EP3387729A4 - Controlling demand and energy through photovoltaic inverters delivering vars - Google Patents

Controlling demand and energy through photovoltaic inverters delivering vars Download PDF

Info

Publication number
EP3387729A4
EP3387729A4 EP16873651.0A EP16873651A EP3387729A4 EP 3387729 A4 EP3387729 A4 EP 3387729A4 EP 16873651 A EP16873651 A EP 16873651A EP 3387729 A4 EP3387729 A4 EP 3387729A4
Authority
EP
European Patent Office
Prior art keywords
vars
delivering
energy
photovoltaic inverters
controlling demand
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Withdrawn
Application number
EP16873651.0A
Other languages
German (de)
French (fr)
Other versions
EP3387729A1 (en
Inventor
Deepakraj Divan
Rohit Moghe
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Varentec Inc
Original Assignee
Varentec Inc
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Priority claimed from US14/964,524 external-priority patent/US10673236B2/en
Application filed by Varentec Inc filed Critical Varentec Inc
Publication of EP3387729A1 publication Critical patent/EP3387729A1/en
Publication of EP3387729A4 publication Critical patent/EP3387729A4/en
Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

Links

Classifications

    • G—PHYSICS
    • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
    • G05F—SYSTEMS FOR REGULATING ELECTRIC OR MAGNETIC VARIABLES
    • G05F1/00—Automatic systems in which deviations of an electric quantity from one or more predetermined values are detected at the output of the system and fed back to a device within the system to restore the detected quantity to its predetermined value or values, i.e. retroactive systems
    • G05F1/70—Regulating power factor; Regulating reactive current or power
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G06Q10/00—Administration; Management
    • G06Q10/04—Forecasting or optimisation specially adapted for administrative or management purposes, e.g. linear programming or "cutting stock problem"
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G06Q50/00—Systems or methods specially adapted for specific business sectors, e.g. utilities or tourism
    • G06Q50/06—Electricity, gas or water supply
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02J—CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
    • H02J3/00—Circuit arrangements for ac mains or ac distribution networks
    • H02J3/12—Circuit arrangements for ac mains or ac distribution networks for adjusting voltage in ac networks by changing a characteristic of the network load
    • H02J3/16—Circuit arrangements for ac mains or ac distribution networks for adjusting voltage in ac networks by changing a characteristic of the network load by adjustment of reactive power
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02J—CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
    • H02J3/00—Circuit arrangements for ac mains or ac distribution networks
    • H02J3/38—Arrangements for parallely feeding a single network by two or more generators, converters or transformers
    • H02J3/381—Dispersed generators
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02J—CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
    • H02J2300/00—Systems for supplying or distributing electric power characterised by decentralized, dispersed, or local generation
    • H02J2300/20—The dispersed energy generation being of renewable origin
    • H02J2300/22—The renewable source being solar energy
    • H02J2300/24—The renewable source being solar energy of photovoltaic origin
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02J—CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
    • H02J2310/00—The network for supplying or distributing electric power characterised by its spatial reach or by the load
    • H02J2310/50—The network for supplying or distributing electric power characterised by its spatial reach or by the load for selectively controlling the operation of the loads
    • H02J2310/56—The network for supplying or distributing electric power characterised by its spatial reach or by the load for selectively controlling the operation of the loads characterised by the condition upon which the selective controlling is based
    • H02J2310/62—The condition being non-electrical, e.g. temperature
    • H02J2310/64—The condition being economic, e.g. tariff based load management
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02B—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS
    • Y02B70/00—Technologies for an efficient end-user side electric power management and consumption
    • Y02B70/30—Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies for improving the carbon footprint of the management of residential or tertiary loads, i.e. smart grids as climate change mitigation technology in the buildings sector, including also the last stages of power distribution and the control, monitoring or operating management systems at local level
    • Y02B70/3225—Demand response systems, e.g. load shedding, peak shaving
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/50—Photovoltaic [PV] energy
    • Y02E10/56—Power conversion systems, e.g. maximum power point trackers
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E40/00—Technologies for an efficient electrical power generation, transmission or distribution
    • Y02E40/30—Reactive power compensation
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y04—INFORMATION OR COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES HAVING AN IMPACT ON OTHER TECHNOLOGY AREAS
    • Y04S—SYSTEMS INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO POWER NETWORK OPERATION, COMMUNICATION OR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING THE ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION, MANAGEMENT OR USAGE, i.e. SMART GRIDS
    • Y04S20/00—Management or operation of end-user stationary applications or the last stages of power distribution; Controlling, monitoring or operating thereof
    • Y04S20/20—End-user application control systems
    • Y04S20/222—Demand response systems, e.g. load shedding, peak shaving
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y04—INFORMATION OR COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES HAVING AN IMPACT ON OTHER TECHNOLOGY AREAS
    • Y04S—SYSTEMS INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO POWER NETWORK OPERATION, COMMUNICATION OR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING THE ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION, MANAGEMENT OR USAGE, i.e. SMART GRIDS
    • Y04S50/00—Market activities related to the operation of systems integrating technologies related to power network operation or related to communication or information technologies
    • Y04S50/10—Energy trading, including energy flowing from end-user application to grid
EP16873651.0A 2015-12-09 2016-12-05 Controlling demand and energy through photovoltaic inverters delivering vars Withdrawn EP3387729A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US14/964,524 US10673236B2 (en) 2014-04-24 2015-12-09 Controlling demand and energy through photovoltaic inverters delivering VARs
PCT/US2016/065009 WO2017100137A1 (en) 2015-12-09 2016-12-05 Controlling demand and energy through photovoltaic inverters delivering vars

