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US 12,395,097 · App. 18/547,940 · Granted Aug 19, 2025

Power conversion apparatus, air conditioner and refrigeration apparatus

Inventors: Yuki Handa (Osaka, JP); Takuro Ogawa (Osaka, JP); Nobuo Hayashi (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
H02M7/53871H02M1/0058H02M1/126H02M7/4815
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Patent No.
US 12,395,097
App. No.
18/547,940
Granted
Aug 19, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A power conversion apparatus includes: a converter configured to convert AC power that is input from an AC power supply via a first conductive line pair, into DC power; an inverter configured to convert the DC power that is output from the converter to a second conductive line pair, into the AC power; and a capacitor connected between conductive lines of the first conductive line pair or between conductive lines of the second conductive line pair, between one or more reactors and the inverter, wherein, letting a carrier frequency for driving the inverter be f C , a resonance frequency of an LC filter constituted by the one or more reactors and the capacitor be f LC , and a maximum value of an output frequency of the inverter be MAX(f 0 ), MAX(f 0 ) satisfies 6 times MAX(f 0 )<f LC <f c −3 times MAX(f 0 ).

Claims (36)

1. A power conversion apparatus comprising: a converter configured to convert AC power that is input from an AC power supply via a first conductive line pair, into DC power; an inverter configured to convert the DC power that is output from the converter to a second conductive line pair, into the AC power; and a capacitor connected between conductive lines of the first conductive line pair or between conductive lines of the second conductive line pair, wherein, letting an inductance of an inductance component from a point where the power conversion apparatus is connected to the AC power supply, to the capacitor, be L a maximum value of output frequency of the inverter be MAX(fo), −C, which is a capacitance of the capacitor (C), satisfies

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2. The power conversion apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, letting a carrier frequency for driving the inverter be f c , a gain of an LC filter constituted by the inductance component and the capacitor at the carrier frequency f c is equal to 0.1 or less.

3. The power conversion apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a gain of an LC filter constituted by the inductance component and the capacitor at 6 times MAX(f 0 ) is equal to 5 or less.

4. The power conversion apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the inductance component includes

one or more reactors inserted in series into one or both of the conductive lines of the first conductive line pair or into one or both of the conductive lines of the second conductive line pair, and

wherein the capacitor is connected between the conductive lines of the first conductive line pair or between the conductive lines of the second conductive line pair, between the one or more reactors and the inverter.

5. A power conversion apparatus comprising: a converter configured to convert AC power that is input from an AC power supply via a first conductive line pair, into DC power; an inverter configured to convert the DC power that is output from the converter to a second conductive line pair, into the AC power; one or more reactors inserted in series in one or both of conductive lines of the first conductive line pair or one or both of conductive lines of the second conductive line pair; and a capacitor connected between the conductive lines of the first conductive line pair or between the conductive lines of the second conductive line pair, between the one or more reactors and the inverter, wherein, letting a carrier frequency for driving the inverter be fc, a resonance frequency of an LC filter constituted by the one or more reactors and the capacitor be f LC , and a maximum value of an output frequency of the inverter be MAX(fo), MAX(fo) satisfies 6×MAX(f 0 )<f LC <f c −3×MAX(fo).

6. The power conversion apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein a gain of the LC filter at the carrier frequency f c is equal to 0.1 or less.

7. The power conversion apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein a gain of the LC filter at 6 times MAX(f 0 ) is equal to 5 or less.

8. The power conversion apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the one or more reactors are components mounted on a substrate.

9. The power conversion apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the capacitor is connected between the conductive lines of the second conductive line pair.

10. The power conversion apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein MAX(f 0 ) is 600 Hz.

11. The power conversion apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a switching element provided in the inverter is a wide band gap semiconductor device.

12. An air conditioner comprising the power conversion apparatus according to claim 1 .

13. A refrigeration apparatus comprising the power conversion apparatus according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 25, 2023
From: HANDA, YUKI; OGAWA, TAKURO; HAYASHI, NOBUO
To: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 064705/0418 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-061704 · Mar 31, 2021 · national
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