IP Library Granted Patent US 10,951,125
Granted Patent B2
US 10,951,125 · App. 15/930,801 · Granted Mar 16, 2021

Supression of cross current in a plural converter system

Inventors: Shunsuke Tobayashi (Tokyo, JP); Hiromitsu Suzuki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corporation
H02M5/40H02J3/18H02M1/4208H02M7/493H02P27/08H02M2001/0009H02M2001/0025
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Patent No.
US 10,951,125
App. No.
15/930,801
Granted
Mar 16, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A power conversion system that has two power conversion apparatuses each including a converter that can control a DC voltage and an inverter and that drives the AC motor by connecting the outputs of the two inverters in parallel is provided. The output voltage of one of the converters is controlled according to the difference between the detection currents detected by the two current detectors for detecting the output currents of the two inverters so that a cross current flowing through the two inverters is suppressed.

Claims (44)

1. A power conversion system for driving an AC motor, comprising:

a first power conversion apparatus including a first converter configured to control a DC voltage and a first inverter;

a second power conversion apparatus including a second converter configured to control a DC voltage and a second inverter, wherein

outputs of the first inverter and the second inverter are connected in parallel via a coupling reactor, and

a DC output voltage of any one of the first converter and the second converter is controlled in accordance with a difference between a first detection current detected by a first current detector detecting an output current of the first inverter and a second detection current detected by a second current detector detecting an output current of the second inverter to suppress a cross current flowing between the first inverter and the second inverter.

2. The power conversion system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a first controller that is configured to control the first converter;

a second controller that is configured to control the second converter;

a difference current control unit that is configured to output a correction signal to the first controller so that a difference between the first detection current and the second detection current is minimized, wherein

the second controller is configured to control the DC output voltage of the second converter to be a predetermined DC voltage reference, and

the first controller is configured to control the DC output voltage of the first converter to a value obtained by correcting the predetermined DC voltage reference with the correction signal.

3. The power conversion system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a first controller that is configured to control the first converter;

a second controller that is configured to control the second converter;

a difference current control unit that is configured to output a correction signal to the first controller so that a difference between the first detection current and the second detection current is minimized, wherein

the second controller is configured to control the DC output voltage of the second converter to be a predetermined DC voltage reference, and

the first controller configured to control a DC feedback voltage of the first converter with the correction signal so that a value corrected by the correction signal becomes the predetermined DC voltage reference.

4. The power conversion system according to claim 1 , wherein

at least one of a first controller that is configured to control the first converter and a second controller that is configured to control the second converter is configured to perform reactive current control, and

an AC output voltage control of the first converter or the second converter is performed using the reactive current control of the first converter or the second converter as a minor loop.

5. The power conversion system according to claim 2 , wherein

at least one of the first controller and the second controller is configured to perform reactive current control, and

an AC output voltage control of the first converter or the second converter is performed using the reactive current control of the first converter or the second converter as a minor loop.

6. The power conversion system according to claim 3 , wherein

at least one of the first controller and the second controller is configured to perform reactive current control, and

an AC output voltage control of the first converter or the second converter is performed using the reactive current control of the first converter or the second converter as a minor loop.

7. The power conversion system according to claim 1 , wherein

a plurality of sets of the two power conversion apparatuses are provided, and

outputs of the plurality of sets of the inverters are combined to drive the AC motor.

8. The power conversion system according to claim 2 , wherein

a plurality of sets of the two power conversion apparatuses are provided, and

outputs of the plurality of sets of the inverters are combined to drive the AC motor.

9. The power conversion system according to claim 3 , wherein

a plurality of sets of the two power conversion apparatuses are provided, and

outputs of the plurality of sets of the inverters are combined to drive the AC motor.

10. The power conversion system according to claim 4 , wherein

a plurality of sets of the two power conversion apparatuses are provided, and

outputs of the plurality of sets of the inverters are combined to drive the AC motor.

11. The power conversion system according to claim 5 , wherein

a plurality of sets of the two power conversion apparatuses are provided, and

outputs of the plurality of sets of the inverters are combined to drive the AC motor.

12. The power conversion system according to claim 6 , wherein

a plurality of sets of the two power conversion apparatuses are provided, and

outputs of the plurality of sets of the inverters are combined to drive the AC motor.

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 15, 2020
From: TOBAYASHI, SHUNSUKE; SUZUKI, HIROMITSU
To: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052937/0966 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2017041104 · Nov 15, 2017
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