Patents by Inventor Zongjun Yang

Zongjun Yang has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10965246
    Abstract: A shutdown control system and a shutdown control method are provided. A shutdown unit is a series circuit of multiple shutdown circuits connected in series or a series-parallel circuit of multiple such series circuits connected in parallel. Each shutdown circuit is connected to at least one direct current power supply. A SCU periodically transmits a first communication signal until receiving a first user command. A TCU controls states of a electrical energy transforming unit to control the operation state of a power generation system. Each PCU determines whether the first communication signal is received during a preset time period and whether the distributed power generation system operates in a power generation state, and controls a corresponding shutdown circuit to operate in a normal operation mode if at least one of the conditions is met; and otherwise operate in a security mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: SUNGROW POWER SUPPLY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yanfei Yu, Hua Ni, Zongjun Yang, Huajin Chen
  • Patent number: 10797599
    Abstract: A method for regulating output characteristics of a photovoltaic module and a DC/DC converter are provided. The DC/DC converter connected with the photovoltaic module determines whether an output voltage of the DC/DC converter detected in a real-time manner is greater than a first preset voltage threshold, and controls an output current of the DC/DC converter to be greater than a first preset current threshold and less than zero or control an output power of the DC/DC converter to be greater than a first preset power threshold and less than zero, in a case that the output voltage is greater than a first preset voltage threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: SUNGROW POWER SUPPLY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yanfei Yu, Hua Ni, Zongjun Yang, Jingjing Xie
  • Publication number: 20200274439
    Abstract: A power conversion system, a controller for the same, and a method for controlling the same. The power conversion system includes a shutdown array and a power converter. The shutdown array includes multiple shutdown strings that are connected in parallel. Each of the multiple shutdown strings includes multiple shutdown devices, where outputs of the multiple shutdown devices are connected in series. An output terminal of the shutdown array is connected to an input terminal of the power converter. An input terminal of each of the multiple shutdown devices is connected to at least one direct-current power supply. The controller sends a shutdown instruction to each shutdown device of the shutdown array in response to receiving a rapid-shutdown command, controls the power converter to discharge an input capacitor of the power converter, and stops discharging the input capacitor in response to an input voltage of the power converter being reduced to a preset voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Zongjun YANG, Hua NI, Xiaoxun LI, Haifeng YANG
  • Patent number: 10637252
    Abstract: An electrical energy control method and an electrical energy control apparatus for a photovoltaic system are provided. With the electrical energy control apparatus, a photovoltaic module meeting a preset electrical energy reverse flow condition is controlled to receive electrical energy stored on a direct current capacitor of the electrical energy control apparatus. That is, the photovoltaic modules are separately controlled to be heated by corresponding electrical energy control apparatuses, so as to avoid the issue in conventional technologies that, due to unified heating, excessive reverse power is received by some modules and causes performance degradation or damage of the modules, thereby ensuring that each of the photovoltaic modules is safely and reliably controlled to be heated for snow melting and deicing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: SUNGROW POWER SUPPLY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yanfei Yu, Hua Ni, Zongjun Yang
  • Publication number: 20200106272
    Abstract: A shutdown control system and a shutdown control method are provided. A shutdown unit is a series circuit of multiple shutdown circuits connected in series or a series-parallel circuit of multiple such series circuits connected in parallel. Each shutdown circuit is connected to at least one direct current power supply. A SCU periodically transmits a first communication signal until receiving a first user command. A TCU controls states of a electrical energy transforming unit to control the operation state of a power generation system. Each PCU determines whether the first communication signal is received during a preset time period and whether the distributed power generation system operates in a power generation state, and controls a corresponding shutdown circuit to operate in a normal operation mode if at least one of the conditions is met; and otherwise operate in a security mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: SUNGROW POWER SUPPLY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yanfei YU, Hua NI, Zongjun YANG, Huajin CHEN
  • Publication number: 20200106299
    Abstract: A shutdown control system and a shutdown control method are provided. A main circuit is a series circuit formed by connecting multiple shutdown circuits in series or a series-parallel circuit formed by connecting multiple such series circuits in parallel. Each shutdown circuit is connected to at least one direct current power supply. A control circuit includes a SCU and multiple PCUs corresponding to the multiple shutdown circuits. The SCU and the PCUs are configured to transmit respective mode control instructions when respective condition is satisfied. Each PCU is configured to obtain multiple criteria based on the mode control instructions from the SCU and other PCUs, determine a target operation mode of the shutdown circuit corresponding to the PCU based on the multiple criteria, and control the shutdown circuit corresponding to the PCU to operate in the target operation mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: SUNGROW POWER SUPPLY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yanfei YU, Zongjun YANG, Hua NI, Huajin CHEN
  • Publication number: 20200106264
