Power conversion apparatus and initial charging method of the same
View Patent ↗The present disclosure provides a power conversion apparatus and an initial charging method of the same to control a closing phase angle at the time of switching on a power source, to suppress an overvoltage of a DC voltage, and to prevent overcharge and breakage of parts caused by the overvoltage. A peak voltage value of an input voltage, a total secondary side converted winding resistance of a primary side and a secondary side of an input transformer, a total leakage inductance of the primary side and the secondary side of the input transformer, a capacitor, and a power source frequency are substituted in a mathematical expression, and a closing phase angle is varied at predetermined intervals to obtain first half-wave peak voltage values of the capacitor voltage at the closing phase angles to close a circuit breaker.
1. A power conversion apparatus, characterized by comprising:
an input transformer which converts a high voltage power of a high voltage power source into an AC power which an inverter device requires;
a circuit breaker which is arranged between the high voltage power source and the input transformer, and closes or breaks an electric circuit for supplying the high voltage power to be supplied from the high voltage power source to the input transformer;
a converter section which converts the AC power converted by the input transformer into a DC power;
a smoothing capacitor which smooths the DC power converted by the converter section; and
a synchronous switching control device which detects a phase angle of a voltage of the high voltage power source, and controls to close or break the circuit breaker, at a timing when the detected phase angle reaches a prescribed phase angle, wherein
the synchronous switching control device controls to close the circuit breaker when the prescribed phase angle is a phase angle in which a first half-wave peak voltage value of the smoothing capacitor coincides with a peak voltage value of an input voltage of the input transformer.
2. The power conversion apparatus according to claim 1 , characterized in that:
the high voltage power source is a single-phase AC power source.
3. A power conversion apparatus, characterized by comprising, for each phase of a U-phase, a V-phase, a W-phase:
an input transformer which converts a high voltage power of a high voltage power source into an AC power which an inverter device requires;
the high voltage power source being a three-phase AC power source of the U-phase, the V-phase, the W-phase;
a circuit breaker which is arranged between the high voltage power source and the input transformer, and closes or breaks an electric circuit for supplying the high voltage power to be supplied from the high voltage power source to the input transformer;
a converter section which converts an AC power converted by the input transformer into a DC power;
a smoothing capacitor which smooths the DC power converted by the converter section; and
a synchronous switching control device which detects a phase angle of a voltage of the high voltage power source, and controls to close or break the circuit breaker, at a timing when the detected phase angle reaches a prescribed phase angle;
the synchronous switching control device controlling to close or break the circuit breaker provided for each of the U-phase, the V-phase, the W-phase, and
the synchronous switching control device controlling to close the circuit breaker when the prescribed phase angle is a phase angle in which a first half-wave peak voltage value of the smoothing capacitor coincides with a peak voltage value of an input voltage of the input transformer.
4. An initial charging method of a power conversion apparatus comprising an input transformer which converts a high voltage power of a high voltage power source into an AC power which an inverter device requires, a circuit breaker which is arranged between the high voltage power source and the input transformer, and closes or breaks an electric circuit for supplying the high voltage power to be supplied from the high voltage power source to the input transformer, a converter section which converts the AC power converted by the input transformer into a DC power, a smoothing capacitor which smooths the DC power converted by the converter section, and a synchronous switching control device which detects a phase angle of a voltage of the high voltage power source, and controls to close or break the circuit breaker, at a timing when the detected phase angle reaches a prescribed phase angle, characterized by comprising:
calculating a voltage (Vc) of the smoothing capacitor (C) when a closing phase angle (θ) is varied between 0 to 180 [deg] at a prescribed interval, taking the closing phase angle (θ) as a parameter, based on a prescribed calculation expression,
using an input voltage (V 2 ) of the input transformer, a total secondary side converted winding resistance R [Ω] of a primary side and a secondary side of the input transformer,
a total leakage inductance L [H] of the primary side and the secondary side of the input transformer, the smoothing capacitor (C), a power source frequency f [Hz];
calculating a closing phase angle (θ 1 ) in which a peak voltage value of the input voltage (V 2 ) coincides with the voltage (Vc) of the smoothing capacitor; (C); and
closing the circuit breaker at a timing of the calculated closing phase angle (θ 1 ) by the synchronous switching control device.
5. The initial charging method of a power conversion apparatus according to claim 4 , characterized in that:
the prescribed calculation expression is given by a following expression (8)
Vc=A 1·sin(ω t+x+y +θ))+ e αt ·( A 2·cos(β t+x +θ)+ A 3·cos(β t−y −θ))
α=−( R/ 2· L ), β=(√{square root over (4· L·C−R 2 ·C 2 )})/2· L·C,
x =tan −1 (ω−β)/α, y =tan −1 (ω+β)/α
A 1= V 2 m /( L·C· √{square root over (α 2 +(ω−β) 2 ))}·√{square root over (α 2 +(ω+β) 2 )})
A 2= V 2 m /(2· L·C·β· √{square root over (α 2 +(ω−β) 2 )})
A 3=− V 2 m /(2· L·C·β· √{square root over (α 2 +(ω+β) 2 )}) (8).