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US 12,463,554 · App. 18/278,410 · Granted Nov 4, 2025

Inverter, parallel inverter system, and method of controlling inverter

Inventor: Naoki Ayai (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
H02M7/493H02J3/241H02J3/40H02M1/0025H02J3/381H02J3/46H02J2300/24H02M7/539
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Patent No.
US 12,463,554
App. No.
18/278,410
Granted
Nov 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An inverter according to the present disclosure is an inverter connected in parallel to an alternating-current circuit to which an alternating-current power source is connected, and configured to provide an independent output to the alternating-current circuit. The inverter includes a power converter configured to convert a direct-current power into an alternating-current power to supply power to the alternating-current circuit, a voltage sensor configured to detect an alternating-current voltage of the alternating-current circuit, and a controller configured to control the power converter. The controller is configured to add frequency feedback processing to an operation of calculating a frequency detection value in a phase locked loop to be executed based on the alternating-current voltage, the frequency feedback processing being processing of adding a frequency correction value obtained by performing a proportional integral operation on a comparison result between a previous value of the frequency detection value and a frequency reference value.

Claims (29)

1 . An inverter connected in parallel to an alternating-current circuit to which an alternating-current power source is connected, and configured to provide an independent output to the alternating-current circuit, the inverter comprising:

a power converter configured to convert a direct-current power into an alternating-current power to supply power to the alternating-current circuit;

a voltage sensor configured to detect an alternating-current voltage of the alternating-current circuit; and

a controller configured to control the power converter, wherein

the controller is configured to add frequency feedback processing to an operation of calculating a frequency detection value in a phase locked loop to be executed based on the alternating-current voltage, the frequency feedback processing being processing of adding a frequency correction value obtained by performing a proportional integral operation on a comparison result between a previous value of the frequency detection value and a frequency reference value.

2 . The inverter according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller is configured to perform, if the frequency correction value is a second frequency correction value,

a first operation of obtaining a first frequency correction value, based on a deviation between a voltage phase based on a detected output of the voltage sensor and an internal phase in the phase locked loop,

a second operation of obtaining a new frequency detection value by adding the first frequency correction value and the second frequency correction value to the frequency reference value, and

a third operation of generating a control signal for controlling an output of the power converter, based on the new frequency detection value.

3 . The inverter according to claim 2 , wherein the third operation comprises:

obtaining a voltage command value, based on the new frequency detection value; and

obtaining a voltage correction value by performing a proportional operation on a deviation between the voltage command value and the alternating-current voltage.

4 . The inverter according to claim 2 , wherein

the internal phase has a phase difference with respect to a phase of the alternating-current voltage changing according to an output current of the power converter.

5 . The inverter according to claim 1 , wherein

the power converter is further capable of converting an alternating-current power into a direct-current power, and

the controller is configured to control the power converter such that the power converter converts an alternating-current power of the alternating-current power source into a direct-current power to charge a direct-current voltage source connected to a direct-current side of the power converter.

6 . A parallel inverter system comprising:

a first inverter configured to provide an independent output to an alternating-current circuit; and

a second inverter connected in parallel to the alternating-current circuit together with the first inverter and configured to provide an independent output to the alternating-current circuit, wherein

each of the first inverter and the second inverter comprises:

a power converter configured to convert a direct-current power into an alternating-current power to supply power to the alternating-current circuit;

a voltage sensor configured to detect an alternating-current voltage of the alternating-current circuit; and

a controller configured to control the power converter, and

the controller is configured to add frequency feedback processing to an operation of calculating a frequency detection value in a phase locked loop to be executed based on the alternating-current voltage, the frequency feedback processing being processing of adding a frequency correction value obtained by performing a proportional integral operation on a comparison result between a previous value of the frequency detection value and a frequency reference value.

7 . A method of controlling an inverter connected in parallel to an alternating-current circuit to which an alternating-current power source is connected, and configured to provide an independent output to the alternating-current circuit, the method comprising:

converting, by a power converter, a direct-current power into an alternating-current power to supply power to the alternating-current circuit, wherein

a controller configured to control the power converter is configured to add frequency feedback processing to an operation of calculating a frequency detection value in a phase locked loop to be executed based on an alternating-current voltage of the alternating-current circuit, the frequency feedback processing being processing of adding a frequency correction value obtained by performing a proportional integral operation on a comparison result between a previous value of the frequency detection value and a frequency reference value.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 23, 2023
From: AYAI, NAOKI
To: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
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