JP2009189226A - Distributed power generation system, and method for controlling the same - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To avoid a low power generation operation in a distributed power generation system and have redundancy for followability to a power generation load fluctuation in the operation. <P>SOLUTION: The distributed power generation system for feeding power loads 103, 107 with a plurality of power generation devices 104, 108 includes a power generation number controller 304 that controls the number of power generation devices that generate the power so as to allow an average power generation amount obtained averaging the gross power demand amount of the power loads 103, 107 by a power generation device number to be a predetermined first threshold value or higher and a second threshold value or less that is bigger than the first threshold value and smaller than the maximum power generation amount of the power generation devices. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a distributed power generation system that performs power generation amount distribution for optimizing energy efficiency in a distributed power generation system connected by a power network, and a control method therefor.

  Various operation control techniques have been proposed in order to optimize energy efficiency in a distributed power supply system configured to control operation of a plurality of power generation devices via a power network.

  For example, as a first conventional technique, when distributed power generation is performed by a plurality of power generation devices so as to satisfy the total power load amount in the system, weight distribution is performed according to the maximum power generation amount of each power generation device, and the power generation of each power generation device is performed. A power generation amount control system that determines amount allocation has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  FIG. 9 shows a conventional power generation amount control system described in Patent Document 1. In FIG. 9, a reformer 900 generates purified hydrogen using natural gas, LPG, or the like as a raw material. The generated purified hydrogen is supplied from the gas piping network 907 to the fuel cells 901 to 903, and the power generation amount is controlled by the control devices 904 to 906 corresponding to the operation control of each fuel cell. The control devices 904 to 906 are configured to be able to communicate with a plurality of arithmetic devices 909 to 911 via the communication network 908. The arithmetic devices 909 to 911 are configured to include a power generation amount transmission unit 912, a power generation amount calculation unit 913, a total power load calculation unit 914, and a power load acquisition unit 915. The power load acquisition unit 915 acquires the power consumption from the power load in the home, and the total power load calculation unit 914 calculates the sum thereof. The power generation amount calculation unit 913 determines the power generation amount of each fuel cell 901 to 903 based on the sum, and finally the power generation amount transmission unit 912 transmits the determined power generation amount to each of the control devices 904 to 906. The electric power generated by the fuel cells 901 to 903 can be interchanged through the power line 916.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the distribution of the power generation amount in the first conventional example. The arithmetic unit acquires and holds the rated power generation amount of the fuel cell. FIG. 10A shows that FC1, FC2, and FC3 have rated power generation amounts of 1000 W, 1000 W, and 2000 W, respectively. When power demands of 200 W, 300 W, and 500 W are received from the power load 1, power load 2, and power load 3, respectively, as shown in FIG. 10B, the power is distributed to FC1 to FC3 in proportion to the rated power generation amount. As shown in FIG. 10C, the power is 250 W, 250 W, and 500 W. As a result, a power generation amount of 25% on the average with respect to the rated power generation amount is allocated to each fuel cell.

  In this conventional example, in order to generate the total power load with multiple power generators, the power load is distributed in proportion to the maximum power generation amount of the power generators. The amount of power generation is assigned at the same ratio to the amount. As a result, in the case of simply averaging based on the number of power generation devices, there is a case where the power generation amount assigned to a power generation device having a large maximum power generation is low in energy efficiency because the allocated power generation amount is within the range of low output power generation. However, this conventional example can suppress such a problem.

  As a second prior art, a power supply system is proposed in which when the amount of power generated by one fuel cell falls below a predetermined threshold, the power generation is stopped and the amount of power generated is allocated to another fuel cell. (For example, refer to Patent Document 2).

  FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing the power supply system described in Patent Document 2. In FIG. 11, the power generation devices 1101 to 1104 are connected via a power network 1100 and can exchange power with each other. The power generation devices 1101 to 1104 include a fuel cell 1105, and the amount of power generation is given from the control device 1108 via the communication network 1107. On the contrary, the power requested by the power load 1106 is collected in the control device 1108 via the communication network 1107. Normally, the power required by the power load 1106 is supplied from the fuel cell 1105 corresponding to the power load 1106. The control device 1108 constantly monitors the power generation amount of the corresponding fuel cell, and when the power generation amount is smaller than a predetermined threshold value, the power generation in the corresponding fuel cell is stopped and the fuel cell is transferred to the power load. Stop direct power supply. Then, it is instructed to supplement the generated power of the fuel cell whose power generation has been stopped by another fuel cell, and to receive the power generated by the other fuel cell via the power network 1100. As a result, in the second conventional example, the fuel cell can avoid low power generation with low energy efficiency.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a method of distributing the amount of power generated by the fuel cell in the power supply system described in Patent Document 2. As shown in FIG. 12, when the control device 1108 detects that the power generation amount of one fuel cell is lower than a predetermined minimum power generation amount, the fuel cell stops power generation and the other fuel cells stop generating power. Instruct the battery to generate more power. The instructed fuel cell increases the amount of power generation and supplies power to the power load that has been directly supplied with power from the fuel cell that has stopped generating power via the power network. As shown in FIG. 12A, FC1, FC2, and FC3 generate 200 W, 300 W, and 500 W, respectively. Since the minimum power generation amount is defined as 250 W, the control device 1108 decides to stop the power generation of 200 W of FC1 and to generate extra power at FC2, and instructs FC2 and FC3 to generate 500 W each. To do. As a result, it is possible to suppress low output power generation in which the energy efficiency of the fuel cell is reduced, and it is possible to optimize the entire system.
JP 2006-278151 A JP 2004-266879 A

  However, in the power generation control system described in Patent Document 1, when the total power generation amount is small, the operation of the fuel cell is continued in a state where the power generation amount allocated to each generator (fuel cell) is small and energy efficiency is low. Inevitable.

  Further, in the power supply system described in Patent Document 2, it is possible to suppress the case where the generator (fuel cell) is operated at a low output when the power load is small, but other benefits of distributed power generation cannot be enjoyed. For example, by distributed power generation, it is possible to supply power from a plurality of generators (fuel cells) to one power load, and as a result, followability to power load fluctuations is improved. For example, when power is supplied to one power load by 10 fuel cells, it is possible to obtain 10 times the followability of power load fluctuations compared to the case where power is supplied by one fuel cell. If an attempt is made to cover the amount of power load with a generator that is operating at high power indefinitely in order to avoid operation with a low output of the generator, the remaining power generation capacity of the generator is reduced during power generation, and the ability to follow fluctuations in the power load is impaired.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a distributed power generation system and a control method therefor that ensure the merit of tracking power load by distributed power generation and suppress low power generation with low efficiency, in view of the problems in the conventional technology. To do.

  In order to solve the above-described conventional problems, a distributed power generation system according to a first aspect of the present invention is a distributed power generation system that supplies power to a power load by a plurality of power generation devices, and the total power demand of the power load. So that the average amount of power generated by averaging the number of power generation devices is equal to or greater than a predetermined first threshold and less than or equal to a second threshold that is greater than the first threshold and smaller than the maximum power generation of the power generation device. A power generation number controller that controls the number of power generation devices that generate power is provided.

  In the distributed power generation system according to the second aspect of the present invention, the power generation number controller reduces the number of power generation devices that generate power when the average power generation amount is smaller than a first threshold value.

  In the distributed power generation system of the third aspect of the present invention, the power generation number controller increases the number of power generation devices that generate power when the average power generation amount is larger than a second threshold value.

  Further, the distributed power generation system of the fourth aspect of the present invention is a permitted power generation amount control that permits an average power generation amount averaged by the number of power generation devices that generate power determined by the power generation number controller as a power generation amount of the power generation device. It is characterized by providing a vessel.

  Further, in the distributed power generation system of the fifth aspect of the present invention, the power generation device includes a heat accumulator that stores heat recovered from the electric generator in the power generation device, and the power generation number controller is a heat accumulator of the heat accumulator. The power generation is started to increase the number of power generation devices that generate power based on the possible amount, or the power generation is stopped to decrease the number of power generation devices that generate power.

