IP Library Granted Patent US 12,381,491
Granted Patent B2
US 12,381,491 · App. 18/225,164 · Granted Aug 5, 2025

Method and apparatus for suppressing grid voltage imbalance

Inventors: Guiying Lin (Fujian, CN); Jinfeng Gao (Fujian, CN); Weichen He (Fujian, CN)
Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
H02M7/219H02M1/12H02J3/26H02M1/4216
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Patent No.
US 12,381,491
App. No.
18/225,164
Granted
Aug 5, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present application provides a method and apparatus for suppressing grid voltage imbalance. By obtaining a 90° lagged grid voltage through a differential tracker, calculating instantaneous power using the 90° lagged grid voltage, and then calculating a power converter voltage according to the instantaneous power, the suppression of grid voltage imbalance may be achieved.

Claims (48)

1. A method applied to a pulse width modulation (PWM) rectifier, the method comprising:

acquiring a grid voltage and a grid current;

calculating, according to the grid voltage, a 90° lagged grid voltage by a differential tracker;

calculating instantaneous power according to the 90° lagged grid voltage and the grid current;

obtaining a first bias by obtaining a first difference between an instantaneous active power and an active power given and then inputting the first difference to a first proportional-integral controller and a first resonance controller;

calculating a power converter voltage using the first bias and according to the instantaneous power; and

obtaining, according to the power converter voltage, a corresponding pulse sequence to suppress grid voltage imbalance.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the acquiring the grid voltage and the grid current comprises:

acquiring a three-phase alternating current (AC) voltage and a three-phase AC current; and

performing a Clark transformation on the three-phase AC voltage and the three-phase AC current to obtain the grid voltage and the grid current in an orthogonal static coordinate system.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the instantaneous power comprises instantaneous active power and instantaneous reactive power.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the calculating the power converter voltage according to the instantaneous power comprises:

performing a Park transformation on the grid voltage in the orthogonal static coordinate system to obtain a d-axis grid voltage and a q-axis grid voltage in an orthogonal rotating coordinate system;

adding the d-axis grid voltage to the first bias to obtain a d-axis power converter voltage;

adding the q-axis grid voltage to a second bias, which is obtained by obtaining a second difference between the instantaneous reactive power and a reactive power given and then inputting the second difference to a second proportional-integral controller and a second resonance controller, to obtain a q-axis power converter voltage; and

performing an inverse Park transformation on the d-axis power converter voltage and the q-axis power converter voltage to obtain an α-axis power converter voltage and a β-axis power converter voltage.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the obtaining, according to the power converter voltage, the corresponding pulse sequence to suppress the grid voltage imbalance comprises:

obtaining the corresponding pulse sequence using a modulation strategy according to the α-axis power converter voltage and the β-axis power converter voltage; and

inputting the pulse sequence to a power converter to suppress the grid voltage imbalance.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the modulation strategy adopts pulse width modulation, space vector pulse width modulation or sinusoidal pulse width modulation.

7. An apparatus, comprising:

an acquirer to acquire a grid voltage and a grid current;

a differential tracker to calculate, according to the grid voltage, a 90° lagged grid voltage by the differential tracker;

an instantaneous power calculation structure to:

obtain a first bias by obtaining a first difference between an instantaneous active power and an active power given and then inputting the first difference to a first proportional-integral controller and a first resonance controller; and

calculate instantaneous power using the first bias and according to the 90° lagged grid voltage and the grid current;

a power converter voltage calculation structure to calculate a power converter voltage according to the instantaneous power; and

a pulse sequence acquisition structure to obtain, according to the power converter voltage, a corresponding pulse sequence to suppress grid voltage imbalance.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein

the acquirer further

acquires a three-phase alternating current (AC) voltage and a three-phase AC current; and

performs a Park transformation on the three-phase AC voltage and the three-phase AC current to obtain the grid voltage and the grid current in an orthogonal rotating coordinate system; and

the instantaneous power calculation structure further calculates the instantaneous active power and the instantaneous reactive power according to the 90° lagged grid voltage and the grid current.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the power converter voltage calculation structure further:

performs a Park transformation on the grid voltage in an orthogonal static coordinate system to obtain a d-axis grid voltage and a q-axis grid voltage in an orthogonal rotating coordinate system;

adds the d-axis grid voltage to the first bias, to obtain a d-axis power converter voltage;

adds the q-axis grid voltage to a second bias, which is obtained by obtaining a second difference between the instantaneous reactive power and a reactive power given and then inputting the second difference to a second proportional-integral controller and a second resonance controller, to obtain a q-axis power converter voltage; and

performs an inverse Park transformation on the d-axis power converter voltage and the q-axis power converter voltage to obtain an α-axis power converter voltage and a β-axis power converter voltage.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the pulse sequence acquisition structure further:

obtains the corresponding pulse sequence using a modulation strategy according to the α-axis power converter voltage and the β-axis power converter voltage; and

inputs the pulse sequence to a power converter to suppress the grid voltage imbalance.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, wherein the storage medium has a computer program stored thereon, the computer program, when run by a processor, executing the method of claim 1 .

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

obtaining a second bias by obtaining a second difference between an instantaneous reactive power and a reactive power given and then inputting the second difference to a second proportional-integral controller and a second resonance controller, wherein

the calculating the power converter voltage uses the first bias and the second bias.

13. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein

the instantaneous power calculation structure further obtains a second bias by obtaining a second difference between an instantaneous reactive power and a reactive power given and then inputting the second difference to a second proportional-integral controller and a second resonance controller, and

the instantaneous power calculation structure calculates the instantaneous power using the first bias and the second bias.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2024
From: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 068338/0402 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 24, 2023
From: LIN, GUIYING; GAO, JINFENG; HE, WEICHEN
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
Reel/Frame 064350/0893 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2021122374 · Sep 30, 2021
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