US 12,266,931 B2
Calculation apparatus and calculation method for determining energy storage limits based on net power predictions
Hiroaki Endo, Kyoto (JP); and Masao Yokoyama, Kyoto (JP)
Assigned to GS Yuasa International Ltd., Kyoto (JP)
Appl. No. 17/755,821
Filed by GS Yuasa International Ltd., Kyoto (JP)
PCT Filed Nov. 6, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/041446
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 9, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/095645, PCT Pub. Date May 20, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-206995 (JP), filed on Nov. 15, 2019; and application No. 2020-177870 (JP), filed on Oct. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0393465 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. H02J 3/00 (2006.01); G06Q 50/06 (2024.01); H02J 3/32 (2006.01)
CPC H02J 3/003 (2020.01) [G06Q 50/06 (2013.01); H02J 3/32 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A calculation apparatus for optimizing energy use efficiency of a grid that is interconnected to a power system and includes an energy storage apparatus, wherein a range of a final charge state in a prediction target section of the energy storage apparatus is determined based on a supply and demand prediction of power in a next section or later, and whether the final charge state of the section is matched with the range is evaluated by the optimization calculation of the prediction target section, wherein a surplus power amount in a first period, in which supply of the power exceeds demand in the next section or later, is calculated based on the supply and demand prediction of the power in the next section or later, and wherein the calculation apparatus generates and initiates a command that automatically causes a bidirectional inverter circuit to perform switching between a forward conversion operation and a reverse conversion operation within the first period and based upon the surplus power amount exceeding the demand in the next section or later.