Moreover, the distributed power generation system of the sixth aspect of the present invention includes a heat accumulator that stores heat recovered from a generator in the power generation device,
The permitted power generation amount controller permits the power generation amount weighted based on the heat storage possible amount of the heat accumulator as the power generation amount of the power generation device.

  Further, in the distributed power generation system of the seventh aspect of the present invention, the permitted power generation amount controller is configured such that the number of power generation devices that generate power determined by the power generation number controller from the total power demand amount and a first threshold value A weighting process is performed on a value obtained by subtracting the product.

A control method for a distributed power generation system according to an eighth aspect of the present invention is a control method for a distributed power generation system that supplies power to a power load by a plurality of power generation devices,
A second average power generation amount obtained by averaging the total power demand of the power load by the number of power generation devices is equal to or greater than a predetermined first threshold value and is larger than the first threshold value and smaller than the maximum power generation amount of the power generation device. The power generation number control step of controlling the number of power generation devices that generate power so as to be equal to or less than the threshold value is provided.

  According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a distributed power generation system control method that permits an average power generation amount averaged by the number of power generation devices that generate power determined in the power generation number control step as a power generation amount of the power generation device. A power generation amount control step is provided.

In the control method for a distributed power generation system according to a tenth aspect of the present invention, the power generation device includes a heat accumulator that stores heat recovered from a generator in the power generation device.
In the power generation number control step, the power generation device that starts power generation to increase the number of power generation devices that generate power based on the heat storage capacity of the heat accumulator or the power generation device that stops power generation to decrease the number of power generation devices that generate power It is characterized by determining.

  An eleventh aspect of the present invention provides a distributed power generation system control method comprising a heat accumulator that stores heat recovered from a generator in the power generation device, and in the permitted power generation amount control step, the heat accumulator can store heat. The power generation amount weighted based on the amount is permitted as the power generation amount of the power generation device.

  According to the distributed power generation system and the control method thereof of the present invention, it is possible to suppress low power generation with low energy efficiency and to further improve the power load followability by distributed power generation of a plurality of power generation devices.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a distributed power generation system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. In FIG. 1, a power network 100 connects a plurality of power generation devices 104 and 108, and the plurality of power generation devices can exchange power with each other by this network. The power generation devices 104 and 108 include operation controllers 105 and 109 and fuel cells 106 and 110 as an example of a generator, and the operation controllers 105 and 109 are configured to control the power generation operation of the fuel cell. The electric power output at 106 and 110 is supplied to the electric power loads 103 and 107. Further, the power generation devices 104 and 108 include heat accumulators 111 and 113 that store heat recovered from the fuel cells 106 and 110, and the heat stored in the heat accumulators 111 and 113 is at least one heat load. Configured to be supplied. In the present embodiment, the heat stored in the heat accumulator 111 is a plurality of heat loads (heat loads 112, X, etc.), and the heat stored in the heat accumulator 113 is also a plurality of heat loads (heat loads 114). , Y, etc.). In addition, the operation controllers 105 and 109 can be connected to the communication network 101, and transmit the power demand amount of the power load and the amount of heat that can be stored until the heat storage reaches the maximum heat storage amount (heat storage capacity). On the other hand, the permitted power generation amount transmitted from the power generation amount distribution controller 102 can be received. The operation controllers 105 and 109 control the corresponding fuel cells based on the received permitted power generation amount, and generate power so as to reach this permitted power generation amount.

  One or more power generation amount distribution controllers 102 exist in the communication network 101, receive the power demand amount of the power load from all the operation controllers 105 and 109, and the heat amount that can be stored in the heat accumulator, and consider these values. Thus, the permitted power generation amount allocated to each power generation device is determined. The determined permitted power generation amount is transmitted to each operation controller (for example, the operation controllers 105 and 109) via the communication network 101.

