Method for operating a battery converter, battery converter and system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12525806-B2
Application number	US-202418798944-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 9, 2024
Priority date	Aug 31, 2020
Publication date	Jan 13, 2026
Grant date	Jan 13, 2026

Abstract

A method for operating a battery converter in a system 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 when 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 and a system having such a battery converter are also described.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method for operating a system comprising a battery converter and an inverter connected to a grid, wherein both the battery converter and the inverter are connected to a common DC bus, the method comprising:
controlling an exchange power of the battery converter in a first mode using a battery connected to the battery converter, wherein the controlling is based on a voltage of the common DC bus in accordance with a first converter characteristic curve, temporarily changing the controlling of the exchange power of the battery converter to a second mode upon detection of a fault ride-through (FRT) event, wherein in the second mode, the first converter characteristic curve is changed to a second converter characteristic curve, wherein, in the second converter characteristic curve, a maximum discharging power of the battery converter is reached at a DC bus voltage value that is higher than a DC bus voltage at which a maximum discharging power of the battery converter is reached in the first converter characteristic curve.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first converter characteristic curve is changed such that the battery is discharged with the maximum discharging power for values of the DC bus voltage less than or equal to a limit voltage which is at least 10% above a rectifying value of a permissible AC voltage of the grid.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the converter characteristic curve comprises a dead-band around a DC nominal value of the DC bus voltage before the change, and the second converter characteristic curve is dead-band-free.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second converter characteristic curve is changed from the first converter characteristic curve such that a maximum discharging power of the second 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 second 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 second converter characteristic curve is changed with respect to the first converter characteristic curve for a first time period which is selected depending on a second time period of the FRT event.

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 common DC bus, which couples to a grid via an inverter, 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 fault ride-through (FRT) event and if the FRT event is identified, to temporarily change the converter characteristic curve.

9 . The battery converter of claim 8 , wherein identifying the FRT event comprises detecting a decrease in the voltage applied at the output below a rectifying value of a permissible AC voltage of the grid connected to the inverter connected to the output, and wherein the temporary change comprises a change of the converter characteristic curve such 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.

10 . The battery converter of claim 8 , wherein the converter characteristic curve is changed such that a maximum discharging power of the changed converter characteristic curve is at least 20% above a maximum permissible continuous discharging power of the battery converter.

11 . The battery converter of claim 8 , wherein the converter characteristic curve is temporarily changed for a first time period which is selected depending on a second time period of the fault ride-through the FRT event.

12 . The battery converter of claim 11 , wherein the first time period is selected to be greater than or equal to the second time period.

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