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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2011
Yasutaka Kimura, Hitachinaka, JP;
Masahiro Watanabe, Hitachi, JP;
Toshiyuki Sawa, Hitachi, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A battery control apparatus of this invention is provided which comprises: a battery installed on a feeder of a utility distribution system; batteries installed between pole-mounted transformers and branch points of the distribution lines; a communication network to transmit measurement data measured by meters; a battery control quantity calculation unit to determine battery control quantities from the measurement data acquired from the communication network; a load data collection unit to collect load data representing a combination of power consumption by a plurality of loads and generated power of distributed power generations; a frequency conversion unit to perform a frequency analysis on the load data; an intermediate-cycle component extraction unit to extract intermediate-cycle components; a battery control quantity calculation unit to determine battery control quantities from the extracted intermediate-cycle components; and a battery control command transmission unit to transmit the calculated control quantities to the batteries.