Medium-voltage photovoltaic grid-connection inverter system, and photovoltaic power generation system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12126180-B2
Application number	US-202117915992-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 17, 2021
Priority date	Dec 7, 2020
Publication date	Oct 22, 2024
Grant date	Oct 22, 2024

Abstract

A medium-voltage grid-connected photovoltaic inverter system includes: a photovoltaic inverter, a medium-voltage transformer, a medium-voltage switch, and an inverter grid-connected controller. A direct current input terminal of the photovoltaic inverter is connected to a direct current bus. A low-voltage side of the medium-voltage transformer is connected to an alternating current output terminal of the photovoltaic inverter. An input terminal of the medium-voltage switch is connected to a high-voltage side of the medium-voltage transformer, and an output terminal of the medium-voltage switch is connected to a medium-voltage grid. A voltage sensor is integrated in the medium-voltage switch to detect a line voltage at the high-voltage side of the medium-voltage transformer and a line voltage at a side of the medium-voltage grid and generate a grid-connected voltage detection signal. The inverter grid-connected controller is connected to a controlled terminal of the medium-voltage switch and an output terminal of the voltage sensor.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A medium-voltage grid-connected photovoltaic inverter system, comprising:
a photovoltaic inverter, wherein a direct current input terminal of the photovoltaic inverter is connected to a direct current bus;
a medium-voltage transformer, wherein a low-voltage side of the medium-voltage transformer is connected to an alternating current output terminal of the photovoltaic inverter;
a medium-voltage switch, wherein an input terminal of the medium-voltage switch is connected to a high-voltage side of the medium-voltage transformer, an output terminal of the medium-voltage switch is configured to be connected to a medium-voltage grid, and a voltage sensor is integrated in the medium-voltage switch and is configured to detect a line voltage at the high-voltage side of the medium-voltage transformer and a line voltage at a side of the medium-voltage grid and generate a grid-connected voltage detection signal; and
an inverter grid-connected controller, wherein the inverter grid-connected controller is connected to a controlled terminal of the medium-voltage switch and an output terminal of the voltage sensor, and is configured to control the medium-voltage switch to switch on if it is determined based on the grid-connected voltage detection signal that the line voltage currently detected at the high-voltage side of the medium-voltage transformer and the line voltage currently detected at the side of the medium-voltage grid meet a grid-connected condition,
a grid-connected current detection circuit, wherein the grid-connected current detection circuit is configured to detect a grid-connected current of the medium-voltage grid-connected photovoltaic inverter system and output a current detection signal,
wherein the inverter grid-connected controller is further configured to control, after controlling the medium-voltage switch to switch on, the photovoltaic inverter to stop if it is determined based on the current detection signal and the grid-connected voltage detection signal that a grid-connected power of the medium-voltage grid-connected photovoltaic inverter system is less than a preset power threshold.

2. The medium-voltage grid-connected photovoltaic inverter system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a direct current bus voltage detection circuit, wherein a detection terminal of the direct current bus voltage detection circuit is connected to the direct current bus, an output terminal of the direct current bus voltage detection circuit is connected to the inverter grid-connected controller, and the direct current bus voltage detection circuit is configured to detect a voltage of the direct current bus and generate a direct current bus voltage detection signal,
wherein the inverter grid-connected controller is further configured to control the photovoltaic inverter to start if it is determined based on the direct current bus voltage detection signal that the voltage of the direct current bus is greater than a first preset voltage threshold.

3. The medium-voltage grid-connected photovoltaic inverter system according to claim 2 , further comprising:
an alternating current bus voltage detection circuit, wherein the alternating current bus voltage detection circuit is connected to the alternating current output terminal of the photovoltaic inverter, and is configured to detect an alternating current bus voltage outputted by the photovoltaic inverter,
wherein the inverter grid-connected controller is further configured to control the medium-voltage switch to switch on if it is determined based on the alternating current bus voltage that the line voltage currently detected at the high-voltage side of the medium-voltage transformer and the line voltage currently detected at the side of the medium-voltage grid meet the grid-connected condition.

4. The medium-voltage grid-connected photovoltaic inverter system according to claim 3 , wherein the inverter grid-connected controller is further configured to control, after controlling the medium-voltage switch to switch on, the medium-voltage switch to switch off if it is determined based on the direct current bus voltage detection signal that the voltage of the direct current bus is less than the first preset voltage threshold for a first preset period of time.

5. The medium-voltage grid-connected photovoltaic inverter system according to claim 3 , wherein the grid-connected condition is that the line voltage at the high-voltage side of the medium-voltage transformer and the line voltage at the side of the medium-voltage grid have the same phase, same phase sequence and same amplitude.

6. The medium-voltage grid-connected photovoltaic inverter system according to claim 1 , wherein the number of the voltage sensor is two, one of the two voltage sensors is configured to detect the line voltage at the high-voltage side of the medium-voltage transformer, and the other of the two voltage sensors is configured to detect the line voltage at the side of the medium-voltage grid.

7. The medium-voltage grid-connected photovoltaic inverter system according to claim 1 , wherein the inverter grid-connected controller is further configured to control the medium-voltage switch to switch on in response to reception of a reactive power transmission signal.

8. The medium-voltage grid-connected photovoltaic inverter system according to claim 1 , wherein the medium-voltage switch comprises one or more of a medium-voltage circuit breaker, a medium-voltage load switch, and a medium-voltage contactor.

9. A photovoltaic power generation system, comprising:
a medium-voltage power system; and
the medium-voltage grid-connected photovoltaic inverter system according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Sungrow Power Supply Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Hang
• Ren Li
• Sun Peng

Classifications

• H02J2101/24

  Photovoltaics · CPC title

• H02J3/381

  Dispersed generators · CPC title

• H02J3/42

  with automatic parallel connection when synchronisation is achieved · CPC title

• Y02E10/56

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

• G01R19/00

  Arrangements for measuring currents or voltages or for indicating presence or sign thereof (G01R5/00 takes precedence; for measuring bioelectric currents or voltages A61B5/24) · CPC title