Power Supply-Demand Adjusting Apparatus, Power System and Power Supply-Demand Adjusting Method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016226261-A1
Application number	US-201414917422-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Aug 26, 2014
Priority date	Sep 17, 2013
Publication date	Aug 4, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Acquisition unit 184 acquires an adjustment period in which power supply and demand is adjusted, and adjustment power which is power to be adjusted in the adjustment period. Adjustment target determining unit 185 requests an adjustment target storage battery to be charged or discharged at a predetermined electricity rate in the adjustment period and determines, based on the adjustment power, adjustment target storage batteries from among the storage batteries that have responded to the request. In the adjustment period, control unit 186 causes the adjustment target storage batteries to charge or discharge electricity at the predetermined electricity rate and causes a non-adjusted storage battery that is different from the adjustment target storage battery to charge or discharge electricity at an electricity rate different from the predetermined electricity rate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A power supply-demand adjusting apparatus, comprising:
an acquisition unit that acquires an adjustment period in which power supply and demand is adjusted, and adjustment power which is power to be adjusted in the adjustment period; an adjustment target determining unit that requests an adjustment target storage battery to be charged or discharged at a predetermined electricity rate in the adjustment period and determines, based on the adjustment power, adjustment target storage batteries from among the storage batteries that have responded to a request that requests the adjustment target storage battery; and, a control unit that causes the adjustment target storage batteries to charge or discharge electricity at the predetermined electricity rate in the adjustment period and that causes a non-adjusted storage battery that is different from the adjustment target storage battery to charge or discharge electricity at an electricity rate different from the predetermined electricity rate in the adjustment period.

2 . The power supply-demand adjusting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the storage battery is made to charge or discharge electricity in a period of time that is planned by a charging/discharging control unit connected to the storage battery in accordance with an electricity rate that is notified, and the control unit notifies the charging/discharging control unit connected to the adjustment target storage battery, of a predetermined electricity rate as the electricity rate in the adjustment period, and notifies the charging/discharging control unit connected to the non-adjusted storage battery, of an electricity rate that is different from the predetermined electricity rate as the electricity rate in the adjustment period.

3 . The power supply-demand adjusting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the acquisition unit acquires, as the electricity rate for the non-adjusted storage battery, a first electricity rate as the electricity rate for the non-adjusted storage battery in the adjustment period and a second electricity rate that is lower than the first electricity rate as the electricity rate for charging the non-adjusted storage battery in a period other than the adjustment period, and, the adjustment target determining unit requests the adjustment target storage battery on condition that the predetermined electricity rate is set at a third electricity rate that is lower than the second electricity rate to be applied for charging the adjustment target storage battery in the adjustment period.

4 . The power supply-demand adjusting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the acquisition unit acquires, as the electricity rate for the non-adjusted storage battery other than the adjustment targets, a fourth electricity rate as the electricity rate for discharging storage batteries other than the adjustment targets, and the adjustment target determining unit invites the adjustment target storage batteries on condition that the predetermined electricity rate is set at a fifth electricity rate that is higher than the fourth electricity rate to be applied for discharging the adjustment target storage batteries in the adjustment period.

5 . The power supply-demand adjusting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the adjustment target determining unit sets the charging power or discharging power of the adjustment target storage battery at a fixed value and determines for the adjustment target storage batteries, as many storage batteries as the number determined depending on the adjustment power and the fixed value.

6 . The power supply-demand adjusting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the adjustment target determining unit collects tenders of the electricity rate for charging or discharging electricity, from each of the storage batteries that have responded to the request and determines the adjustment target storage batteries from among the storage batteries that have responded to the request, based on the tender price.

7 . The power supply-demand adjusting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the adjustment target determining unit divides the adjustment period into a plurality of sub periods and determines the adjustment target storage batteries for each of the sub periods.

8 . The power supply-demand adjusting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein power including a first supply power determined depending on environmental conditions and a second supply power for adjustment in accordance with the difference between a predicted demand power and the first supply power is supplied, and
the adjustment period is defined as a period for time in which the second supply power exceeds a predetermined range.

9 . A power system comprising: a storage battery; a charging/discharging control unit to which the storage battery and a power grid are connected and that controls charging and discharging of the connected storage battery; and a power supply-demand adjusting apparatus that adjusts power supply and demand to the power grid, wherein the power supply-demand adjusting apparatus comprises:
an acquisition unit that acquires an adjustment period in which power supply and demand is adjusted, and adjustment power which is power to be adjusted in the adjustment period; an adjustment target determining unit that requests an adjustment target storage battery to be charged or discharged at a predetermined electricity rate in the adjustment period and determines, based on the adjustment power, adjustment target storage batteries from among the storage batteries that have responded to a request that requests the adjustment target storage battery; and, a control unit that causes the adjustment target storage batteries to charge or discharge electricity at the predetermined electricity rate in the adjustment period and that causes a non-adjusted storage battery that is different from the adjustment target storage battery to charge or discharge electricity at an electricity rate different from the predetermined electricity rate in the adjustment period, and
wherein the charging/discharging control unit responds to the request instead of the storage battery connected thereto.

10 . A power supply-demand adjusting method, comprising:
acquiring an adjustment period in which power supply and demand is adjusted, and adjustment power which is power to be adjusted in the adjustment period; requesting an adjustment target storage battery to be charged or discharged at a predetermined electricity rate in the adjustment period; determining, based on the adjustment power, adjustment target storage batteries from among the storage batteries that have responded to a request that requests the adjustment target storage battery; and, causing the adjustment target storage batteries to charge or discharge electricity at the predetermined electricity rate in the adjustment period and causing a non-adjusted storage battery that is different from the adjustment target storage battery to charge or discharge electricity at an electricity rate different from the predetermined electricity rate in the adjustment period.

Assignees

• Nec Corp

Inventors

• Yano Hitoshi
• Hashimoto Ryo
• Sakuma Hisato
• Kudo Koji
• Saneyoshi Eisuke
• TOIZUMI Takahiro

Classifications

• Y04S30/14

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• H02J3/28

  Arrangements for balancing of the load in networks by storage of energy · CPC title

• Y04S50/12

  Billing, invoicing, buying or selling transactions or other related activities, e.g. cost or usage evaluation · CPC title

• Y02T90/16

  Information or communication technologies improving the operation of electric vehicles · CPC title

• G06Q50/06

  Energy or water supply · CPC title