  The power load normally consumes the power supplied directly from the fuel cell. However, when the power generated by the fuel cell does not satisfy the power demand of the power load, the power supplied via the power network 100 is used. Consume.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the operation controller provided in each power generator in the distributed power generation system of the present embodiment. The operation controller receives the power demand amount of each power load to which the fuel cell controlled by itself directly receives power supply, and transmits the total value from the communication device 201 to the power generation amount distribution controller 102. More specifically, the power demand amount of each power load is input to the power generation amount management unit 202 built in the operation controller, and the sum of these values is held. The communication device 201 receives the permitted power generation amount to be generated by each power generation device from the power generation amount distribution controller 102, and the value is held in the power generation amount manager 202. The fuel cell controller 203 reads the permitted power generation amount held in the power generation amount management unit 202 and performs control so that the permitted power generation amount is output from the fuel cell. As a result, when the permitted power generation amount> the power demand amount, surplus power is supplied to another power load that receives power supply directly from another fuel cell via the power network 100 of FIG. If the permitted power generation amount <the power demand amount, the shortage is supplied via the power network 100 on the contrary. In the case of permitted power = power demand, the power supply to the power load is 100% covered by the amount of power generated by the fuel cell that directly supplies power to the power load without going through the power network 100.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the power generation amount distribution controller. The communicator 302 accesses the communication network 101 and receives from the operation controller a signal relating to the amount of power demand, the amount of heat that can be stored in the heat accumulator, and the fuel cell operation state (power generation operation ON or power generation operation OFF). The power demand is input to the total calculator 303, where the power demand received from each operation controller is summed to calculate the total power demand. At the same time, the number of fuel cells currently in power generation operation is counted. When both the total power demand and the number of fuel cells in power generation operation are input to the permitted power generation amount controller 301, the permitted power generation amount controller 301 calculates the average power generation amount of each fuel cell that is generating power. Based on the calculated average power generation amount, the power generation number controller 304 determines the number of power generation devices to generate power. The permitted power generation amount controller 301 uses the average power generation amount in the number of power generation devices determined by the power generation number controller 304 as the permitted power generation amount, and sends it from the communication device 302 to the operation controller that controls the operation of each power generation device.

  Hereinafter, the operation of the distributed power generation system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation algorithm of the permitted power generation amount controller 301, and FIG. 5 is a chart showing the permitted power generation amount determined as a result. First, as described above, the total calculator 303 calculates the total power demand and the number of fuel cells being generated (steps 400 and 401). Next, the permitted power generation amount controller 301 calculates the average power generation amount by dividing the total power demand amount by the number of fuel cells based on both values calculated by the total calculator 303 (step 402). Then, the power generation number controller 304 compares the calculated average power generation amount with a first power generation amount that is a predetermined first threshold (step 403). If the average power generation amount is lower than the first power generation amount, the power generation number controller 304 decreases the number of power generation devices and returns to step 402 again (step 405). In step S403, when the calculated average power generation amount is equal to or greater than the first power generation amount, the power generation number controller 304 compares the calculated average power generation amount with a second power generation amount that is a predetermined second threshold ( Step 404). When the average power generation amount exceeds the second power generation amount, the number of power generation devices is increased, and the process returns to step 402 again (step 406). The power generation number controller 304 finally determines the number of power generation devices when the average power generation amount is equal to or greater than the first power generation amount and equal to or less than the second power generation amount as the number of power generation devices to generate power, and a signal indicating that the determination has been made. This is transmitted to the permitted power generation amount controller 301. The permitted power generation amount controller 301 outputs the average power generation amount in this case to the communication device 302 as the permitted power generation amount of each power generation device, and ends the process (step 407).

