Method for operating a battery converter, battery converter and system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12062914-B2
Application number	US-202318102813-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 30, 2023
Priority date	Aug 31, 2020
Publication date	Aug 13, 2024
Grant date	Aug 13, 2024

Abstract

A described method for operating a battery converter in a system, in which, in addition to the battery converter, an inverter, which is connected to a grid, and a DC load are connected to a common intermediate circuit via a DC bus, includes: —controlling an exchange power of the battery converter using a battery, which is connected to the battery converter, depending on a voltage of the intermediate circuit in accordance with a converter characteristic curve, —identifying a decrease in the intermediate circuit voltage below a rectifying value of the permissible AC voltage of the grid connected to the inverter, and—if the decrease is identified, temporarily shifting the converter characteristic curve so that a maximum discharging power of the battery converter is reached at a value of the intermediate circuit voltage that is above or at the rectifying value. A battery converter, which is configured to carry out the method, and a system having such a battery converter are also described.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for operating a battery converter in a system in which, in addition to the battery converter, an inverter connected to a grid, and a DC load are connected to a common intermediate circuit via a DC bus, wherein the method comprises:
controlling an exchange power of the battery converter using a battery connected to the battery converter, the controlling based on a voltage of the common intermediate circuit in accordance with a converter characteristic curve,
identifying a decrease in the common intermediate circuit voltage below a rectifying value of a permissible AC voltage of the grid connected to the inverter, and
if the decrease below the rectifying value is identified, temporarily shifting the converter characteristic curve so that a maximum discharging power of the battery converter is reached at a value of the common intermediate circuit voltage that is above or at the rectifying value.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the converter characteristic curve is shifted such that the battery is discharged with the maximum discharging power for values of the common intermediate circuit voltage less than or equal to a limit voltage which is at least 10% above the rectifying value.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the converter characteristic curve comprises a dead-band around a DC nominal value of the common intermediate circuit voltage before the shifting, and the shifted converter characteristic curve is dead-band-free.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the converter characteristic curve is shifted such that a maximum discharging power of the shifted converter characteristic curve is at least 20% above a maximum permissible continuous discharging power of the battery converter.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the maximum discharging power of the shifted converter characteristic curve is at least 50% above a maximum permissible continuous discharging power of the battery converter.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the converter characteristic curve is shifted for a first time period which is selected depending on a second time period of a fault ride-through of the system.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the first time period is selected to be greater than or equal to the second time period.

8. A battery converter comprising an input for connecting to a battery and comprising a controller configured to provide an exchange power at an output configured to couple to a grid, the exchange power being provided based on a voltage applied at the output, the exchange power further being provided based on a converter characteristic curve, wherein the controller is further configured to identify a decrease in the voltage applied at the output below a rectifying value of a permissible AC voltage of the grid connected to an inverter, and if the decrease is identified, to temporarily shift the converter characteristic curve so that a maximum discharging power of the battery converter is reached at a value of the voltage applied at the output that is above or at the rectifying value.

9. The battery converter of claim 8 , wherein the output of the battery converter is further configured to couple to a DC load via a DC bus, and the inverter,
wherein the DC load, the inverter and the battery converter are connected via the DC bus to a common intermediate circuit.

Assignees

• Sma Solar Technology Ag

Inventors

• Unru Alexander

Classifications

• H02J7/933

  the cycle being controlled or terminated in response to electric parameters · CPC title

• H02J2207/20

  Charging or discharging characterised by the power electronics converter · CPC title

• H02J3/38

  Arrangements for feeding a single network from two or more generators or sources in parallel; Arrangements for feeding already energised networks from additional generators or sources in parallel · CPC title

• H02J3/32 Primary

  using batteries or super capacitors with converting means · CPC title

• H02M1/32 Primary

  Means for protecting converters other than automatic disconnection · CPC title