IP Library Granted Patent US 7,184,282
Granted Patent B2
US 7,184,282 · App. 11/368,480 · Granted Feb 27, 2007

Single-phase power conversion device and three-phase power conversion device

Assignees: Origin Electric Company, Limited; The Tokyo Electric Power Company, Incorporated
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Patent No.
US 7,184,282
App. No.
11/368,480
Granted
Feb 27, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

To suppress a DC component in AC power in a power converter for converting DC power to AC power. DC power is converted to AC power by a converter 2 , and the AC power is supplied to output terminals u 1 and u 2 via an inductor 3 . The converter 2 is controlled based on an error Δ(t) between an output current i p (t) outputted from the converter 2 and a target current j(t) outputted from a target current generation means 110 as a target value for the output current i p (t), and a DC component V D in an output terminal voltage v(t) is detected by a voltage detection means 18 . A DC component I D is suppressed by correcting a target current j(t) by a DC component suppression means 8 . Also, a DC component in the AC power is suppressed to prevent biased magnification of a transformer 4 by calculating a correction amount j h (t) for correcting the target current j(t) from the difference between a first instantaneous value d 1 of a load current i s (t) flowing to a load 4 at a first time point t 1 and a second instantaneous value d 2 of the load current i s (t) at a second time point t 2 that is a half cycle after the first time point to correct the target current j(t).

Claims (62)

1. A single-phase power conversion device which produces single-phase AC power from DC power source and supplies the power to a load connected to output terminals thereof, comprising:

a converter for converting the DC power from the DC power source to single-phase AC power;

an inductor connected to the AC side of the converter;

a current detection means for detecting an output current flowing through the inductor;

a voltage detection means for detecting an output terminal voltage applied across the output terminals;

a target current generation means for generating a target current as a target value for the output current; and

a converter control means for pulse width modulation control of the converter based on an error between the output current and the target current;

wherein the target current generation means has a DC component suppression means for suppressing a DC component in the single-phase AC power by amplifying an integral of the output terminal voltage detected by the voltage detection means and using the amplified integral to correct the target current.

2. The single-phase power conversion device of claim 1 , further comprising a filter circuit for removing a switching frequency component in the single-phase AC power connected between output terminals;

wherein the voltage detection means detects a filter voltage applied to the filter circuit as the output terminal voltage, and

the DC component suppression means amplifies an integral of the filter voltage and uses the amplified integral to correct the target current.

3. A single-phase power conversion device which produces single-phase AC power from DC power source and supplies the power to a load connected to output terminals, comprising:

a converter for converting the DC power from the DC power source to single-phase AC power;

an inductor connected to the AC side of the converter;

a current detection means for detecting an output current flowing through the inductor;

a voltage detection means for detecting an output terminal voltage applied across the output terminals;

a target current generation means for generating a target current as a target value for the output current; and

a converter control means for pulse width modulation control of the converter based on an error between the output current and the target current;

wherein the voltage detection means has a DC voltage detection means composed of a circuit of a capacitor and a resistance connected in series between the output terminals for detecting a DC voltage component applied across the output terminals, and

wherein the target current generation means has a DC component suppression means for suppressing a DC component in the single-phase AC power by correcting the target current based on the DC voltage component.

4. The single-phase power conversion device of claim 3 , wherein the DC component suppression means has an amplification means for amplifying the DC component detected by the DC voltage detection means, and a determination means for determining the polarity of the voltage value of the DC component and outputting the voltage value with a sign based on the determination result.

5. A three-phase power conversion device which produces three-phase AC power from DC power source and supplies the power to a load connected to output terminals thereof, comprising:

a converter for converting the DC power from the DC power source to three-phase AC power;

inductors connected to the AC side of the converter;

a current detection means for detecting an output current flowing through the inductors;

a voltage detection means for detecting an output terminal voltage applied across the output terminals;

a target current generation means for generating a target current as target value for the output current; and

a converter control means for pulse width modulation control of the converter based on an error between the output current and the target current;

wherein the target current generation means has a DC component suppression means for suppressing a DC component in the three-phase AC power by amplifying an integral of the output terminal voltage detected by the voltage detection means and using the amplified integral to correct the target current.

6. The three-phase power conversion device of claim 5 , further comprising a filter circuit for removing a switching frequency component in the three-phase AC power connected between the output terminals;

wherein the voltage detection means detects a filter voltage applied across connection points of the filter circuit and lines as the output terminal voltage, and

wherein the DC component suppression means amplifies an integral of the filter voltage and uses the amplified integral to correct the target current.