  The first power generation amount and the second power generation amount are predetermined values. For example, if the power generation device has a maximum power generation amount of 1000 W, the first power generation amount is defined as 300 W and the second power generation amount is 750 W. . Of course, this value varies depending on the characteristics of the power generator. Further, the power generation number controller 304 may determine which power generation device to increase or decrease based on the heat storage possible amount when increasing or decreasing the number of power generation devices that generate power in step S405 or S406. Specifically, when the number of power generation devices is decreased in step S405, a power generation device having a small heat storage capacity (for example, a heat storage apparatus having a minimum heat storage capacity) among the heat storage apparatuses provided in the power generation apparatus that is generating power. The power generation device that is generating power) is removed from the target of the power generation device that performs the power generation operation. This is because a power generation device having a heat accumulator with a small amount of heat storage may have to immediately stop the power generation operation because the heat storage amount becomes maximum immediately even if the power generation operation is continued. A generator with a large amount of heat accumulator is less likely to remain in power generation operation, so energy savings due to fluctuations in the total amount of power generated due to the stoppage of the generator or the startup energy consumption of another generator It is because a fall can be suppressed. Moreover, when increasing the number of power generation devices in step S406, a power generation device having a heat storage device with a large heat storage capacity among power generation devices that are not in a power generation operation (for example, a power generation device having a heat storage device with the maximum heat storage capacity). It is newly added to the power generation device that performs power generation operation. This is also the same reason as described above when selecting a power generation device that stops power generation in step S405.

  FIG. 5 exemplifies how power distribution is performed by the permitted power generation amount determination process described in FIG. 4. When the total power demand is small (FIGS. 5A to 5C), for example, assuming that there are power demands of 200 W, 300 W, and 0 W from the power generators 1, 2, and 3, respectively (FIG. 5A). ) If the total power demand calculated by the total calculator 303 is averaged by the number of power generating devices that are generating power, the average power generation amount is 250 W for the fuel cells 1 and 2 as shown in FIG. As a result, since it is below the first power generation amount (= 300 W), the power generation of the fuel cell 1 is stopped and the fuel cell 2 generates 500 W, and the permitted power generation amounts of the fuel cells 1, 2 and 3 are 0 W, 500 W, 0 W (FIG. 5C).

  Further, when the total power demand is large (FIGS. 5D to 5F), for example, when the power demand from the power generators 1, 2, and 3 is 850 W, 710 W, and 0 W, respectively (FIG. 5D )) When the total power demand calculated by the total calculator 303 is averaged over the number of power generating devices that are generating power, the permitted power generation amount is 780 W per fuel cell 1 and 2 as shown in FIG. . As a result, since it exceeds the second power generation amount (= 750 W), the number of power generation devices during power generation is increased. That is, as shown in FIG. 5 (f), the currently stopped fuel cell 3 is operated, the total power demand is distributed among the three fuel cells, and the permitted power generation amount of the fuel cells 1, 2 and 3 is 520W. Suppose.

  As described above, by controlling distribution of the power generation amount of each power generation device by the above-described method in a plurality of power generation devices connected by the power network, all the fuel cells that are operating can be operated when the total power demand is small. It is possible to suppress power generation with a low power generation amount with low energy efficiency, and to perform power generation operation within a predetermined power generation range with high energy efficiency.

  In addition, as described above, the advantage of distributed power generation is improved follow-up to fluctuations in the amount of power demand of the power load. However, if all the power generation devices in power generation operation are generating power near their maximum power generation amount. It is also conceivable that it cannot respond immediately to the increase in power demand. For this reason, it is desirable to distribute the amount of power generation so that the power generation device in the power generation operation generates power with a certain amount of power generation surplus with respect to the maximum power. For this purpose, a threshold value of the second power generation amount that is smaller than the maximum power generation amount is set, and according to the fuel cell system of the present embodiment, when the permitted power generation amount exceeds the second power generation amount, it is stopped. By starting the power generation apparatus and redistributing the power generation amount, each power generation apparatus can perform a power generation operation with a surplus power generation capacity, and as a result, it is possible to ensure followability to power load fluctuations.

