The present invention relates to grid systems, and more particularly, to a grid system conducive to enhancement of power supply performance.
Due to rapid industrial development and technological advancement, conventional fossil fuels not only incur high costs but also cause environmental pollution. To save energy and reduce carbon emissions, great importance is attached to green renewable energy, such as wind power and solar energy. To turn renewable energy into utility electricity, it is necessary to deliver power to an electricity utility via a storage battery. But both the power delivery process and the energy conversion process lead to the loss of a huge amount of power. A traditional way of enhancing their efficiency requires constructing a grid system from renewable energy-based power generation systems. Although the renewable energy-based power generation system technology is sophisticated nowadays, the construction of a reliable grid system hinges on plenty of related techniques.
A conventional grid system not only requires a renewable energy source and a converter thereof, but also requires an inverter adapted to store energy and parallel-connected to a public grid. When the public grid is functioning well, exchange of energy between the public grid and grid power takes place. When the public grid is malfunctioning, “decoupling” must be immediately carried out in order to preclude the islanding effect (which means that, for example, in case of a failure to strike a balance between the supply of power and the requirement of a load, the grid system will supply power to a portion of the load only), and thus an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) is required to supply power to the load of the grid system. The grid system is characterized in that: a renewable energy source and a converter thereof can get “connected in parallel” at any time; the inverters are instantly available in the public grid; hence, there must be automatic shunting, signal regulation, and absence of control signal connection between all the inverters in order to enhance industrial applicability of the grid system. In a stand-alone mode, STM (not connected to utility electricity), a usual power sharing and voltage control method is the P-ω or Q-V descent method (hereinafter referred to as the “descent method”) characterized in that, depending on a predetermined prescheduled P-Q decrease extent, each inverter can share power and adjust its own grid voltage without any control signal connection.
Taiwan utility model patent M478289, entitled Inverter Control System, is mainly intended to balance the state of charge (SOC) of each battery module in a power-storing grid, effectuate automatic output shunting, and dispense with any control signal connection. The inverter control system comprises a power parallel-connected control module and a parallel-connected shunting control module. The parallel-connected shunting control module is connected to the power parallel-connected control module. The power parallel-connected control module comprises a low-pass filter, a frequency calculating unit, a voltage calculating unit, a sine wave generator, and a phase shift circuit. The parallel-connected shunting control module comprises a battery SOC recording unit, a virtual resistance calculator, a proportional amplifier, and an inverter power switching circuit.
The power parallel-connected control module receives output current of an inverter, filters noise out of the output current of the inverter with the low-pass filter, multiplies a sine wave signal by a cosine wave signal generated from the sine wave generator and the phase shift circuit respectively so as to obtain a real power signal and a virtual power signal respectively, calculates a frequency signal and a voltage signal by the descent method, generates another sine wave signal from the frequency signal with the sine wave generator, multiplies the another sine wave signal by the voltage signal to obtain the primary output voltage signal of the inverter, and uses the power parallel-connected control module to controllably make the voltage and frequency of all the inverters equal. The parallel-connected shunting control module receives a load current and the SOC of the battery module, calculates an inverter secondary output voltage signal with the virtual resistance calculator, synthesizes the inverter primary and secondary output voltage signals to obtain a synthetic voltage signal, subtracts the existing inverter output voltage signal from the synthetic voltage signal, generates an inverter output from the proportional amplifier, sends the inverter output to the current signal of the load, adds the inverter output to the actual current signal of the load to obtain a driving signal for controlling the inverter power switching circuit, such that the multiple inverters are capable of parallel connection and balancing the shunting of the SOC of the battery module.
As indicated by the aforesaid prior art, a conventional grid system allows the exchange between its own grid power and the public grid and enables parallel connection without any communication connection by resorting to the descent method and in accordance with a P-Q decrease extent prescheduled according to its own capacity. However, the descent method is likely to cause grid voltage and frequency to vary instantly with a change in the amount of power generated from renewable energy, energy storing, and load requirement, thereby resulting in instability. In addition, switching in the STM (decoupled from utility electricity) and a parallel-connected grid mode (i.e., being parallel-connected to utility electricity) is likely to cause an overly large change in voltage and overcurrent. Taiwan utility model patent M478289 provides a technology of balancing the SOC of each battery module in a power-storing grid, effectuating automatic output shunting, and dispensing with any control signal connection. Taiwan utility model patent M478289 discloses calculating frequency signals and voltage signals by the descent method, incurs high manufacturing costs, requires the power to be parallel-connected to the control module in order to control voltages and frequencies of all the inverters and render the voltages and frequencies equal, discloses using the parallel-connected shunting control module to balance the shunting of the SOC of the battery module so as to achieve frequency stability, balance grid voltage, and balance the SOC of the battery module. Furthermore, with renewable energy-based power generation being susceptible to changes in the climate and surroundings and thus being unable to persist steadily, both the prior art and Taiwan utility model patent M478289 must operate in conjunction with a power-storing apparatus, such as a battery module. However, if the renewable energy no longer works, Taiwan utility model patent M478289 cannot provide any mechanisms for protecting the grid system and operating the grid system. Therefore, from the perspective of the prior art, it is necessary to provide a better solution.