7. A three-phase power conversion device which produces three-phase AC power from DC power source and supplies the power to a load connected to output terminals thereof, comprising:

a converter for converting the DC power from the DC power source to three-phase AC power;

inductors connected to the AC side of the converter;

a current detection means for detecting an output current flowing through the inductors;

a voltage detection means for detecting an output terminal voltage applied across the output terminals;

a target current generation means for generating a target current as a target value for the output current; and

a converter control means for pulse width modulation control of the converter based on an error between the output current and the target current;

wherein the voltage detection means has a DC voltage detection means composed of circuits of a resistance and a capacitor connected in series between the output terminals for detecting DC voltage components applied across the output terminals, and

wherein the target current generation means has a DC component suppression means for suppressing a DC component in the three-phase AC power by correcting the target current based on the DC voltage components.

8. The three-phase power conversion device of claim 7 , wherein the DC component suppression means has an amplification means for amplifying two DC components detected by the DC component detection means, a first addition means for adding a double of a first DC component and a second DC component, a second addition means for adding the first DC component and a double of the second DC component, a first determination means for determining the polarity of the voltage value obtained in the first addition means and outputting the voltage value with a sign based on the determination result, and a second determination means for determining the polarity of the voltage value obtained in the second addition means and outputting the voltage value with a sign based on the determination result.

9. A single-phase power conversion device which produces single-phase AC power from DC power source and supplies the power to a load connected to output terminals thereof, comprising:

a converter for converting the DC power from the DC power source to single-phase AC power;

an inductor connected to the AC side of the converter;

a first current detection means for detecting an output current flowing through the inductor;

a second current detection means for detecting a load current being supplied to the load;

a target current generation means for generating a target current as a target value for the output current; and

a converter control means for pulse width modulation control of the converter based on an error between the output current and the target current;

wherein the target current generation means has a DC component suppression means for suppressing a DC component in the single-phase AC power by correcting the target current based on asymmetry of the load current detected by the second current detection means.

10. The single-phase power conversion device of claim 9 , wherein the DC component suppression means calculates a correction amount for correcting the target current from the difference between a first instantaneous value of the load current at a first time point and a second instantaneous value of the load current at a second time point that is approximately a half cycle after the first time point.

11. The single-phase power conversion device of claim 9 , wherein the DC component suppression means calculates a correction amount for correcting the target current from the difference between a positive peak value and a negative peak value of the load current in an arbitrary cycle.

12. A three-phase power conversion device which produces three-phase AC power from DC power source and supplies the power to a load connected to output terminals, comprising:

a converter for converting the DC power from the DC power source to three-phase AC power;

inductors connected to the AC side of the converter;

a first current detection means for detecting an output current flowing through the inductors;

a second current detection means for detecting a load current being supplied to the load;

a target current generation means for generating a target current as target value for the output current; and

a converter control means for pulse width modulation control of the converter based on an error between the output current and the target current;

wherein the target current generation means has a DC component suppression means for suppressing a DC component in the three-phase AC power by correcting the target current based on asymmetry of the load current detected by the second current detection means.

13. The three-phase power conversion device of claim 12 , wherein the DC component suppression means calculates a correction amount for correcting the target current from the differences between first instantaneous values of the load current at a first time point and second instantaneous values of the load current at a second time point that is approximately a half cycle after the first time point detected in at least two phases.

14. The three-phase power conversion device of claim 12 , wherein the DC component suppression means calculates a correction amount for correcting the target current from the differences between positive peak values and negative peak values of the load current detected in at least two phases in an arbitrary cycle.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded May 30, 2016
From: ORIGIN ELECTRIC COMPANY, LIMITED
To: ORIGIN ELECTRIC COMPANY, LIMITED
Reel/Frame 038845/0288 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 26, 2014
From: THE TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INCORPORATED
To: ORIGIN ELECTRIC COMPANY, LIMITED
Reel/Frame 033828/0886 →
RE-RECORD TO CORRECT THE ADDRESS OF THE SECOND ASSIGNEE ON A DOCUMENT PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL 017991, FRAME 0196. (ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST) Recorded Aug 17, 2006
From: OHSHIMA, MASAAKI; SHIMIZU, HIROKAZU; USHIKI, SHUICHI
To: ORIGIN ELECTRIC COMPANY, LIMITED; THE TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 018315/0249 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 13, 2006
From: OHSHIMA, MASAAKI; SHIMIZU, HIROKAZU; USHIKI, SHUICHI
To: ORIGIN ELECTRIC COMPANY, LIMTED; TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY INCORPORATED, THE
Reel/Frame 017991/0196 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2005-070118 · Mar 11, 2005 · national
JP 2005-164588 · Jun 3, 2005 · national
Continuity (1)
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