Inverter control device

1. An inverter control device for controlling a rotating electric machine drive device that drives an alternating current rotating electric machine and includes an inverter and a DC link capacitor, the inverter being connected to a DC power supply via a contactor, being connected to the rotating electric machine, and performing power conversion between direct current and three-phase alternating current, the DC link capacitor smoothing a DC link voltage, which is a DC-side voltage of the inverter, and the inverter control device performing switching control on switching elements that form the inverter, the inverter control device comprising:

an electronic control unit with control logic, which when executed, executes, when the contactor has entered an open state during rotation of the rotating electric machine, mixed loop control for switching one or two target switching elements out of the switching elements that form the inverter to an on state so as to form one capacitor charging loop for charging the DC link capacitor with electrical power generated by the rotating electric machine and form one reflux loop for causing the generated electrical power to circulate between the inverter and the rotating electric machine, the capacitor charging loop and the reflux loop being formed at the same time.

2. The inverter control device according to claim 1 , wherein after the mixed loop control has started, when the currents of the three phases all become zero, the electronic control unit executes shutdown control to switch all of the target switching elements to an off state.

3. The inverter control device according to claim 2 , wherein:

in the inverter, an arm for each alternating current phase is formed by a series circuit including an upper side switching element and a lower side switching element,

the electronic control unit executes the mixed loop control in which at least one main target switching element is switched to the on state as the target switching element,

when execution of the mixed loop control is started, in a case where current waveforms of two phases out of the three phases are on a positive side of an amplitude center, the upper side switching element of one out of the two phases is set as the main target switching element, and

when execution of the mixed loop control is started, in a case where current waveforms of two phases out of the three phases are on a negative side of the amplitude center, the lower side switching element of one out of the two phases is set as the main target switching element.

4. The inverter control device according to claim 3 , wherein:

when execution of the mixed loop control is started, in a case where current waveforms of two phases out of the three phases are on the positive side of the amplitude center, out of the two phases, the upper side switching element of a phase in which the current waveform is descending is set as the main target switching element, and

when execution of the mixed loop control is started, in a case where current waveforms of two phases out of the three phases are on the negative side of the amplitude center, out of the two phases, the lower side switching element of a phase in which the current waveform is rising is set as the main target switching element.

5. The inverter control device according to claim 4 , wherein:

the electronic control unit executes the mixed loop control in which a sub target switching element is set to the on state in addition to the main target switching element,

when execution of the mixed loop control is started, in a case where current waveforms of two phases out of the three phases are on the positive side of the amplitude center, the upper side switching element of a phase different from the two phases is set as the sub target switching element, and

when execution of the mixed loop control is started, in a case where current waveforms of two phases out of the three phases are on the negative side of the amplitude center, the lower side switching element of a phase different from the two phases is set as the sub target switching element.

6. The inverter control device according to claim 5 , wherein after the contactor has entered the open state, a control mode is switched from three-phase drive control for performing power conversion between direct current and three-phase alternating current to the mixed loop control.

7. The inverter control device according to claim 4 , wherein after the contactor has entered the open state, a control mode is switched from three-phase drive control for performing power conversion between direct current and three-phase alternating current to the mixed loop control.

8. The inverter control device according to claim 3 , wherein:

the electronic control unit executes the mixed loop control in which a sub target switching element is set to the on state in addition to the main target switching element,

when execution of the mixed loop control is started, in a case where current waveforms of two phases out of the three phases are on the positive side of the amplitude center, the upper side switching element of a phase different from the two phases is set as the sub target switching element, and

when execution of the mixed loop control is started, in a case where current waveforms of two phases out of the three phases are on the negative side of the amplitude center, the lower side switching element of a phase different from the two phases is set as the sub target switching element.

9. The inverter control device according to claim 3 , wherein after the contactor has entered the open state, a control mode is switched from three-phase drive control for performing power conversion between direct current and three-phase alternating current to the mixed loop control.

10. The inverter control device according to claim 2 , wherein after the contactor has entered the open state, a control mode is switched from three-phase drive control for performing power conversion between direct current and three-phase alternating current to the mixed loop control.

11. The inverter control device according to claim 1 , wherein:

in the inverter, an arm for each alternating current phase is formed by a series circuit including an upper side switching element and a lower side switching element,

the electronic control unit executes the mixed loop control in which at least one main target switching element is switched to the on state as the target switching element,

when execution of the mixed loop control is started, in a case where current waveforms of two phases out of the three phases are on a positive side of an amplitude center, the upper side switching element of one out of the two phases is set as the main target switching element, and

when execution of the mixed loop control is started, in a case where current waveforms of two phases out of the three phases are on a negative side of the amplitude center, the lower side switching element of one out of the two phases is set as the main target switching element.

12. The inverter control device according to claim 11 , wherein:

the electronic control unit executes the mixed loop control in which a sub target switching element is set to the on state in addition to the main target switching element,

when execution of the mixed loop control is started, in a case where current waveforms of two phases out of the three phases are on the positive side of the amplitude center, the upper side switching element of a phase different from the two phases is set as the sub target switching element, and

when execution of the mixed loop control is started, in a case where current waveforms of two phases out of the three phases are on the negative side of the amplitude center, the lower side switching element of a phase different from the two phases is set as the sub target switching element.

13. The inverter control device according to claim 1 , wherein after the contactor has entered the open state, a control mode is switched from three-phase drive control for performing power conversion between direct current and three-phase alternating current to the mixed loop control.