IP Library Granted Patent US 11,374,397
Granted Patent B2
US 11,374,397 · App. 17/282,885 · Granted Jun 28, 2022

Power supply device and abnormality detection method for AC power supply

Inventor: Hiroki Shigeta (Chuo-ku, JP)
Assignee: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
H02H7/20H02H1/0007
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Patent No.
US 11,374,397
App. No.
17/282,885
Granted
Jun 28, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A switch is connected between an AC power supply and a load. A controller detects an abnormality of the AC power supply by detecting an instantaneous value of a three-phase AC voltage supplied from the AC power supply, when the switch is on. Based on an instantaneous value of the three-phase AC voltage detected at a first time and a first threshold value preset for a peak value of the three-phase AC voltage, the controller estimates a second threshold value for an instantaneous value of the three-phase AC voltage at a second time having a prescribed time difference from the first time. The controller detects the abnormality of the AC power supply by comparing the estimated second threshold value with the instantaneous value of the three-phase AC voltage detected at the second time. The controller turns off the switch when the abnormality of the AC power supply is detected.

Claims (31)

1. A power supply device comprising:

a switch connected between an AC power supply and a load; and

a controller that controls on and off of the switch, wherein

the controller includes:

an abnormality detection unit that detects an abnormality of the AC power supply by detecting an instantaneous value of a three-phase AC voltage supplied from the AC power supply, when the switch is on; and

a switch control unit that turns off the switch when the abnormality of the AC power supply is detected,

the abnormality detection unit

based on an instantaneous value of the three-phase AC voltage detected at a first time and a first threshold value preset for a peak value of the three-phase AC voltage, estimates a second threshold value for an instantaneous value of the three-phase AC voltage at a second time, the second time having a prescribed time difference from the first time, and

detects the abnormality of the AC power supply by comparing the estimated second threshold value with the instantaneous value of the three-phase AC voltage detected at the second time.

2. The power supply device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first threshold value includes a threshold value for a peak value for detecting an overvoltage of the AC power supply, and

when the instantaneous value of the three-phase AC voltage detected at the second time is larger than the second threshold value, the abnormality detection unit detects the overvoltage of the AC power supply.

3. The power supply device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first threshold value includes a threshold value for a peak value for detecting an instantaneous voltage drop of the AC power supply, and

when the instantaneous value of the three-phase AC voltage detected at the second time is smaller than the second threshold value, the abnormality detection unit detects the instantaneous voltage drop of the AC power supply.

4. The power supply device according to claim 1 , wherein

the abnormality detection unit

calculates a phase of a third-phase voltage at the first time, based on instantaneous values of first-phase and second-phase voltages detected at the first time and a peak value of the three-phase AC voltage at the first time,

calculates a phase of the third-phase voltage at the second time, based on the phase of the third-phase voltage at the first time, and

estimates the second threshold value, based on the phase of the third-phase voltage at the second time and the first threshold value.

5. The power supply device according to claim 1 , wherein

the switch includes first and second thyristors connected in antiparallel.

6. The power supply device according to claim 1 , wherein

the prescribed time difference is set to be longer than a ⅙ cycle of the three-phase AC voltage supplied from the AC power supply.

7. The power supply device according to claim 1 , further comprising

an inverter that converts DC power of a power storage device into AC power and supplies the AC power to the load, wherein

the controller further includes an inverter control unit that starts up the inverter when the abnormality of the AC power supply is detected.

8. An abnormality detection method for an AC power supply, the abnormality detection method comprising:

detecting an instantaneous value of a three-phase AC voltage supplied from the AC power supply;

based on an instantaneous value of the three-phase AC voltage detected at a first time by the detecting and a first threshold value preset for a peak value of the three-phase AC voltage, estimating a second threshold value for an instantaneous value of the three-phase AC voltage at a second time, the second time having a prescribed time difference from the first time; and

detecting an abnormality of the AC power supply by comparing the second threshold value estimated by the estimating with the instantaneous value of the three-phase AC voltage detected at the second time.

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 Apr 5, 2021
From: SHIGETA, HIROKI
To: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055823/0860 →
Continuity (1)
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