IP Library Granted Patent US 8,044,632
Granted Patent B2
US 8,044,632 · App. 12/376,464 · Granted Oct 25, 2011

Power conversion device

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Patent No.
US 8,044,632
App. No.
12/376,464
Granted
Oct 25, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A power conversion device includes a converter that converts AC power to DC power, a converter controller that controls an output voltage of the converter, an inverter that converts the DC power to AC power at a variable frequency, an inverter controller that controls an output frequency of the inverter, and a current detector that detects an AC current on an input side of the converter. It is configured in such a manner that the inverter controller adjusts a slip frequency of the induction motor in response to a fluctuation of the AC current on the input side of the converter detected by the current detector. It thus becomes possible to suppress a beat current in an output current of the inverter at the occurrence of a load fluctuation as well as a power supply voltage fluctuation.

Claims (11)

1. A power conversion device that converts AC power from an AC power supply to AC power at a variable frequency to be supplied to an induction motor, characterized by comprising:

a converter that converts AC power from an AC power supply to DC power;

a converter controller that controls an output voltage of the converter;

an inverter that converts the DC power to AC power at a variable frequency;

an inverter controller that controls an output frequency of the inverter; and

a current detector that detects an AC current on an input side of the converter,

wherein the inverter controller adjusts a slip frequency in response to a fluctuation of the AC current on the input side of the converter detected by the current detector.

2. The power conversion device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the inverter controller includes a slip frequency command generator, and adjusts the slip frequency by adding a frequency correction amount corresponding to the fluctuation of the AC current on the input side of the converter detected by the current detector to a slip frequency command outputted from the slip frequency command generator.

3. The power conversion device according to claim 2 , wherein:

the inverter controller finds the frequency correction amount is obtained depending on an amount of a component in the vicinity of three times a frequency of the AC power supply extracted from the AC current on the input side of the converter detected by the current detector.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 19, 2021
From: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
To: NEXGEN CONTROL SYSTEMS, LLC
Reel/Frame 055576/0372 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 5, 2009
From: OBI, HIDEO; KIKUCHI, TAKAHIRO; TANAKA, TAKESHI; ITO, DAISUKE; HATANAKA, KEITA
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 022209/0996 →