IP Library Granted Patent US 11,716,049
Granted Patent B2
US 11,716,049 · App. 16/982,697 · Granted Aug 1, 2023

Rotating machine power conversion device

Inventors: Takafumi Ichikawa (Tokyo, JP); Yoshihiko Kimpara (Tokyo, JP); Noriyuki Wada (Tokyo, JP); Kotaro Nakano (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
H02P29/028B60L3/003B60L50/51H02H7/1227H02K11/33H02M1/32H02P5/46H02P6/28H02P23/14H02P27/06B60L2210/40H02M1/325
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Patent No.
US 11,716,049
App. No.
16/982,697
Granted
Aug 1, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A rotating machine power conversion device is obtained which achieves operational continuation in a rotational speed range in which the operational continuation is enabled, even when a single phase of an electrical power conversion device made of switching devices causes a disconnection or turn-off failure. The rotating machine power conversion device comprises: a normality-case/abnormality-case current control device selection device for transferring between a normality-case current control device and an abnormality-case current control device in accordance with a determination result of an abnormality determination device; and an abnormality-case current control device/power conversion halt device selection device, using a rotational speed calculation device, for transferring between the abnormality-case current control device used when a rotational speed is lower than that being prespecified, and the power conversion halt device used when a rotational speed is higher than that being prespecified.

Claims (36)

1. A rotating machine power conversion device, being mounted between a three-phase alternating-current rotating machine and a direct-current power source, and having an electrical power conversion device in which series-connected circuits of three phases connected in series with upper-side switching devices and lower-side switching devices each other are connected in parallel with the direct-current power source and in which midpoints between the upper-side switching devices and the lower-side switching devices in each of the series-connected circuits are individually connected to windings of each phase of the three-phase alternating-current rotating machine, for converting into alternating-current power thereto direct-current power from the direct-current power source, the rotating machine power conversion device comprising:

a rotational speed calculation device for calculating a rotational speed of the three-phase alternating-current rotating machine;

an abnormality determination device for determining abnormality of single phase turn-off failure in the electrical power conversion device; and

an electric current control device for determining a value of phase voltage instruction into the electrical power conversion device, wherein

said electric current control device comprises:

a normality-case current control device used at a time when the electrical power conversion device is normal;

an abnormality-case current control device used at a time when the electrical power conversion device is abnormal;

a power conversion halt device for halting the electrical power conversion device;

a normality-case/abnormality-case current control device selection device for transferring between the normality-case current control device and the abnormality-case current control device in accordance with a determination result of the abnormality determination device; and

an abnormality-case current control device/power conversion halt device selection device for transferring between the abnormality-case current control device used in a case where a calculation result of the rotational speed calculation device is smaller than a prespecified rotational speed determined in advance, and said power conversion halt device used in a case where a calculation result of the rotational speed calculation device is larger than a prespecified rotational speed determined in advance.

2. The rotating machine power conversion device as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the abnormality-case current control device/power conversion halt device selection device also uses the abnormality-case current control device in a case where the rotational speed is lower than the prespecified rotational speed, while the abnormality-case current control device/power conversion halt device selection device alternately selects the abnormality-case current control device and said power conversion halt devices.

3. The rotating machine power conversion device as set forth in claim 2 , wherein the abnormality-case current control device/power conversion halt device selection device changes a ratio of selecting the abnormality-case current control device and said power conversion halt device therebetween.

4. The rotating machine power conversion device as set forth in claim 3 , further comprising a boost device for increasing an output of the electrical power conversion device so that its voltage becomes higher than that at its normal time in a case of abnormality of single phase turn-off failure in the electrical power conversion device.

5. The rotating machine power conversion device as set forth in claim 3 , wherein

the rotating machine power conversion device comprises the electrical power conversion device with respect to a plurality of three-phase alternating-current rotating machines and said electric current control device therewith;

the electrical power conversion device has a plurality of electrical power conversion devices capable of individually driving the plurality of three-phase alternating-current rotating machines; and

said power conversion halt device outputs a power conversion halt instruction into the plurality of electrical power conversion devices.

6. The rotating machine power conversion device as set forth in claim 3 , wherein the rotating machine power conversion device is mounted on an electric motor-operated vehicle, for supplying electric power to a three-phase alternating-current rotating machine for use in driving the electric motor-operated vehicle.

7. The rotating machine power conversion device as set forth in claim 2 , further comprising a boost device for increasing an output of the electrical power conversion device so that its voltage becomes higher than that at its normal time in a case of abnormality of single phase turn-off failure in the electrical power conversion device.

8. The rotating machine power conversion device as set forth in claim 7 , wherein the rotating machine power conversion device is mounted on an electric motor-operated vehicle, for supplying electric power to a three-phase alternating-current rotating machine for use in driving the electric motor-operated vehicle.

9. The rotating machine power conversion device as set forth in claim 2 , wherein

the rotating machine power conversion device comprises the electrical power conversion device with respect to a plurality of three-phase alternating-current rotating machines and said electric current control device therewith;

the electrical power conversion device has a plurality of electrical power conversion devices capable of individually driving the plurality of three-phase alternating-current rotating machines; and

said power conversion halt device outputs a power conversion halt instruction into the plurality of electrical power conversion devices.

10. The rotating machine power conversion device as set forth in claim 2 , wherein the rotating machine power conversion device is mounted on an electric motor-operated vehicle, for supplying electric power to a three-phase alternating-current rotating machine for use in driving the electric motor-operated vehicle.

11. The rotating machine power conversion device as set forth in claim 1 , further comprising a boost device for increasing an output of the electrical power conversion device so that its voltage becomes higher than that at its normal time in a case of abnormality of single phase turn-off failure in the electrical power conversion device.

12. The rotating machine power conversion device as set forth in claim 11 , wherein

the rotating machine power conversion device comprises the electrical power conversion device with respect to a plurality of three-phase alternating-current rotating machines and said electric current control device therewith;

the electrical power conversion device has a plurality of electrical power conversion devices capable of individually driving the plurality of three-phase alternating-current rotating machines; and

said power conversion halt device outputs a power conversion halt instruction into the plurality of electrical power conversion devices.

13. The rotating machine power conversion device as set forth in claim 11 , wherein the rotating machine power conversion device is mounted on an electric motor-operated vehicle, for supplying electric power to a three-phase alternating-current rotating machine for use in driving the electric motor-operated vehicle.

14. The rotating machine power conversion device as set forth in claim 1 , wherein

the rotating machine power conversion device comprises the electrical power conversion device with respect to a plurality of three-phase alternating-current rotating machines and said electric current control device therewith;

the electrical power conversion device has a plurality of electrical power conversion devices capable of individually driving the plurality of three-phase alternating-current rotating machines; and

said power conversion halt device outputs a power conversion halt instruction into the plurality of electrical power conversion devices.

15. The rotating machine power conversion device as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the rotating machine power conversion device is mounted on an electric motor-operated vehicle, for supplying electric power to a three-phase alternating-current rotating machine for use in driving the electric motor-operated vehicle.

Assignments (2)
COMPANY SPLIT Recorded Sep 4, 2024
From: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC MOBILITY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 068834/0585 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 21, 2020
From: ICHIKAWA, TAKAFUMI; KIMPARA, YOSHIHIKO; WADA, NORIYUKI; NAKANO, KOTARO
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053830/0647 →