(Embodiment 2)
FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the power generation amount distribution controller in the distributed power generation system according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 6, the same components as those in FIG. The weighter 305 receives the heat storage possible amount from each operation controller via the communication device 302 and calculates a weighting coefficient used in the power distribution process. The power generation device is a cogeneration system that generates electric power by power generation of a fuel cell as a generator, and at the same time collects heat generated during power generation as hot water and stores it in a heat accumulator. In this case, when the amount of heat stored in the heat accumulator has reached the upper limit, no more heat can be recovered, so that fuel cell power generation is not normally performed in terms of energy efficiency. Therefore, in the distributed power generation system of the present embodiment, the power generation amount is reduced for a power generation device with a large amount of heat storage, and weighting processing is performed so that the power generation amount is increased for a power generation device with a small amount of heat storage. And Note that the heat storage capacity indicates the amount of heat storage that can be stored before the heat accumulator reaches the maximum heat storage capacity, and heat storage capacity = maximum heat storage capacity−current heat storage capacity. Here, the heat storage amount of the heat accumulator is the heat storage amount of the heat accumulator provided in a predetermined power generator.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an algorithm of weighting processing of the permitted power generation amount based on the heat storage possible amount in each power generation device. In FIG. 7, the same steps as those in FIG. From step 400 to step 406, the average power generation amount and the number of power generation devices are determined. It should be noted that the number of power generation devices here is not the number of power generation devices that are actually generating power, but the number of power generation devices in which the average power generation amount determined in step S405 or step S406 falls within a predetermined range. . Based on the signal from the power generation number controller 304, the total calculator 303 calculates the total heat storage possible amount by summing up the heat storage possible amount in each power generation device determined as the power generation device that performs the power generation operation in step S405 or step S406 ( Step 701). Then, a value obtained by subtracting the first power generation amount × the number of power generation devices from the total power demand amount is set as a variable power generation amount (step 702). The variable power generation amount is the total power generation amount that can be changed by weighting. The weighting unit 305 calculates (heat storage possible amount / total heat storage possible amount of each power generation device permitted for power generation) for each power generation device permitted for power generation and sets it as a weighting coefficient (step S703). Then, the permitted power generation amount controller 301 calculates the first power generation amount + variable power generation amount * (weighting coefficient of each power generation device) for all power generation devices that are permitted to generate power, and this is calculated for each power generation device that is permitted to generate power. Output as the permitted power generation amount of the fuel cell (step 704).

  FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a result of executing the algorithm shown in the flowchart of FIG. 7 and performing a weighting process on the permitted power generation amount based on the required heat amount for each power generation device. FIG. 8A shows the amount of power demand from each power generation device, which is 400 W, 600 W, and 800 W. When the permitted power generation amount is determined as in the distributed power generation system of the first embodiment, the allocation becomes 600 W in units as shown in FIG. On the other hand, the heat storage possible amount of the heat accumulator provided in each power generator is 3000 kcal, 2000 kcal, and 1000 kcal. Here, when weighting processing is performed according to the flow chart of FIG. 7 based on the heat storage possible amount, it becomes 150 W per 1000 kcal, and the shared power generation amount of each power generator is as shown in FIG. 8 (c). It becomes 750W, 600W, 450W.

  As a result of the above, if the weight generation processing of the permitted power generation amount based on the algorithm shown in FIG. 7 is performed by the configuration of the distributed power generation device shown in FIG. 6, the variable power generation amount portion is proportionally distributed according to the heat storage possible amount and more heat storage is possible. It becomes possible to allocate a large amount of power generation to a power generation device having a large amount, and the responsiveness is further improved with respect to heat demand from a heat load supplied by a heat accumulator provided in each power generation device.

  In the distributed power generation system described in the first and second embodiments, the fuel cell is used as the generator in the power generation apparatus. However, the generator is merely an example, and the generator is a generator such as a gas engine or a solar cell. It does not matter.

  According to the distributed power generation system and the control method thereof according to the present invention, it is possible to suppress low power generation with low energy efficiency and to further improve the power load followability by distributed power generation of a plurality of power generation devices. This is useful as a fuel cell system.