    Abstract: A shutdown control system and a shutdown control method are provided. A main circuit is a series circuit formed by connecting output ends of multiple shutdown circuits in series or a series-parallel circuit formed by connecting output ends of multiple such series circuits in parallel. Each of the multiple shutdown circuits is connected to at least one of direct current power supplies in a distributed power generation system. A control circuit includes a SCU, one or more ACUs, and multiple PCUs corresponding to the multiple shutdown circuits. The SCU and the ACU are configured to transmit respective mode control instructions when respective condition is satisfied. Each of the multiple PCUs is configured to obtain multiple criteria based on the mode control instructions, determine a target operation mode of a corresponding shutdown circuit, and control the shutdown circuit to operate in the target operation mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: SUNGROW POWER SUPPLY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yanfei YU, Hua NI, Zongjun YANG
  • Publication number: 20200091706
    Abstract: A shutdown apparatus for a photovoltaic module is provided. Only one first switch is connected in series in an output circuit of the photovoltaic module, and a controller controls the first switch to be switched on in a normal power generation state and controls the first switch to be switched off in a shutdown state. If a short circuit fault occurs in the first switch, the controller controls a second switch connected in parallel with the photovoltaic module to be switched on, thereby causing the output of the photovoltaic module short-circuited and ensuring a reliable shutdown. In addition, the second switch is in the shutdown state when the photovoltaic module normally provides output, and the second switch does not cause losses to the output of the photovoltaic module, such that it is not necessary to select a device with a low impedance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: SUNGROW POWER SUPPLY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zongjun YANG, Yanfei YU, Hua NI
  • Publication number: 20200067452
    Abstract: An active bypass control device and an active bypass control method for a photovoltaic module are provided. The device includes a power source, a sampling unit, a controller, N first driving circuits, and N first controllable switches. Each first controllable switch is connected between one pair of bypass ports and includes a first switch and a first diode that are antiparallel. The first diode is reversely connected between the pair of bypass ports, and a control end of the first switch is connected to the controller via the corresponding first driving circuit. Based on a sampling signal provided by the sampling unit, the controller determines whether analog quantity information of the first controllable switch meets a predetermined bypass condition. If the predetermined bypass condition is met, the first switch is controlled to be turned on by using the first driving circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: SUNGROW POWER SUPPLY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zongjun YANG, Yanfei YU, Hua NI
  • Patent number: 10523011
    Abstract: A voltage compensation apparatus for a photovoltaic system and a photovoltaic system are provided. The voltage compensation apparatus includes a current direction limiting circuit and a compensation power supply connected in series; or only includes a current direction limiting circuit. The current direction limiting circuit includes at least one limiting device configured to conduct a current in a unidirectional manner. The voltage compensation apparatus is connected between the output terminal of the converter and the ground. The photovoltaic system includes: a photovoltaic array, a converter, a transformer and the voltage compensation apparatus. An output terminal of the converter is connected with a primary side of the transformer, and an input terminal of the converter is connected with the photovoltaic array. The voltage compensation apparatus is configured to raise or lower a voltage at the output terminal of the converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: SUNGROW POWER SUPPLY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yanfei Yu, Hua Ni, Zongjun Yang, Shangfang Dai
  • Patent number: 10503126
    Abstract: The application provides an access control method of parallel direct current power supplies and a device thereof. Direct current power supplies with single insulation resistances to ground failing to meet a first preset condition or causing a total insulation resistances to fail to meet a second preset condition are disconnected from a grid-connected inverter, and direct current power supplies with single insulation resistance to ground meeting the first preset condition and enabling the total insulation resistance to meet the second preset condition are connected with the grid-connected inverter for grid-connected inverting. Unlike in conventional technology, not all the direct current power supplies connected to a direct current bus are made stop outputting, thereby avoiding the loss of inverter power generation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: SUNGROW POWER SUPPLY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hua Ni, Shangfang Dai, Yanfei Yu, Zongjun Yang
  • Patent number: 10455014
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for synchronizing content and relate to the field of communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Huawei Device Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haizhang Chi, Zongjun Yang
  • Publication number: 20190319956
    Abstract: A permission management method and system, and a related device are provided. The method includes: receiving, by a management device, a first request sent by a controlled device, where the first request includes a device identifier of the controlled device and indication information of a target operation; detecting a network status of a controlling device associated with the controlled device, where when the controlling device is in different network statuses, one or more controlled devices have different permission for performing respective operations; determining, based on the network status of the controlling device, the device identifier of the controlled device, and the indication information of the target operation, permission for performing the target operation by the controlled device; and processing the first request based on the determined permission for performing the target operation by the controlled device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventor: Zongjun YANG
  • Publication number: 20190074768
