# US 11,309,807 B2 · Power conversion system and power conversion device

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- Number: US 11,309,807 B2
- Document ID: US11309807B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/293,915
- Filed: 2019-01-11
- Published: 2022-01-13
- Granted: 2022-04-19
- Earliest claimed: 2019-01-11
- Assignees: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Applicants: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Inventors: Miwako Tanaka; Hiroki Ishihara
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11309807B2

## CPC

- H02M 1/0025: {Arrangements for modifying reference values, feedback values or error values in the control loop of a converter}
- H02M 7/64: by combination of static with dynamic converters; by combination of dynamo-electric with other dynamic or static converters
- H02J 3/16: by adjustment of reactive power
- H02J 3/18: Arrangements for adjusting, eliminating or compensating reactive power in networks
- H02M 1/42: Circuits or arrangements for compensating for or adjusting power factor in converters or inverters
- H02M 7/44: by static converters
- H02M 7/4807: {having a high frequency intermediate AC stage}
- H02M 7/4833: {Capacitor voltage balancing}
- H02J 3/12: Arrangements for adjusting voltage in AC networks by changing a characteristic of the network load
- H02J 3/32: using batteries or super capacitors with converting means
- H02J 3/38: Arrangements for feeding a single network from two or more generators or sources in parallel; Arrangements for feeding already energised networks from additional generators or sources in parallel
- H02J 3/381: {Dispersed generators}
- H02J 2101/24: Photovoltaics
- Y02B 70/10: Technologies improving the efficiency by using switched-mode power supplies [SMPS], i.e. efficient power electronics conversion e.g. power factor correction or reduction of losses in power supplies or efficient standby modes
- Y02E 10/56: Power conversion systems, e.g. maximum power point trackers
- Y02E 40/30: Reactive power compensation
- H02M: APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF (transformers H01F; dynamo-electric converters H02K47/00; controlling transformers, reactors or choke coils, control or regulation of electric motors, generators or dynamo-electric converters H02P)
- H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
- Y02B: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS
- Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION

