Power supply system and current conversion method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12470065-B2
Application number	US-202418668538-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 20, 2024
Priority date	Nov 30, 2021
Publication date	Nov 11, 2025
Grant date	Nov 11, 2025

Abstract

A converter circuit is configured to output a first reactive current to a power grid when a voltage value of an output port of the converter circuit decreases from a first working voltage value to a second working voltage value. The drive control circuit is configured to: in a process in which the converter circuit outputs the first reactive current to the power grid, when it is detected that the voltage value of the output port of the converter circuit increases to a third working voltage value and the third working voltage value is greater than or equal to a first recovery voltage value, control the converter circuit to output a second reactive current to the power grid, to recover the voltage value of the output port of the converter circuit to the first working voltage value.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A power supply system comprising:
a power generation apparatus; a converter circuit; and a drive control circuit, wherein the power generation apparatus is connected to an input port of the converter circuit, an output port of the converter circuit is connected to a power grid, the drive control circuit is connected to the converter circuit, the converter circuit is configured to: output a first reactive current to the power grid when a voltage value of the output port of the converter circuit decreases from a first working voltage value to a second working voltage value and the second working voltage value is less than or equal to a first trigger voltage value, to increase the voltage value of the output port of the converter circuit to a first ride-through voltage value, and the first ride-through voltage value is greater than the first trigger voltage value; and the drive control circuit is configured to: in a process in which the converter circuit outputs the first reactive current to the power grid, when it is detected that the voltage value of the output port of the converter circuit increases to a third working voltage value and the third working voltage value is greater than or equal to a first recovery voltage value, control the converter circuit to output a second reactive current to the power grid, to recover the voltage value of the output port of the converter circuit to the first working voltage value, and the first recovery voltage value is greater than the first ride-through voltage value.

2 . The power supply system according to claim 1 , wherein the drive control circuit is further configured to:
in the process in which the converter circuit outputs the first reactive current to the power grid, when it is detected that the voltage value of the output port of the converter circuit is less than the first recovery voltage value and duration in which the converter circuit transmits the first reactive current to the power grid is greater than or equal to first ride-through duration, control the converter circuit to output a third reactive current to the power grid, to recover the voltage value of the output port of the converter circuit to the first working voltage value.

3 . The power supply system according to claim 1 , wherein the converter circuit is further configured to:
output a fourth reactive current to the power grid when the voltage value of the output port of the converter circuit increases from a fourth working voltage value to a fifth working voltage value and the fifth working voltage value is greater than or equal to a second trigger voltage value, to decrease the voltage value of the output port of the converter circuit to a second ride-through voltage value, and the second ride-through voltage value is less than the second trigger voltage value; and the drive control circuit is further configured to: in a process in which the converter circuit outputs the fourth reactive current to the power grid, when it is detected that the voltage value of the output port of the converter circuit decreases to a sixth working voltage value and the sixth working voltage value is less than or equal to a second recovery voltage value, control the converter circuit to output a fifth reactive current to the power grid, to recover the voltage value of the output port of the converter circuit to the fourth working voltage value, and the second recovery voltage value is less than the second ride-through voltage value.

4 . The power supply system according to claim 3 , wherein the drive control circuit is further configured to:
in the process in which the converter circuit outputs the fourth reactive current to the power grid, when it is detected that the voltage value of the output port of the converter circuit is greater than the second recovery voltage value and duration in which the converter circuit transmits the fourth reactive current to the power grid is greater than or equal to second ride-through duration, control the converter circuit to transmit a sixth reactive current to the power grid, to recover the voltage value of the output port of the converter circuit to the fourth working voltage value.

5 . The power supply system according to claim 1 , wherein the power generation apparatus is a photovoltaic power generation apparatus, a wind power generation apparatus, a thermal power generation apparatus, a nuclear power generation apparatus, a chemical power generation apparatus, or a biomass power generation apparatus.

6 . The power supply system according to claim 5 , wherein the power generation apparatus is a photovoltaic power generation apparatus, the power supply system further comprises a combiner box, and the power generation apparatus is connected to the converter circuit by using the combiner box.

7 . The power supply system according to claim 6 , further comprising:
a direct current bus, wherein the power generation apparatus is connected to the direct current bus by using the combiner box and the direct current bus is connected to the converter circuit.

8 . The power supply system according to claim 7 , further comprising:
a transformer, wherein the converter circuit is connected to the power grid by using the transformer.

9 . The power supply system according to claim 8 , further comprising:
an on/off-grid wiring apparatus, wherein the transformer is connected to the power grid by using the on/off-grid wiring apparatus.

10 . The power supply system of claim 6 , wherein a plurality of photovoltaic strings is connected in parallel to the combiner box.

11 . The power supply system of claim 7 , wherein the direct current bus comprises a plurality of bus capacitors connected in series to each other.

12 . A current conversion method for a power supply system, wherein the current conversion method is applicable to the power supply system according to claim 1 , and the current conversion method comprises:
outputting, by a converter circuit, a first reactive current to a power grid when it is detected that a voltage value of an output port of the converter circuit decreases from a first working voltage value to a second working voltage value and the second working voltage value is less than or equal to a first trigger voltage value, to increase the voltage value of the output port of the converter circuit to a first ride-through voltage value, wherein the first ride-through voltage value is greater than the first trigger voltage value; and in a process in which the converter circuit outputs the first reactive current to the power grid, when it is detected that the voltage value of the output port of the converter circuit increases to a third working voltage value and the third working voltage value is greater than or equal to a first recovery voltage value, controlling, by a drive control circuit, the converter circuit to output a second reactive current to the power grid, to recover the voltage value of the output port of the converter circuit to the first working voltage value, wherein the first recovery voltage value is greater than the first ride-through voltage value.

13 . The current conversion method according to claim 12 , further comprising:
in the process in which the converter circuit outputs the first reactive current to the power grid, when it is detected that the voltage value of the output port of the converter circuit is less than the first recovery voltage value and duration in which the converter circuit transmits the first reactive current to the power grid is greater than or equal to a first ride-through duration, controlling, by the drive control circuit, t

Assignees

• Huawei Digital Power Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Shao Zhangping
• Xin Kai
• Zhou You

Classifications

• H02J2101/28

  Wind energy · CPC title

• H02J2101/24

  Photovoltaics · 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

• H02J3/50

  Controlling the sharing of reactive power · CPC title

• H02J3/381

  Dispersed generators · CPC title