Photovoltaic power supply system and control method thereof, and air conditioning unit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12483036-B2
Application number	US-202118016257-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 12, 2021
Priority date	Oct 15, 2020
Publication date	Nov 25, 2025
Grant date	Nov 25, 2025

Abstract

Disclosed are a photovoltaic power supply system and a control method thereof, and an air conditioning unit. The system includes: a photovoltaic cell panel; a direct-current bus; a DC/DC converter, one end of which is connected to the photovoltaic cell panel, and the other end of which is connected to the direct-current bus; and a switch assembly arranged in parallel with the DC/DC converter, wherein one end of the switch assembly is connected to the photovoltaic cell panel, and the other end thereof is connected to the direct-current bus, and the switch assembly is used for controlling a grid connection mode of the photovoltaic cell panel. When the switch assembly is turned off, the photovoltaic cell panel is connected to the direct-current bus by means of the DC/DC converter; and when the switch assembly is turned on, the photovoltaic cell panel is directly connected to the direct-current bus.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A photovoltaic power supply system, comprising:
a photovoltaic panel; a DC bus; a DC/DC converter, wherein one end of the DC/DC converter is connected to the photovoltaic panel and the other end of the DC/DC converter is connected to the DC bus; and a switch assembly arranged in parallel with the DC/DC converter and configured to control a grid connection mode of the photovoltaic panel, wherein one end of the switch assembly is connected to the photovoltaic panel and the other end of the switch assembly is connected to the DC bus; and an energy storage system having a state in operation and a state of not in operation, located between the DC/DC converter and the DC bus, arranged in parallel with the DC bus, and configured to supply power to the DC bus or store power from the DC bus, wherein; the photovoltaic panel is connected to the DC bus through the DC/DC converter in response to the switch assembly is turned off, and the photovoltaic panel is directly connected to the DC bus in response to the switch assembly is turned on, in response to the energy storage system is in operation and an output voltage of the photovoltaic panel is greater than a first preset voltage value, the switch assembly is turned off and the DC/DC converter is in bucking operation, wherein the first preset voltage value is a voltage value of the DC bus, in response to the energy storage system is in operation and an output voltage of the photovoltaic panel is not greater than a first preset voltage value, the switch assembly is turned off and the DC/DC converter is in boosting operation, wherein the first preset voltage value is a voltage value of the DC bus, in response to the energy storage system is not in operation and an output voltage of the photovoltaic panel is greater than a second preset voltage value, the switch assembly is turned on such that the photovoltaic panel is directly connected to the DC bus, wherein the second preset voltage value is a minimum voltage value driving a DC/AC converter to operate, and in response to the energy storage system is not in operation and an output voltage of the photovoltaic panel is not greater than a second preset voltage value, the switch assembly is turned off and the DC/DC converter is in boosting operation, wherein the second preset voltage value is a minimum voltage value driving a DC/AC converter to operate.

2 . The photovoltaic power supply system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a DC/AC converter, wherein one end of the DC/AC converter is connected to the DC bus and the other end of the DC/AC converter is connected to an AC power grid, and the DC/AC converter is configured to supply power to the AC power grid after converting DC power of the DC bus into AC power.

3 . The photovoltaic power supply system according to claim 1 , wherein the DC/DC converter is configured to output an output voltage of the photovoltaic panel to the DC bus after boosting or bucking the output voltage.

4 . An air conditioning unit, comprising the photovoltaic power supply system according to claim 1 , wherein a compressor of the air conditioning unit is powered by the DC bus.

5 . An air conditioning unit, comprising the photovoltaic power supply system according to claim 2 , wherein a compressor of the air conditioning unit is powered by the DC bus.

6 . An air conditioning unit, comprising the photovoltaic power supply system according to claim 3 , wherein a compressor of the air conditioning unit is powered by the DC bus.

7 . A control method of a photovoltaic power supply system, comprising:
detecting an operation state of an energy storage system and an output voltage of a photovoltaic panel, wherein the energy storage system is configured to supply power to a DC bus or store power from the DC bus, the energy storage system having a state in operation and a state of not in operation; determining a grid connection mode of the photovoltaic panel according to the operation state of the energy storage system and the output voltage of the photovoltaic panel, comprising: judging whether the output voltage of the photovoltaic panel is greater than a first preset voltage value in response to the energy storage system is in operation, wherein the first preset voltage value is a voltage value of the DC bus, determining that the grid connection mode of the photovoltaic panel is bucking grid connection in response to the output voltage is greater than the first preset voltage value, and determining that the grid connection mode of the photovoltaic panel is boosting grid connection in response to the output voltage is not greater than the first preset voltage value, judging whether the output voltage of the photovoltaic panel is greater than a second preset voltage value in response to the energy storage system is not in operation, wherein the second preset voltage value is a minimum voltage value driving a DC/AC converter to operate, determining that the grid connection mode of the photovoltaic panel is direct grid connection in response to the output voltage is greater than the second preset voltage value, and determining that the grid connection mode of the photovoltaic panel is boosting grid connection in response to the output voltage is not greater than the second preset voltage value; and controlling operations of a switch assembly and a DC/DC converter according to the grid connection mode, comprising: controlling the switch assembly to turn off and controlling the DC/DC converter to be in bucking operation, in response to the grid connection mode of the photovoltaic panel is bucking grid connection, controlling the switch assembly to turn off and controlling the DC/DC converter to be in boosting operation, in response to the grid connection mode of the photovoltaic panel is boosting grid connection, and controlling the switch assembly to turn on such that the photovoltaic panel is directly connected to the DC bus, in response to the grid connection mode of the photovoltaic panel is direct grid connection, wherein the switch assembly and the DC/DC converter are arranged in parallel, one end of the DC/DC converter is connected to the photovoltaic panel, the other end of the DC/DC converter is connected to the DC bus, one end of the switch assembly is connected to the photovoltaic panel and the other end of the switch assembly is connected to the DC bus.

8 . A non-transitory storage medium having computer-executable instructions, wherein the control method of a photovoltaic power supply system according to claim 7 is performed when the instructions are executed by a computer processor.

Assignees

• Gree Electric Appliances Inc Zhuhai

Inventors

• Chen Ningning
• Yu Xianqiao
• Wang Jing
• Huang Meng
• Dang Peiyu

Classifications

• H02J2101/24

  Photovoltaics · CPC title

• F24F11/88

  Electrical aspects, e.g. circuits · CPC title

• F24F2005/0067

  with photovoltaic panels · CPC title

• F24F5/0046

  using natural energy, e.g. solar energy, energy from the ground · CPC title

• H02J1/10

  Parallel operation of DC sources · CPC title