## Abstract

A power conversion device includes: a power converter circuit which converts a direct-current power, output from a decentralized power supply, into an alternating-current power, and outputs the alternating-current power to a power distribution grid; a voltage target value generation unit which removes a high-frequency variation from a root mean square of a voltage detected by a voltage detection unit to generate a voltage target value; a correction unit which corrects the voltage target value when the correction unit detects that the automatic voltage regulator has performed an action; and a command unit which, if the voltage at the point of interconnection detected by the voltage detection unit deviates from a voltage control deadband referenced to the voltage target value, commands the power converter circuit to output a reactive power based on a magnitude of the deviated amount of voltage.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A power conversion system, comprising:
an automatic voltage regulator installed in a power distribution grid; and
at least one decentralized power supply system,
the decentralized power supply system, including:
a decentralized power supply; and
a power conversion device,
the power conversion device including:
a power converter circuit to convert a direct-current power output from the decentralized power supply into an alternating-current power, and output the alternating-current power to the power distribution grid;
a voltage detection unit to detect a voltage at a point of interconnection between the power converter circuit and the power distribution grid;
a voltage target value generation unit to remove a high-frequency variation from a root mean square of the voltage detected by the voltage detection unit to generate a voltage target value;
a correction unit to correct the voltage target value when the automatic voltage regulator has performed an action; and
a command unit to command, when the voltage at the point of interconnection detected by the voltage detection unit deviates from a voltage control deadband referenced to the voltage target value, the power converter circuit to output a reactive power based on a magnitude of the deviated amount of voltage.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The power conversion system according to claim 1, wherein
the correction unit detects that the automatic voltage regulator has performed an action, when an absolute value of a rate of change of the voltage at the point of interconnection detected by the voltage detection unit is above a first reference value and an absolute value of a varying amount of a real power output from the power converter circuit is less than a second reference value.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The power conversion system according to claim 2, wherein
the correction unit detects that the automatic voltage regulator has performed an action, when the absolute value of the rate of change of the voltage at the point of interconnection detected by the voltage detection unit continues to be above the first reference value for a prescribed time period and the absolute value of the varying amount of the real power output from the power converter circuit is less than the second reference value.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The power conversion system according to claim 2, wherein
when the correction unit detects that the automatic voltage regulator has performed an action, the correction unit corrects the voltage target value based on a voltage step width of the automatic voltage regulator.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The power conversion system according to claim 4, wherein
when the correction unit detects that the automatic voltage regulator has performed an action, the correction unit corrects the voltage target value by
adding an absolute value of the voltage step width of the automatic voltage regulator to the voltage target value when the rate of change of the voltage at the point of interconnection is positive, and
subtracting the absolute value of the voltage step width of the automatic voltage regulator from the voltage target value when the rate of change of the voltage at the point of interconnection is negative.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The power conversion system according to claim 1, wherein
the command unit includes:
a subtractor to output a deviation of the voltage at the point of interconnection from the voltage target value;
an overvoltage output unit to
output a difference between an absolute value of the deviation and the voltage control deadband when the absolute value of the deviation is above the voltage control deadband, and
output zero when the absolute value of the deviation is within or below the voltage control deadband; and
a voltage control unit to output a control amount as a reactive power command value, the control amount being obtained by amplifying output of the overvoltage output unit.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The power conversion system according to claim 6, wherein
the voltage control deadband is smaller than a voltage control deadband width for the automatic voltage regulator.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The power conversion system according to claim 7, comprising
a central management device to manage a state of the power distribution grid, wherein
the power conversion device receives information indicating the voltage control deadband, from the central management device.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The power conversion system according to claim 7, wherein
the command unit sets the voltage control deadband based on a distance between the power converter circuit and the automatic voltage regulator.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The power conversion system according to claim 1, wherein
the correction unit detects that the automatic voltage regulator has performed an action, when an absolute value of a rate of change of the voltage at the point of interconnection detected by the voltage detection unit is above a first reference value and less than a second reference value and an absolute value of a varying amount of a real power output from the power converter circuit is less than a third reference value.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The power conversion system according to claim 10, wherein
the correction unit detects that the automatic voltage regulator has performed an action, when the absolute value of the rate of change of the voltage at the point of interconnection detected by the voltage detection unit continues to be above the first reference value and less than the second reference value for a prescribed time period, and the absolute value of the varying amount of the real power output from the power converter circuit is less than the third reference value.

### Claim 12 (depends on 10)

The power conversion system according to claim 10, wherein
when the correction unit detects that the automatic voltage regulator has performed an action, the correction unit
corrects the voltage target value to a voltage target value upper limit when the rate of change of the voltage at the point of interconnection is positive, and
corrects the voltage target value to a voltage target value lower limit when the rate of change of the voltage at the point of interconnection is negative.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The power conversion system according to claim 12, wherein
the correction unit sets the voltage target value upper limit and the voltage target value lower limit, based on the voltage target value and a voltage step width of the automatic voltage regulator.

### Claim 14

A power conversion device in a power conversion system which includes an automatic voltage regulator installed in a power distribution grid and a decentralized power supply, the power conversion device, comprising:
a power converter circuit to convert a direct-current power output from the decentralized power supply into an alternating-current power, and output the alternating-current power to the power distribution grid;
a voltage detection unit to detect a voltage at a point of interconnection between the power converter circuit and the power distribution grid;
a voltage target value generation unit to remove a high-frequency variation from a root mean square of the voltage detected by the voltage detection unit to generate a voltage target value;
a correction unit to correct the voltage target value when the correction unit detects that the automatic voltage regulator has performed an action; and
a command unit to command, when the voltage at the point of interconnection detected by the voltage detection unit deviates from a voltage control deadband referenced to the voltage target value, the power converter circuit to output a reactive power based on a magnitude of the deviated amount of voltage.