Method and apparatus for photovoltaic DC direct-fed power generation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12160100-B2
Application number	US-202118019475-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 26, 2021
Priority date	Sep 15, 2020
Publication date	Dec 3, 2024
Grant date	Dec 3, 2024

Abstract

The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for photovoltaic DC direct-fed power generation based on controllable power supply. According to the present invention, the photovoltaic cells are directly connected to the DC microgrid, and the DC bus voltage is flexibly regulated by the controllable power supply in the DC microgrid to enable the photovoltaic cells to operate at the maximum power, thus eliminating the need for a DC interface converter when the photovoltaic cells are connected to the DC bus and reducing the cost and size of the distributed PV power generation system.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for photovoltaic DC direct-fed power generation, comprising the following steps:
1) connecting a controllable power supply and a photovoltaic (PV) power generation apparatus to a common DC bus, wherein the PV power generation apparatus is directly connected to the DC bus and does not include maximum power point tracking ability,
wherein the controllable power supply is operable in both a maximum power tracking control mode and a voltage control mode;
wherein, in the maximum power tracking control mode, the controllable power source is controlled to regulate the voltage of the DC bus, thereby affecting the maximum power point of the PV power generation apparatus;
wherein, in the voltage control mode, an overall control block diagram includes a voltage outer loop and a current inner loop;

2) operating the controllable power source in the maximum power tracking control mode:
wherein in the step 2), it is first determined whether the following inequality holds or not:

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where P CD (k+1) and P CD (k) represent the output power of the controllable power supply at time k+1 and k, respectively, ΔV represents a variation of a DC bus voltage of the controllable power supply, and R L represents a total power of a DC micro-grid load of the controllable power supply;
if the preceding inequality holds, it is further determined whether the following inequality holds or not:
V bus ( k+ 1)> V bus ( k )

where V bus (k+1) and V bus (k) represent the output voltage of the controllable power supply at time k+1 and k, respectively; if the inequality holds, the output voltage of the controllable power supply increases by one step, otherwise, the output voltage of the controllable power supply decreases by one step,
3) measuring an output voltage and an output current of the controllable power supply and calculating an output power of the controllable power supply as follows:
wherein in step 3), the output power of the controllable power supply is an output power P CD (k) at time k, and the output power P CD (k) is calculated according to the following equation:
P CD ( k )= V bus ( k ) I cd ( k )

where V bus (k) and I cd (k) represent the output voltage and output current of the controllable power supply at time k, respectively;
4) after the expiration of a first predetermined period of time (ΔT), switching the controllable power from the maximum power tracking control mode to the voltage control mode;
5) After the expiration of a second predetermined period of time (T), switching the controllable power supply back to the maximum power tracking control mode; and
6) cyclically switching the controllable power supply between the two modes according to ΔT and T.

2. The method for photovoltaic DC direct-fed power generation based on controllable power supply according to claim 1 , wherein in the step 4), the controllable power supply switches to voltage control mode after the maximum power tracking control mode runs for a period of time ΔT, then switches back to the maximum power tracking control mode after the voltage control mode runs for a period of time T, and so on.

3. A method for photovoltaic DC direct-fed power generation, comprising the following steps:
1) connecting a controllable power supply and a photovoltaic (PV) power generation apparatus to a common DC bus, wherein the PV power generation apparatus is directly connected to the DC bus and does not include maximum power point tracking ability,
wherein the controllable power supply is operable in both a maximum power tracking control mode and a voltage control mode;
wherein, in the maximum power tracking control mode, the controllable power source is controlled to regulate the voltage of the DC bus, thereby affecting the maximum power point of the PV power generation apparatus;
wherein, in the voltage control mode, an overall control block diagram includes a voltage outer loop and a current inner loop;

2) operating the controllable power source in the maximum power tracking control mode:
wherein in the step 2), it is first determined whether the following inequality holds or not:
P CD ( k+ 1)− P CD ( k )<2Δ VV bus /R L

where P CD (k+1) and P CD (k) represent the output power of the controllable power supply at time k+1 and k, respectively, ΔV represents a variation of a DC bus voltage of the controllable power supply, and R L represents a total power of a DC micro-grid load of the controllable power supply;
if the preceding inequality does not hold, it is further determined whether the following inequality holds or not:
V bus ( k+ 1)> V bus ( k )

where V bus (k+1) and V bus (k) represent the output voltage of the controllable power supply at time k+1 and k, respectively; if the inequality holds, the output voltage of the controllable power supply decreases by one step, otherwise, the output voltage of the controllable power supply increases by one step;
3) measuring an output voltage and an output current of the controllable power supply and calculating an output power of the controllable power supply as follows:
wherein in step 3), the output power of the controllable power supply is an output power P CD (k) at time k, and the output power P CD (k) is calculated according to the following equation:
P CD ( k )= V bus ( k ) I cd ( k )

where V bus (k) and I cd (k) represent the output voltage and output current of the controllable power supply at time k, respectively;
4) after the expiration of a first predetermined period of time (ΔT), switching the controllable power from the maximum power tracking control mode to the voltage control mode;
5) After the expiration of a second predetermined period of time (T), switching the controllable power supply back to the maximum power tracking control mode; and
6) cyclically switching the controllable power supply between the two modes according to ΔT and T.

Assignees

• State Grid Jiangsu Electric Power Co Res Inst
• State Grid Jiangsu Electric Power Co Ltd
• Jiangsu Electric Power Res Inst Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yuan Yubo
• Ge Xuefeng
• Zhang Chenyu
• Shi Mingming
• Yuan Xiaodong
• Zhou Qi
• Yang Jinggang
• Chen Ye

Classifications

• H02J2101/25

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

• H02J2101/24

  Photovoltaics · CPC title

• H02S10/10

  including a supplementary source of electric power, e.g. hybrid diesel-PV energy systems (combinations with gas-turbine plants F02C6/00) · CPC title

• H02J7/35

  with light sensitive cells · CPC title

• G05F1/67

  to the maximum power available from a generator, e.g. from solar cell · CPC title