In view of the aforesaid drawbacks of the prior art, it is an objective of the present invention to provide a grid system conducive to enhancement of power supply performance. The grid system is characterized in that: multiple renewable powers are connected to utility electricity and loads through the grid system, respectively; real-time mechanisms for parallel connection and decoupling are provided and loop control is carried out in accordance with a power state; hence, the output power of the grid system maintains high stability and low distortion so as to make good use of all power resources at a low cost and thus enhance the efficiency of overall power utilization of the grid system.
In order to achieve the above and other objectives, the present invention provides a grid system conducive to enhancement of power supply performance, comprising a plurality of signal regulation devices, a power modulation module, and an output circuit. The signal regulation devices each comprise a DC/DC conversion circuit, a DC/AC changing circuit, and a power modulation module. The DC/DC conversion circuit has a power signal input end and a transformation signal output end. The power signal input end is electrically connected to a renewable power module. The DC/AC changing circuit has a transformation signal input end and a transformation signal output end. The transformation signal input end is electrically connected to the power signal output end of the DC/DC conversion circuit. The power modulation module is electrically connected to the DC/DC conversion circuit and the DC/AC changing circuit and performs loop control on the DC/DC conversion circuit and the DC/AC changing circuit in accordance with the received plurality of signals and power states. The output circuit comprises a switch unit connected to the transformation signal output end of the DC/AC changing circuit and the power modulation module and connected to a load end and/or utility electricity. The power modulation module performs shunting control and output voltage adjustment on the DC/DC conversion circuit, the DC/AC changing circuit, and the switch unit of the output circuit in accordance with the plurality of signals, the load, and/or a power state of utility electricity and through calculation of a maximum power point.
The present invention is characterized in that: the signal regulation devices are connected to the renewable power module through a DC/DC conversion circuit to receive power from the renewable power end and are jointly connected to the output circuit through the DC/AC changing circuit; and the converted power is delivered to the load and/or utility electricity through the switch unit of the output circuit. In practice, the power modulation module calculates the maximum power point in real time in accordance with the plurality of signals, the load, and/or the power state of utility electricity to thereby perform shunting control and output voltage adjustment on the DC/DC conversion circuit, the DC/AC changing circuit, and the switch unit of the output circuit so as to adapt to the parallel connection state and decoupling state of the grid system in real time, such that the output power of the grid system maintains high stability and low distortion and attains a satisfactory power adjustment rate at a low cost so as to make good use of all power resources and thus enhance the efficiency of overall power utilization of the grid system.
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The signal regulation devices each comprise a DC/DC conversion circuit 21 and a DC/AC changing circuit 22. The DC/DC conversion circuit 21 has a power signal input end and a power signal output end. The power signal input end of the DC/DC conversion circuit 21 is electrically connected to one of the renewable power modules 10. The DC/AC changing circuit 22 has a transformation signal input end and a transformation signal output end. The transformation signal input end of the DC/AC changing circuit 22 is electrically connected to the power signal output end of the DC/DC conversion circuit 21. The DC/AC changing circuit 22 sends at least an output voltage signal Vo and at least an output current signal Io to the output circuit 30. The power modulation module 23 is electrically connected to the DC/DC conversion circuit 21 and the DC/AC changing circuit 22, receives utility electricity power Vs, output voltage signal Vo, and output current signal Io, and performs loop control on the DC/DC conversion circuit 21 and the DC/AC changing circuit 22 in accordance with the received utility electricity power Vs, output voltage signal Vo, and output current signal Io, respectively.
The output circuit 30 has a switch unit SS. A common end of the switch unit SS is connected to the transformation signal output end of the DC/AC changing circuit 22. A control end of the switch unit SS is connected to the power modulation module 23 of the signal regulation device and electrically connected to the load device 40 and/or utility electricity power Vs through a routinely-closed end of the switch unit SS. The output circuit 30 provides at least a load current signal IL to the load device 40. The power modulation module 23 performs shunting control and output voltage adjustment on the DC/DC conversion circuit 21, the DC/AC changing circuit 22, and the switch unit SS of the output circuit 30 in accordance with real-time power states, such as utility electricity power Vs, output voltage signal Vo, current signal Io, and load current signal IL, and by calculating maximum power point tracking (MPPT) control.
