Electrical power system

1. An electrical power system comprising:

a first converter that has an upper arm and a lower arm and that is configured to boost or step down electrical voltage outputted from one of an electrical power source and a load and then to output the boosted or stepped-down electrical voltage to the other one of the electrical power source and the load;

a second converter that has an upper arm and a lower arm and that is configured to boost or step down electrical voltage outputted from one of the electrical power source and the load and then to output the boosted or stepped-down electrical voltage to the other one of the electrical power source and the load;

a first control apparatus that is configured to generate a first command signal and a second command signal, to control the upper arm and the lower arm of the first converter on the basis of the first command signal, and to transmit the second command signal to a second control apparatus through a communication line; and

the second control apparatus that is configured to receive the second command signal transmitted from the first control apparatus, and to control the upper arm and the lower arm of the second converter on the basis of the received second command signal,

wherein

when it is requested that a state of each of the first and second converters in a first state in which the upper arm and the lower arm are switched alternately in a complementary manner is changed to a second state in which the upper arm keeps being in an ON state and the lower arm keeps being in an OFF state or it is requested that the state of each of the first and second converters in the second state is changed to the first state, the first control apparatus is configured to generate the first and second command signals so that (i) the state of the second converter is changed from the first or second state to a third state in which both of the upper arm and the lower arm keep being in the OFF state, then (ii) the state of the first converter is changed from the first state to the second state or from the second state to the first state after the state of the second converter is changed to the third state, and then (iii) the state of the second converter is changed from the third state to the second or first state after the state of the first converter is changed from the first state to the second state or from the second state to the first state.

2. The electrical power system according to claim 1 , wherein

the first control apparatus is configured to generate the first command signal that requests the first converter to keep being in the first or second state until a first predetermined time elapses after generating the second command signal that requests a start of changing the state of the second converter to the third state,

the first control apparatus is configured to generate the first command signal that requests a change of state of the first converter from the first state to the second state or from the second state to the first state after the first predetermined time elapses after generating the second command signal that requests the start of changing the state of the second converter to the third state,

the first predetermined time is equal to or longer than a delay time that is required for the second control apparatus to start to control the second converter on the basis of the generated second command signal after the first control apparatus generates the second command signal.

3. The electrical power system according to claim 2 , wherein

the first control apparatus is configured to generate the second command signal that requests the change of the state of the second converter from the third state to the second or first state after a second predetermined time elapses after generating the second command signal that requests the start of changing the state of the second converter to the third state,

the second predetermined time is longer than a difference between the first predetermined time and the delay time.