Block diagram of a distributed power generation system in Embodiment 1 of the present invention Block diagram of an operation controller constituting the distributed power generation system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. The block diagram of the electric power generation amount distribution controller which comprises the distributed power generation system in Embodiment 1 of this invention The flowchart which shows the algorithm of the electric power allocation in the electric power generation amount distribution controller which comprises the distributed power generation system in Embodiment 1 of this invention. The block diagram which shows the mode of the electric power generation amount distribution in the distributed power generation system in Embodiment 1 of this invention The block diagram of the electric power generation amount distribution controller which comprises the distributed power generation system in Embodiment 2 of this invention The flowchart which shows the algorithm of the electric power allocation in the electric power generation amount distribution controller which comprises the distributed power generation system in Embodiment 2 of this invention. The block diagram which shows the mode of the electric power generation amount distribution in the distributed power generation system in Embodiment 2 of this invention Block diagram showing the configuration of a first conventional distributed power generation system The block diagram which shows the mode of the power distribution in the 1st conventional distributed generation system Block diagram showing a configuration of a second conventional distributed power generation system Block diagram showing the state of power distribution in the second conventional distributed power generation system

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Electric power network 101 Communication network 102 Electric power generation amount distribution controller 103,107 Electric power load 104,108 Electric power generation apparatus 105,109 Operation controller 106,110 Fuel cell 111,113 Thermal accumulator 112,114 Thermal load 201 Communication device 202 Electric power generation amount management 203 Fuel cell controller 301 Permitted power generation controller 302 Communication device 303 Total calculator 304 Power generation number controller 305 Weighting unit

Claims (11)

A distributed power generation system that supplies power to a power load by a plurality of power generation devices,
A second average power generation amount obtained by averaging the total power demand of the power load by the number of power generation devices is equal to or greater than a predetermined first threshold value and is larger than the first threshold value and smaller than the maximum power generation amount of the power generation device. A distributed power generation system comprising a power generation number controller that controls the number of power generation devices that generate power so as to be equal to or less than a threshold value. The distributed power generation system according to claim 1, wherein the power generation number controller decreases the number of power generation devices that generate power when the average power generation amount is smaller than the first threshold. The distributed power generation system according to claim 1, wherein the power generation number controller increases the number of power generation devices that generate power when the average power generation amount is larger than the second threshold value. The distributed power generation system according to claim 1, further comprising a permitted power generation amount controller that permits an average power generation amount averaged by the number of power generation devices that generate power determined by the power generation number controller as a power generation amount of the power generation device. The power generator includes a heat accumulator that stores heat recovered from a generator in the power generator,
The power generation number controller is configured to start power generation to increase the number of power generation apparatuses that generate power based on the heat storage capacity of the heat accumulator, or to stop power generation to decrease the number of power generation apparatuses that generate power. The distributed power generation system according to claim 2 or 3, wherein: The power generator includes a heat accumulator that stores heat recovered from a generator in the power generator,
The distributed power generation system according to claim 4, wherein the permitted power generation amount controller permits the power generation amount weighted based on the heat storage capacity of the heat accumulator as the power generation amount of the power generation device. 7. The permitted power generation amount controller performs weighting processing on a value obtained by subtracting a product of the number of power generation devices to be generated determined by the power generation number controller from the total power demand amount and a first threshold value. Distributed power generation system. A control method for a distributed power generation system that supplies power to a power load by a plurality of power generation devices,
A second average power generation amount obtained by averaging the total power demand of the power load by the number of power generation devices is equal to or greater than a predetermined first threshold value and is larger than the first threshold value and smaller than the maximum power generation amount of the power generation device. A control method for a distributed power generation system, comprising: a power generation number control step for controlling the number of power generation devices that generate power to be equal to or less than a threshold value. 2. The control of the distributed power generation system according to claim 1, further comprising a permitted power generation amount control step that permits an average power generation amount averaged by the number of power generation devices that generate power determined in the power generation number control step as a power generation amount of the power generation device. Method. The power generator includes a heat accumulator that stores heat recovered from a generator in the power generator,
In the power generation number control step, the power generation device that starts power generation to increase the number of power generation devices that generate power based on the heat storage capacity of the heat accumulator or the power generation device that stops power generation to decrease the number of power generation devices that generate power The distributed power generation system according to claim 9, wherein: The power generator includes a heat accumulator that stores heat recovered from a generator in the power generator,
The control method for a distributed power generation system according to claim 9, wherein in the permitted power generation amount control step, a power generation amount weighted based on a heat storage possible amount of the heat accumulator is permitted as a power generation amount of the power generation device.

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