using a second end of the first energy storage converter, and the first DC/DC conversion unit is any one of the at least one DC/DC conversion unit, wherein
the first DC/DC conversion unit is configured to perform adaptation between a voltage of the DC/AC conversion unit and a voltage of at least one of the Q cell strings.

2. The energy storage system according to claim 1 , wherein the energy storage system further comprises a first transformer, and a second end of any one of the N energy storage converters is coupled to the power grid using the first transformer.

3. The energy storage system according to claim 1 , wherein the energy storage system further comprises X photovoltaic strings and Y photovoltaic inverters, an input end of any one of the Y photovoltaic inverters is coupled to an output end of at least one of the X photovoltaic strings, output ends of the Y photovoltaic inverters are coupled to second ends of the N energy storage converters, and X and Y are integers greater than 0.

4. The energy storage system according to claim 3 , wherein the energy storage system further comprises a second transformer, and an output end of any one of the Y photovoltaic inverters is coupled to the power grid using the second transformer.

5. The energy storage system according to claim 1 , wherein both ends of any one of the at least one DC/DC conversion unit are connected in parallel to a switch.

6. The energy storage system according to claim 5 , wherein the first energy storage converter is configured to detect voltages of the Q cell strings, and when a voltage of any one of the Q cell strings is greater than or equal to a first voltage threshold, a switch connected in parallel to a DC/DC conversion unit coupled to the cell string whose voltage is greater than or equal to the first voltage threshold is closed; and
when a voltage of any one of the Q cell strings is less than or equal to a second voltage threshold, a switch connected in parallel to a DC/DC conversion unit connected to the cell string whose voltage is less than or equal to the second voltage threshold is open, wherein the first voltage threshold is greater than or equal to the second voltage threshold.

7. The energy storage system according to claim 3 , wherein the energy storage system further comprises a controller, the controller is coupled to each of the Y photovoltaic inverters, the controller is coupled to each of the N energy storage converters, and the controller is configured to communicate with the Y photovoltaic inverters and the N energy storage converters.

8. The energy storage system according to claim 7 , wherein the controller is further configured to obtain grid feed-in power, and when the controller detects that total power of the Y photovoltaic inverters is greater than or equal to the grid feed-in power, the controller controls the N energy storage converters to charge the M cell strings; and
when the controller detects that the total power of the Y photovoltaic inverters is less than the grid feed-in power, the controller controls, by using the N energy storage converters, the M cell strings to discharge.

9. The energy storage system according to claim 7 , wherein when an output voltage frequency of any one of the N energy storage converters or the Y photovoltaic inverters is greater than a first preset voltage frequency threshold, each of the Y photovoltaic inverters performs output with reduced power based on a preset power curve of the photovoltaic inverter, and the N energy storage converters charge the M cell strings; and
when an output end voltage frequency of any one of the N energy storage converters or the Y photovoltaic inverters is less than a second preset voltage frequency threshold, each of the Y photovoltaic inverters performs output with increased power based on a preset power curve of the photovoltaic inverter, and the N energy storage converters control the M cell strings to discharge, wherein the first preset voltage frequency threshold is greater than a preset power grid voltage normal frequency value, and the second preset voltage frequency threshold is less than the preset power grid voltage normal frequency value.

10. The energy storage system according to claim 9 , wherein the controller is further configured to obtain a quantity of electricity of each of the M cell strings by using the N energy storage converters;
when the N energy storage converters charge the M cell strings, the controller controls the N energy storage converters to preferentially charge a cell string with a small quantity of electricity in the M cell strings; and
when the M cell strings discharge, the controller preferentially controls, by using the N energy storage converters, a cell string with a large quantity of electricity in the M cell strings to discharge.

11. The energy storage system according to claim 1 , wherein the energy storage system further comprises a meter, the meter is configured to connect to second ends of the N energy storage converters, and the meter is configured to measure amount of charging electricity and amount of discharging electricity of the N energy storage converters.

12. The energy storage system according to claim 1 , wherein any one of the at least one DC/DC conversion unit is coupled to one of the Q cell strings.

13. An energy storage system, wherein the energy storage system comprises M cell strings, N direct current/alternating current DC/DC power conversion devices, and at least one DC/AC power conversion device, a first end of any one of the N DC/DC power conversion devices is coupled to at least one of the M cell strings, a second end of the any DC/DC power conversion device is coupled to a first end of one of the at least one DC/AC power conversion device, a second end of the DC/AC power conversion device is configured to connect to a power grid, and M and N are integers greater than 0, and M≥N;
a first end of a first DC/DC power conversion device is coupled to Q cell strings in the M cell strings, the first DC/DC power conversion device comprises at least one DC/DC conversion unit, the first DC/DC power conversion device is any one of the N DC/DC power conversion devices, Q is an integer greater than 0, and Q≤M;
a first DC/DC conversion unit is coupled to at least one of the Q cell strings using the first end of the first DC/DC power conversion device, the first DC/DC conversion unit is coupled to a first end of one of the at least one DC/AC power conversion device using a second end of the first DC/DC power conversion device, and the first DC/DC conversion unit is any one of the at least one DC/DC conversio

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhang Yanzhong
• Wang Xun

Classifications

• H02J2101/24

  Photovoltaics · CPC title

• H02J7/80

  including monitoring or indicating arrangements · CPC title

• H02J7/54

  Passive balancing, e.g. using resistors or parallel MOSFETs · CPC title

• H02J7/56

  Active balancing, e.g. using capacitor-based, inductor-based or DC-DC converters · CPC title

• H02J3/381

  Dispersed generators · CPC title