IP Library Granted Patent US 12,322,969
Granted Patent B2
US 12,322,969 · App. 18/040,062 · Granted Jun 3, 2025

Power conversion system

Inventors: Shuhei Fujiwara (Tokyo, JP); Yoshiyuki Kono (Tokyo, JP); Ryosuke Uda (Tokyo, JP); Takuya Kajiyama (Tokyo, JP); Toshiyuki Fujii (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
H02J3/06H02J3/36H02M7/4835Y02E60/60
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Patent No.
US 12,322,969
App. No.
18/040,062
Granted
Jun 3, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A power conversion system includes a plurality of power conversion devices connected to a plurality of AC systems, respectively. The power conversion devices are further connected to a common DC circuit. The power conversion system further includes a start-up device to start up each power conversion device. The start-up device selects an AC system that satisfies a defined condition relating to power supply capability from among the plurality of AC systems based on system information of the plurality of AC systems and starts up a power conversion device connected to the selected AC system.

Claims (62)

1. A power conversion system comprising:

a plurality of power conversion devices connected to a plurality of AC systems, respectively, the power conversion devices being further connected to a common DC circuit; and

a start-up device to start up each of the power conversion devices, wherein

the start-up device

selects an AC system that satisfies a defined condition relating to power supply capability from among the plurality of AC systems based on system information of the plurality of AC systems, and

starts up a power conversion device connected to the selected AC system,

the system information of the AC system includes an RMS voltage of the AC system, a voltage difference between the RMS voltage of the AC system and a reference RMS voltage, and a short-circuit capacity of the AC system, and

the start-up device

sets the defined condition to a first condition relating to the RMS voltage when the short-circuit capacity of each of the plurality of AC systems is equal to or higher than a defined capacity, and

sets the defined condition to a second condition relating to the voltage difference when at least one of a plurality of short-circuit capacities of the plurality of AC systems is lower than the defined capacity.

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

when the defined condition is set to the first condition, the start-up device selects, as the AC system that satisfies the first condition, an AC system having a maximum RMS voltage among the plurality of AC systems or an AC system having the RMS voltage equal to or higher than a first threshold value among the plurality of AC systems.

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

when the defined condition is set to the second condition, the start-up device selects, as the AC system that satisfies the second condition, an AC system having a minimum voltage difference among the plurality of AC systems or an AC system having the voltage difference smaller than a second threshold value among the plurality of AC systems.

4. The power conversion system according to claim 2 , wherein

the power conversion device includes a modular multilevel conversion power converter.

5. The power conversion system according to claim 2 , wherein

the power conversion device includes a modular multilevel conversion power converter.

6. The power conversion system according to claim 1 , wherein

when the defined condition is set to the second condition, the start-up device selects, as the AC system that satisfies the second condition, an AC system having a minimum voltage difference among the plurality of AC systems or an AC system having the voltage difference smaller than a second threshold value among the plurality of AC systems.

7. The power conversion system according to claim 1 , wherein

when the defined condition is set to the first condition,

the start-up device

calculates, for each of the plurality of AC systems, a first ratio of the RMS voltage of the AC system to the reference RMS voltage of the AC system, and

selects, as the AC system that satisfies the first condition, an AC system having a maximum first ratio among the plurality of AC systems or an AC system having the first ratio equal to or higher than a third threshold value among the plurality of AC systems.

8. The power conversion system according to claim 7 , wherein

when the defined condition is set to the second condition,

the start-up device

calculates, for each of the plurality of AC systems, a second ratio of the voltage difference in the AC system to the reference RMS voltage of the AC system, and

selects, as the AC system that satisfies the second condition, an AC system having a minimum second ratio among the plurality of AC systems or an AC system having the second ratio lower than a fourth threshold value among the plurality of AC systems.

9. The power conversion system according to claim 7 , wherein

the power conversion device includes a modular multilevel conversion power converter.

10. The power conversion system according to claim 1 , wherein

when the defined condition is set to the second condition,

the start-up device

calculates, for each of the plurality of AC systems, a second ratio of the voltage difference in the AC system to the reference RMS voltage of the AC system, and

selects, as the AC system that satisfies the second condition, an AC system having a minimum second ratio among the plurality of AC systems or an AC system having the second ratio lower than a fourth threshold value among the plurality of AC systems.

11. The power conversion system according to claim 8 , wherein

the power conversion device includes a modular multilevel conversion power converter.

12. The power conversion system according to claim 1 , wherein

the power conversion device includes a modular multilevel conversion power converter.

13. A power conversion system comprising:

a plurality of power conversion devices connected to a plurality of AC systems, respectively, the power conversion devices being further connected to a common DC circuit; and

a start-up device to start up each of the power conversion devices, wherein

the start-up device

selects an AC system that satisfies a defined condition relating to power supply capability from among the plurality of AC systems based on system information of the plurality of AC systems, and

starts up a power conversion device connected to the selected AC system,

each of pieces of the system information is a short-circuit capacity of each of the AC systems, and

the start-up device selects, as the AC system that satisfies the defined condition, an AC system having a maximum short-circuit capacity among the plurality of AC systems or an AC system having the short-circuit capacity equal to or higher than a threshold value among the plurality of AC systems.

14. The power conversion system according to claim 13 , wherein

the power conversion device includes a modular multilevel conversion power converter.

15. A power conversion system comprising:

a plurality of power conversion devices connected to a plurality of AC systems, respectively, the power conversion devices being further connected to a common DC circuit; and

a start-up device to start up each of the power conversion devices, wherein

the start-up device

selects an AC system that satisfies a defined condition relating to power supply capability from among the plurality of AC systems based on system information of the plurality of AC systems, and

starts up a power conversion device connected to the selected AC system,

each of pieces of the system information is a system capacity of each of the AC systems,

the system capacity of the AC system is a summed capacity of one or more generators connected to the AC system, and

the start-up device selects, as the AC system that satisfies the defined condition, an AC system having a maximum system capacity among the plurality of AC systems or an AC system having the system capacity equal to or higher than a threshold value among the plurality of AC systems.

16. The power conversion system according to claim 15 , wherein

the power conversion device includes a modular multilevel conversion power converter.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2023
From: FUJIWARA, SHUHEI; KONO, YOSHIYUKI; UDA, RYOSUKE; KAJIYAMA, TAKUYA; FUJII, TOSHIYUKI
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
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