Method for providing control power using an energy store having variable deadband width when providing the control power

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9748775-B2
Application number	US-201214357401-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 29, 2012
Priority date	Nov 10, 2011
Publication date	Aug 29, 2017
Grant date	Aug 29, 2017

Abstract

A method providing control power for an electricity network in which at least one energy store supplies energy to the electricity network and/or takes up energy from the electricity network dependent on a frequency deviation from a desired frequency of the electricity network, a deadband being prescribed around the desired frequency. The frequency deviation from the network frequency is measured with greater accuracy than a width of the deadband and a bandwidth within the deadband is chosen dependent on a charging state of the energy store, with control power being provided outside the bandwidth. A device carrying out the method includes at least one energy store and a control system controlling control power of the energy store in an open-loop or closed-loop manner, the energy store being connected to an electricity network such that energy can be fed into the electricity network and can be removed from the electricity network.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for providing control power, the method comprising:
providing the control power to discharge or charge an energy store for supplying energy to an electricity network or taking up energy from the electricity network respectively based on a frequency deviation from a desired frequency of the electricity network and a deadband around the desired frequency being prescribed, a charging state of the energy store being in one of (i) an upper charging state, (ii) a medium charging state, and (iii) a low charging state, amount of charge in the medium charging state being less than amount of charge in the upper charging state and the amount of charge in the medium charging state being more than amount of charge in the low charging state;
measuring the frequency deviation from the desired frequency with an accuracy greater than a width of the deadband; and
selecting a bandwidth within the deadband as a new deadband based on the charging state of the energy store to move the charging state toward the medium charging state.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
in dependence on the charging state, or the charging state at a given time, of the energy store, the bandwidth is chosen to be less than the width of the deadband if the charging state deviates from the medium charging state, or a semi-charged charging state at which the energy store contains approximately half of a maximum possible energy content, or between 40% and 60% of the maximum possible energy content, or a charging state range in a region of the semi-charged charging state, or including the semi-charged charging state, or between 20% and 80% of the maximum possible energy content, or between 30% and 70% of the maximum possible energy content, being defined as the medium charging state.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
for at least one charging state of the energy store, the bandwidth is reduced to an accuracy of a measurement of the frequency deviation.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
the charging state of the energy store is adapted, or a medium charging state is aimed for, by a choice of the bandwidth and a provision of the control power in the deadband.

5. The method according to claim 2 , wherein
one of limits of the bandwidth is defined as the frequency deviation from a desired frequency that is established by an accuracy of a measurement, or one of limits of the bandwidth is defined by the desired frequency or by a frequency deviation between these values, a lower limit of the bandwidth being defined in this way if the charging state of the energy store is to be reduced, or the charging state lies above the medium charging state, and/or an upper limit of the bandwidth being defined in this way if the charging state of the energy store is to be increased, or the charging state lies below the medium charging state.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
the bandwidth is selected from two or more predetermined bandwidths, various states of charge, or every charging state of the energy store or various ranges of the charging state, or every range of the charging state, being assigned predetermined bandwidths.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
the bandwidth is chosen in proportion to a difference in charging state of the charging state at a given time of the energy store from the medium charging state, or the bandwidth depends linearly on the difference in the charging state of the charging state at the given time from the medium charging state.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
the charging state of the energy store is measured, or measured continuously, the control power delivered by the energy store to the electricity network being controlled in dependence on the charging state.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
outside the bandwidth, the control power is provided as desired by a network operator and/or an amount of the control power is delivered with respect to the frequency deviation in certain regions in inverse proportion to the frequency deviation of a network frequency, or linearly to the frequency deviation.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
within the bandwidth, no power is delivered from the energy store into the electricity network and no power is taken up from the electricity network into the energy store.

11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
the frequency deviation is measured with an accuracy of at least ±8 MHz, or at least ±4 MHz, or at least ±2 MHz, or at least ±1 MHz.

12. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
when there is a change of the control power, a time after the change from which control energy is provided by the energy store is chosen in dependence on the charging state at a given time of the energy store.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein
the time lies in a time interval between the change of the control power and a maximum after the change, or the time interval is 30 seconds in a case of a provision of primary control power.

14. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
in the deadband no negative control power is taken up by the electricity network if the charging state of the energy store lies above a first limit value and/or in the deadband no positive control energy is fed into the electricity network if the charging state of the energy store lies below a second limit value, the first and second limit values defining a range of the medium charging state.

15. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
a flywheel, a heat store, a hydrogen generator and store with a fuel cell, a natural gas generator with a gas-fired power plant, a pumped storage power plant, a compressed-air storage power plant, a superconducting magnetic energy store, a redox-flow element and/or a galvanic element, a rechargeable battery, and/or a battery storage power plant, is used as the energy store.

16. The method according to claim 15 , wherein
a lithium-ion battery, a lead-sulphuric acid battery, a nickel-cadmium battery, a sodium-sulphide battery, and/or a Li-ion battery, and/or a composite of at least two of these rechargeable batteries is used as the energy store.

17. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
the energy store has a capacity of at least 4 kWh, or at least 10 kWh, or at least 50 kWh, or at least 250 kWh.

18. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
the energy store is operated jointly with at least one energy generator and/or at least one energy consuming entity for a provision of the control power for the electricity network.

19. The method according to claim 18 , wherein
a closed-loop control and/or open-loop control of the energy store is operated in dependence on and in operative connection with the at least one energy generator and/or with the at least one energy consuming entity in a provision of the control power for the electricity network.

20. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
a tolerance with respect to the frequency deviation from the desired frequency of the electricity network is used to set the charging state of the energy store at a same time as providing the control power by the energy store.

21. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
a tolerance with respect to an amount of the control power provided is used to set the charging state of the energy store at a same time as providing the control power by the energy store, or an amount of a requested control power being exceeded, or by a maximum of 30% and/or by 1

Assignees

• Markowz Georg
• Schweissthal Wolfgang
• Kolligs Carsten
• Brezski Holger
• Flemming Anna
• Gamrad Dennis
• Cochet Sebastien
• Evonik Degussa Gmbh
• Steag Power Saar Gmbh

Inventors

• Markowz Georg
• Schweissthal Wolfgang
• Kolligs Carsten
• Brezski Holger
• Flemming Anna
• Gamrad Dennis
• Cochet Sebastien

Classifications

• H02J3/00142

  Oscillations concerning frequency · CPC title

• H02J3/32 Primary

  using batteries or super capacitors with converting means · CPC title

• H02J3/24

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H02J7/00 Primary

  Circuit arrangements for charging or discharging batteries or for supplying loads from batteries · CPC title

• Y10T307/305

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic