IP Library Granted Patent US 8,811,048
Granted Patent B2
US 8,811,048 · App. 13/293,757 · Granted Aug 19, 2014

Medium voltage variable frequency driving system

Inventors: Yi Zhang (Shanghai, CN); Wei Chen (Shanghai, CN); Bo-Yu Pu (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: Delta Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
H02P27/14
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Patent No.
US 8,811,048
App. No.
13/293,757
Granted
Aug 19, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a medium voltage variable frequency driving system, including a three-phase switch-mode rectification module, a multilevel inverter and a high-capacity capacitor module. The three-phase switch-mode rectification module is coupled with a three-phase electrical grid, for converting an AC voltage input with a fixed operating frequency on the three-phase electrical grid into a DC voltage. The multilevel inverter is used for converting the DC voltage into an AC voltage with a required variable frequency, so as to drive an induction motor. The high-capacity capacitor module is coupled between the three-phase switch-mode rectification module and the multilevel inverter, for temporarily storing the DC voltage. In the present invention, a three-phase switch-mode rectification technology is used at the front-end rectifier, and a diode-clamped three-level inverter is adapted correspondingly at the rear-end inverter.

Claims (50)

1. A medium voltage variable frequency driving system coupled with a three-phase electrical grid for driving an induction motor, the medium voltage variable frequency driving system comprising:

a three-phase switch-mode rectification module coupled with the three-phase electrical grid for converting an alternating current voltage input with a fixed operating frequency on the three-phase electrical grid into a direct current voltage, wherein the three-phase switch-mode rectification module is a three-phase Vienna rectification module;

a multilevel inverter for converting the direct current voltage into alternating current voltage with a required variable frequency, wherein the alternating current voltage is used for driving the induction motor; and

a high-capacity capacitor module coupled between the three-phase switch-mode rectification module and the multilevel inverter, for temporarily storing the direct current voltage.

2. The medium voltage variable frequency driving system of claim 1 , wherein the three-phase switch-mode rectification module comprises:

three single-phase rectification circuits, wherein the three single-phase rectification circuits are coupled in parallel with each other and form a three-level rectification circuit, the three single-phase rectification circuits respectively receive a single-phase voltage input from the three-phase electrical grid, all of the three single-phase rectification circuits are coupled to a first output terminal, a midpoint and a second output terminal, and the three-phase switch-mode rectification module is used for adjusting a power factor of the three-phase electrical grid and eliminating total current harmonic distortion of the three-phase electrical grid.

3. The medium voltage variable frequency driving system of claim 2 , wherein an inductance is coupled between a voltage input terminal of each of the three single-phase rectification circuits and the three-phase electrical grid respectively.

4. The medium voltage variable frequency driving system of claim 3 , wherein each of the three single-phase rectification circuits comprises at least two diodes, wherein one diode is a commutating diode for ensuring the unidirectivity of the current, and the other diode is a non-commutating diode.

5. The medium voltage variable frequency driving system of claim 4 , wherein, in the three single-phase rectification circuits, the commutating diode operates at a switching frequency, and the commutating diode adopts a fast-recovery diode.

6. The medium voltage variable frequency driving system of claim 4 , wherein each of the three single-phase rectification circuits respectively comprises:

a first diode, an anode of the first diode is coupled to the single-phase voltage input;

a second diode, an anode of the second diode is coupled to a cathode of the first diode, and a cathode of the second diode is coupled to the first output terminal;

a third diode, a cathode of the third diode is coupled to the single-phase voltage input;

a fourth diode, a cathode of the fourth diode is coupled to an anode of the third diode, and an anode of the fourth diode is coupled to the second output terminal;

a first switch, a first terminal of the first switch is coupled between the first diode and the second diode, and a second terminal of the first switch is coupled to the midpoint; and

a second switch, a first terminal of the second switch is coupled to the midpoint, and a second terminal of the second switch is coupled between the third diode and the fourth diode.

7. The medium voltage variable frequency driving system of claim 6 , wherein the second diode and the fourth diode are commutating diodes and adopt fast-recovery diodes, and the first diode and the third diode are non-commutating diodes and adopt slow-recovery or fast-recovery diodes.

8. The medium voltage variable frequency driving system of claim 4 , wherein each of the three single-phase rectification circuits respectively comprises:

a first diode, an anode of the first diode is coupled to the single-phase voltage input, and a cathode of the first diode is coupled to the first output terminal;

a second diode, an anode of the second diode is coupled to the single-phase voltage input;

a third diode, a cathode of the third diode is coupled to the single-phase voltage input, and an anode of the third diode is coupled to the second output terminal;

a fourth diode, a cathode of the fourth diode is coupled to the single-phase voltage input;

a first switch, a first terminal of the first switch is coupled to a cathode of the second diode, and a second terminal of the first switch is coupled to the midpoint; and

a second switch, a first terminal of the second switch is coupled to the midpoint, and a second terminal of the second switch is coupled to an anode of the fourth diode.

9. The medium voltage variable frequency driving system of claim 8 , wherein the first diode and the third diode are commutating diodes and adopt fast-recovery diodes, and the second diode and the fourth diode are non-commutating diodes and adopt slow-recovery or fast-recovery diodes.

10. The medium voltage variable frequency driving system of claim 4 , wherein each of the three single-phase rectification circuits respectively comprises:

a first diode, an anode of the first diode is coupled to the single-phase voltage input;

a second diode, an anode of the second diode is coupled to the midpoint;

a third diode, a cathode of the third diode is coupled to the first output terminal;

a fourth diode, a cathode of the fourth diode is coupled to the single-phase voltage input;

a fifth diode, a cathode of the fifth diode is coupled to the midpoint;

a sixth diode, an anode of the sixth diode is coupled to the second output terminal;

a switch, a first terminal of the switch is coupled between the cathode of the first diode, a cathode of the second diode and an anode of the third diode, and a second terminal of the switch is coupled between an anode of the fourth diode, an anode of the fifth diode and a cathode of the sixth diode.

11. The medium voltage variable frequency driving system of claim 10 , wherein the third diode and the sixth diode are commutating diodes and adopt fast-recovery diodes, and the first diode, the second diode, the fourth diode and the fifth diode are non-commutating diodes and adopt slow-recovery or fast-recovery diodes.

12. The medium voltage variable frequency driving system of claim 4 , wherein each of the three single-phase rectification circuits respectively comprises:

a first switch, a second terminal of the first switch is coupled to the single-phase voltage input;

a second switch, a first terminal of the second switch is coupled to the single-phase voltage input;

a first diode, an anode of the first diode is coupled to a first terminal of the first switch, and a cathode of the first diode is coupled to the first output terminal;

a second diode, an anode of the second diode is coupled to the midpoint, and a cathode of the second diode is coupled to the first terminal of the first switch;

a third diode, a cathode of the third diode is coupled to a second terminal of the second switch, and an anode of the third diode is coupled to the second output terminal; and

a fourth diode, an anode of the fourth diode is coupled to the second terminal of the second switch, and a cathode of the fourth diode is coupled to the midpoint.

13. The medium voltage variable frequency driving system of claim 12 , wherein the first diode and the third diode are commutating diodes and adopt fast-recovery diodes, and the second diode and the fourth diode are non-commutating diodes and adopt slow-recovery or fast-recovery diodes.

14. The medium voltage variable frequency driving system of claim 2 , wherein, in the multilevel inverter, by coupling the first output terminal, the midpoint and the second output terminal with the high-capacity capacitor module, the input from the three-phase electrical grid is converted into a required three-phase alternating current output through the multilevel inverter, so as to drive the induction motor.

15. The medium voltage variable frequency driving system of claim 14 , wherein the multilevel inverter is a three-level inverter, and each single-phase three-level inverter at least comprises two switches and a clamping diode, wherein one terminal of the clamping diode is connected with the midpoint of the three-level rectification circuit, and the other terminal of the clamping diode is connected with the two switches.

16. The medium voltage variable frequency driving system of claim 2 , wherein the high-capacity capacitor module comprises:

a first capacitor coupled between the first output terminal and the midpoint; and

a second capacitor coupled between the midpoint and the second output terminal.

17. The medium voltage variable frequency driving system of claim 1 , wherein the alternating current voltage is a pulse-width modulation (PWM) square-wave alternating current signal, and the medium voltage variable frequency driving system further comprises at least one controller coupled with the multilevel inverter and the three-phase switch-mode rectification module, wherein the at least one controller is used for controlling the variable frequency, a pulse width or an amplitude of the pulse-width modulation square-wave alternating current signal, accordingly the controller is used for superimposing the pulse-width modulation square-wave alternating current signal into an alternating current output similar to a sinusoidal wave, so as to drive the induction motor.

18. The medium voltage variable frequency driving system of claim 17 , wherein the controller of the medium voltage variable frequency driving system is used for controlling the variable frequency, the pulse width or the amplitude of the pulse-width modulation square-wave alternating current signal at the alternating current side of the rectification module, so as to control the power factor and the total harmonic distortion of the three-phase switch-mode rectification module, further to respectively achieve an appropriate value of the power factor and the total harmonic distortion.

19. The medium voltage variable frequency driving system of claim 18 , wherein the controller of the medium voltage variable frequency driving system is a digital microprocessor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2011
From: ZHANG, YI; CHEN, WEI; PU, BO-YU
To: DELTA ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027209/0305 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2011 1 0269272 · Sep 13, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
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