Method for controlling operation of MLPE device, method for controlling MLPE devices, and photovoltaic system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12057809-B2
Application number	US-202017109257-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 2, 2020
Priority date	Jul 30, 2020
Publication date	Aug 6, 2024
Grant date	Aug 6, 2024

Abstract

Provided are a method for controlling operation of a module level power electronics (MLPE) device, a method for controlling MLPE devices and a photovoltaic system. In the method for controlling operation of a MLPE device, if it is determined that a current of a photovoltaic string where the MLPE device is located is less than a current threshold and coding information sent by a converter in the photovoltaic system is not received for a first preset time period, an output voltage or an output power of the MLPE device is controlled to be less than a corresponding threshold.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for controlling operation of a module level power electronics (MLPE) device, the method applied to the MLPE device, the MLPE device comprising a switching device connected in series with a photovoltaic module corresponding to the MLPE device, and the method comprising:
detecting a current of a photovoltaic string where the MLPE device is located;
determining whether the current of the photovoltaic string is less than a current threshold and coding information generated by a chopper switching device in a converter in a photovoltaic system and sent by the converter is not received for a first preset time period; and
controlling, in response to determining that the current of the photovoltaic string is less than the current threshold and the coding information sent by the converter is not received for the first preset time period, an output voltage or an output power of the MLPE device to be less than a corresponding threshold, to reduce voltage stress of the chopper switching device in the converter while maintaining power supply in the converter.

2. The method for controlling operation of the MLPE device according to claim 1 , wherein the controlling an output voltage or an output power of the MLPE device to be less than a corresponding threshold comprises:
controlling the switching device to switch with a fixed cycle and a fixed duty cycle, to reduce the output voltage and the output power of the MLPE device.

3. The method for controlling operation of the MLPE device according to claim 1 , wherein the controlling an output voltage or an output power of the MLPE device to be less than a corresponding threshold comprises:
controlling the switching device to switch, to cause the output voltage of the MLPE device to be less than a first preset voltage threshold.

4. The method for controlling operation of the MLPE device according to claim 1 , wherein before controlling the output voltage or the output power of the MLPE device to be less than the corresponding threshold, the method further comprises:
detecting an input voltage of the MLPE device, and determining whether the input voltage is greater than a second preset voltage threshold; and
controlling, if it is determined that the input voltage is greater than the second preset voltage threshold, the output voltage or the output power of the MLPE device to be less than the corresponding threshold.

5. The method for controlling operation of the MLPE device according to claim 1 , wherein after controlling the output voltage or the output power of the MLPE device to be less than the corresponding threshold, the method further comprises:
determining whether the coding information is not received for a second preset time period, wherein the second preset time period is greater than the first preset time period; and
controlling, if the coding information is not received for the second preset time period, the output voltage of the MLPE device to be less than a third preset voltage threshold.

6. The method for controlling operation of the MLPE device according to claim 5 , wherein the controlling the output voltage of the MLPE device to be less than a third preset voltage threshold comprises:
controlling the switching device to be turned off.

7. The method for controlling operation of the MLPE device according to claim 1 , wherein the coding information is at least one of a voltage fluctuation and a current fluctuation on an input side of the converter.

Assignees

• Sungrow Power Supply Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yu Yanfei
• Jiang Anying
• Yang Yu
• Li Xiaoxun

Classifications

• H02J2101/24

  Photovoltaics · CPC title

• H02J2101/25

  involving maximum power point tracking control for photovoltaic sources · CPC title

• H02M7/36

  with electromagnetically-operated vibrating contacts, e.g. chopper · CPC title

• H02M7/62

  with electromagnetically-operated vibrating contacts, e.g. chopper · CPC title

• H02M3/42

  with electromagnetically-operated vibrating contacts, e.g. chopper · CPC title