IP Library Granted Patent US 11,843,327
Granted Patent B2
US 11,843,327 · App. 17/312,198 · Granted Dec 12, 2023

Power conversion device with current hysteresis band control

Inventors: Nobuyuki Momochi (Chuo-ku, JP); Tomohiro Tanaka (Chuo-ku, JP)
Assignee: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
H02M7/5395H02M7/5387
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Patent No.
US 11,843,327
App. No.
17/312,198
Granted
Dec 12, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A power conversion device includes: an inverter that includes a switching element and converts DC power into AC power; a current detector that detects an output current of the inverter; and a controller that controls the inverter to allow the output current detected by the current detector to follow a current command value having a sinusoidal waveform. The controller compares a current deviation of the output current from the current command value with a hysteresis band to control switching of the switching element. The controller sets the hysteresis band so that a hysteresis band in a zero-crossing area of the current command value is smaller than a hysteresis band in a peak area of the current command value.

Claims (24)

1. A power conversion device comprising:

an inverter that has a switching element and converts DC power into AC power;

a current detector that detects an output current of the inverter; and

a controller that controls the inverter to allow the output current detected by the current detector to follow a current command value having a sinusoidal waveform, wherein

the controller compares a current deviation of the output current from the current command value with a hysteresis band to control switching of the switching element, and

the controller sets the hysteresis band so that the hysteresis band in a zero-crossing area of the current command value is smaller than the hysteresis band in a peak area of the current command value.

2. The power conversion device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller

generates a sine wave having a frequency twice that of the current command value,

multiplies a delayed sine wave with a phase delayed by 90 degrees from the sine wave by a first gain, and

sets an upper limit value and a lower limit value for the hysteresis band based on a minimum value of a value of the delayed sine wave multiplied by the first gain and a first value added together and the first value.

3. The power conversion device according to claim 2 , wherein the controller includes:

a phase delay unit that delays a phase of a second harmonic component of the current command value by 90 degrees to generate a delayed second harmonic component;

an adder that adds the first value to a value of the delayed second harmonic component multiplied by the first gain; and

a selector that selects a minimum value of a result of the addition by the adder and the first value.

4. The power conversion device according to claim 2 , wherein the first gain is variable within a range of 0 to 1.

5. The power conversion device according to claim 3 , wherein the first gain is variable within a range of 0 to 1.

6. The power conversion device according to claim 5 , wherein the controller modifies the first gain in accordance with a peak value of the current command value.

7. The power conversion device according to claim 5 , wherein

the controller multiplies the minimum value by a second gain having a positive value to set the upper limit value, and inverts the upper limit value in polarity to set the lower limit value, and

the controller changes at least one of the first gain and the second gain in accordance with a peak value of the current command value.

8. The power conversion device according to claim 4 , wherein the controller modifies the first gain in accordance with a peak value of the current command value.

9. The power conversion device according to claim 4 , wherein

the controller multiplies the minimum value by a second gain having a positive value to set the upper limit value, and inverts the upper limit value in polarity to set the lower limit value, and

the controller changes at least one of the first gain and the second gain in accordance with a peak value of the current command value.

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 9, 2021
From: MOMOCHI, NOBUYUKI; TANAKA, TOMOHIRO
To: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 056487/0601 →
Continuity (1)
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