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
EP3387729A1 EP3387729A1 (en) 2018-10-17
EP3387729A4 true EP3387729A4 (en) 2019-07-31

Family

ID=59014101

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
EP16873651.0A Withdrawn EP3387729A4 (en) 2015-12-09 2016-12-05 Controlling demand and energy through photovoltaic inverters delivering vars

Country Status (5)

Country Link
EP (1) EP3387729A4 (en)
AU (1) AU2016367094B2 (en)
BR (1) BR112018011764A2 (en)
CA (1) CA3007947A1 (en)
WO (1) WO2017100137A1 (en)

Families Citing this family (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP3884558A4 (en) 2019-01-31 2022-08-17 General Electric Company Battery charge and discharge power control in a power grid

Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2007060328A1 (en) * 2005-11-25 2007-05-31 Schneider Electric Industries Sas Control method and device for a decentralised energy production device and installation comprising at least two production devices which are provided with said control device
US20110204717A1 (en) * 2010-02-22 2011-08-25 Cisco Technology, Inc. System and method for providing collaborating power controllers
US20120150358A1 (en) * 2010-12-11 2012-06-14 Bernhard Beck Operation of a power generator in a power supply network

Family Cites Families (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US7359878B2 (en) * 2001-12-07 2008-04-15 Siemens Power Transmission & Distribution, Inc. Pricing apparatus for resolving energy imbalance requirements in real-time
CA2699636A1 (en) * 2008-08-01 2010-02-04 Petra Solar Inc. System and method for utility pole distributed solar power generation
US8406019B2 (en) * 2008-09-15 2013-03-26 General Electric Company Reactive power compensation in solar power system
US8693228B2 (en) * 2009-02-19 2014-04-08 Stefan Matan Power transfer management for local power sources of a grid-tied load
US20140039711A1 (en) * 2012-08-02 2014-02-06 Varentec, Inc. Dynamic source balancing methods and systems
CA2948808C (en) * 2014-04-24 2022-10-18 Varentec, Inc. Optimizing voltage and var on the electrical grid using distributed var sources
WO2016115067A1 (en) * 2015-01-12 2016-07-21 Dominion Resources, Inc. Systems and methods for power factor control and optimization

