Charge/discharge control device and charge/discharge control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9787123-B2
Application number	US-201514848246-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 8, 2015
Priority date	Jun 6, 2014
Publication date	Oct 10, 2017
Grant date	Oct 10, 2017

Abstract

A charge/discharge control device according to an aspect of the present disclosure is equipped with a system frequency measurer 303 that measures a system frequency, a base frequency updater 304 that updates a base frequency, a frequency bias calculator 305 that calculates a frequency bias indicating the difference between the base frequency and the system frequency, a charge/discharge command value decider 306 that uses the frequency bias to decide a power command value, and a charge/discharge controller 307 that causes a power storage system to charge/discharge power. The base frequency updater 304 determines whether or not reverse operation will occur, and in the case of determining that reverse operation will not occur, updates the base frequency so that the base frequency matches a frequency obtained by applying a low-pass filter to a temporal variation of the system frequency, while in the case of determining that reverse operation will occur, updates the base frequency so that the base frequency matches the system frequency.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A charge/discharge control device comprising:
a frequency measurer that measures a system frequency of a power system per a predetermined control period;
a base frequency updater that update a base frequency per the control period according to the system frequency;
a first frequency deviation calculator that calculates a first frequency deviation per the control period, the first frequency deviation indicating a difference between the base frequency and the system frequency;
a command value determiner that determines a first power command value that indicates a charge/discharge power to make the system frequency approach the base frequency according to the first frequency deviation; and
a charge/discharge controller that causes a power storage system to charge/discharge power according to the first power command value;
wherein the base frequency updater
determines whether or not reverse operation will occur in the power storage system according to the base frequency, the system frequency, and a standard frequency of the power system, the reverse operation being charging/discharging that corresponds to a direction that moves the system frequency farther away from the standard frequency,
in a case of determining that the reverse operation will not occur, sets a frequency obtained by applying a low-pass filter to temporal variation of the system frequency to the base frequency, and
in a case of determining that the reverse operation will occur, sets the system frequency to the base frequency.

2. The charge/discharge control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the base frequency updater updates the base frequency by varying the base frequency by a fixed value in each control period for which the base frequency updater determines that the reverse operation will not occur.

3. The charge/discharge control device according to claim 2 , wherein
if the system frequency is less than the standard frequency, the base frequency updater updates the base frequency by decreasing the base frequency by a fixed value in each control period for which the base frequency updater determines that the reverse operation will not occur.

4. The charge/discharge control device according to claim 2 , wherein
if the system frequency is greater than the standard frequency, the base frequency updater updates the base frequency by increasing the base frequency by a fixed value in each control period for which the base frequency updater determines that the reverse operation will not occur.

5. The charge/discharge control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the base frequency updater
determines that the reverse operation will not occur if the base frequency is included in an interval having the system frequency and the standard frequency as endpoints, and
determines that the reverse operation will occur if the base frequency is not included in the interval.

6. The charge/discharge control device according to claim 5 , wherein
the base frequency updater
determines that the reverse operation will not occur if the base frequency is less than or equal to the standard frequency and greater than the system frequency, or if the base frequency is equal to or greater than the standard frequency and less than the system frequency, and
determines that the reverse operation will occur if the base frequency is greater than the standard frequency and equal to or greater than the system frequency, or if the base frequency is less than the standard frequency and less than or equal to the system frequency.

7. The charge/discharge control device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a remaining capacity acquirer that acquires information related to a remaining charge of the power storage system; and
a second frequency deviation calculator that calculates a second frequency deviation, the second frequency deviation indicating a difference between the standard frequency and the system frequency;
wherein the command value decider
uses the second frequency deviation to decide a second power command value that indicates a charge/discharge power to make the system frequency approach the standard frequency, and
uses the information related to the remaining charge to select a power command value from a plurality of power command values including the first power command value and the second power command value, and
the charge/discharge controller uses the selected power command value to cause the power storage system to charge/discharge power.

8. The charge/discharge control device according to claim 7 , wherein
the command value decider
selects the second power command value as the power command value if (i) the remaining charge is less than or equal to a predetermined threshold value, and the second power command value does not indicate a discharge power, or if (ii) the remaining charge is equal to or greater than the predetermined threshold value, and the second power command value does not indicate a charge power, and
selects the first power command value as the power command value if (i) the remaining charge is greater than the predetermined threshold value, and the second power command value indicates a charge power, or if (ii) the remaining charge is less than the predetermined threshold value, and the second power command value indicates a discharge power.

9. The charge/discharge control device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a remaining capacity acquirer that acquires information related to a remaining charge of the power storage system;
a second frequency deviation calculator that calculates a second frequency deviation, the second frequency deviation indicating a difference between the standard frequency and the system frequency; and
a base point decider that uses the information related to the remaining charge to decide a base point indicating a power charged/discharged by the power storage system when the system frequency matches the base frequency;
wherein the command value decider
uses the first frequency deviation and the base point to decide the first power command value,
uses the second frequency deviation and the base point to decide a second power command value that indicates a charge/discharge power to make the system frequency approach the standard frequency, and
uses the base point to select a power command value from a plurality of power command values including the first power command value and the second power command value, and
the charge/discharge controller uses the selected power command value to cause the power storage system to charge/discharge power.

10. The charge/discharge control device according to claim 9 , wherein
the base point decider configures an offset to the base point if the remaining charge is less than a first threshold value or if the remaining charge is greater than a second threshold value, and
the command value decider uses the base point configured with the offset to decide the power command value included in the plurality of power command values.

11. The charge/discharge control device according to claim 10 , wherein
the base point decider, by configuring an offset to the base point,
decreases a discharge amount corresponding to the power command value when the remaining charge is less than the first threshold value and the power command value indicates a discharge power, compared to the case of not configuring the offset to the base point, and
increases a charge amount corresponding to the power command value when the remaining charge is less than the first threshold value and the power command value indicates a charge power, compared to the case of not configuring the offset to the base point.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kaji Mitsuru

Classifications

• H02J7/90

  Regulation of charging or discharging current or voltage · CPC title

• H01M10/446

  Initial charging measures · CPC title

• H02J3/32 Primary

  using batteries or super capacitors with converting means · CPC title

• H01M10/44

  Methods for charging or discharging (circuits for charging H02J7/00) · CPC title

• H02J3/14

  by switching loads on to, or off from, the networks, e.g. progressively balanced loading · CPC title