IP Library Granted Patent US 11,942,874
Granted Patent B2
US 11,942,874 · App. 17/754,651 · Granted Mar 26, 2024

Control system of power converter

Inventors: Issei Fukasawa (Tokyo, JP); Masahiro Kinoshita (Tokyo, JP); Kenta Yamabe (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
H02M7/493H02M7/537
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Patent No.
US 11,942,874
App. No.
17/754,651
Granted
Mar 26, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control system of a power converter includes a plurality of carrier wave generating units which are respectively provided for a plurality of power converters connected between a plurality of DC power supplies and a common AC power supply and which are configured to respectively generate carrier waves on the basis of an AC voltage of the AC power supply. The control system of the power converter can thereby synchronize carrier phases of a plurality of power converters.

Claims (12)

1. A control system of a power converter comprising:

a plurality of carrier wave generating units respectively provided for a plurality of power converters connected between a plurality of DC power supplies and a common AC power supply, the plurality of carrier wave generating units being configured to respectively generate carrier waves on a basis of an AC voltage of the AC power supply; and

a plurality of current control phase generating units respectively provided for the plurality of power converters connected between the plurality of DC power supplies and the common AC power supply, the plurality of current control phase generating units being configured to respectively generate AC voltage phases for current control respectively for the plurality of power converters on a basis of the AC voltage of the AC power supply,

wherein the plurality of current control phase generating units respectively generate AC voltage phases for current control respectively for the plurality of power converters after applying filters to the AC voltage of the AC power supply, and

the plurality of carrier wave generating units respectively generate AC voltage phases for carriers respectively for the plurality of power converters after applying filters slower than the filters of the plurality of current control phase generating units, to the AC voltage of the AC power supply.

2. A control system of a power converter comprising:

a plurality of carrier wave generating units respectively provided for a plurality of power converters connected between a plurality of DC power supplies and a common AC power supply, the plurality of carrier wave generating units being configured to respectively generate carrier waves on a basis of an AC voltage of the AC power supply; and

a plurality of current control phase generating units respectively provided for the plurality of power converters connected between the plurality of DC power supplies and the common AC power supply, the plurality of current control phase generating units being configured to respectively generate AC voltage phases for current control respectively for the plurality of power converters on a basis of the AC voltage of the AC power supply,

wherein the plurality of carrier wave generating units respectively generate carrier waves on a basis of phases obtained by correcting phases for current control respectively generated by the plurality of current control phase generating units.

3. The control system of the power converter according to claim 2 ,

wherein the plurality of current control phase generating units respectively generate AC voltage phases for current control respectively for the plurality of power converters after applying filters to the AC voltage of the AC power supply, and

the plurality of carrier wave generating units respectively generate carrier waves respectively for the plurality of power converters on a basis of signals obtained by applying filters to the AC voltage phases for current control respectively generated by the plurality of current control phase generating units.

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 7, 2022
From: FUKASAWA, ISSEI; KINOSHITA, MASAHIRO; YAMABE, KENTA
To: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059537/0613 →
Continuity (1)
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