    Abstract: A method for regulating output characteristics of a photovoltaic module and a DC/DC converter are provided. The DC/DC converter connected with the photovoltaic module determines whether an output voltage of the DC/DC converter detected in a real-time manner is greater than a first preset voltage threshold, and controls an output current of the DC/DC converter to be greater than a first preset current threshold and less than zero or control an output power of the DC/DC converter to be greater than a first preset power threshold and less than zero, in a case that the output voltage is greater than a first preset voltage threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: SUNGROW POWER SUPPLY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yanfei YU, Hua NI, Zongjun YANG, Jingjing XIE
  • Publication number: 20180287389
    Abstract: An electrical energy control method and an electrical energy control apparatus for a photovoltaic system are provided. With the electrical energy control apparatus, a photovoltaic module meeting a preset electrical energy reverse flow condition is controlled to receive electrical energy stored on a direct current capacitor of the electrical energy control apparatus. That is, the photovoltaic modules are separately controlled to be heated by corresponding electrical energy control apparatuses, so as to avoid the issue in conventional technologies that, due to unified heating, excessive reverse power is received by some modules and causes performance degradation or damage of the modules, thereby ensuring that each of the photovoltaic modules is safely and reliably controlled to be heated for snow melting and deicing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Yanfei YU, Hua NI, Zongjun YANG
  • Patent number: 10075127
    Abstract: A photovoltaic rapid shutdown device and a photovoltaic system are provided. The device includes a first switch, a second switch, a bypass diode, an auxiliary power supply, a control circuit and a communication circuit. One of multiple photovoltaic modules serves as a power supplying photovoltaic module, and an output terminal of the power supplying photovoltaic module is connected to an input terminal of the auxiliary power supply. The first switch is connected in series between the power supplying photovoltaic module and an adjacent photovoltaic module. Two terminals of the second switch are connected to positive and negative output terminals of a branch formed by the multiple photovoltaic modules connected in series, respectively. A cathode of the bypass diode is connected to a low voltage terminal of the adjacent photovoltaic module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: SUNGROW POWER SUPPLY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yunfei Zou, Yanfei Yu, Hua Ni, Zongjun Yang, Liang Zhan
  • Publication number: 20180248359
    Abstract: A photovoltaic rapid shutdown device and a photovoltaic system are provided. The device includes a first switch, a second switch, a bypass diode, an auxiliary power supply, a control circuit and a communication circuit. One of multiple photovoltaic modules serves as a power supplying photovoltaic module, and an output terminal of the power supplying photovoltaic module is connected to an input terminal of the auxiliary power supply. The first switch is connected in series between the power supplying photovoltaic module and an adjacent photovoltaic module. Two terminals of the second switch are connected to positive and negative output terminals of a branch formed by the multiple photovoltaic modules connected in series, respectively. A cathode of the bypass diode is connected to a low voltage terminal of the adjacent photovoltaic module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Yunfei ZOU, Yanfei YU, Hua NI, Zongjun YANG, Liang ZHAN
  • Publication number: 20180234051
    Abstract: An IV curve scan method for a photovoltaic module and an optimizer are provided. The optimizer receives an IV curve scan signal and controls an output voltage of the photovoltaic module corresponding to the IV curve scan signal to change from an open-circuit voltage to a preset minimum voltage according to a preset rule, while photovoltaic module connected to another optimizer can still operate normally, so that the system can operate normally. Then the optimizer uploads IV curve data of the photovoltaic module corresponding to the IV curve scan signal, to complete an IV curve scan on a single photovoltaic module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Hua NI, Yanfei YU, Yunfei ZOU, Zongjun YANG, Liang ZHAN, Liying XUE
  • Patent number: 9923481
    Abstract: Provided are a photovoltaic system and a method for controlling a photovoltaic system. The photovoltaic system includes a photovoltaic output device, an inverter device, an AC interface device, a control device and an AC load, where a supply terminal of the AC load is connected to an AC output side of the inverter device, and a control terminal of the AC load is connected to the control device, and the method for controlling the photovoltaic system is applied to the control device. The method for controlling the photovoltaic system includes: controlling the AC interface device to maintain the inverter device being disconnected from an electrical grid; starting the inverter device and then starting the AC load; and controlling the AC interface device to connect the inverter device to the electrical grid, in a case that it is determined that a grid connection condition is met for the photovoltaic system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: SUNGROW POWER SUPPLY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hua Ni, Yanfei Yu, Shangfang Dai, Zongjun Yang, Wei Zhao
  • Patent number: 9912252
    Abstract: Provided is a pre-charge circuit and a photovoltaic inverter. The pre-charge circuit includes an alternating current power source, a half-bridge rectifier, an auxiliary charging capacitor, a current limiting device and a controllable switch. The pre-charge circuit is connected to a target charging capacitor to form a voltage doubling rectifier circuit. A direct current side of the half-bridge rectifier is connected in parallel to the target charging capacitor, and an alternating current side of the half-bridge rectifier is connected to one end of the alternating current power source. One end of the auxiliary charging capacitor is connected to any one end of the target charging capacitor, and the other end of the auxiliary charging capacitor is connected to the other end of the alternating current power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: SUNGROW POWER SUPPLY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yanfei Yu, Hua Ni, Zongjun Yang, Shangfang Dai, Pengcheng Huang