The grid system of the present invention provides multiple operation options and is applicable to operation modes, such as a grid-connected mode (GCM), a line-interactive mode (LIM), and a stand-alone mode (STM). In the GCM, the signal regulation devices perform maximum power point tracking control over the renewable energy modules 10 and feed the power generated from the renewable energy modules 10 to utility electricity power Vs, so as to not only achieve a parallel-connected grid by means of unit power factor but also introduce virtual work into the grid system in accordance with the frequency offset of the grid system. In the LIM, although the signal regulation devices are parallel-connected to utility electricity power Vs, the signal regulation devices merely share load power but do not feed the power to utility electricity power Vs, thereby accessing only utility electricity power Vs and the power attributed to the renewable energy modules 10 and estimated at less than the power level of the load device 40. When the applicable scenario has a failure of utility electricity power Vs or has no access to utility electricity power Vs, the signal regulation devices operate in the STM to thereby maintain the power of the load device 40, and the renewable energy modules 10 provide the power required for all the load devices 40, wherein the parallel-connected grid system interrupts as soon as the power provided by the renewable energy modules 10 is less than the requirement of the load device 40.
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To further describe how the present invention applies to a specific circuit of a grid system,
In this embodiment, the DC/DC conversion circuit 21 maintains DC-link voltage Vd and exercises single loop control, such that the first control circuit 231 receives its fed-back DC-link voltage Vd to thereby control the DC/DC conversion circuit 21, wherein the first control circuit 231 has a DC voltage controller 2311 and a PWM clamping controller 2312. After the DC voltage controller 2311 has sent output signal Vcon1 to the PWM clamping controller 2312, the PWM clamping controller 2312 controls the main switches Q1, Q2 and the clamping switches Q1p, Q2p, respectively.
The second control circuit 232 comprises a current controller 2321, a PWM controller 2322, a first switching switch MS1, a second switching switch MS2, a maximum power point tracking controller 2323, an AC coupling controller 2324, and an AC voltage controller 2325. In this embodiment, the control exercised over the full-bridge DC/AC inverter comes in the form of multiple loop control, wherein the innermost loop is an inductive current loop, and the external loop generates a current command Io* for comparison with the fed-back inductive current Io. The current controller 2321 adjusts and sends output signal Vcon2 to the PWM controller 2322, such that the PWM controller 2322 controls the four power transistors of the DC/AC changing circuit 22. The current command Io* is generated according to the aforesaid operation modes and the controlling external loop and is switched by the first and second switching switches MS1, MS2.
In this embodiment, the common end of the first switching switch MS1 connects with the current controller 2321, whereas first end 0 and second end 1 of the first switching switch MS1 connect with the common end of the second switching switch MS2, wherein the AC voltage controller 2325 as well as first end 0 and second end 1 of the second switching switch MS2 connect with the AC coupling controller 2324 and the maximum power point tracking controller 2323, respectively. The principle of the aforesaid operation modes is as follows: in the GCM, current command Io1* of the first switching switch MS1 is provided by the second switching switch MS2, whereas second switching switch MS2 is switched to the maximum power point tracking controller 2323, using output power Po calculated with the power calculating unit 233 according to output voltage signal Vo and output current signal Io of the DC/AC changing circuit 22, such that the maximum power points of the renewable energy modules 10 which are calculated with a turbulence observation technique are adjusted with output power Po and then adjusted with the maximum power point tracking controller 2323 to obtain current command Io1*.
In the LIM, current command Io2* of the first switching switch MS1 is also provided by second switching switch MS2, wherein second switching switch MS2 is switched to the AC coupling controller 2324, and the least value of which is acquired as a result when the power calculated with the maximum power point tracking controller 2323 and load current signal IL are compared, so as to generate current command Io2*, such that the output real power of the DC/AC changing circuit 22 is not fed back to utility electricity power Vs. In this embodiment, a synchronous signal sinωt required for utility electricity parallel connection and the LIM is provided by the synchronous signal generating circuit 234. The synchronous signal generating circuit 234 essentially comprises a phase lock loop (PLL) 2341 and an islanding protection unit 2342 connected to the phase lock loop (PLL) 2341. When utility electricity power Vs is inputted to the phase lock loop 2341 to generate synchronous signal sinωt through the islanding protection unit 2342, the islanding protection unit 2342 gets connected to synchronous switch SS of the output circuit 30. When utility electricity power Vs is normal, the islanding protection unit 2342 controls synchronous switch SS of the output circuit 30. When abnormality of utility electricity power Vs is detected, the islanding protection unit 2342 trips synchronous switch SS of the output circuit 30, such that the STM prevails. In the STM, the first switching switch MS1 is switched to its second end to provide current command Io3*. The current command Io3* of the first switching switch MS1 is provided by the AC voltage controller 2325. The AC voltage controller 2325 feeds back output voltage signal Vo and load current signal IL in order to regulate the output voltage of the grid system, such that the output voltage of the grid system maintains low distortion and has a satisfactory voltage adjustment rate so as to make good use of all power resources and thus enhance the efficiency of overall power utilization of the grid system.