Method and apparatus for controlling low voltage ride through of photovoltaic grid-connected inverter

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9385582-B2
Application number	US-201314366221-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 27, 2013
Priority date	Apr 27, 2013
Publication date	Jul 5, 2016
Grant date	Jul 5, 2016

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for controlling a Low Voltage Ride Through of a photovoltaic grid-connected inverter. The method for controlling comprises: judging whether a voltage value of a grid is smaller than an upper limit of a low voltage value and is not greater than a lower limit of the low voltage value; when it is judged that a root mean square value of the voltage in the grid is smaller than the upper limit of the low voltage value and greater than the lower limit of the low voltage value, controlling an active current value outputted from the inverter to be equal to a target active current value and controlling a reactive current value outputted to be equal to a target reactive current value, so that a comparison difference between a total current outputted by the inverter in a Low Voltage Ride Through state and a current outputted by the inverter in a normal state is smaller than a preset value. The method and apparatus settle problem that the poor stability is caused since control on the waveform and amplitude of the current is ignored in the Low Voltage Ride Through control on the inverter, such that the total current changes slightly before and after a voltage dip, which can support and stabilize the grid.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for controlling a Low Voltage Ride Through of a photovoltaic grid-connected inverter, comprising steps of:
judging whether a root mean square value of a voltage in a grid is lower than an upper limit of a low voltage value;
controlling the inverter to operate in a normal state when it is judged that the root mean square value of the voltage in the grid is not lower than the upper limit of the low voltage value, wherein an active current value outputted from the inverter in the normal state is controlled to be a target active current value outputted from the inverter in the normal state and a reactive current value outputted from the inverter in the normal state is controlled to be zero; and
judging whether the root mean square value of the voltage in the grid is lower than a lower limit of the low voltage value when it is judged that the root mean square value of the voltage in the grid is lower than the upper limit of the low voltage,
controlling the inverter to stop operating when it is judged that the root mean square value of the voltage in the grid is lower than the lower limit of the low voltage value, and
controlling an active current value outputted from the inverter to be equal to the target active current value in the normal state and a reactive current value outputted from the inverter to be equal to a target reactive current value when it is judged that the root mean square value of the voltage in the grid is not lower than the lower limit of the low voltage value, wherein the target reactive current value is determined by a preset fluctuation range of the amplitude of a total current outputted by the inverter and the target active current value in the normal state, such that the fluctuation of the amplitude of the total current outputted by the inverter in a Low Voltage Ride Through state relative to the current outputted in the normal state is within the preset fluctuation range.

2. The method for controlling the Low Voltage Ride Through of the photovoltaic grid-connected inverter of claim 1 , further comprising:
timing a duration during which the root mean square value of the voltage in the grid is not lower than the lower limit of the low voltage value and judging whether the root mean square value of the voltage in the grid is equal to the lower limit of the low voltage value, when it is judged that the root mean square value of the voltage in the grid is lower than the upper limit of the low voltage value;
judging whether the duration reaches a preset period of time T 1 when it is judged that the root mean square value of the voltage in the grid is equal to the lower limit of the low voltage value,
controlling the inverter to stop operating when it is judged that the duration reaches the preset period of time T 1 , and
controlling the active current value outputted from the inverter to be equal to the target active current value and the reactive current value outputted from the inverter to be equal to the target reactive current value when it is judged that the duration does not reach the preset period of time T 1 ; and
judging whether the duration reaches a preset period of time T 2 when it is judged that the root mean square value of the voltage in the grid is not equal to the lower limit of the low voltage value,
controlling the inverter to stop operating when it is judged that the duration reaches the preset period of time T 2 , and
controlling the active current value outputted from the inverter to be equal to the target active current value and the reactive current value outputted from the inverter to be equal to the target reactive current value when it is judged that the duration does not reach the preset period of time T 2 .

3. The method for controlling the Low Voltage Ride Through of the photovoltaic grid-connected inverter of claim 2 , further comprising: collecting a voltage signal and a current signal at a DC side and collecting voltage signals and current signals of the grid at an AC side,
wherein when it is judged that the root mean square value of the voltage in the grid is not lower than the upper limit of the low voltage value, the active current value outputted from the inverter normally is controlled to be equal to a target current value in the normal state obtained with a MPPT algorithm and a voltage PI control according to the collected signals, and the reactive current voltage outputted from the inverter is controlled to be zero.

4. The method for controlling the Low Voltage Ride Through of the photovoltaic grid-connected inverter of claim 2 , further comprising: acquiring the target active current value and the target reactive current value in the Low Voltage Ride Through state,
wherein the target active current value i* d is a preset active current value i d ′ outputted from the inverter as the gird operates normally,
the target reactive current value i* q is i* q =√{square root over ((n 2 −1))}×i′ d ,
wherein n is a preset variation amplitude of a total current outputted from the inverter.

5. The method for controlling the Low Voltage Ride Through of the photovoltaic grid-connected inverter of claim 1 , further comprising: collecting a voltage signal and a current signal at a DC side and collecting voltage signals and current signals of the grid at an AC side,
wherein when it is judged that the root mean square value of the voltage in the grid is not lower than the upper limit of the low voltage value, the active current value outputted from the inverter normally is controlled to be equal to a target current value in the normal state obtained with a MPPT algorithm and a voltage PI control according to the collected signals, and the reactive current voltage outputted from the inverter is controlled to be zero.

6. The method for controlling the Low Voltage Ride Through of the photovoltaic grid-connected inverter of claim 1 , further comprising: acquiring the target active current value and the target reactive current value in the Low Voltage Ride Through state,
wherein the target active current value i* d is a preset active current value i d ′ outputted from the inverter as the gird operates normally,
the target reactive current value i* q is i* q =√{square root over ((n 2 −1))}×i′ d ,
wherein n is a preset variation amplitude of a total current outputted from the inverter.

7. An apparatus for controlling a Low Voltage Ride Through of a photovoltaic grid-connected inverter, comprising a control unit; wherein
the control unit judges whether a root mean square value of a voltage in a grid is lower than an upper limit of a low voltage value;
the control unit controls the inverter to operate in a normal state when it is judged that the root mean square value of the voltage in the grid is not lower than the upper limit of the low voltage value, wherein an active current value outputted from the inverter in the normal state is controlled to be a target active current value outputted from the inverter in the normal state and a reactive current value outputted from the inverter in the normal state is controlled to be zero; and
the control unit judges whether the root mean square value of the voltage in the grid is lower than a lower limit of the low voltage value when it is judged that the root mean square value of the voltage in the grid is lower than the upper limit of the low voltage value, controls the inverter to stop operating when it is judged that the root mean square value of the voltage in the grid is lower than the lower limit of the low voltage value, and controls an active current value outputted from the inverter to be equal to the target active current value in the normal state and a reactive current value outputted from the inverter to be equal to a target reactive current v

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd
• Beijing Boe Energy Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zheng Ping
• Song Hangbin
• Han Xiaoyan

Classifications

• H02M7/44

  by static converters · CPC title

• H02J3/1814

  having reactive elements actively controlled by bridge converters, e.g. unified power flow controllers [UPFC] or controlled series voltage compensators · CPC title

• H02M1/36

  Means for starting or stopping converters · CPC title

• H02J2101/25

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

• H02M1/00 Primary

  Details of apparatus for conversion · CPC title