IP Library Granted Patent US 9,755,551
Granted Patent B2
US 9,755,551 · App. 15/109,219 · Granted Sep 5, 2017

Power conversion device

Inventors: Takashi Sugiyama (Chuo-ku, JP); Naoki Morishima (Chuo-ku, JP)
Assignee: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
H02M7/797H02M1/12H02M7/487H02M7/49H02M7/5395H02M7/81H02M2001/0025H02M2001/0077
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,755,551
App. No.
15/109,219
Granted
Sep 5, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A power conversion device includes: a plurality of 3-level converters ( 31 to 35 ) that are multiple-connected in series to an AC power supply; and a control device ( 10 ) controlling operations of the plurality of 3-level converters ( 31 to 35 ). The control device ( 10 ) includes: a calculation unit calculating an output voltage command for the plurality of 3-level converters ( 31 to 35 ); a carrier signal generation unit generating a carrier signal; a correction unit correcting a phase of the carrier signal based on a potential variation on a DC neutral point bus ( 7 ); and a pulse width modulation control. unit delaying the phase by a prescribed amount based on the carrier signal having the phase corrected by the correction unit as a reference phase, to generate a plurality of carrier signals, and comparing the output voltage command with each of the plurality of carrier signals to generate a control command for each of the plurality of 3-level converters ( 31 to 35 ).

Claims (11)

1. A power conversion device comprising:

a plurality of 3-level converters that are multiple-connected in series to an AC power supply; and

a control device configured to control operations of the plurality of 3-level converters,

each of the plurality of 3-level converters being arranged between the AC power supply and each of a DC positive bus, a DC negative bus and a DC neutral point bus, and configured to convert a DC voltage into an AC voltage having three voltage values,

a first capacitor and a second capacitor being connected in series between the DC positive bus and the DC negative bus, and a connection point between the first capacitor and the second capacitor being connected to the DC neutral point bus, and

the control device including

a calculation unit configured to calculate an output voltage command for the plurality of 3-level converters,

a carrier signal generation unit configured to generate a carrier signal,

a correction unit configured to correct a phase of the carrier signal based on a potential variation on the DC neutral point bus, and

a pulse width modulation control unit configured to (i) delay the phase by a prescribed amount based on the carrier signal having the phase corrected by the correction unit as a reference phase to generate a plurality of carrier signals, and (ii) compare the output voltage command and each of the plurality of carrier signals to generate a control command for each of the plurality of 3-level converters.

2. The power conversion device according to claim 1 , wherein the correction unit is configured to calculate a correction amount of the phase of the carrier signal based on a voltage difference between a voltage across both ends of the first capacitor and a voltage across both ends of the second capacitor.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 26, 2024
From: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
To: TMEIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 067244/0359 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 30, 2016
From: SUGIYAMA, TAKASHI; MORISHIMA, NAOKI
To: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039055/0356 →
Continuity (1)
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