Patent Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2007060328A1 (en) * 2005-11-25 2007-05-31 Schneider Electric Industries Sas Control method and device for a decentralised energy production device and installation comprising at least two production devices which are provided with said control device
US20110204717A1 (en) * 2010-02-22 2011-08-25 Cisco Technology, Inc. System and method for providing collaborating power controllers
US20120150358A1 (en) * 2010-12-11 2012-06-14 Bernhard Beck Operation of a power generator in a power supply network

Non-Patent Citations (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Title
RAVI BHATT ET AL: "Grid frequency and voltage support using PV systems with energy storage", NORTH AMERICAN POWER SYMPOSIUM (NAPS), 2011, IEEE, 4 August 2011 (2011-08-04), pages 1 - 6, XP031940643, ISBN: 978-1-4577-0417-8, DOI: 10.1109/NAPS.2011.6025112 *
See also references of WO2017100137A1 *

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
WO2017100137A1 (en) 2017-06-15
EP3387729A1 (en) 2018-10-17
BR112018011764A2 (en) 2018-12-04
AU2016367094A1 (en) 2018-07-05
CA3007947A1 (en) 2017-06-15
AU2016367094B2 (en) 2021-02-25

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
EP3387730A4 (en) Renewable energy system with integrated home power supply system
EP3349351A4 (en) Integrated solar energy utilization apparatus and system
IL247583A0 (en) Photovoltaic power generation systems and methods regarding same
EP3170247A4 (en) Direct wind energy generation
EP3171478A4 (en) Single-stage photovoltaic grid-connected inverter and control method and application thereof
IL269906B (en) System and method for managing the power output of a photovoltaic cell
EP3142209A4 (en) Inverter and photovoltaic power generation system
EP3221649A4 (en) Solid state solar thermal energy collector
EP3130779A4 (en) Solar thermal and bigcc-integrated hybrid power generation system
EP3276694A4 (en) Solar cell
EP3212925A4 (en) Combined wind and solar power generating system
EP3273496A4 (en) Solar cell
EP3387334A4 (en) Ceramic particles for use in a solar power tower
EP3331041A4 (en) Solar cell
PT3408869T (en) Photovoltaic and thermal solar panel
HRP20171417B8 (en) Photovoltaic solar cell
EP3306223A4 (en) Multifunctional solar energy system
EP3164643A4 (en) Solar energy system
EP3335245A4 (en) Sinterable composition for use in solar photovoltaic cells
EP3260894A4 (en) Concentrated solar energy system
EP3387729A4 (en) Controlling demand and energy through photovoltaic inverters delivering vars
RS61623B1 (en) Solar windmill
GB2537744B (en) Solar energy system
EP3236307A4 (en) Electromagnetic and solar energy concentrator
EP3293773A4 (en) Solar cell combined with molecule-terminated silicon nanoparticles

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
PUAI Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012

17P Request for examination filed

Effective date: 20180703

AK Designated contracting states

Kind code of ref document: A1

Designated state(s): AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

AX Request for extension of the european patent

Extension state: BA ME

DAV Request for validation of the european patent (deleted)
DAX Request for extension of the european patent (deleted)
A4 Supplementary search report drawn up and despatched

Effective date: 20190628

RIC1 Information provided on ipc code assigned before grant

Ipc: H02J 3/38 20060101AFI20190624BHEP

Ipc: H02J 3/14 20060101ALN20190624BHEP

Ipc: G01R 21/00 20060101ALI20190624BHEP

Ipc: G06Q 50/06 20120101ALI20190624BHEP

Ipc: G05F 1/70 20060101ALI20190624BHEP

Ipc: H02J 3/16 20060101ALI20190624BHEP

17Q First examination report despatched

Effective date: 20200429

STAA Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent

Free format text: STATUS: EXAMINATION IS IN PROGRESS

STAA Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent

Free format text: STATUS: THE APPLICATION IS DEEMED TO BE WITHDRAWN

18D Application deemed to be withdrawn

Effective date: 20201110